2023 Passion Project
Taylor swift
By: Stella Popham
Taylor Alison Swift had a fairly good childhood, she was born in West Reading, Pennsylvania, on December 13, 1989. She had parents with jobs and a brother who was an actor. When Taylor was 9 in New york city she took singing and acting classes that made her begin to love country music. When she was 12 she was taught to play the guitar by someone named Ronnie Cremer, this proceeds Taylor to write a song called “Lucky You.” when Taylor was 14 his dad decided to move his job the Nashville, Tennessee to help Taylor become a better country singer. Taylor when to high school in Hendersonville, Tennessee. When Taylor Swift was 16 the came out with her first album on October 24, 2006. This album was called “Taylor Swift” When she wrote this album she was a freshman in high school.
inspiration
Taylor Swift states that one of her biggest influences is Shania Twain. She says “I remember when I was a little kid, I used to see Shania Twain and I just remember thinking if I ever got a chance, by some crazy streak of luck, to be on a stage, I'd want to do as much as I could to say thank you." all of this started when Taylor was at her 14-hour autographapalooza.
inspiration
Taylor Swift is influenced by many people but one of the greatest ones is her role model Paul McCartney. She says, “I’m also very influenced by having a role model to look up to,” she states. “I look at Paul McCartney and he’s had just this amazing career. He’s created unparalleled art.” without these country singers she wouldnt’ be where she is right now.
top songs and meanings
Taylor Swift's song “You Belong With Me” came out in 2009, this song was in her 2nd album “Fearless.” This song got the top spot in the list. This album is mostly about love and her friends.
top songs and meanings
Another one of Taylor Swift's top songs was “Shake It Off.” Only in the 1st week of its release, it was the highest digital sales total of the year, this was at 544,000 downloads. This song got her into the “Hot 100” This was also entered at number 1.
Taylor Swift does not have ownership of her first 5 albums this is because when she was 16 years old, she signed a deal with Big Machine Records, when taylor swift wanted to leave in 2018, she had to fight to own her songs, she couldn't get them under her name anymore so she thought of a solution to re-record all of her songs and albums that she had come out with.
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Taylor Swift said Whenever she would perform during or after the show she would feel like she would pass out during her 1983 tour in 2014, she also said that she would not eat food if she saw a picture of herself where she felt like she looked fat.
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"I love my dad so much, because he's so gung-ho for his job, and I just saw how happy it made him, and I just thought, I can broke stocks," she said. If that line makes you roll your eyes, remember, as a wise person once said, "haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate."
Taylor swifts mom Andrea Swift, started to be known by fans when she was in Taylor's music videos “The Best Day,” “I’m Only Me When I’m With You,” and especially “Soon You’ll Get Better,” this song was written for her mom when she found out that she had cancer 2 times once in 2015 and once in 2019. Her mom still supported her, Taylors mom said this about her in an interview, “I’ve watched this milestone artist from the time she was a tangled-hair little girl, full of imagination and creativity until right now when she prepares for her next world tour,” she said in her speech, “I’m a very proud mom.”
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