Listen to Taylor Swift’s <i>1989</i> in Less Than 4 Minutes
Listen to Taylor Swift’s 1989 in Less Than 4 Minutes
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Taylor Swift performs on stage at CBS Radio's second annual We Can Survive concert at the Hollywood Bowl on Friday, Oct. 24, 2014, in Los Angeles.Todd Williamson—Invision/Associated Press
Sure, Taylor’s Swift’s 1989 is not on Spotify. But did you know you can still listen to the whole album for free? Well, alright, not the whole thing, actually, but at least representative samples from each of its songs?
Mitch Grassi and Scott Hoying, two-fifths of a cappella group Pentatonix, have released a mashup of every song from the country star turned pop idol’s latest album. And it’s an ear-worm in its own right.
The tidy musical complication, which runs chronologically through the album, tells a complete Taylor Swift narrative of romantic highs and lows: A girl moves to New York (“Welcome to New York”). She meets a boy (“Blank Space”). She has a great time with that boy (“Style”). But then it gets tough (“Out of The Woods”).
Sadly, this boy and girl don’t make it out of the woods (“Stay”). The girl shakes it off and gets her party on as a single gal (“Shake it Off”). Soon, though, she has lots of complicated feelings about the break up, and she and the boy get back together (“I Wish You Would” to “I Know Places”). The reunion doesn’t last, though, and the girl resolves her feelings about it all (“Clean”).
There you have it. A best-selling album in three minutes and 53 seconds.
PHOTOS: See Taylor Swift Over the Years
Taylor Swift arrives at the 2006 CMT Music Awards at the Curb Event Center at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee.John Shearer—WireImage/Getty ImagesTaylor Swift arrives at the 2007 CMT Music Awards.Kevin Mazur—WireImage/Getty ImagesTaylor Swift performs during the 42nd Annual Academy Of Country Music Awards held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada in 2007.Ethan Miller—Getty ImagesTaylor Swift performs during the Academy of Country Music New Artists' Party for a Cause show at the MGM Grand Hotel/Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada in 2008.Ethan Miller—Getty ImagesTaylor Swift performs live on MTV's "TRL" at the MTV Studios in Times Square in New York City in 2008.Gary Gershoff—WireImage/Getty ImagesTaylor Swift attends the 42nd Annual CMA Awards at the Sommet Center in Nashville, Tennessee in 2008.Ed Rode—WireImage/Getty ImagesSinger Taylor Swift arrives at CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California in 2008.Jon Kopaloff—FilmMagic/Getty ImagesTaylor Swift performs on Saturday Night Live in 2009.NBC/Getty ImagesTaylor Swift arrives at the Brit Awards 2009 at Earls Court in London, England.Gareth Cattermole—Getty ImagesTaylor Swift performs during the 44th annual Academy of Country Music Awards All-Star Jam at the MGM Grand Hotel/Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada in 2009.Ethan Miller—Getty ImagesTaylor Swift performs at Madison Square Garden in New York City in 2009.Theo Wargo—WireImage/Getty ImagesTaylor Swift arrives to the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. Stephen Lovekin—FilmMagic/Getty ImagesTaylor Swift performs at the 43rd Annual CMA Awards from the Sommet Center in Nashville, Tennessee in 2009.Katherine Bomboy—Getty ImagesTaylor Swift performs onstage at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards held at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California in 2010.Michael Caulfield—WireImage/Getty ImagesTaylor Swift drops one of her awards during the 52nd annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California in 2010.Valerie Macon—AFP/Getty ImagesTaylor Swift performs at the CMA Music Festival in Nashville, Tennessee in 2010.Rick Diamond—Getty ImagesTaylor Swift performs during the Grand Ole Opry 85th birthday bash at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, Tennessee in 2010.Tony R. Phipps—Getty ImagesTaylor Swift performs "Back to December" at the 44th Annual CMA Awards at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee in 2010.Rick Diamond—Getty ImagesTaylor Swift attends the 'Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty' Costume Institute Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2011.TIMOTHY A. CLARY—AFP/Getty ImagesTaylor Swift performs at the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.Jason LaVeris—FilmMagic/Getty ImagesTaylor Swift performs at the Radio One Teen Awards at Wembley Arena in London, England in 2012.Mike Marsland—WireImage/Getty ImagesTaylor Swift performs at the Radio One Teen Awards at Wembley Arena in London, England in 2012.Mike Marsland—WireImage/Getty ImagesTaylor Swift switches on the Christmas lights and performs for fans and shoppers at Westfield London in London, England in 2012.Mike Marsland—WireImage/Getty ImagesTaylor Swift arrives at the 26th Annual ARIA Awards 2012 at the Sydney Entertainment Centre in Sydney, Australia. Don Arnold—WireImage/Getty ImagesTaylor Swift performs on stage during the 26th Annual ARIA Awards 2012 at the Sydney Entertainment Centre in Sydney, Australia.Brendon Thorne—Getty ImagesTaylor Swift performs during night 1 of the 2012 KIIS FM Jingle Ball at Nokia Theatre LA Live in Los Angeles, California.C Flanigan—FilmMagic/Getty ImagesTaylor Swift in concert at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts in 2013.Barry Chin—Boston Globe/Getty ImagesTaylor Swift performs while Candice Swanepoel walks the runway at the 2013 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show at the Lexington Avenue Armory in New York City.Jamie McCarthy—Getty ImagesTaylor Swift performs at the Mercedes-Benz Arena on May 30, 2014 in Shanghai, China.ChinaFotoPress/Getty ImagesTaylor Swift performs onstage during the 2014 American Music Awards held at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on Nov. 23, 2014 in Los Angeles, Ca.Michael Tran—FilmMagic/Getty ImagesTaylor Swift performs at the 2014 American Music Awards at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on Nov. 23, 2014 in Los Angeles, Ca.Christopher Polk—Getty ImagesTaylor Swift performs on The Voice in 2014.NBC/Getty ImagesTaylor Swift performs during the 2014 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show at Earl's Court exhibition centre on Dec. 2, 2014 in London, England.Dimitrios Kambouris—Getty Images for Victoria's SecrTaylor Swift performs onstage during KIIS FM's Jingle Ball 2014 at Staples Center on December 5, 2014 in Los Angeles, Ca.Christopher Polk—Getty Images
