Editing Taylor Swift (section)

===Reinvention and ''Reputation'' (2017–2018)===

''Reputation'' (2017) was a sharp pivot, presenting a darker, more confrontational image and a sound influenced by hip-hop production, industrial pop, and electronic music. Informed by her public conflicts with [[Kanye West]] and [[Kim Kardashian]] and a period of deliberate withdrawal from public life, the album's lead single ''Look What You Made Me Do'' announced a new persona built on self-mythology and controlled narrative. Despite mixed critical reception, ''Reputation'' sold massively and its accompanying stadium tour became one of the highest-grossing of all time at that point.