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.
interview started gaining attention after Emily Ratajkowski reshared a TikTok calling out the sexist nature of the questions Taylor was asked.
The interview clip in question was and shows a young Taylor Swift, whose media narrative at the time was centered around the boys she did or did not date, trying to refuse participation in a game Ellen Degeneres proposes.
The “game” required the singer to watch a slideshow of herself with famous men and ring a bell at the sight of a current or former boyfriend.After polite attempts to mask her discomfort, a clearly flustered Taylor says, “I don't know if I'm gonna do this.” Then, as the photos shuffle on the screen, Taylor awkwardly remains still, not ringing her bell for any of them before eventually shouting at Ellen to stop the game.
The segment itself also began with Ellen referencing Taylor's previous appearance on the show with Zac Efron, who the host referred to as Taylor's boyfriend. “We actually never dated,” Taylor says.
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