tay-tay came out with her 11th album called Tortured Poets Department. I’m no music critic, but, like all her stuff, it’s pretty darn catchy, even for a fifty something like me. I started a playlist based off one of her songs and I got other artists like Beyoncé, Lorde, Billie Eilish and Harry Styles. In the same vein, it also served up Lana Del Rey who I really like. And SZA (pronounced scizza). The artists may have changed but the power of pop is still the same. Long gone are the days spent listening to Seal on my beloved Walkman. But you can still find me aimlessly walking around, tuning out the world, grooving to the stars of today on my equally beloved noise cancelling AirPods.