In one of many buzziest “From the Vault” tracks off her newest album re-recording Communicate Now (Taylor’s Model), Taylor Swift teamed up with outdated buddy—and Fall Out Boy frontman—Patrick Stump for a traditional however intelligent nostalgia play. The result’s “Electrical Contact (Taylor’s Model) (From The Vault) [feat. Fall Out Boy],” a pop-punk playground that echoes the Swiftian hits of yore, elevated with the maturity of each Swift’s and Stump’s spectacular vocal vary. Swift hasn’t sounded this 2010 since—properly, the 2010s.
The music itself retains its that means imprecise, serenading an unidentified new flame with hope that, this time, the narrator might need stumbled upon love that received’t finish in heartbreak. Nonetheless, these wouldn’t be Swift lyrics and not using a robust dose of skepticism on the subject of relationship longevity. Wistful but whimsical, “Electrical Contact” additionally options just a few Easter eggs for sharp Swifties: an apparent one, after all, being the inclusion of the timestamp “8:05,” which provides as much as “13,” the singer’s fortunate quantity.
Swift had announced on June 5 that Fall Out Boy would be part of Communicate Now (Taylor’s Model) as a featured artist on “Electrical Contact.” On the time, she wrote, “Since Communicate Now was all about my songwriting, I made a decision to go to the artists who I really feel influenced me most powerfully as a lyricist at the moment and ask them to sing on the album.” Nor was this the primary time Swift and Fall Out Boy have collaborated: They carried out collectively through the 2013 Victoria’s Secret Style Present, and Stump made an look onstage throughout Swift’s Crimson Tour.
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Learn the complete lyrics to “Electrical Contact” beneath.
Simply breathe, simply chill out, it’ll be okay
Simply an hour ’til your automotive’s within the driveway
Simply the primary time ever hangin’ out with you tonight
I’ve obtained my cash on issues goin’ badly
Received a historical past of tales ending sadly
Nonetheless hoping that the fireplace received’t burn me
Only one time, only one time
All I do know is this might both break my coronary heart or deliver it again to life
Received a feelin’ your electrical contact may fill this ghost city up with life
And I would like you now, wanna want you endlessly
Within the warmth of your electrical contact, mmm
I’ve been left within the rain misplaced and pining
I’m tryin’ arduous to not seem like I’m making an attempt
’Trigger each time I attempted arduous for love, it fell aside (Woah)
I’ve gotten used to nobody callin’ my telephone
I’ve grown accustomed to sleepin’ alone
Nonetheless, I do know that every one it takes is to get it proper
Only one time, only one time
All I do know is this might both break my coronary heart or deliver it again to life
Received a feelin’ your electrical contact may fill this ghost city up with life
And I would like you now, wanna want you endlessly
Within the warmth of your electrical contact, mmm
I used to be pondering only one time (Only one time)
Perhaps the celebs align (Only one time)
And perhaps I name you mine
And also you received’t want area
Or string me alongside when you resolve
And only one time (Only one time)
Perhaps the second’s proper (The second’s proper)
It’s 8:05 and I see two headlights
All I do know is this might both break my coronary heart or deliver it again to life
Received a feelin’ your electrical contact (Ooh)
All I do know is this might both break my coronary heart or deliver it again to life
Received a feelin’ your electrical contact may fill this ghost city up with life (life)
And I would like you now, wanna want you endlessly
Within the warmth of your electrical contact, mmm
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Lauren Puckett-Pope is a employees tradition author at ELLE, the place she primarily covers movie, tv and books. She was beforehand an affiliate editor at ELLE.