Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. At age 14, Swift became the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house and, at 15, she signed her first record deal.
Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US. Its third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008.
Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", it became the US' best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner.
A definitive guide to all the references in Taylor Swift's Folklore
standard.co.ukTaylor Swift lyric.Or, at least, there hasn’t been for a while. Though the singer started off her career telling straightforward girl-meets-boy love stories like, ahem, Love Story and You Belong With Me, her lyrics and her music videos have become more and more intricately self-referential, dropping not-so-oblique hints about her personal ups and downs.In her latest offering Folklore, which was released last week with none of the usual teasers and hints, Swift has been clear about her intention to “put the Easter eggs in the lyrics, more than just the videos.”She’s also mapped out “character arcs and recurring themes” that help listeners work out “who is singing about who,” she explained in a chat with fans shortly before the album dropped..
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