Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. Her discography spans… Read Full Bio ↴Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. Her discography spans multiple genres, and her narrative songwriting, which is often inspired by her personal life, has received widespread media coverage and critical praise.

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.

Invisible~
Taylor Swift Lyrics

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She can't see the way your eyes
Light up when you smile
She'll never notice how you stop and stare
Whenever she walks by
And you can't see me wantin' you the way you want her
But you are everything to me

And I just wanna show you

She don't even know you
She's never gonna love you like I want to
And you just see right through me but if you only knew me
We could be a beautiful, miracle, unbelievable
Instead of just invisible

There's a fire inside of you
That can't help but shine through
She's never gonna see the light
No matter what you do
And all I think about is how to make you think of me
And everything that we could be

And I just wanna show you
She don't even know you
She's never gonna love you like I want to
And you just see right through me but if you only knew me
We could be a beautiful, miracle, unbelievable
Instead of just invisible

Like shadows in a faded light
Oh we're invisible
I just wanna open your eyes
And make you realize

I just want to show you, she don't even know you,
Baby let me love you, let me want you".

She can't see the way your eyes
Light up when you smile

Overall Meaning

The song "Invisible" by Taylor Swift describes a one-sided crush. The person singing the song is in love with someone who is focused on somebody else who does not reciprocate their love. The lyrics suggest that the person singing the song feels invisible to the one they are in love with. They believe that the person they love is unaware of their presence and is fixated on someone else. This creates a sense of angst and unrequited love.

The lyrics also suggest that the person singing the song believes that if the person they love only gets to know them, they would have a beautiful and miraculous relationship. The song speaks to the deep desire of human beings to be seen, heard, and loved for who they truly are. The bridge of the song likens the crush to shadows in faded light, portraying the invisibility and fleeting nature of the love they share.

Line by Line Meaning

She can't see the way your eyes
The girl Taylor Swift is referring to is unaware of how the person she likes looks at her with admiration.

She'll never notice how you stop and stare
The girl Taylor Swift is referring to won't notice how the person she likes admires her whenever she passes by.

And you can't see me wantin' you the way you want her
The person Taylor Swift is singing about is unaware of how much she wants them, unlike their infatuation with the girl they like instead. However, to her, the person is everything.

There's a fire inside of you
The person Taylor Swift is singing about has a passion that is burning inside them.

That can't help but shine through
Despite the person's efforts to hide their feelings, they can't help but let their passion show.

She's never gonna see the light
The girl the person likes is unaware of the light that burns within the person Taylor Swift is singing to.

No matter what you do
Regardless of what the person does, the girl they like won't realize their worth.

And all I think about is how to make you think of me
Taylor Swift is fixated on making the person she is singing to recognize her value.

And everything that we could be
She sees the potential in the relationship they could have.

I just wanna show you
Taylor Swift wants to illustrate to the person she is singing to how much she cares for them.

She don't even know you
The girl the person likes is oblivious to the person Taylor Swift is singing to's existence.

She's never gonna love you like I want to
Taylor Swift is convinced that the girl the person likes won't love them the way she does.

And you just see right through me
The person is aware of Taylor Swift's feeling towards them but is not interested in pursuing a relationship.

But if you only knew me
Taylor Swift feels that if the person knew her better, they would see the potential in their relationship.

We could be a beautiful, miracle, unbelievable
Taylor Swift sees the possibility of their love as something powerful and unique.

Instead of just invisible
Rather than being unnoticed and unseen, Taylor Swift envisions them having a rich and fulfilling relationship.

Like shadows in a faded light
The person and Taylor Swift are like shadows- unnoticed and out of focus.

Oh we're invisible
The person and Taylor Swift are unnoticeable to the girl the person likes.

I just wanna open your eyes
Taylor Swift wants to draw the person's attention to the relationship they could have.

And make you realize
She wants the person to recognize the potential of their relationship.

Baby let me love you, let me want you
Taylor Swift wants the person to consider a potential relationship with her rather than pursuing someone who won't love them like she will.

Lyrics © ORRALL FIXATION MUSIC, Universal Music Publishing Group, Songtrust Ave, Peermusic Publishing
Written by: ROBERT ELLIS ORRALL, JONO VRANA, LINDSI WEAVER

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