She went from America's sweetheart to outspoken advocate for women's rights and LGBTQ+ rights. She just released her second surprise album of 2020, "Evermore."
This is the story of Taylor Swift.
This is the story of Taylor Swift.
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00:00I think part of being in this business is being competitive and and being somewhat restless always wanting
00:07To achieve more than you have and it's kind of like playing yourself. You know you want to beat what you've already done
00:12I
00:27Feel like my life has been very Cinderella esque in a way because I never expected any of this to happen to me
00:32I never expected to actually get to do this so getting to play shows every night, and it's just unbelievable
00:39And I'm so thankful every day for it
00:42I
01:04When I was 15, and I didn't
01:07Didn't get my way, or didn't get invited or something or was rejected or lonely which was a lot
01:13I would just write songs in my room
01:26Didn't get a record deal right away didn't get a record deal at all
01:29So I signed a publishing deal and became a staff songwriter at Sony a TV publishing
01:34And so I would write every single day after school because it was a it was a job
01:39You know I was I was a paid songwriter when I was 14
01:43So I wrote songs in Nashville for two and a half years and eventually got a record deal
02:04I
02:15Based a lot of my decisions off of when I've seen other people that I've looked up to
02:20Do things right in their career like being given so much
02:24I've really I've always looked at faith, and I've looked at people like Tom Hanks and Rita and and
02:30They're given so much, but they give so much back
02:34I
03:05I
03:08This is the dream come true. It's um. It's like. I've never been presumptuous about dreams and
03:14When you have crazy dreams like I wonder what it would be like to win a Grammy someday
03:19I I never actually could fathom that it might happen until I was walking up there and winning one
03:34You
04:04I
04:23Love how she's doing them for $1 because she doesn't need the money
04:26But she wants to make it a point that women don't need to take this
04:34I
04:46I've been writing songs since I was 12 years old and with every album. They've changed
04:511989 is my favorite by far, so I'm really happy. That's the one that people like the most that's really convenient for me
05:04I
05:34I
06:05The tilted stage line is
06:08It's hard to argue that it's directed at anyone other than Kanye West
06:11And she certainly has a bone to pick with him and with Kim Kardashian
06:15after the controversy that surrounded
06:19The lyrics that concerned her in his song famous and that infamous recorded phone call that Kim
06:26Released which showed that at least Taylor Swift had
06:29You know had approved at least some of those lyrics which her public statement seemed to contradict
06:34I
07:05I
07:09Let's say that I like Taylor's music about 25% less now
07:34I
08:04You