Resolves YES if the New York Times' primary review of Taylor Swift's upcoming album ("The LIfe of a Showgirl") uses >5 em dashes (i.e. "—") within the main paragraphs of text in the review (i.e. the title, subheading, image captions, & etc do not count).
For reference, by my count, the NYT review for "The Tortured Poets Department" contains 13 em dashes:
common thread — an invisible string, if you will —
of music — five
that — surprise! —
sing in — ahem — football metaphors
lyrics — chocolate bars, first-name nods to friends, a reference to the pop songwriter Charlie Puth?! — is strangely humanizing.
"however — gauzy backdrops, gently thumping synths, drum machine rhythms that lock Swift into a clipped, chirping staccato —
album’s best — a thunderous collaboration w
strategy or even an aesthetic — it’s a whole way
The review for "Midnights" contains 12:
about Taylor Swift — she is diaristically...
about “Taylor Swift” — the idea...
superstars eventually arrive at — whether to continue ...
soft to hard — bonkers pop on...
and “Evermore” — “Midnights” feels ...
oozy stasis — it’s like the....
spider’s web — but Swift’s vocals...
ersion of herself — it’s funny, wry, ...
apply to her — the emotionally icy...
on “Midnights” — “Midnight Rain,...
“Lavender Haze” — that suggest...
“Taylor Swift” — bring her back....
And the NYT review of "Evermore" only contains 3:
musicians — primarily
toward anger — “I hope she’ll...
next to you” — but determined...
If the NYT does not review "The Life of a Showgirl", this market resolves N/A.
This market may close prior to the album release date.
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@traders sorry for delayed resolution---this is an easy YES. NYT review:
All of which is to say, Swift is hungry — hungry to move on from the battles of her past and into the embraces of her future.
Each of these mark a significant Swift narrative coming to a conclusion — “The Life of a Showgirl”
mirror — “I had a bad habit of missing lovers past / My brother used to call it ‘Eating out of the trash’” — before
Having made its point about Swift’s future, “Showgirl” then turns backward — to settle scores,
determined dismantling of someone — perhaps Scott Borchetta, Swift’s former label head, who sold Swift’s masters in the first place — who tried
Even “Honey,” the most saccharine song on the album — an up-tempo nod to one of her most breathless love songs, “New Year’s Day” — is more focused
is celebrity itself — the meditative “Eldest Daughter”
It is also something of an Eras Tour in miniature — “Cancelled!” sounds like a
I count 11 (ignoring the 12th in the subheading, which doesn't count).
LLMs killed the em dash. The Times might actively try to avoid it—at least for now.