The Lover CD is Taylor Swift’s seventh studio album. Released on August 23, 2019, it features the singles “ME!”, “You Need to Calm Down”, and “Lover”. The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, making Swift the first artist to have seven consecutive studio albums debut at number one. 

The Lover CD has been praised by music critics. On Metacritic, the album has a score of 84 out of 100, indicating “universal acclaim”. Neil McCormick of The Daily Telegraph gave the album five stars and called it “a blatantly romantic, hugely enjoyable record”. Jon Caramanica of The New …