"Delicate" is an electropop song by American singer-songwriter Taylor
Swift (pictured), taken from her sixth studio album, Reputation (2017),
and released as a single in March 2018. It was written by Swift and its
producers, Max Martin and Shellback. The lyrics are about insecurity
with a new love interest. To create a sound accompanying the vulnerable
sentiment, Martin and Shellback manipulated Swift's vocals with a
vocoder. "Delicate" is a ballad with dense synthesizers and house beats.
In the music video, Swift dances barefoot through public places,
dripping wet from the rain and invisible to others. Music critics
praised Swift's songwriting and the mellower production compared to the
album's overarching brash sound. The song featured in 2018 year-end
lists by Billboard, Slant Magazine, and Rolling Stone. A sleeper hit in
the U.S., "Delicate" peaked at number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and
topped Billboard's airplay charts: Mainstream Top 40, Adult
Contemporary, and Adult Pop Songs.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delicate_%28Taylor_Swift_song%29>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1311:
The peerage and clergy of the Kingdom of England published the
Ordinances of 1311 to restrict King Edward II's powers.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordinances_of_1311>
1797:
French Revolutionary Wars: The Royal Navy captured eleven Dutch
Navy ships without any losses at the Battle of Camperdown.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Camperdown>
1942:
World War II: At the Battle of Cape Esperance on the northwest
coast of Guadalcanal, American ships intercepted and defeated a Japanese
fleet sent to attack Henderson Field.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cape_Esperance>
1968:
Apollo 7 (lift-off pictured), the first manned mission of
NASA's Apollo program, and the first three-man American space mission,
launched from Complex 34 in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_7>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
heart of grace:
(archaic) Chiefly preceded by get, give, take, etc.: courage or relief,
especially when gained as a result of favour shown to one.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/heart_of_grace>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The present moment contains past and future. The secret of
transformation, is in the way we handle this very moment.
--Thích Nhất Hạnh
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Th%C3%ADch_Nh%E1%BA%A5t_H%E1%BA%A1nh>
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