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.
The original ‘Half-Life’ working titles were terrible
nme.comHalf-Life is one of the most iconic titles in video gaming history, and now Brett Johnson – a former level designer on the game at developer Valve – has been revealing some of the secrets of the original title’s creation.The major revelation is that the classic first-person action game had some pretty terrible working titles, at least early on in its development.
On his personal TikTok, Johnson revealed that original contenders for the title included “Trip Hammer” and “Belly of the Beast” – the latter of which Johnson delivers with an expression clearly indicating his disdain for.Johnson goes on to say that due to his own background in chemistry, he suggested Half-Life as a title, but it was initially dismissed over concerns it would invite.
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