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 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 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.
EXILE
Taylor Swift Lyrics
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With his arms around your body
Laughin' but the joke's not funny at all
And it took you five whole minutes
To pack us up and leave me with it
Holdin' all this love out here in the hall
I think I've seen this film before
You're not my homeland anymore
So what am I defendin' now?
You were my town
Now I'm in exile seein' you out
I think I've seen this film before
Hoo, hoo-ooh
Hoo, hoo-ooh
Hoo, hoo-ooh
I can see you starin', honey
Like he's just your understudy
Like you'd get your knuckles bloody for me
Second, third, and hundredth chances
Balancin' on breaking branches
Those eyes add insult to injury
I think I've seen this film before
And I didn't like the ending
I'm not your problem anymore
So who am I offending now?
You were my crown
Now I'm in exile seein' you out
I think I've seen this film before
So I'm leavin' out the side door
So step right out
There is no amount
Of cryin' I can do for you
All this time
We always walked a very thin line
You didn't even hear me out (you didn't even hear me out)
You never gave a warning sign (I gave so many signs)
All this time
I never learned to read your mind (never learned to read my mind)
I couldn't turn things around (you never turned things around)
'Cause you never gave a warning sign (I gave so many signs)
So many signs
So many signs (you didn't even see the signs)
I think I've seen this film before
And I didn't like the ending
You're not my homeland anymore
So what am I defending now?
You were my town
Now I'm in exile seein' you out
I think I've seen this film before
So I'm leaving out the side door
So step right out
There is no amount
Of cryin' I can do for you
All this time
We always walked a very thin line
You didn't even hear me out (you didn't even hear me out)
You never gave a warning sign (I gave so many signs)
All this time
I never learned to read your mind (never learned to read my mind)
I couldn't turn things around (you never turned things around)
'Cause you never gave a warning sign (I gave so many signs)
All this time (so many signs)
I never learned to read your mind (so many signs)
I couldn't turn things around (so many signs)
'Cause you never gave a warning sign (never gave a warning sign)
"Exile" is a melancholic duet by Taylor Swift with Bon Iver, released in 2020. The lyrics are about a breakup, where two people who were once each other's everything now see each other's flaws and differences. In the first verse, Taylor describes seeing her lover with someone else and feeling the pain of the situation. She then feels like she's seen this situation before and doesn't want to go through it again. In the second verse, she mentions how the other person is looking at her now, like she's just a substitute, and she had always been ready to sacrifice herself for him. But now she realizes that she had put too much into a relationship that was not right for her.
In the chorus, Taylor reflects on how this person was once her home, her town, and her crown, but now she's in exile, left alone and abandoned. She's seen the same story unfold and doesn't want to relive it again. The bridge reinforces the idea that there is no longer anything to fight for in this relationship, and she's done trying to fix it. She had always put in the effort, but he never reciprocated or gave any indication that he was unhappy.
Line by Line Meaning
I can see you standin', honey
I'm aware that you're with him
With his arms around your body
He's holding you close
Laughin' but the joke's not funny at all
You're pretending to be happy, but it's not genuine
And it took you five whole minutes
You left me so quickly
To pack us up and leave me with it
You didn't even give me a chance to talk about it
Holdin' all this love out here in the hall
I'm left alone with all of this love that I still have for you
I think I've seen this film before
This feels familiar and I don't like it
And I didn't like the ending
This situation didn't end well before
You're not my homeland anymore
You used to be my safe place, but now you're not
So what am I defendin' now?
What's left for me to fight for?
You were my town
Everything I knew and loved was with you
Now I'm in exile seein' you out
Now I'm forced to watch you with someone else from afar
Hoo, hoo-ooh
Instrumental
Hoo, hoo-ooh
Instrumental
Hoo, hoo-ooh
Instrumental
I can see you starin', honey
You're looking at me as if I'm nothing special
Like he's just your understudy
He's trying to play my role, but he'll never be able to fill my shoes
Like you'd get your knuckles bloody for me
You used to be willing to fight for me, but now you wouldn't even lift a finger
Second, third, and hundredth chances
I gave you so many opportunities to make things right
Balancin' on breaking branches
I was trying to keep us afloat, but it was a lost cause
Those eyes add insult to injury
The way you look at me hurts even more
So who am I offending now?
I'm not trying to hurt anyone, so why do I feel like I am?
You were my crown
You were my everything, my queen
Now I'm in exile seein' you out
Now I'm forced to watch you leave me behind
So I'm leavin' out the side door
I'm not going to say goodbye to you, I'll just leave quietly
There is no amount
No matter how much I want to, I can't fix this
Of cryin' I can do for you
You won't listen to me, no matter how much I beg
All this time
Through everything we've been through
We always walked a very thin line
Our relationship was always uncertain
You didn't even hear me out (you didn't even hear me out)
You never gave me a chance to speak my mind
You never gave a warning sign (I gave so many signs)
I tried to tell you that things weren't working out, but you didn't listen
I never learned to read your mind (never learned to read my mind)
I couldn't tell what you were thinking or feeling
I couldn't turn things around (you never turned things around)
I couldn't fix things between us on my own
'Cause you never gave a warning sign (I gave so many signs)
You never let me know that you were unhappy until it was too late
So many signs
I tried so hard to let you know how I felt
So many signs (you didn't even see the signs)
But you never paid attention to them
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: Justin Deyarmond Edison Vernon, Taylor A. Swift, William Bowery
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Hoang Giang
Some songs don't need a billion of views to be called a masterpiece.
Shyambhavi⁷
Infact the real masterpieces never get more views... especially soft songs like this
✨zunaira EDITS ✨
Exactly
RubyJ
Yup
Han Han
youtube views don't guarantee the quality
Đức
Dạ 😍😍🥰
Batman
I'm not a Swiftie but this is seriously one of the best songs I've ever listened to. Just hits you in the soul.
Ty Nielsen
As a Swiftie, I’m glad we both appreciate this song. And you hit it right on the head, it hits right in the soul.
messer
Yeah same... Im not a swiftie but she was.... Song is also pretty much relatable hence just hits right at core
Leonardo
Today is one song, tomorrow 2, 4, 6, and soon youll be a swiftie
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