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崩塌的城堡
"Castles Crumbling"
泰勒絲和海莉·威廉斯的歌曲
收錄於專輯《愛的告白 (重製版)》
發行日期2023年7月7日 (2023-07-07)
類型Emo
時長5:06
唱片公司Republic唱片
詞曲泰勒絲
監製
Lyric video
YouTube上的"Castles Crumbling"

《崩塌的城堡》（英語："Castles Crumbling"）[a]是美國創作歌手泰勒絲和海莉·威廉斯的歌曲。

Swift wrote the track and intended to include it in her third studio album, 愛的告白 (2010), but left it out of the track-list. She produced the track with 傑克·安多夫 for the 重新錄製 (音樂) of Speak Now, the 2023 album 愛的告白 (重製版). "Castles Crumbling" is an indie folk（英語：indie folk）-influenced Emo 謠曲 driven by a piano, and its lyrics are about the pressure of fame.

Music critics（英語：Music journalism） interpreted that "Castles Crumbling" was influenced by the 2009年MTV音樂錄像大獎 involving Swift and the rapper 肯伊·威斯特 at the 2009年MTV音樂錄像大獎. They gave the song generally positive reviews and described its nature as delicate. The song peaked in the top 40 on the Billboard Global 200 and on the charts in Australia, New Zealand, and the United States. Swift performed it live on the 聖塔克拉拉 (加利福尼亞州) stop of her 時代巡迴演唱會 on July 28, 2023.

Background and release

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海莉·威廉斯 (pictured) featured on "Castles Crumbling".

泰勒絲 released her third studio album, 愛的告白, on October 25, 2010, under 大機器唱片.[2] Swift released three more studio albums under Big Machine, as per her recording contract, which expired in November 2018. She hence withdrew from Big Machine and signed a new deal with Republic唱片, which secured her the rights to own the 母帶 of any new music she would release.[3] In 2019, the music executive 斯庫特·布勞恩 acquired Big Machine;[4] the ownership of the masters to Swift's first six studio albums, including Speak Now, transferred to him.[5] In August 2019, Swift denounced Braun's purchase and announced that she would 重新錄製 (音樂) her first six studio albums to own their masters herself.[6] Swift began the re-recording process in November 2020.[7]

On May 5, 2023, at the first 納什維爾 date of her sixth concert tour, 時代巡迴演唱會, Swift announced 愛的告白 (重製版) and its release date on July 7.[8] She subsequently revealed in social media posts, "I love this album because it tells a tale of growing up, flailing, flying and crashing ... and living to speak about it."[9] Swift emphasized the hardships she faced in her life during the time she wrote the record, among them "brutal honesty, unfiltered diaristic confessions and wild wistfulness".[10] On June 5, 2023, Swift announced the track-list of Speak Now (Taylor's Version). It contains twenty-two tracks, including six new "From the Vault" songs that were written for the 2010 album but never included.[11]

海莉·威廉斯, the frontwoman of the 搖滾樂 band 帕拉摩爾樂團 and a friend of Swift, was one of the influences on Swift's songwriting when she was conceiving Speak Now.[12] According to a statement on Swift's social media, this was a factor that made Swift choose Williams as a collaborator for Speak Now (Taylor's Version).[13] In a July 2023 interview with Coup de Main magazine, Williams expressed her gratitude and enjoyment of the track because she thought it portrayed an experience that both she and Swift went through.[14][15] "Castles Crumbling" was released on July 7, 2023, as the 20th track off Speak Now (Taylor's Version) via Republic唱片.[16]

On July 28, Swift performed the song live during the Eras Tour show in 聖塔克拉拉 (加利福尼亞州), as a "surprise song" outside the regular setlist.[17] CBS新聞 called the performance "show stopping",[18] while The Ringer（英語：The Ringer (website)） placed it as the tenth best "surprise song" set of the tour.[19] "Castles Crumbling" debuted at number 31 on the Billboard百強單曲榜; this expanded Swift's amount of top-40 entries to 119.[20] The song was Williams's first entry on the US Hot Country Songs chart, peaking at number 13.[21] The song entered charts in Canada (42),[22] Australia (33),[23] and New Zealand (30),[24] and it peaked at number 30 on the Billboard Global 200.[25]

Music and lyrics

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Production and composition

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"Castles Crumbling" has a length of five minutes and six seconds.[27] Swift is the track's sole writer. She produced it with 傑克·安多夫, who also provided programming（英語：Programming (music)） and played instruments including acoustic, 低音結他, electric guitar, drums, piano, and 合成器. Others musicians on the song were Bobby Hawk (violin), Eric Byers (大提琴), Evan Smith（英語：Bleachers (band)） (flute, saxophone), Mikey Freedom Hart（英語：Mikey Freedom Hart） (synthesizer), and Sean Hutchinson（英語：Sean Hutchinson） (drums, 敲擊樂器). Antonoff, Smith, David Hart, and Laura Sisk 音訊工程師 the track, with assistance from John Rooney, Jon Sher, and Megan Searl. Christopher Rowe（英語：Christopher Rowe (record producer)） and Taylor York（英語：Taylor York） engineered the song's vocals. It was mixed（英語：Audio mixing (recorded music)） by Serban Ghenea（英語：Serban Ghenea） with mix engineering from Bryce Bordone, and was 母帶 by 蘭迪·美林.[1] Music commentary labeled "Castles Crumbling" as an Emo song[14][28] with indie folk（英語：indie folk） influence.[26] The song is built off a prominent 鋼琴 line.[28] The first verse is performed by Swift, while Williams sings the second.[29] The two singers perform the chorus together, and they harmonize with each other during the song's outro .[30] Mikael Wood from 洛杉磯時報 compared the song's soundscape to indie folk sound of Folklore and 恆久傳說 (both 2020).[26]

Inspiration and lyrical content

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During the development of Speak Now, Swift was under public scrutiny, with her love life being the subject of mainstream media gossip, and the singer's transition from 鄉村音樂 to 流行 (音樂類型) receiving skeptical opinions—sentiment she carries over the first verse of "Castles Crumbling".[29] Various critics and fans drew a connection between it and 肯伊·威斯特's 2009年MTV音樂錄像大獎 at the 2009年MTV音樂錄像大獎.[31][32][33][34][35] Maura Johnston（英語：Maura Johnston）, in a review for 滾石 (雜誌), drew comparison between the themes of "Castles Crumbling" and "純真年代 (歌曲)", a Speak Now track released in 2010 that also addressed the MTV incident.[36] Some publications thought that Swift referenced its title in the opening line of the song "話都你在說" ("My castle crumbled overnight") from Swift's 2017 album 舉世盛名.[35][37][38]

 
Some critics compared "Castles Crumbling" to "Nothing New（英語：Nothing New (song)）" (2021), another vault track featuring 菲比·布里傑斯 (pictured).

The chorus sees Swift ensuring someone to not get involved in a relationship with her.[31] Uproxx writer Flisadam Pointer opined that it might be a nod to Swift's fans, as she assumes that their support for her can be fragile.[39] The second verse featuring vocals from Williams has lyrics, "Once, I was the great hope for a dynasty/ Crowds would hang on my words and they trusted me", which Glamour UK（英語：Glamour UK） editor Suzanne Cordeiro thought to metaphorize Swift's early-career role in bringing country music to a younger generation.[29] Bustle（英語：Bustle (magazine)） journalist Jake Viswanath meanwhile wrote that the said lyrics illustrate how small missteps might have a catastrophic influence over someone's career, a narrative that continues through the pre-chorus: "Power went to my head and I couldn't stop/ Ones I loved tried to help, so I ran them off."[14]

Some fans of Swift thought "Castles Crumbling" was a "dark sister" of "直到永遠 (泰勒絲歌曲)", a Speak Now track that is about Swift's promise to her fans that "we will be remembered".[14] Various publications pointed out how the lyrics of "Castles Crumbling" parallel with those from Swift's sixth studio album, Reputation, as both address themes surrounding reputation and "[falling] from grace".[40][16][41] Others compared "Castles Crumbling" to "Nothing New（英語：Nothing New (song)）", a vault track included on 紅色 (重製版) (2021) featuring 菲比·布里傑斯, since it is a self-written piece with a guest vocals from female friend, "[grappling] with a particular kind of self-doubt, caused by the glare of a spotlight in her eyes" as put by Callie Alhgrim from 商業內幕.[28][35] The theme of "self-loathing" also received comparisons to other songs by Swift: "弓箭手 (歌曲)" from 情人 (泰勒絲專輯) (2019), "Mirrorball（英語：Mirrorball (song)）" from 美麗傳說 (泰勒絲專輯) (2020) and "反英雄 (歌曲)" from 午夜 (專輯) (2022).[29][31][35][40]

Critical reception

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In 每日電訊報, Poppie Plat said that listeners who expected the Swift–Williams collaboration might be disappointed by the "somewhat saccharine tone" but picked it as a standout and said it was a "perfect companion" to other ballads such as "愛情魔力" and "Last Kiss".[42] Kelsey Barnes from The Line of Best Fit（英語：The Line of Best Fit） agreed and said that the production resembles Williams's solo projects.[43] Additionally, Parade（英語：Parade (magazine)）'s Jessica Sager noted that the title might be a nod to Paramore's "Brick By Boring Brick（英語：Brick By Boring Brick）" (2009), within which Williams sings "bury the castle".[16] Maura Johnston of 滾石 (雜誌) described it as a "gauzy surveying of a ruined personal landscape".[36] Laura Snapes from 衛報 said it is a "crestfallen, delicate song" and a "prescient song for Swift to have written at the outset of her imperial phase".[44]

Labeling the track as "a duet for the ages", British Rolling Stone critic Mark Sutherland praise how the singers' voices "gorgeously intertwin[e] as they wrestle with the fear that the cheers may one day turn to jeers".[45] 前音後果's Mary Siroky named "Castles Crumbling" the song of the week, writing that it is "a soft — but poignant — reclamation of the narrative".[30] In the article published on Spin (雜誌), Bobby Olivier opined that it is a "stronger" duet offered in Speak Now (Taylor's Version) than "Electric Touch（英語：Electric Touch (song)）", a collaboration with the band 打倒男孩, calling it a "deliciously emo piano burner".[28] Despite placing the song last on his ranking of the album's "From the Vault" tracks, Jason Lipshutz of Billboard (雜誌) wrote that the production is "brimming with ethereal voices and Swift and Williams maintaining mournful attitudes as they examine their personal wreckage".[46]

Credits and personnel

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Credits are adapted from the 專輯註釋 of Speak Now (Taylor's Version).[1]

Charts

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Chart performance for "Castles Crumbling"
Chart (2023) Peak
position
澳洲（澳洲唱片業協會單曲榜）[23] 33
加拿大（Canadian Hot 100）[22] 42
全球（Billboard Global 200）[25] 30
Greece International (國際唱片業協會希臘分會)[47] 87
新西蘭（新西蘭官方音樂榜）[24] 30
英國（官方榜單公司串流榜）[48] 54
美國（《Billboard》百強單曲榜）[49] 31
美國（《Billboard》熱門鄉村歌曲榜）[50] 13

註釋

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  1. ^ 全名「崩塌的城堡 (重製版) (私藏版)」。[1]

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