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’s enchanted new video for “Cardigan”
thefader.comOn the heels of her surprise new album, folklore Taylor Swift has shared the music video "Cardigan." The clip has Swift a using piano to travel from place to place, from turbulent ocean waters to the top of a waterfall.
Eventually, she finds herself back in the cozy, fire-lit cabin she started in. The video was directed by Swift herself, and the credits thank the onset medics and COVID-19 compliance personnel who kept the crew safe while making a video during a pandemic. "The entire shoot was overseen by a medical inspector, everyone wore masks, stayed away from each other, and I even did my own hair, makeup, and styling," Swift wrote in an Instagram caption about the video.
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