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 Praises Fans for Being Accepting in ‘Eras Tour’ Speech: ‘I Wish Every Place Was Safe’
usmagazine.comBringing the sunshine on the street at the parade to Soldier Field! Taylor Swift kicked off Pride Month with a sweet tribute to her fans at her Eras Tour opener in Chicago.“I’m looking out tonight [and] I’m seeing so many incredible individuals who are living authentically and beautifully, and this is a safe space for you,” the “Hits Different” songstress, 33, gushed during her Friday, June 2, concert, per social media footage. “This is a celebratory space for you.
One of the things that makes me feel so prideful is getting to be with you and watching you interact with each other, being so loving and so thoughtful and so caring.”She added: “Being with you during Pride Month, getting to sing the words to ‘You Need To Calm Down’ where there are lyrics like, ‘Can you just not step on his gown?’ or, ‘Shade never made anybody less gay,’ and you guys are screaming those lyrics [with] such solidarity [and] such support of one another and such encouraging, beautiful acceptance and peace and safety.
And I wish that every place was safe and beautiful for people of the LGBTQ+ community.”Swift — who hit the road on her Eras Tour in March, performing tracks from all of her past records — released “You Need To Calm Down” on her 2019 album, Lover.
The hit single, which even shouted out nonprofit GLAAD in its lyrics, proved her fervent allyship. The track’s music video even starred several well-known queer artists and drag queens.“To be an ally is to understand the difference between advocating and baiting,” the Cats actress wrote via her Tumblr page after the video’s release, defending its content. “Anyone trying to twist this positivity into something it isn’t needs to calm down.
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