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 says her dispute with Scooter Braun felt like a “divorce”
nme.comTaylor Swift has opened up on how her dispute with Scooter Braun inspired the meaning behind several songs from her latest album ‘Folklore’.In a new interview with Entertainment Weekly, Swift confirmed that the songs ‘My Tears Ricochet’ and ‘Mad Woman’ were inspired by her dispute with former Big Machine label boss Scott Borchetta and music industry bigwig Scooter Braun.“I found myself being very triggered by any stories, movies, or narratives revolving around divorce,” she said, while also acknowledging that she had not personally experienced the end of a marriage.“I think that happens any time you’ve been in a 15-year relationship and it end in a messy, upsetting way.”‘My Tears Ricochet’ sees Swift writing from the perspective of a ghost.
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