I came across a tweet showing how Rolling Stones reviewed past Taylor Swifts albums and how they were all in the 90-100 range and it got me feeling that they are biased? Not to hate on the life of a showgirl but I hardly think that it was THAT good to warrant a 5 stars (100%)? I mean personally I found the album mediocre to disappointing but even fans of this album also seemed to acknowledge this wasn't the strongest of her albums - and they and I consume music through a very subjective lens. Hence I would like to think for a critic, the subjectivity of taste ought to be tempered with some objectivity. Else isn't Rolling Stones review way to obviously biased? But I think what made me sadder was the idea that this could (and very likely) be the result of a paid review which is kinda sad to think abt cos at her current height i don't think Swift needs any more paid reviews and her fans will (and did) buy her album regardless.