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.
Hopelessly Devoted To You
Taylor Swift Lyrics
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my eyes are not the first to cry I'm not the first to know,
there's just no gettin' over you
Hello, I'm just a fool who's willing to sit around
and wait for you
But baby can't you see, there's nothin' else
for me to do I'm hopelessly devoted to you
But now there's nowhere to hide,
hopelessly devoted to you
Hopelessly devoted to you,
hopelessly devoted to you
My head is saying "fool, forget him",
my heart is saying "don't let go"
Hold on to the end, that's what I intend to do
I'm hopelessly devoted to you
But now there's nowhere to hide,
since you pushed my love aside I'm not in my head,
hopelessly devoted to you
Hopelessly devoted to you,
hopelessly devoted to you
In Taylor Swift's cover of "Hopelessly Devoted To You," she sings about the timeless feeling of unrequited love. The lyrics express feeling heartbroken and crying tears for a love that will not return, yet the person is still desperately clinging to the hope of being reunited. Despite knowing that there's no way to move on, the singer remains steadfast in their devotion, willing to wait for their love to return. Throughout the song, there's an internal struggle between head and heart as the singer battles between forgetting the love and holding on to the end.
Overall, these lyrics depict the universal experience of being hopelessly devoted to another person, even when it seems like all hope is lost. Despite the pain and heartbreak, the singer chooses to cling to the possibility of reunification with their love. Through Swift's emotional delivery, listeners can feel the weight of those emotions all too well.
Line by Line Meaning
Guess mine is not the first heart broken,
I understand that I am not the only one who has had my heart broken in this way.
my eyes are not the first to cry I'm not the first to know,
I am aware that others have experienced the pain of heartbreak, tears, and knowledge that it is over.
there's just no gettin' over you
I cannot move on from my love for you.
Hello, I'm just a fool who's willing to sit around and wait for you
Despite knowing that I should move on, I am waiting for you foolishly.
But baby can't you see, there's nothin' else for me to do I'm hopelessly devoted to you
I am hopelessly, irrevocably in love with you and see no other option.
But now there's nowhere to hide, since you pushed my love aside I'm not in my head, hopelessly devoted to you
I feel incredibly exposed and vulnerable now that you have rejected my love. Regardless, I am still hopelessly devoted to you.
Hopelessly devoted to you, hopelessly devoted to you
I cannot stress enough how much I love and cherish you, even if it brings me pain.
My head is saying "fool, forget him", my heart is saying "don't let go"
My logical mind tells me to forget you, but my heart cannot bear the thought of losing you.
Hold on to the end, that's what I intend to do I'm hopelessly devoted to you
No matter what may come, I will hold onto my love for you until the end. I am hopelessly devoted to you.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: John Farrar
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Guess mine is not the first heart broken
My eyes are not the first to cry
I'm not the first to know there's
Just no getting over you
You know I'm just a fool who's willing
To sit around and wait for you
But baby can't you see there's nothing else for me to do
I'm hopelessly devoted to you
But now there's no way to hide
Since you pushed my love aside
I'm outta my head hopelessly devoted to you
Hopelessly devoted to you
Hopelessly devoted to you
My head is saying fool forget him
My heart is saying don't let go
Hold on to the end, that's what I intend to do
I'm hopelessly devoted to you
But now there's no way to hide
Since you pushed my love aside
I'm outta my head hopelessly devoted to you
Hopelessly devoted to you
Hopelessly devoted to you
Michel Mancia
Vengo de tiktok que maravilla saber que Taylor canto está hermosa canción a sus 10 años🥺
Upscale Avenue
Wow. Her voice is freaking amazing.
Huésped
Absolutely melted my heart
🍄raggedy anne🍄
Sameee😭😭😭
EnchantedByVocals13
OMFG HER VOCALS I KNEW THAT SHE CHOSE NOT TO USE HER VIBRATO FOR STYLISTIC CHOICE
Juuju
And signing without it takes nuts af
Ty
That's not healthy vibrato. It's forced and too fast, which usually happens when you try to push from your throat instead of your diaphragm. This makes it unsustainable on the long run and can lead to pitch problems, but it's sooo common when you're first getting started!! Also, she was so young! We all gotta start somewhere. My singing teacher used to tell me not to make the goat vibrato lmao 💀💀💀
ilymal
@Ty she was a kid lmfao calm down.
Hawke Saodo
As a swiftie/musician, it's actually not a stylistic choice. That's just how her instrument (voice) works. It's kinda unique, though. She can produce a natural vibrato but within a certain range.
Miss Maggi Casares
One of the things I love about her music I CAN actually sing without sounding like a screeching animal trying to hit the high notes that I KNOW am not able to hit. She has a huge range but she prefers her fans to be able to SING her songs fully. And she LOVES to addlib in concerts so who am I to judge? When we get those AMAZING vocals live🤷🏻♀️