Eras: Taylor Swift - An Analysis of Taylor Swift's Discography
An R Shiny web application dedicated to Taylor Swift. Accounts for 225 tracks in 10 original studio albums (Taylor Swift to Midnights) and 2 re-recordings (Fearless TV and Red TV). Consists of 5 panels, each focusing on a different aspect of Swift's discography - see below for a run-down of the panels.
The app can be accessed via runGitHub("erasTaylorSwift", "jasminex21") or through this link.
Panel 2 - Track Audio Features
Insight into audio features (defined and quantified by the Spotify API) of Taylor Swift's albums. Allows users to view valence, energy, and danceability of each album in a joyplot and in tabular format. Each feature is briefly explained in the user interface.
Joyplot displaying the distribution of valence in each album:
Panel 3 - Word Cloud
Creates a word cloud for each album, displaying the album's 450 most-used words (common stop words removed).
Word cloud produced for Speak Now:
Panel 4 - Lexical Diversity
Allows for comparison of lexical diversity amongst Taylor Swift's albums in a plot and in tabular format.
Panel 5 - Random Lyrics Generator
Generates random lyric(s) - can generate one or two lines, or the entire section of a track (e.g. chorus, verse 1, bridge, etc.).
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