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.
Watch Taylor Swift debut ‘I Hate It Here’ in Cardiff
nme.comTaylor Swift has performed ‘I Hate It Here’ off ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ live for the first time – watch fan-shot footage of the performance below.While performing in Cardiff, Wales on June 18 as part of the European leg of her career-spanning ‘Eras’ tour, the pop star treated fans in attendance to a live debut of ‘I Hate It Here’ from her latest offering, ‘The Tortured Poets Department’.Performed during the “surprise songs” portion of her setlist, Swift mashed up ‘I Hate It Here’ with ‘The Lakes’, the latter of which featured on her ‘Folklore’ album.Watch the performance below.Earlier this month, NME gave Swift’s first Edinburgh show of the tour a glowing five-star review, writing: “Despite being an arena show, in a huge, cavernous venue, Swift and her fans have managed to cultivate a community.
Strangers swap friendship bracelets, laugh and cry together, and embrace the tour’s in-jokes and lore (for example shouting “one, two, three, let’s go bitch” during ‘Delicate’).“It’s the power of Swift, an artist who’s inspired not only the renaming of a Scottish Loch, but also countless fans to come out and embrace being a part of the Eras family.
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