In the article “Blank space: what kind of genius is Max Martin”, I was opened to so many points that I was very much blind to. Or in this case deaf to. I always wondered why some songs have a similar rhythm or similar phrases. I always used to wonder, why isn’t this artist suing this person? She must be nice. Well clearly after reading this article i realized maybe it’s not up to the artist. Maybe they have a contract where the actual song writer can change or use what he wants. Maybe the song writer has a contract with another song writer and they can switch rhythms or words. One thing I got from this article was Swedish songwriters want each other to succeed. They switch rhythm and lyrics like it’s their notes. Another thing I am aware of, but never really thought about is race records. Max was able to combine the two. It was about white and black or pop and R&B. It’s about what you can do with the two to add variety. To include everyone. And lastly from this article I was able to realize that there are songs that don’t even make sense. Sometimes i sing along and in my head i’m thinking i have no idea what that means but it’s catchy. This first article made things very clear to me now. Also Max as well as others have been doing this since the 80s. They have kept up with the time since then. In my opinion they control what we like in music. They control the pop industry and with that, they control the new music style. In “The Sound of Sweden” I was shocked to have read that almost all of Swift’s songs were not written by her. A lot of people think that it’s Swift talking about another boy she went out with, but is it? Or is it just something fluffy with a little bit of darkness to it? I also didn’t realize that Mapei was one of their artists they worked with. I actually heard the song “Don’t Wait” in Yemen (my home country) on MTV, and that was about 5 or 6 years ago. That song made it to a third world country on MTV. After listening to a few Britney Spears songs as well as Backstreet Boys songs, I realized the background music (like the drums and  was similar. The initial beat that comes in (the older 2000s beat, if you know what i mean) is very similar. As well as britneys introduction in the majority of her songs. If you can’t tell already, I’m clearly intrigued about everything I have just read. I will definitely be questioning songs more often.