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.
Girl at Home
Taylor Swift Lyrics
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You've got a girl at home
And everybody knows that
Everybody knows that, ah-ah
Don't look at me
You've got a girl at home
And everybody knows that
But I feel a responsibility
To do what's upstanding and right
It's kinda like a code, yeah
And you've been getting closer and closer
And crossing so many lines
And it would be a fine proposition
If I was a stupid girl
But honey, I am no-one's exception
This, I have previously learned
So, don't look at me
You've got a girl at home
And everybody knows that
Everybody knows that
Ah ah, don't look at me
You've got a girl at home
And everybody knows that
Everybody knows that
I see you turn off your phone
And now you got me alone
And I say, don't look at me
You've got a girl at home
And everybody knows that
Everybody knows that
I just wanna make sure
You understand perfectly
You're the kind of man who makes me sad
While she waits up
You chase down the newest thing
And take for granted what you have
And it would be a fine proposition
If I was a stupid girl
And yeah, I might go with it
If I hadn't once been just like her
Don't look at me
You've got a girl at home
And everybody knows that
Everybody knows that
Ah ah, don't look at me
You've got a girl at home
And everybody knows that
Everybody knows that
I see you turn off your phone
And now you've got me alone
And I say, don't look at me
You've got a girl at home
And everybody knows that
Everybody knows that
Call a cab
Lose my number
You're about to lose your girl
Call a cab
Lose my number
Let's consider this lesson learned
Don't look at me
You've got a girl at home
And everybody knows that
Everybody knows that
Ah ah, don't look at me
You've got a girl at home
And everybody knows that
Everybody knows that
Wanna see you pick up your phone
And tell her you're coming home
Don't look at me
You've got a girl at home
And everybody knows that
Everybody knows that
Don't look at me
You've got a girl at home
And everybody knows that
Everybody knows that
It would be a fine proposition
If I hadn't once been just like her
The song "Girl at Home" by Taylor Swift is about a man who is in a committed relationship but is pursuing Swift. She does not want to get involved with him because she knows he has a girlfriend waiting for him at home. Swift feels a responsibility to do what is right and refuses to be someone's exception. She emphasizes that she is not a "stupid girl" and knows that if he is cheating on his girlfriend with her, he will do the same to her in the future. Swift urges him to call a cab, lose her number and go home to his girlfriend. She wants to see him do the right thing and make the right choices.
The song has a strong message about loyalty and doing what is right. Swift conveys that she values her self-worth and refuses to be a mistress. She understands the pain that the girlfriend waiting at home is going through and challenges the man to be responsible and loyal to her. The lyrics of the song are a commentary on the importance of doing what is right and staying true to one's commitments.
Line by Line Meaning
Don't look at me
I don't want you to look at me because you have a girlfriend
You've got a girl at home
You have a girlfriend and you shouldn't be flirting with me
And everybody knows that
Everyone is aware of your relationship, so you shouldn't be behaving this way
I don't even know her
I don't know your girlfriend personally
But I feel a responsibility
I feel accountable for your actions and their consequences
To do what's upstanding and right
To act with integrity and avoid being a part of unethical behavior
It's kinda like a code, yeah
It's a personal belief system I have that guides my decisions and behavior
And you've been getting closer and closer
You have been acting inappropriately and crossing boundaries with me
And crossing so many lines
You have overstepped the boundaries of our friendship and it's making me uncomfortable
And it would be a fine proposition
It might have been tempting if I didn't know better
If I was a stupid girl
If I was naive and foolish
But honey, I am no-one's exception
I'm not going to justify or make excuses for your behavior
This, I have previously learned
I've been in a similar situation before and have learned from it
I see you turn off your phone
You're trying to avoid being caught by your girlfriend
And now you got me alone
You're trying to use this opportunity to flirt with me
And I just wanna make sure
I need to emphasize and reiterate this point
You're the kind of man who makes me sad
Your actions are not attractive and actually make me feel sad
While she waits up
Your girlfriend is at home waiting for you
You chase down the newest thing
You are always looking for something new and exciting, rather than appreciating what you have
And take for granted what you have
You don't appreciate the good things you have in life, including your girlfriend
Call a cab
I want you to leave and go home to your girlfriend
Lose my number
I don't want you to contact me anymore
You're about to lose your girl
If you continue to act this way, you're going to lose your girlfriend
Let's consider this lesson learned
We should both learn from this experience and not make the same mistake again
Wanna see you pick up your phone
I want you to call your girlfriend and tell her you're coming home
And tell her you're coming home
Go home to your girlfriend and be faithful to her
And it would be a fine proposition
It might have been tempting if I didn't know better
If I hadn't once been just like her
If I hadn't been in a similar situation in the past and learned from it
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Taylor Alison Swift
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I don't know why this song is so overhated
This song is a masterpiece just like her other songs
Girl at home deserves love Appreciation!!
qwerty112311
Perversion of the original. Great song, but not in the spirit of Taylor’s Version, which is what everything else has been.
Jess Cervantes
I genuinely don't understand why a lot of people hate this song
Maggie
Ive personally always loved this song 🤷🏻♀️
7 Weeks
Nobody hates this song, please!!!!!
𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑏𝑜𝑛
I sang this for someone with my friends 😂😂
In my dreams
SleepyHead
She really said "This song doesn't deserve be the least liked song of the album" so she changed the production. I'm so proudddddd.
Liberty Martin
She said that!?
Rebeccaa54687
@Liberty Martin I think "she really said" is just an expression people use nowadays haha
Liberty Martin
@Rebeccaa54687 It might be, and that's why I just didn't understand it lol 😃