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ZAYN & TAYLOR SWIFT - I DON'T WANNA LIVE FOREVER (FIFTY SHADES DARKER) (SONG)
Label:REP/UMA
Entry:25/12/2016 (Position 3)
Last week in charts:14/05/2017 (Position 47)
Peak:3 (3 weeks)
Weeks:21
Place on best of all time:646 (767 points)
Year:2016
Music/Lyrics:Taylor Swift
Jack Antonoff
Sam Dew
Producer:Jack Antonoff
World wide:
ch  Peak: 2 / weeks: 30
de  Peak: 2 / weeks: 24
at  Peak: 2 / weeks: 22
fr  Peak: 4 / weeks: 37
nl  Peak: 6 / weeks: 22
be  Peak: 7 / weeks: 18 (Vl)
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se  Peak: 1 / weeks: 29
fi  Peak: 7 / weeks: 11
no  Peak: 2 / weeks: 19
dk  Peak: 2 / weeks: 19
it  Peak: 5 / weeks: 23
es  Peak: 7 / weeks: 24
au  Peak: 3 / weeks: 21
nz  Peak: 4 / weeks: 18

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RCA / Universal 00602557372502


TRACKS
09/12/2016
Digital RCA / Universal 00602557372502 (UMG) / EAN 0602557372502
1. I Don't Wanna Live Forever [Fifty Shades Darker]
4:05
   

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4:05I Don't Wanna Live Forever (Fifty Shades Darker)RCA / Universal
00602557372502
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09/12/2016
4:06Fifty Shades DarkerRepublic
00602557372571
Album
CD
10/02/2017
4:06Fifty Shades DarkerRepublic
00602557409277
Album
CD
10/02/2017
4:04Now That's What I Call Music! 62 [US]Universal
B0026580-02
Compilation
CD
05/05/2017
4:06Fifty Shades DarkerRepublic
00602557437188
Album
LP
12/05/2017
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TAYLOR SWIFT IN AUSTRALIAN CHARTS
Singles

TitleEntryPeakweeks
Love Story25/01/2009144
White Horse22/02/2009411
You Belong With Me24/05/2009538
Fifteen13/12/2009483
Today Was A Fairytale21/02/2010312
Mine22/08/2010914
Speak Now24/10/2010201
Back To December31/10/2010261
Mean07/11/2010451
Safe & Sound (Taylor Swift feat. The Civil Wars)25/03/2012383
Eyes Open01/04/2012471
Both Of Us (B.o.B feat. Taylor Swift)13/05/2012514
We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together26/08/2012324
Begin Again07/10/2012202
Red14/10/2012123
I Knew You Were Trouble21/10/2012326
State Of Grace28/10/2012441
2224/02/20132110
Everything Has Changed (Taylor Swift feat. Ed Sheeran)26/05/20132811
Sweeter Than Fiction10/11/2013441
Shake It Off31/08/2014137
Out Of The Woods26/10/2014198
Welcome To New York02/11/2014232
Blank Space16/11/2014138
Style25/01/2015832
Bad Blood (Taylor Swift feat. Kendrick Lamar)31/05/2015117
Wildest Dreams23/08/2015322
New Romantics13/03/2016355
I Don't Wanna Live Forever (Fifty Shades Darker) (Zayn & Taylor Swift)25/12/2016321
Look What You Made Me Do10/09/2017115
...Ready For It?17/09/2017312
Gorgeous05/11/201794
Call It What You Want19/11/2017161
End Game (Taylor Swift feat. Ed Sheeran & Future)28/01/2018364
Delicate08/04/2018289
Me! (Taylor Swift feat. Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco)12/05/2019212
You Need To Calm Down30/06/2019319
The Archer11/08/2019193
Lover01/09/2019326
I Forgot That You Existed08/09/2019241
Cruel Summer08/09/2019186
The Man08/09/2019174
I Think He Knows08/09/2019341
Miss Americana & The Heartbreak Prince08/09/2019323
Paper Rings08/09/2019291
Cornelia Street08/09/2019401
Death By A Thousand Cuts08/09/2019481
London Boy08/09/2019421
Only The Young16/02/2020311
Cardigan09/08/202019
Hoax09/08/2020431
Exile (Taylor Swift feat. Bon Iver)09/08/202035
Seven09/08/2020162
August09/08/2020132
Peace09/08/2020331
Mirrorball09/08/2020142
Invisible String09/08/2020192
This Is Me Trying09/08/2020181
Illicit Affairs09/08/2020211
The 109/08/202043
Betty09/08/2020221
Mad Woman09/08/2020251
Epiphany09/08/2020291
The Last Great American Dynasty09/08/202072
My Tears Ricochet09/08/202082
Willow27/12/2020113
Champagne Problems27/12/2020121
Dorothea27/12/2020471
Coney Island (Taylor Swift feat. The National)27/12/2020421
Evermore (Taylor Swift feat. Bon Iver)27/12/2020451
Happiness27/12/2020371
'Tis The Damn Season27/12/2020241
Ivy27/12/2020431
Long Story Short27/12/2020491
No Body, No Crime (Taylor Swift feat. Haim)27/12/2020161
Gold Rush27/12/2020211
Tolerate It27/12/2020331
Love Story (Taylor's Version)28/02/2021214
You All Over Me (Taylor Swift feat. Maren Morris)11/04/2021341
Mr. Perfectly Fine25/04/2021193
Forever & Always (Taylor's Version)25/04/2021451
Wildest Dreams (Taylor's Version)03/10/2021283
I Bet You Think About Me (Taylor Swift feat. Chris Stapleton)28/11/2021431
Run (Taylor Swift feat. Ed Sheeran)28/11/2021192
Message In A Bottle28/11/2021331
Treacherous28/11/2021381
All Too Well28/11/2021113
I Almost Do28/11/2021451
Enchanted05/12/2021273
This Love (Taylor's Version)22/05/2022232
Don't Blame Me26/06/2022166
Question...?06/11/2022114
Anti-Hero06/11/2022177
Mastermind06/11/2022123
Vigilante Shit06/11/2022104
Karma06/11/2022231
Lavender Haze06/11/2022213
Sweet Nothing06/11/2022143
Labyrinth06/11/2022133
You're On Your Own, Kid06/11/202265
Maroon06/11/202246
Bejeweled06/11/202276
Midnight Rain06/11/202256
Snow On The Beach (Taylor Swift feat. Lana Del Rey)06/11/202235
All Of The Girls You Loved Before02/04/2023153
Hits Different11/06/2023161
Mine (Taylor's Version)23/07/2023101
I Can See You23/07/202353
Enchanted (Taylor's Version)23/07/202372
Electric Touch (Taylor Swift feat. Fall Out Boy)23/07/2023381
When Emma Falls In Love23/07/2023431
Castles Crumbling (Taylor Swift feat. Hayley Williams)23/07/2023331
Foolish One23/07/2023501
Back To December (Taylor's Version)23/07/2023111
Better Than Revenge (Taylor's Version)23/07/2023141
Sparks Fly (Taylor's Version)23/07/2023171
Speak Now (Taylor's Version)23/07/2023221
Dear John (Taylor's Version)23/07/2023261
Mean (Taylor's Version)23/07/2023301
The Story Of Us (Taylor's Version)23/07/2023321
Haunted (Taylor's Version)23/07/2023481
Say Don't Go12/11/202333
Is It Over Now? (Taylor's Version)12/11/2023119
Now That We Don't Talk12/11/202325
Suburban Legends12/11/202382
Style (Taylor's Version)12/11/202373
"Slut!"12/11/202343
Blank Space (Taylor's Version)12/11/202392
Out Of The Woods (Taylor's Version)12/11/2023121
Welcome To New York (Taylor's Version)12/11/2023111
Wonderland12/11/2023221
You're Losing Me17/12/2023132
Christmas Tree Farm07/01/2024491
You Belong With Me (Taylor's Version)03/03/2024372
Fortnight (Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone)05/05/2024124
But Daddy I Love Him05/05/202475
The Alchemy05/05/2024182
The Tortured Poets Department05/05/202434
My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys05/05/202464
Down Bad05/05/202429
Clara Bow05/05/2024202
The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived05/05/2024164
I Can Do It With A Broken Heart05/05/2024515
LOML05/05/2024154
I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can)05/05/2024192
Guilty As Sin?05/05/2024107
So Long, London05/05/202445
Fresh Out The Slammer05/05/2024143
Florida!!! (Taylor Swift feat. Florence + The Machine)05/05/202484
Who's Afraid Of Little Old Me?05/05/202498
The Black Dog05/05/2024252
Imgonnagetyouback05/05/2024232
The Albatross05/05/2024291
Chloe Or Sam Or Sophia Or Marcus05/05/2024331
How Did It End?05/05/2024301
So High School05/05/2024262
I Hate It Here05/05/2024371
Thank You Aimee05/05/2024281
I Look In People's Windows05/05/2024401
The Prophecy05/05/2024312
Cassandra05/05/2024491
Peter05/05/2024461
Us. (Gracie Abrams feat. Taylor Swift)07/07/2024252
 
Albums

TitleEntryPeakweeks
Fearless30/11/2008296
Taylor Swift21/03/2010333
Speak Now14/11/2010133
Speak Now World Tour Live11/12/2011163
Red04/11/20121180
198909/11/20141398
Reputation26/11/20171259
Lover08/09/20191276
Folklore09/08/20201251
Evermore27/12/20201123
Fearless (Taylor's Version)25/04/2021158
Midnights06/11/20221120
Folklore - The Long Pond Studio Sessions07/05/2023241
Speak Now (Taylor's Version)23/07/2023144
1989 (Taylor's Version)12/11/2023177
The Tortured Poets Department05/05/2024156
Red (Taylor's Version)01/09/2024425
Lover - Live From Paris23/02/2025141
SONGS BY TAYLOR SWIFT
"Slut!"
...Ready For It?
22
A Place In This World
Afterglow
All Of The Girls You Loved Before
All Too Well
All You Had To Do Was Stay
All You Had To Do Was Stay (Taylor's Version)
Anti-Hero (Taylor Swift feat. Bleachers)
Anti-Hero
August
Babe
Babe (Sugarland feat. Taylor Swift)
Back To December
Back To December (Taylor's Version)
Bad Blood (Taylor Swift feat. Kendrick Lamar)
Bad Blood
Bad Blood (Taylor's Version)
Beautiful Eyes
Beautiful Ghosts
Begin Again
Bejeweled
Better Man
Better Than Revenge
Better Than Revenge (Taylor's Version)
Betty
Bigger Than The Whole Sky
Birch (Big Red Machine feat. Taylor Swift)
Blank Space
Blank Space (Taylor's Version)
Both Of Us (B.o.B feat. Taylor Swift)
Breathe (Taylor Swift feat. Colbie Caillat)
Breathless
But Daddy I Love Him
Bye Bye Baby
Call It What You Want
Cardigan
Carolina
Cassandra
Castles Crumbling (Taylor Swift feat. Hayley Williams)
Champagne Problems
Change
Chloe Or Sam Or Sophia Or Marcus
Christmas Must Be Something More
Christmas Tree Farm
Christmases When You Were Mine
Clara Bow
Clean
Clean (Taylor's Version)
Closure
Cold As You
Come Back... Be Here
Come In With The Rain
Coney Island (Taylor Swift feat. The National)
Cornelia Street
Cowboy Like Me
Crazier
Cruel Summer
Dancing With Our Hands Tied
Daylight
Dear John
Dear John (Taylor's Version)
Dear Reader
Death By A Thousand Cuts
Delicate
Don't Blame Me
Don't You
Dorothea
Down Bad
Dress
Drops Of Jupiter
Electric Touch (Taylor Swift feat. Fall Out Boy)
Enchanted
Enchanted (Taylor's Version)
End Game (Taylor Swift feat. Ed Sheeran & Future)
Epiphany
Evermore (Taylor Swift feat. Bon Iver)
Everything Has Changed (Taylor Swift feat. Ed Sheeran)
Exile (Taylor Swift feat. Bon Iver)
Eyes Open
Eyes Open (Taylor's Version)
False God
Fearless
Fifteen
Florida!!! (Taylor Swift feat. Florence + The Machine)
Foolish One
Forever & Always
Forever & Always (Taylor's Version)
Forever Winter
Fortnight (Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone)
Fresh Out The Slammer
Gasoline (Haim feat. Taylor Swift)
Getaway Car
Girl At Home
Glitch
Gold Rush
Gorgeous
Guilty As Sin?
Half Of My Heart (John Mayer feat. Taylor Swift)
Happiness
Haunted
Haunted (Taylor's Version)
Hey Stephen
High Infidelity
Highway Don't Care (Tim McGraw feat. Taylor Swift & Keith Urban)
Hits Different
Hoax
Holy Ground
How Did It End?
How You Get The Girl
How You Get The Girl (Taylor's Version)
I Almost Do
I Bet You Think About Me (Taylor Swift feat. Chris Stapleton)
I Can Do It With A Broken Heart
I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can)
I Can See You
I Did Something Bad
I Don't Wanna Live Forever (Fifty Shades Darker) (Zayn & Taylor Swift)
I Forgot That You Existed
I Hate It Here
I Heart?
I Knew You Were Trouble
I Know Places
I Know Places (Taylor's Version)
I Look In People's Windows
I Think He Knows
I Wish You Would
I Wish You Would (Taylor's Version)
If This Was A Movie
If This Was A Movie (Taylor's Version)
Illicit Affairs
I'm Only Me When I'm With You
Imgonnagetyouback
Innocent
Invisible
Invisible String
Is It Over Now? (Taylor's Version)
It's Nice To Have A Friend
It's Time To Go
Ivy
Jump Then Fall
Karma
Karma (Taylor Swift feat. Ice Spice)
King Of My Heart
Labyrinth
Last Christmas
Last Kiss
Lavender Haze
LOML
London Boy
Long Live
Long Story Short
Look What You Made Me Do
Love Story
Love Story (Taylor's Version)
Lover
Lover (Remix) (Taylor Swift feat. Shawn Mendes)
Macavity (Taylor Swift feat. Idris Elba)
Mad Woman
Marjorie
Maroon
Mary's Song (Oh My My My)
Mastermind
Me! (Taylor Swift feat. Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco)
Mean
Mean (Taylor's Version)
Message In A Bottle
Midnight Rain
Mine
Mine (Taylor's Version)
Mirrorball
Miss Americana & The Heartbreak Prince
Mr. Perfectly Fine
My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys
My Tears Ricochet
Never Grow Up
New Romantics
New Romantics (Taylor's Version)
New Year's Day
No Body, No Crime (Taylor Swift feat. Haim)
Now That We Don't Talk
Only The Young
Our Song
Ours
Out Of The Woods
Out Of The Woods (Taylor's Version)
Paper Rings
Paris
Peace
Perfectly Good Heart
Peter
Picture To Burn
Question...?
Red
Renegade (Big Red Machine feat. Taylor Swift)
Reputation
Right Where You Left Me
Robin
Ronan
Run (Taylor Swift feat. Ed Sheeran)
Sad Beautiful Tragic
Safe & Sound (Taylor Swift feat. The Civil Wars)
Safe & Sound (Taylor's Version) (Taylor Swift, Joy Williams & John Paul White)
Santa Baby
Say Don't Go
Seven
Shake It Off
Shake It Off (Taylor's Version)
Should've Said No
Silent Night
Slut!
Snow On The Beach (Taylor Swift feat. Lana Del Rey)
So High School
So It Goes...
So Long, London
Soon You'll Get Better (Taylor Swift feat. Dixie Chicks)
Sparks Fly
Sparks Fly (Taylor's Version)
Speak Now
Speak Now (Taylor's Version)
Starlight
State Of Grace
Stay Beautiful
Stay Stay Stay
Stay With Me (Taylor Swift & Ed Sheeran)
Style
Style (Taylor's Version)
Suburban Legends
Superman
SuperStar
Sweet Nothing
Sweeter Than Fiction
Teardrops On My Guitar
Tell Me Why
Thank You Aimee
That's When (Taylor Swift feat. Keith Urban)
The 1
The Albatross
The Alchemy
The Alcott (The National feat. Taylor Swift)
The Archer
The Best Day
The Black Dog
The Bolter
The Great War
The Joker And The Queen (Ed Sheeran feat. Taylor Swift)
The Lakes
The Last Great American Dynasty
The Last Time (Taylor Swift feat. Gary Lightbody)
The Lucky One
The Man
The Manuscript
The Moment I Knew
The Other Side Of The Door
The Outside
The Prophecy
The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived
The Story Of Us
The Story Of Us (Taylor's Version)
The Tortured Poets Department
The Very First Night
The Way I Loved You
This Is Me Trying
This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things
This Love
This Love (Taylor's Version)
Tied Together With A Smile
Tim McGraw
Timeless
'Tis The Damn Season
Today Was A Fairytale
Tolerate It
Treacherous
Two Is Better Than One (Boys Like Girls feat. Taylor Swift)
Untouchable
Us. (Gracie Abrams feat. Taylor Swift)
Vigilante Shit
We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together
We Were Happy
Welcome To New York
Welcome To New York (Taylor's Version)
When Emma Falls In Love
White Christmas
White Horse
Who's Afraid Of Little Old Me?
Wildest Dreams
Wildest Dreams (Taylor's Version)
Willow
Wonderland
Wonderland (Taylor's Version)
Would've, Could've, Should've
You All Over Me (Taylor Swift feat. Maren Morris)
You Are In Love
You Are In Love (Taylor's Version)
You Belong With Me
You Belong With Me (Taylor's Version)
You Need To Calm Down
You're Losing Me
You're Not Sorry
You're On Your Own, Kid
ALBUMS BY TAYLOR SWIFT
1989
1989 (Taylor's Version)
Evermore
Fearless
Fearless (Taylor's Version)
Folklore
Folklore - The Long Pond Studio Sessions
Lover
Lover - Live From Paris
Midnights
Red
Red (Taylor's Version)
Reputation
Speak Now
Speak Now (Taylor's Version)
Speak Now World Tour Live
Taylor Swift
The More Fearless (Taylor's Version) Chapter
The More Lover Chapter
The More Red (Taylor's Version) Chapter
The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection
The Tortured Poets Department
The Tortured Poets Department - The Anthology
DVDS BY TAYLOR SWIFT
Journey To Fearless
Speak Now World Tour Live
 
ZAYN IN AUSTRALIAN CHARTS
Singles

TitleEntryPeakweeks
Pillowtalk14/02/2016116
It's You13/03/2016381
Like I Would27/03/2016316
Cruel (Snakehips feat. Zayn)31/07/2016348
I Don't Wanna Live Forever (Fifty Shades Darker) (Zayn & Taylor Swift)25/12/2016321
Still Got Time (Zayn feat. PartyNextDoor)09/04/2017208
Dusk Till Dawn (Zayn feat. Sia)24/09/2017621
Let Me29/04/2018296
Trampoline (Shaed & Zayn)03/11/20192714
 
Albums

TitleEntryPeakweeks
Mind Of Mine10/04/201614
Nobody Is Listening31/01/2021101
Room Under The Stairs02/06/2024161
SONGS BY ZAYN
A Whole New World (Zayn & Zhavia Ward)
Alienated
All That
Angel (Jimi Hendrix / Zayn)
Back To Life
BeFoUr
Better
Birds On A Cloud
Blue
Bordersz
Bright
Calamity
Common
Concrete Kisses
Connexion
Cruel (Snakehips feat. Zayn)
Dreamin
Drunk
Dusk Till Dawn (Zayn feat. Sia)
Entertainer
False Starts
Fingers
Flames (R3hab x Zayn x Jungleboi)
Flight Of The Stars
Fool For You
Freedun (M.I.A. feat. Zayn)
Fresh Air
Fuchsia Sea
Gates Of Hell
Good Guy
Good Years
Grateful
How It Feels
I Don't Mind
I Don't Wanna Live Forever (Fifty Shades Darker) (Zayn & Taylor Swift)
Icarus
If I Got You
Imprint
Insomnia
Intermission: Flower
It's You
Let Me
Like I Would
Love Like This
Lucozade
Mind Of Mine
My Woman
Natural
No Candle No Light (Zayn feat. Nicki Minaj)
Outside
Pillowtalk
Pillowtalk (Remix) (Zayn feat. Lil Wayne)
Rainberry
Rear View
River Road
Satisfaction
Scripted
She
She Don't Love Me
Shoot At Will
Something In The Water
Sour Diesel
Stand Still
Stardust
Still Got Time (Zayn feat. PartyNextDoor)
Sweat
Talk To Me
The Time
There You Are
Tightrope
Tio
To Begin Again (Ingrid Michaelson & Zayn)
Tonight
Too Much (Zayn feat. Timbaland)
Trampoline (Shaed & Zayn)
Truth
Unfuckwitable
Vibez
What I Am
When Love's Around (Zayn feat. Syd)
Who
Windowsill (Zayn feat. Devlin)
Wrong (Zayn feat. Kehlani)
You Wish You Knew
ALBUMS BY ZAYN
Icarus Falls
Mind Of Mine
Nobody Is Listening
Room Under The Stairs
 
REVIEWS
Average points: 3.24 (Reviews: 87)
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****
Das die beiden einer der Soundtracks zum neuen Film der Shades-Serie bringen, kommt für mich etwas überraschend.<br><br>Aber mir solls recht sein! Ich mag Zayn und von Taylor hörte man ja schon ein weilchen, zumindest musikalisch, nichts mehr.<br><br>Die beiden Harmonieren wie ich finde. Natürlich ist die Nummer nix spezielles, aber es gefällt mir und "I Don't Wanna Live Forever" könnte ein Hit werden bei mir! Vorerst 4*+
**
I'm always up for a dark sounding mid-tempo R&B track so I like how this sounds, however these two are not a match made in heaven vocally. On one side there is Zayn who I guess is supposed to sound vulnerable (?), but unfortunately sounds desperate. His falsetto really isn't that good. On the other side there is Taylor who sounds icy cold and completely uninterested. They can't sell passion to save their lives and that was necessary, not only because of the movie, but because the nature of the track. <br>It's certainly tolerable, but I'm already dreading January if this is going to be on the radio all the time. 3.3 <br><br>I was right, it is annoying now.
Last edited: 30/01/2017 12:13
***
Zayn is far more prominent on the track, which is a problem because his falsetto is pretty hard to stomach. Other than that the production is okay and Taylor's parts are fine. 3.25
**
Quite uninteresting and dull but I have no issues with it for now so it can have a 3. However, I too can see myself hating this quickly if it becomes inescapable during this summer.<br><br>Edit: I heard this again the other day and it is certainly worse than I initially gave it credit for. Despite what I said above, I do actually have numerous issues with this. Zayn's falsetto is horribly unpleasant actually and that puts me off the song straight away now. Also Taylor sounds dull as ever and completely unengaged in the song to the point it's pretty much like watching paint dry. Also the lyrics are incredibly uneventful and sounds like your typical pop lyrics about some relationship which is especially a worry if it features in a risque bdsm movie.
Last edited: 02/03/2017 15:28
***
I'm a fan of both acts on the track, but this is rather dull. I think it's selling mainly off the name brands.
***
Zayn is actually quite good here despite this being a very lacklustre track.<br>I honestly don't get all the hype around Taylor Swift, she really is incredibly overrated and offers absolutely nothing here.
***
Rather disappointing. Zayn's vocals are not bad but too much to hear sometimes, Taylor doesn't really help in the song as she is just there.<br><br>With more exposure this could be a grower but i find it to be lowkey forgettable and not replay-worthy. 3.5+
****
Passable.
**
It's very emblemic of a mass-marketing effort around what should by all normal logic be a niche market. The fact of the matter is that "Fifty Shades Of Grey" really is that big of a deal, and thus we need a film tie-in to accentuate the franchise. The soundtrack tie-in hit is a commonly successful way to promote this but for my take this just does not work at all. The film is "Fifty Shades Darker", but this track just feels the opposite, sounding thoroughly chaste, even by the not-so-high standards of the artists involved. It feels like a whole lot of executive meddling; a lot of voices taking a cut into the art direction that results in a bland middleground. To make a song for a soundtrack like this, you need swell, you need groove, you need some sort of sexual drive, but this lumbering percussion-heavy dirge does nothing to compliment its purpose.
**
I don't really subscribe to the whole moral outrage thing when it comes to sex anymore. I think it's a really toxic way of thinking that ultimately leads to slut shaming and a lack of proper education about sex, among other things, because people are so fearful to approach the topic. It's a bit ridiculous really, especially when outrage is often directed at things purely catered towards adults.<br><br>However, I can't help but feel uneasy whenever I see or hear about the 'Fifty Shades' books and films. I will admit I haven't read any of the books or watched the first film, but my perception is that they're highly problematic. I have no issues with BDSM or people who who are into it, despite it not being appealing to me personally. But when people who engage in such practices don't think the plot accurately represents BDSM and instead looks more like abuse, a violent relationship and even non-consensual sexual activities, you know you have a problem. It worries me that women are being duped into the Fifty Shades trilogy when it's got such a problematic plot, especially when you consider domestic violence rates in Australia.<br><br>I mention all this because I feel it's important to the context of this track. This was an instant hit, with the movie tie-in playing a significant part in that. Despite showing the darker side of sex and relationships, while also purporting to be about the often unexplored topic of BDSM, it's a rather vanilla song. You'd think the movies would have darker songs promoting it, but instead the first movie had "Love Me Like You Do" as its big smash. Even when getting The Weeknd in to help, who is no stranger to the darker side of sex, the result is a more romantic ballad. It makes me think that people (mainly women) are being duped into being excited for these problematic movies and the associated books with these accessible pop songs which don't seem to represent the movie at all. But perhaps I'm missing the context of where the songs are played in the movie (if at all)?<br><br>So what makes this song so bad? Zayn's falsetto is just a bizarre fit and I'm struggling to think of where it would fit in the context of the movie based on what knowledge I have. I don't mind it personally but what the hell is it doing there? Taylor just sounds uninterested and they sound awful when singing together. The production is something that I don't notice so much when I hear it on the radio (which is pretty much the only place I ever hear it), but listening to it now it really is shoddy. I'm annoyed that the name power of both of them + the movie tie-in has made this a hit.<br><br>If anything this track has worsened my opinion of these movies, which I already had a low opinion of anyway. I suppose I shouldn't expect much from what is basically a glorified Twilight fanfiction. The existence of this is interesting for one thing though, I'm struggling to think of a big ARIA hit that has had such a middling response from aus-charters. Which is pleasing.
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Ok
****
Not my favourite Taylor song by any means. And Zayn doesn't really sound that interesting on this one either. But as far as songs go it is fairly catchy and not offensive to the ears and has the backing of two rather large musician fan bases and also the back of a rather large book/hit movie franchise.
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Crap
***
Taylor Swift can do no wrong in my eyes. So I'll offer this just like the 1st movie the single released to promote the movie is way better than the actual movie. However having said that the song is only average. I'll blame Zayn. I'll go out on limb here & say Zayn's solo career will stall before the rest of them.
****
Catchy.
**
Nah, I tried to get a liking for its dark tone taste in a romantic feel but I couldn't. Tbvh, I think the problem in this song is the production. Those weird sounds at the background kind of let the song ruined itself. I like Taylor Swift's vocals in this one though and same with Zayn but everytime when I hear his other songs, they attend to get lack of cohesiveness and musical direction. Very boring.
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Als een van de vijf One Direction leden weet hij vanaf 2016 een solo carriere te starten waarbij hij 3 top 10 hits scoort. Dit is de tweede in de rij tesamen met het Amerikaanse country/pop icoon Taylor Swift. Dit "duet" is duidelijk apart opgenomen wamnt er is weinig interactie tussen de zangers.
**
Poor!<br><br>P = 75
***
Well its okay
****
loved Taylor's part of the track
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