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.
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 soundtrackâ "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 12 Grammy Awards (including three Album of the Year wins), 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 and Artist of the Decade (2010s) by the American Music Awards.
Don't You
Taylor Swift Lyrics
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It's been a while, I didn't mean to stare
I heard she's nothin' like me
I'm sure she'll make you happy
But don't you
Don't you smile at me and ask me how I've been
Don't you say you've missed me if you don't want me again
So why don't you, don't you?
Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah
Sometimes I really wish that I could hate you
I've tried, but that's just somethin' I can't do
My heart knows what the truth is
I swore I wouldn't do this
But don't you
Don't you smile at me and ask me how I've been
Don't you say you've missed me if you don't want me again
You don't know how much I feel I love you still
So why don't you, don't you?
So I walk outta here tonight
Try to go on with my life
And you can say we're still friends
(But I don't wanna pretend)
So if I see you again
Don't you (don't you)
Don't you smile at me and ask me how I've been
Don't you (don't you), say you've missed me if you don't want me again
You don't (you don't), know how much I feel I love you still
So why don't you, don't you?
Ah, ah, ah, ah
Don't you, ah, ah, ah
In "Don't You," Taylor confronts an ex-lover who she unexpectedly runs into. She admits to still being in love with him, despite his current partner not being anything like her. Taylor tells him not to smile at her or act like he's missed her unless he wants her back. She acknowledges that she's tried to hate him, but her heart knows the truth. The song ends with her vowing to walk out of his life and move on from their past.
One interpretation of this song is that it portrays an internal battle with one's emotions. The lyrics suggest that Taylor has tried to move on from her past with her ex but can't help feeling drawn back to him. She tries to convince herself that she hates him and is over their relationship, but her heart won't let her forget.
Another interpretation is that the song is a message to someone who's hurt her. It's a warning to not play with her emotions or try to come back into her life unless he's ready to commit to her again. She won't settle for anything less than what she deserves, and she won't let someone toy with her feelings.
Line by Line Meaning
Hey, I knew I'd run into you somewhere
I knew we would meet again someday.
It's been a while, I didn't mean to stare
It has been a long time since we last saw each other.
I heard she's nothin' like me
I heard that the person you are with now is very different from me.
I'm sure she'll make you happy
I hope that the person you are with now brings you happiness.
But don't you
But please don't
Don't you smile at me and ask me how I've been
Please don't smile at me and act friendly if you don't really care how I am doing.
Don't you say you've missed me if you don't want me again
Please don't say you miss me if you have no intention of being with me again.
You don't know how much I feel I love you still
You don't know how much I still love you.
So why don't you, don't you?
So why don't you just leave me alone?
Sometimes I really wish that I could hate you
I wish I could hate you for making me feel this way.
I've tried, but that's just somethin' I can't do
I have tried to hate you, but I can't seem to.
My heart knows what the truth is
My heart knows that the truth is I still love you.
I swore I wouldn't do this
I promised myself I wouldn't let you affect me like this.
So I walk outta here tonight
So I will leave this place tonight.
Try to go on with my life
Try to move on without you.
And you can say we're still friends
You can say we are still friends if you want.
(But I don't wanna pretend)
(But I don't really want to pretend.)
So if I see you again
So if we happen to meet again.
Ah, ah, ah, ah
Don't you (don't you)
Please don't
Don't you smile at me and ask me how I've been
Please don't act friendly and ask me how I am doing.
Don't you (don't you), say you've missed me if you don't want me again
Please don't say you miss me if you don't want to be with me again.
You don't (you don't), know how much I feel I love you still
You have no idea how much I still love you.
So why don't you, don't you?
So why don't you just leave me alone?
Ah, ah, ah
Don't you, ah, ah, ah
Please don't
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Taylor Swift, Tommy Lee James
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Kate Woodbury
someone give this woman a nobel peace prize for getting us through quarantine
shubhra
yes pleaseđ
Silvia
the nobel prize for the best therapist whitout a degree or any experience whatsoever đđ đ„°
Silvia
this must pe depressing for the others
micky morelli
LITERALLY-
Olivia Phillips
amen
Adam Griffith
she wrote this masterpiece in 2005... I was too busy watching disney channel to write a song like this
Podéis llamarme Angie
How do you know it was on 2005?
Avery Baldauf
I was busy being born
Adam Griffith
@Avery Baldauf omg