Theme
Songs about public image
Interpretations from our editorial team that explore this theme.
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Rihanna
S&M (Remix) [feat. Britney Spears]
Two of pop's biggest provocateurs turn kink into a club anthem about owning what other people call bad
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Taylor Swift
Look What You Made Me Do
A reinvention announcement disguised as a revenge song, in which Swift kills off her old public image and dares her critics to take credit
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Taylor Swift
This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things
A petty, party-thrown kiss-off to a former friend who talked behind the singer's back, dressed up as a hostess apologizing for taking the punch bowl away