Taylor Swift Talks 'ME!', Album No. 7, And Mental Health In A Rare Interview

The rollout for Taylor Swift's seventh album is barely underway, although it's already been quite the adventure. And a fresh Instagram aesthetic, the unrelentingly upbeat lead single "ME!", and even a new member of her feline family member, Swift's new era is ushering in the return of something we in the media have long been hankering for: new interviews!


The 29-year-old famously declined to do any press throughout her brooding reputation era, yet she's (thankfully!) Ditched that plan of action for her next chapter. On Monday (April 29), as an example, she called in to the Zach Sang Show for a brief although illuminating chat that touched mostly on album No. 7 and its sparkly lead single.


"It's routinely really tough to pick a first single for my albums, because I attempt to create an album that's so vast in its scope of things," Swift explained. "There isn't ever just one song that could sum up what the album is. Nevertheless I knew that ["ME!"] Just felt like a celebration. It felt like something that would forces you to feel good. And I just want that now for people. I want that for me As soon as I perform it. I'd like to feel good and feel positive and feel hopeful."


The radiance and positivity that "ME!" Captures isn't just for happy times, though — Swift explained that she wants it to be an anthem of self-empowerment that'll inspire people through their ups and their downs.


"I think one thing to routinely keep tabs on is the fact that we have to know that there really is no happily ever immediately after, where we're just happy forever. ... That's not needless to say how we're going to feel all of the time," she mentioned. "So even in the moments as soon as I'm feeling really, really low, I think it will be cooperative Once I get to go on stage and play this song and visualize other people singing it back to me. It's not just a song that's for, like, 'oh, put this on whenever you feel good about yourself.' No, put this on any time as soon as you don't feel good about yourself, and maybe that will support you."


Believe it or not, she's speaking from personalized experience. While discussing what keeps things "fresh" for Swift immediately considering that these years, she admitted that she doesn't habitually feel inspired and happy from making music. As fans recall, there was a three-year gap between 1989 and reputation, and according to Swift, it was because she required to take time for her mental health.


"It's not habitually fresh for me," she conceded. "There have been times once I've needed to take years off because I just felt exhausted or I felt really low or really bad. You never really have the same process making an album. Now, thankfully, I feel really energized, which I'm feeling really grateful for. It's not something that I take for granted, that I feel this energized and this excited about this new music."


segment of what's keeping her enlivened, she mentioned, is making her album rollout a fun experience for her fervent fanbase. She mentioned that she attempted to "go all-out" by packing her "ME!" Video with visual effects, symbolism, and easter eggs, including the top-secret title of her next album, which she confirmed is buried somewhere in there. Check out the interview above to hear her talk more about that, networking with with Brendon Urie, and the "big story" she plans to tell on her forthcoming, mysteriously titled new project. And up until then, please keep the interviews coming, Tay!