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.
Jake Gyllenhaal on Taylor Swift’s new version of ‘All Too Well’: “Artists tap into personal experiences for inspiration”
nme.comTaylor Swift‘s ‘All Too Well’, a song long rumoured to be about their past relationship.The extended cut, which featured on Swift’s re-recorded version of 2012 album ‘Red’ last year, was the original version of the song Swift first wrote before she cut it down to the five-and-a-half-minute one that appeared on ‘Red’.
It features additional verses and arrived alongside an accompanying short film.Fans of Swift have long believed the song draws on her romantic relationship with Gyllenhaal between October 2010 to March 2011.Following the release of ‘Red (Taylor’s Version)’ and the extended version of ‘All Too Well’ in November, speculation that the song was written about Gyllenhaal reemerged, and the actor received a wave of backlash from Swift’s fans on his social media accounts – so much so that he turned comments off on Instagram.Gyllenhaal, in an interview with Esquire published February 17, has opened up about the experience. “It has nothing to do with me.
It’s about her relationship with her fans,” the actor responded when journalist Eric Sullivan mentioned ‘All Too Well’. “It is her expression.
Artists tap into personal experiences for inspiration, and I don’t begrudge anyone that.”But Gyllenhaal went on to ponder celebrities’ roles in ensuring their followers do not engage in online harassment – an issue that has become increasingly prominent in recent years when it comes to pop stars and their fan communities.“At some point, I think it’s important when supporters get unruly that we feel a responsibility to have them be civil and not allow for cyberbullying in one’s name,” Gyllenhaal said.“That begs for a deeper philosophical question.
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