How Does Taylor Swift Have Literary Merit

In 2012, Taylor Swift had released 3 albums; Taylor Swift (2006), Fearless (2008), and Speak Now (2010). Also at the time of Red’s release, she had won 6 Grammy’s including best country song, best country album, and album of the year. Red was also nominated for three Grammy's but didn’t win. As for her public image, she is seen as a sweet and innocent young girl who dates a lot.

Taylor Swift is a singer-songwriter. Her music genre varies from country, pop, and pop rock. She was born in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania with a passion for music. At the age of 14, her family moved to Nashville, Tennessee to help her pursue her dreams as a musician (Newkey-Burden 32). The book that I read is called ‘Taylor Swift: The Whole Story’ and was published on December 18, 2013. I chose to read this book because the author wrote about her genuine story and stayed true to her character. This book explained her work and dedication towards her music. It taught me how talented she really is with music and her many accomplishments.

She is a 10 time Grammy award winner, and among the five artists to ever win a Grammy for album of the year she is the only female to ever win more than once. Her hit song “You Belong with Me” resonated with millions of young girls many of which connected with the lines “If you could see/ That I’m the one /Who understands you/ Been here all along/ So why can’t you see/ You belong with me”. She turns ordinary teenage girl experiences into fresh country and pop songs. She grew up fascinated by music which led to her success as a Country/Pop artist. She constantly strives to make sure that her fame does not get in the way of her truly being herself. Taylor does not read into any of the articles about her in magazines to avoid getting caught up in all the gossip that publicity spreads about her. Taylor has made a huge impact on music industry, from selling out Madison Square Garden, to record breaking songs and albums. Award winning singer and song writer Taylor Swift, is still forming her legacy as she continues to make history in the music industry, while garnering a large fan base worldwide.

Taylor Swift surprised all her public with her recent album "1989" that was release on October 24,2014.. Not a lot of musical artist would dare to reinvent their sound so drastically. Taylor Swift's new album "1989" was made in a very different way apart from the country style Swift has on her past songs. Although she is still singing about relationships and love songs, this album is a definitely the end to her country style.

Taylor Swift, a pop icon and polarizing figure, is often known for her empowering music, feminist attitude, and meaningful lyrics. Many of her fans praise the feminist messages some of her songs deliver, however others say she comes from a position of privilege and only advocates for white women. Still, a common perception of Swift is that she has evolved from an innocent country singer into a more controversial and sometimes provocative pop singer. What is ignored though, is that despite this perception, themes depicted in “old” Taylor’s music still displayed highly problematic concepts about gender, just in less obvious ways. Particularly in her music video for “You Belong With Me,” the audience if presented with a fulfilling love story involving a nerdy girl getting the popular. On its surface, this concept may seem normal, but the narrative of this video unintentionally conveys significant gender issues in today’s society. Thus, through her 2008 music video for “You Belong With Me,” Taylor Swift ironically presents herself as the ideal nerdy girl next door who gets the guy when she suddenly turns beautiful while demonizing a cheerleader, revealing problematic notions of how women are supposed to look and behave in society, as well as reinforcing negative female stereotypes.

Do you really know Taylor Swift? Well Taylor Swift is an inspiring, confident singer who followed herself and showed young girls that they are beautiful and don’t need a guy to show them that.

Taylor Swift really knows how to have hidden messages and secrets throughout her lyrics and music videos. Taylor Swift also likes to trash talk other celebrities including Kim Kardashian and Katy Perry. Which gives a viewer a good chance to critic her lyrics and videos.

In musical superstar Taylor Swift’s music video for her song “Blank Space,” she is portraying herself as the high maintenance and dramatic girlfriend that the media believes she is. The speaker of this text is the media’s perception of Taylor Swift and her message is about the disconnect between who Swift really is and who the media sees her as. I believe Swift has two purposes for this music video. One is for her character in the music video to warn her audience about the type of love that boys want, and the other for real life Taylor herself to poke holes into the media’s concept of her love life. The video is filled with satire and paradoxes to convince us that our idea of Taylor Swift is not an accurate opinion of her.

Change is a popular song written by Taylor Swift. Most of her songs are assumed to be about her relationships with boys and breakups, including this one. Contrary to what critics say, Change is about the economic and emotional struggles Taylor went through when starting her career in a small, poor town in Pennsylvania. Songs may be talking about something obvious in the lyrics, but the same lyrics can be metaphorical or have a deeper meaning. Just like the song Change, books and movies have a concrete surface plot, which is used as the base for symbolism and allegory.

I decoded this message in some respects as Taylor and producer Joseph Kahn intended, which is a shocking video that puts Taylor in a whole new world, a world that the mass media describes her as. She was to me a believable character. I will be honest; I completely believed the mass media’s ideas of what Taylor Swift’s dating life is like, that is until I watched this video. In the video, I got the sense that it must be hard being in the news all the time and having rumors made up about you every time you pose with any guy.

No one taps into the core of teen angst better than the country-star turned pop-music virtuoso known as Taylor Swift, Tay Tay, Swifty, or T-Swizzle. Personally, I fancy calling her T-Swizzle, though that movement has yet to permeate society. For now, I will refer to her by her normal name while withholding my urges to shriek with fandom, knowing that I must maintain my composure around people. Now the previous statements have likened my temperament much to a teenage girl. I do not contest this, as I, in every sense of the word, often behave like one. In fact, I believe everyone, whether or not they are teenage girls, has that little twinge of craziness when they listen to Taylor. No? Maybe I am the only one. In that case, I seem to be speaking

Tochia Hendrix Jordan 6 February 2016 Romance Embodied through Figurative Language in Taylor Swift’s “Red” The song “Red” was written and recorded by famed singer/songwriter Taylor Swift for her album of the same name. It is a song that is full of figurative speech; the songstress makes use of similes, metaphors, and imagery. These three techniques work together to convey the many emotions the singer feels when she looks back at the end of relationship.

Award/Grammy-winning singer & songwriter Taylor Swift is a world-famous artist, having roots in the world of country music. Taylor Alison Swift, pop’s top recording artist, was born December 13, 1989 in Reading, Wyoming. Named after country singer James Taylor, due to her parents admiration for country music, her legacy was already set and stone. She was to become a country singer and she realized that at very young age.

Taylor Swift is a very successful song artist, with a total of fourteen albums, and 90 songs. Taylor Swift has won a total of ten Grammy awards, and many other awards. At the age of 24 Taylor has won more awards then others will in a whole lifetime. Taylor Swift has many wonderful fans that support and love her. Taylor Swift is 27 years old right now, and will turn 28 years old this year on December