Born in West Reading, Pennsylvania, Swift relocated to Nashville, Tennessee in 2004 to pursue a career in country music. She broke into the country music scene with her eponymous self-titled debut studio album, Taylor Swift in 2006, which included the singles "Teardrops on My Guitar" and "Our Song". Swift also released the holiday album, Sounds of the Season: The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection, later titled as The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection in October 2007.
Swift rose to mainstream prominence with her sophomore studio album, Fearless (2008), a country pop record with crossover appeal. Aided by the top-five singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", Fearless was certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Swift's third studio album, Speak Now (2010), blended country pop with elements of rock and featured the top-ten singles "Mine" and "Back to December".
Drawing inspiration from various pop, rock, and electronic genres, Swift's fourth studio album Red (2012) saw her transcending her country roots. She completely moved to pop with her synth-pop fifth studio album, 1989 (2014), and expanded the electropop sound on her next two studio albums, reputation (2017) and Lover (2019), which respectively embraced urban and retro styles. The four albums spawned a string of international top-five singles, including "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together", "I Knew You Were Trouble", "Shake It Off", "Blank Space", "Bad Blood", "Look What You Made Me Do", "ME! (feat. Brendon Urie of Panic! at the Disco)", "You Need to Calm Down", and "Lover".
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Swift experimented with folk and alternative rock on her eighth and ninth studio albums, folklore and evermore (both 2020), whose lead singles "cardigan" and "willow" topped charts around the world. She also released the critically acclaimed documentaries Miss Americana and Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions that year. Swift's tenth studio album, Midnights (2022), marked her triumphant return to pop after two folk albums. The album set the record for biggest first day and first week ever on Spotify, spawned the hits Anti-Hero and Lavender Haze, and sold over 1.5 million copies in its first week becoming not only the biggest debut of the decade but also Swift's biggest debut ever. She would make history by becoming the first artist to occupy the entire top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 with tracks from Midnights. Following Midnights, Taylor Swift announced her upcoming eleventh studio album, “The Tortured Poets Department” (2024) which is set to be released on April 19, 2024. She announced this record at 66th Annual Grammy Award Show accepting the award for Best Pop Vocal Album for her previous album, Midnights (2022) in honour of receiving her 13th Grammy.
Additionally, Swift began re-recording her back catalog in November 2020 as a result of a publicized dispute with talent manager Scooter Braun and her former label Big Machine, regarding the acquisition of the masters of her back catalog. In April 2021, Swift released a re-recorded issue of her 2008 album Fearless, titled Fearless (Taylor's Version). It debuted at number one in the US. Swift continued releasing re-recorded versions of her back catalog in November, 2021 with the release of Red (Taylor's Version), a 30 track re-issue of her 2012 critical smash. The album debuted at #1 in the US, spawned the #1 hit All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor's Version) (From the Vault), and broke the record at the time for biggest first day for a female album on Spotify. Red (Taylor's Version) was a critical and commercial hit, and proved that Swift's ambitious plan to re-record her first 6 albums was well worth it.
Along with the release of Red (Taylor's Version) came All Too Well: The Short Film (2021), Swift's filmmaking debut. The 15 minute romantic drama was based on the lyrical content from Swift's 2012 fan favorite "All Too Well" starring Sadie Sink and Dylan O'Brien. It had a limited theatrical release in major cities, and Swift held special screenings of the film throughout 2022 at various film festivals. In December, 2022 Taylor announced that she would be making her feature directorial debut with Oscar-winning studio Searchlight Pictures.
Following the release of Midnights, Swift would embark on her first tour in five years, The Eras Tour.
Swift has released several songs for film soundtracks. She co-wrote two songs for the Hannah Montana: The Movie soundtrack— "You'll Always Find Your Way Back Home" and "Crazier", and contributed two songs to the Valentine's Day soundtrack, including the single "Today Was a Fairytale", which was her first number one on the Canadian Hot 100, and peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100. She also contributed two original songs to The Hunger Games soundtrack album: "Safe & Sound - from The Hunger Games Soundtrack", co-written and recorded with The Civil Wars and T-Bone Burnett, and "Eyes Open". "Safe & Sound" won the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song. In 2013, Swift recorded "Sweeter than Fiction", a song she wrote and produced with Jack Antonoff for the One Chance film soundtrack, which received a Best Original Song nomination at the 71st Golden Globe Awards. Swift and English singer Zayn Malik, mononymously known as Zayn, released a single together, "I Don't Wanna Live Forever", for the soundtrack of the film Fifty Shades Darker (2017). She also recorded an original song called "Beautiful Ghosts", which she wrote with Andrew Lloyd Webber for the Cats's soundtrack (2019). In 2020, Swift's documentary Miss Americana featured the song "Only the Young" which was written after the 2018 United States elections. In 2022, she released an original song titled "Carolina" for Where The Crawdads Sing (2022) inspired by the novel written by Delia Owens.
With sales of over 200 million records worldwide, Swift is a best-selling music artist. Her accolades include 14 Grammy Awards, including four Album of the Year wins, which makes
Swift the artist with the most awards for that category in history, two Brit Awards (including a Global Icon award), an Emmy Award, 28 [https://guinnessworldrecords.com/]Guinness World Records, 32 American Music Awards (the most wins by an artist), and 23 Billboard Music Awards (the most wins by a woman). She ranked eighth on Billboard's Greatest of All Time Artists Chart (2019) and was listed on Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time (2015). Swift has been included in various power rankings, such as Time's annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world (2010, 2015 and 2019) and Forbes Celebrity 100 (placing first in 2016 and 2019). She was named Woman of the Decade (2010s) by Billboard, Artist of the Decade (2010s) by the American Music Awards, and Person of the Year (2023) by Time Magazine.
Breathe
Taylor Swift Lyrics
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'Cause none of us thought it was gonna end that way
People are people,
And sometimes we change our minds
But it's killing me to see you go after all this time
Music starts playin' like the end of a sad movie,
It's the kinda ending you don't really wanna see
Now I don't know what to be without you around
And we know it's never simple,
Never easy
Never a clean break, no one here to save me
You're the only thing I know like the back of my hand,
And I can't,
Breathe,
Without you,
But I have to,
Breathe,
Without you,
But I have to
Never wanted this, never wanna see you hurt
Every little bump in the road I tried to swerve
People are people,
And sometimes it doesn't work out,
Nothing we say is gonna save us from the fall out
And we know it's never simple,
Never easy
Never a clean break, no one here to save me
You're the only thing I know like the back of my hand,
And I can't,
Breathe,
Without you,
But I have to,
Breathe,
Without you,
But I have to
It's two am
Feelin' like I just lost a friend
Hope you know it's not easy,
Easy for me
It's two am
Feelin' like I just lost a friend
Hope you know this ain't easy,
Easy for me
And we know it's never simple,
Never easy
Never a clean break, no one here to save me
I can't,
Breathe,
Without you,
But I have to,
Breathe,
Without you,
But I have to
Breathe,
Without you,
But I have to
Sorry (oh) sorry
Sorry sorry
Sorry sorry
In Taylor Swift's song Breathe, she explores the pain of a relationship ending and the struggle to move on. The first verse sets the scene for the song, with Swift seeing the face of her partner in her mind as she drives away. It's clear that the end of the relationship came as a surprise to both parties, and Swift expresses how difficult it is to let go of someone she has been with for so long. The image of a sad movie ending is used to describe the feeling of losing someone, and the fact that it's a tragedy only makes it harder to deal with.
The chorus of the song repeats the phrase "I can't breathe without you, but I have to" several times, emphasizing the importance of moving on even when it's painful. Swift acknowledges that the process of moving on is never simple or easy, but it's something that has to be done in order to move forward. She also recognizes that there's no one who can save her from this pain - this is something she has to go through alone.
The second verse reinforces the idea that relationships can be difficult and don't always work out. Swift shows empathy for her partner, saying that she never wanted to see them hurt. Despite this, however, there's nothing they can do to save the relationship and the fallout is inevitable. The repetition of the chorus shows the internal conflict Swift is facing between wanting to hold onto the past and knowing she needs to move forward.
Line by Line Meaning
I see your face in my mind as I drive away,
Leaving you is tough, and I can't help but remember you.
'Cause none of us thought it was gonna end that way
Our relationship unexpectedly came to an end.
People are people,
We all have our own thoughts and feelings.
And sometimes we change our minds
People's minds change, which can hurt relationships.
But it's killing me to see you go after all this time
It's hard to witness the ending of a significant relationship.
Music starts playin' like the end of a sad movie,
I'm reminiscing about our relationship in bittersweet memories.
It's the kinda ending you don't really wanna see
The end of our relationship is painful.
'Cause it's tragedy and it'll only bring you down,
The end of our relationship may lead to sadness.
Now I don't know what to be without you around
I'm unsure of how to proceed with life post-relationship.
Never a clean break, no one here to save me
Breaking up is always messy and never easy.
You're the only thing I know like the back of my hand,
I know you incredibly well.
But I have to
It's essential to move on.
Never wanted this, never wanna see you hurt
I never desired this breakup, and I don't want you to suffer.
Every little bump in the road I tried to swerve
I tried to avoid any issues or discomforts that emerged.
Nothing we say is gonna save us from the fallout
There's nothing we can do to prevent the inevitable end of our relationship.
Feelin' like I just lost a friend
I'm lonely and hurt due to the breakup.
Hope you know it's not easy,
I hope you understand that this breakup is hard for me.
But I have to
It's essential to move on.
Sorry (oh) sorry
I'm sorry for the pain caused by our breakup.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Downtown Music Publishing
Written by: Taylor Swift, Colbie Caillat
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@tharfinysantos8294
Taylor Swift is a complete artist, reasons: •Sings well
• Great actress
•Too pretty
• Know how to compose
•Charismatic
• Intelligent
• Pure goodness
• Plays various instruments
She and Michael J are the only ones who impacted the music industry.
@bhavya2734
FUN FACT: Taylor Swift once said "Sometimes the lines in a song are lines you wish you could text-message somebody in real life."
@patriciahu4341
so true
@fahirahazque
where did she said this?
@shannahmaeatillo7084
Trueee
@autumnhaze4842
oof it hurts in my kokoro
@bhavya2734
@@fahirahazque it is a quote by her
@FirstnameLastname-ph6tq
Imagine, you no longer own a majority of the albums you wrote, couldn't buy them back. So, you just put them all back out. That's inspiring. That's not giving up.
@tiptv6410
💕
@tessatata
A real act of resilience.
@ChristinaMoralesMindfuqed
Dedication and passion