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Birth
On December 13, 1989 Taylor Swift was born to parents Scott and Andrea Swift in Reading, Pennsyilvania. They lived there and welcomed Taylor's younger brother in 1992 until moving to Hendersonville, Tennesse to further her career of singing and song writing. -
First Rumored Boyfriend
The sweetheart looking Taylor swift experienced her first taste of life in the spotlight in 2008 when she was rumred to be dating Joe Jonas. While they appeared to be the perfect couple, it was never confirmed or denied the relationship actually happened. But the song "Forever and Aways" does seem to be a close match to this rumred relationships events (A&E). -
Award Show Tradgedy
Who could ever forget the famous words coming out of Kanye West's mouth "Taylor, imma let you finish but..." as she was trying to accept an award others clearly thought belongged to Beyonce (West). Taylor faced a lot of criticism early on especially from older artists losing to a teenager who just wrote songs about school drama and breakups. But her songs were so much more than that.They were inspirations to girls everywhere that you are not alone and what is happening, happens to everyone. -
Big Screen Debut
In 2010 Taylor left her comfort zone of music and dabbled into cinema, which led her to find love. That's right, Taylor and Taylor Lautner, her co-star in the movie Valentines Day. They grew very close but did'nt quite make it until the premier of the movie before it was over and she was onto to John Mayer. Which as we can all tell by the hit song "Dear John", did not end well (A&E). -
NPR Interview
Taylor Swift is clearly not the same teenager writing about her first heartbreak. Now 25, she has matured more than you'd think. Whle the songs of heartbreak stil exist she is focusing more on bettering herself. "I think it's important to be self-aware about what people are saying about you, but even more so, be very aware of who you actually are, and to have that be the main priority." (Taylor Swift). But how do you cope with the brutality of other kids in the age of social media when girls -
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and boys are constantly seeing how they really should look or act by societies standards? "It's important for them to be imaginative, intelligent, hardworking, strong, smart, quick-witted, charming," which Taylor works very hard to stress to kids (Taylor Swift). It is important to love yourself and not let other people tell you otherwise. She stresses learning what it means to be a feminisit and what being a women is. -
Time Magazine Interview
In a society so glued to ur phones and getting everything faster, music is not exception. The popular website called 'Spotify' allows people to stream music whenever adn wherever they want. However, they can no longer find Taylor's masterpieces on there. Interviewer John Dickey says, "I’m in an office of people who are upset they can’t stream your music." But to Tay it feels wrong. She is proactive on the decreasing number of music sales, and seems to be the first one to realize if you are -
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streaming your music that's one less sale you're going to get. It also feels like degrading her work, she feels "there is a value to what musicians have created." (Taylor Swift). -
Interview with Barbara Walters
While being infamous for her numerous boyfriends which lead to her hit country songs, Taylor is exerpiencing a change of heart. Since moving to New York Taylor reveals love is not the main thing on her mind right now. To put it best if you haven't heard of According to Barbara Walters, Taylor is on "Global Domination" with the incredible success at such a young age (ABC). After "selling over a million copies in the first week" the new album 1989 is setting all kinds of records (ABC). -
Interview with Barbara Walters Cont.
Living a life in the spotlight Taylor talks about the effect the fans have on her. Going online and seeing their posts about school days or going out keeps her sane, "It's the onl thing that keeps [me] not feeling overwhelmed by the abnormality of [my] life." (Taylor Swift). The personal act of bring the fans into her home is the kind of relationship the keeps the "Swifties" how they are (Barbara Walters). -
"Grab Your Passport and My Hand" Taylor Swift
Quoting one of her smash hit songs Taylor posted a dramatic picture of her and a fan reaching out to touch hands. Through the massive mob of fans and security around her she still makes the effort to connect on a deeper level. While such a simple gesture it goes a long way on the development of Taylors incredible fan base. The "swifties" as they're called are what keep Taylor grounded in a world where all she sees are flashing lights. -
Tweet from Taylor Swift
As of February 12th, "in 3.5 months 1989 [has now] outsold Red (which has been out for over 2 years)" (Taylor Swift). The determination exerted by Taylor to go ahead and change her sound of 1989 was not only a success but better than her other 'typical' music that fans were so nervous bout her straying from. More than anything I see this as Tay reassuring herself because she seems so surprised about the result of this album. She shows her passion for her music in wanting to spread this news.
