Taylor Swift

biographies about taylor by stephen
taylor swift is “that the rarest of pop phenomena,” as her spotify biography says. taylor managed to go from 100 percent country music to the other side of the spectrum, completely mainstream. you’ve probably heard taylor’s name at least once in your lifetime, afterall, she is all over the news and radio. let’s start with her self titled debut album. the album “taylor swift” was released in 2006, and as you could probably tell from listening to the tracklist, this album is completely country. some common themes throughout these songs are breakups, friendships, and life as a teenager. her sophomore album was titled “fearless” and released in 2008. you have probably heard of this name recently. well, that’s because taylor swift’s old company that produced her music sold her old albums. to reclaim her own music, taylor decided to do re-recordings of her first six albums, starting with fearless. this new re-recording is going to be titled “fearless (taylor’s version).” this album’s tour grossed to about 66.5$ million. 2010’s speak now was taylor’s third studio album. this era is important because this is around the time of taylor’s transitional period between her country music and her pop music. this 14 track album was described as “country pop” and written entirely without any co-writers. this album features 6 singles: mine, back to december, mean, the story of us, sparks fly, and ours. her next album is where the switch completely happened. “RED,” stylized in all capital letters, was released in 2012 and where taylor swift completely  switched from country to pop music. to me, the red era was very tumblr at the time. it was trendy during its time, but it looks like something you would see in 2015. her next, and probably most popular album, 1989, was released in 2014. songs like style, bad blood, and shake it off are featured in this album. this is the era where i started to listen to taylor swift, so 1989 is very nostalgic for me. the period between 1989 and reputation was when people started to not like taylor. people such as kanye west were exposing taylor for her lies, and how she always is portrayed as the “victim.” this took a toll on taylor, and she decided to take a break while writing the biggest comeback album of all time, reputation. 2017’s reputation was an album where taylor twisted her bad reputation into a creative form. this era was probably the most interesting out of taylor swift’s eras because taylor had decided to take this “bad guy” persona the media had portrayed her as and transform it into an entire album. snakes, robbing, heists, and crime were all a common theme in this time. hit songs such as “look what you made me do” and “delicate” were featured on this album. not only did taylor write an entire album as a comeback, she also revealed the truth. she was never a liar, but she did portray herself as a victim a lot. because of this, taylor decided to take some time to self-reflect. her next album was a complete 180 on reputation. “lover” was released on 2019, and if you look back on her old songs, you can barely tell that taylor swift wrote it because of the genre of lover. taylor went from country to bubblegum pop. taylor seems to come up with so many different eras in a short period of time. her next two albums aren’t different. introducing folklore and evermore, two sister albums. these two albums were released in 2020 (folklore) and 2021 (evermore.) a warm, cozy cottage feeling is how i would describe these two albums. all in all, taylor swift is a pop and songwriting genius. from her debut album to evermore, taylor swift seems like she can write anything.

the second one
Taylor Alison Swift is a singer and songwriter born on December 13, 1989. Swift traveled from her hometown, West Reading, to Nashville to pursue her career in country music when she was a freshman in high school. Her breakout into the music scene was bold and big. Swift’s debut album was released in 2006, and was a humble start to the big career ahead of her. Her following album, Fearless, was a major success. This album’s tour grossed about $66 million, and was what made Taylor rise to mainstream prominence. Her slow transition into the pop world started with her next studio albums, Speak Now and Red. Speak now falls under the country genre more than pop, but that could not be said about Red. Red was majority pop, with some country pop. However, that could not be said about her next album, 1989. This album’s rise to prominence was called “The Golden Era” by many. 1989 had many elements of 80’s pop mixed into its songs. This album was such a success that it won AOTY in 2015. This is the second AOTY grammy Taylor has ever won, with her previous award winning album being Fearless. This album contained hit songs such as “Shake It Off” and “Wildest Dreams.” Taylor’s next album took some time, not only because of how long the songs took to write and record, but because of the media. Swift had received some massive criticism from the media in 2016, and that caused her to not be seen for an entire year. However, this wasn’t about Taylor’s feelings being hurt, it’s about how the entire internet created a massive hate train on her for 2 years straight. Swift received death threats on the daily during this time period, which is explored in her documentary. She came back with a bang. Taylor Swift’s album “reputation” is an iconic moment in her career, and explores themes of robbing, crime, drama, and snakes. Taylor twisted her bad reputation into an experience to explore her mind creatively. This album gained a lot of media attention and coverage because of her comeback, having hits like “LWYMMD” and “Delicate” on the radio 24/7 in 2017. The contrast between this album and her next album is probably the most different thing ever. “Lover” is Swift’s ninth studio album, and each song sounds like looking at a pinkish sunset sky while eating cotton candy. This album was the most pop out of Taylor’s entire discography, and she needed a break from the pop world for a little bit. In quarantine, Taylor has created 2 full length albums featuring alternative, indie, and folk sounds. Sister albums “folklore” and “evermore” stray away from the misogynistic stereotype about Swift’s music, and focuses more on fictional stories.