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.
TOKiMONSTA urges her fellow Asians to continue igniting the fire for change and celebrates her roots for Asian Heritage Month.
TOKiMONSTA sat down with ET Canada in celebration of Asian Heritage Month in May. The renowned electronic DJ spoke candidly on how allies can support their Asian communities amid the rise of anti-Asian violence and rhetoric.
She also touched on the fatigue these attacks cause and the cultural roots that may shackle some Asian youth. “I would say educating yourself,” she advised allies. “It’s one of those things right now where people don’t understand.
They never knew that this violence existed, like, ‘Oh, the Asian community. It’s been fine,’ you know? Because there is a long history with many Asian cultures sort of
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