Her synth-pop album 1989 was influenced by some of her beloved 1980s pop acts, which include Peter Gabriel, Annie Lennox, Phil Collins, and Madonna. She abandoned her place-songs identity in 2014, when she released her synth-pop fifth studio album, 1989, which she explained as her 1st "documented, official pop album". Both of the album were being each and every supported by 3 singles each, catering to the U.S.