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.
Dark Blue Tennessee
Taylor Swift Lyrics
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In a city, wouldn't you have hated that?
I'm getting by with a broken heart you left me with."
He hangs up the phone and she whispers back,
Missing you like this is such sweet sorrow
Won't you come back to me?
I'll be here, today and here tomorrow
He was lying when he said he moved to L.A.
He's just hiding out on the other side of town
With his head in his hands and she's just 7 miles away
He's staring out the window and puts her picture down saying,
Missing you like this is such sweet sorrow
Won't you come back to me?
I'll be here, today and here tomorrow
In dark blue Tennessee
She almost called him on the night that he wrote
These simple words on his goodbye note
Missing you like this is such sweet sorrow
Won't you come back to me?
I'll be here, today and here tomorrow
In dark blue Tennessee
In dark blue Tennessee
These lyrics are a haunting depiction of a couple that is torn apart by distance and heartbreak. The first verse sets the stage for the rest of the song, as the man informs the woman that he has moved to a new city, likely to escape the memories of their past relationship. However, his tone is bitter and resentful, suggesting that he is still struggling to move on from their time together. The woman, in turn, is left to cope with her own feelings of heartbreak and longing. The repeated phrase "Missing you like this is such sweet sorrow" is a nod to the famous line from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, and underscores the bittersweet nature of their separation.
The second verse reveals that the man has not in fact moved to Los Angeles, but is instead hiding out in the same town as the woman. This detail adds a layer of complexity to their situation, as it suggests that their separation is not just physical, but emotional as well. The man's actions are ambiguous: is he hoping to reconnect with the woman, or simply wallowing in his own pain? Regardless, the chorus remains unchanged, emphasizing the fact that both parties are still deeply affected by their time together.
The final verse sees the woman contemplating reaching out to the man, but ultimately deciding against it. The reference to a "goodbye note" suggests that their separation has been drawn out and painful, and that the woman is still grappling with the decision to let go. The repeated refrain of "Missing you like this is such sweet sorrow" takes on new meaning in this context, as it suggests that the pain of their separation is tempered by the comfort of memories and lingering feelings. The final line, "In dark blue Tennessee," is a poignant image that conjures up a sense of loneliness and longing, as well as a deep connection to a place that holds both happy and painful memories.
Line by Line Meaning
He said, "I got me a nice new apartment
He boasted of his new swanky apartment
In a city, wouldn't you have hated that?
He thought she would have been jealous of his city life
I'm getting by with a broken heart you left me with."
He admitted to still being heartbroken over their breakup
He hangs up the phone and she whispers back,
She quietly speaks after he hangs up the phone
Missing you like this is such sweet sorrow
She expresses her intense feelings of longing and heartache
Won't you come back to me?
She pleads for him to return to her
I'll be here, today and here tomorrow
She promises to be there for him, both now and in the future
In dark blue Tennessee
She emphasizes her location as the setting of her sadness
He was lying when he said he moved to L.A.
He had lied about moving to a different city
He's just hiding out on the other side of town
He is staying hidden in their same town
With his head in his hands and she's just 7 miles away
He is feeling distraught, and she is close by but unaware
He's staring out the window and puts her picture down saying,
He is lost in thought and puts away a picture of her
She almost called him on the night that he wrote
She was considering calling him when he wrote his goodbye note
These simple words on his goodbye note
He left her with a brief message on his goodbye letter
In dark blue Tennessee
She repeats where she is located, emphasizing her heartbreak
Contributed by Savannah B. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
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dark blue tennessee (taylor’s version) (from the vault) (feat. julien baker) when
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Who?
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yes please.
@josephmanning3179
hold on...
@remediosvlog7189
This is actually about an ex (made up) that commits suicide
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That just made it sadder