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.
Taylor Swift shocked and thrilled fans when she surprise-released her eighth studio album Folklore, written while the 30-year-old was in lockdown.Folklore sees a departure from Swift’s upbeat and peppy brand of pop to more emotional, indie-tinged melodies, with big sweeping ballads and tear-jerking lyrics being the album’s main characteristics.But Folklore hasn’t strayed too far from Swift’s usual modus operandi of dropping breadcrumbs throughout each track to point towards a wider meaning or context, with debut track and video Cardigan peppered with Easter Eggs that Swifties have eagerly hunted through.
Here’s just a few of the clues we spotted...True Taylor Swift fans know that 13 is Swift’s lucky number, which the star has often credited.
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