

Īfter the album's release, Swift embarked on the 1989 World Tour, which was the highest-grossing tour of 2015. They pulled 1989 from free streaming services such as Spotify, prompting an industry discourse on the impact of streaming on music sales. Swift and Big Machine promoted the album extensively through product endorsements, television, radio appearances and social media. The songs, expanding on Swift's songwriting practice taking inspiration from her personal life, express lighthearted perspectives towards failed relationships, departing from her previous hostile attitude. The album's synth-pop sound is characterized by heavy synthesizers, programmed drums, and processed backing vocals. On 1989, titled after her birth year to signify her symbolic artistic rebirth, Swift enlisted Max Martin as co-executive producer.

After music critics questioned Swift's status as a country musician following the release of her pop and electronic-influenced fourth studio album Red (2012), she was inspired by 1980s synth-pop to recalibrate her artistry from country to pop. It was released on October 27, 2014, by Big Machine Records.

Songs from the Apple Music catalog cannot be burned to a CD.1989 is the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift.
