NEW YORK: Taylor Swift’s highly anticipated seventh album has arrived in all its lovestruck, honeyed glory — a clear shift from the vengeful goth lite of her previous record.

But the 18-track “Lover” is not just an ode to matters of the heart — it’s the pop star’s first studio album that she actually owns, under the terms of the multi-album deal she struck last year with Universal Music Group/Republic Records.

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