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.
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Taylor Swift Lyrics
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In the back of my mind
The time we stood with our shaking hands
The crowds in stands went wild
We were the kings and the queens
And they read off our names
The night you danced like you knew our lives
Would never be the same
On a history book page
It was the end of a decade
But the start of an age
Long live the walls we crashed through
How the kingdom lights shined just for me and you
I was screaming, "Long live all the magic we made"
And bring on all the pretenders
One day we will be remembered
I said remember this feeling
I passed the pictures around
Of all the years that we stood there on the sidelines
Wishing for right now
We are the kings and the queens
You traded your baseball cap for a crown
When they gave us our trophies
And we held them up for our town
And the cynics were outraged
Screaming, "This is absurd"
'Cause for a moment, a band of thieves
In ripped up jeans got to rule the world
Long live the walls we crashed through
How the kingdom lights shined just for me and you
I was screaming, "Long live all the magic we made"
And bring on all the pretenders, I'm not afraid
Long live all the mountains we moved
I had the time of my life fighting dragons with you
I was screaming, "Long live the look on your face"
And bring on all the pretenders
One day we will be remembered
Hold on to spinning around
Confetti falls to the ground
May these memories break our fall
Will you take a moment?
Promise me this
That you'll stand by me forever
But if, God forbid, fate should step in
And force us into a goodbye
If you have children someday
When they point to the pictures
Please tell them my name
Tell them how the crowds went wild
Tell them how I hope they shine
Long live the walls we crashed through
I had the time of my life with you
Long, long live the walls we crashed through
How the kingdom lights shined just for me and you
And I was screaming, "Long live all the magic we made"
And bring on all the pretenders, I'm not afraid
Singing long live all the mountains we moved
I had the time of my life fighting dragons with you
And long, long live the look on your face
And bring on all the pretenders
One day, we will be remembered
“Long Live” by Taylor Swift reminisces the memories of a remarkable event in her life – “Fearless” album tour of 2010. She starts off by saying “remember this moment,” as she desires to keep that memory forever. She describes the event, where she and her fans had a night to remember, standing with their hands shaking and the crowds in stands cheering them on as if they were the reigning king and queen of the world. And when they read off their names, they knew it was a moment that would inevitably change their lives. She speaks of how her fans held their heads high and danced like heroes, a moment that was the start of a new age in her career.
She then sings of how they crashed through walls and how the kingdom’s lights shone just for her and her fans. They made magic, and she acknowledges that others will come to pretend, but they will always be remembered. Taylor emphasizes that the memories of the past should hold tight, as they will be a source of strength for the future. Even though things may change, they will always be together, fighting through good and bad times.
In the final verse, Taylor makes a promise to her fans, a promise that even if they part ways, they will always be remembered as those incredible moments will never fade away. She hopes that even when she's gone, people will remember her and her fans, how they created magic together.
Line by Line Meaning
I said remember this moment
I want you to remember how we felt in this moment
In the back of my mind
This moment will always be with me
The time we stood with our shaking hands
We were nervous, but excited
The crowds in stands went wild
The people were cheering for us
We were the kings and the queens
We were on top of the world
And they read off our names
We were recognized for our achievements
The night you danced like you knew our lives
You were so confident, like you knew good things were going to happen
Would never be the same
Our lives were changing for the better
You held your head like a hero
You were so strong and brave
On a history book page
This moment will be remembered forever
It was the end of a decade
The end of an era
But the start of an age
A new beginning
Long live the walls we crashed through
Let's remember the obstacles we overcame
How the kingdom lights shined just for me and you
We were in the spotlight and it was amazing
I was screaming, "Long live all the magic we made"
We can do anything together
And bring on all the pretenders
We don't have to worry about competition
One day we will be remembered
Our name will live on
I said remember this feeling
Hold onto this emotion
I passed the pictures around
Remember these memories with me
Of all the years that we stood there on the sidelines
We've been waiting for this moment for so long
Wishing for right now
Dreaming of this moment
You traded your baseball cap for a crown
You went from being ordinary to extraordinary
When they gave us our trophies
Our hard work paid off
And we held them up for our town
We were proud of our achievements
And the cynics were outraged
Doubters were proven wrong
Screaming, "This is absurd"
They couldn't believe how successful we were
'Cause for a moment, a band of thieves
We were rebels, but in a good way
In ripped up jeans got to rule the world
We were powerful and unexpected
Long live all the mountains we moved
We accomplished so much together
I had the time of my life fighting dragons with you
We faced challenges together, and it was worth it
And bring on all the pretenders, I'm not afraid
We don't have to worry about competition
And long, long live the look on your face
I will always remember the joy on your face
Hold on to spinning around
Don't let go of this moment
Confetti falls to the ground
This is a time to celebrate
May these memories break our fall
These memories will always be there to catch us if we fall
Will you take a moment?
Stop and think about this moment with me
Promise me this
Make a commitment to me
That you'll stand by me forever
Promise to be there for me no matter what happens
But if, God forbid, fate should step in
If something bad happens
And force us into a goodbye
If we have to say goodbye
If you have children someday
If you become a parent
When they point to the pictures
When they ask about our memories
Please tell them my name
I want to be a part of their story too
Tell them how the crowds went wild
Tell them about our success
Tell them how I hope they shine
I want them to succeed too
And I was screaming, "Long live all the magic we made"
We can do amazing things together
Singing long live all the mountains we moved
Remember all the obstacles we overcame
One day, we will be remembered
Our legacy will live on
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Taylor Alison Swift
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Alonso Rojas Valenzuela
0:04 The Man Interlude
0:37 The Man Stops
0:40 Love Story Starts
1:54 Love Story Stops
2:02 I Knew You Were Trouble Starts
4:06 I Knew You Were Trouble Stops
4:07 Blank Space Starts
6:14 Transition From Blank Space To Shake It Off
6:19 Shake It Off With Camilla Cabello and Halsey Starts
8:27 End Of Shake It Off
8:36 Lover Starts (Piano And Orchestra)
11:17 Lover Ends
Yes
I love when she turn the AMAs her own concert
Jainny Chan
It's AMAs
Eduardo Rocha
@Jainny Chan AMAs
Neetu
She always does that and i love it, im proud that i saw this LIVE
Yes
@Neetu same ♥️
TheQueenIsInTown
Y’all are lucky 😭
Sahara Kate Castillo
IMAGINE TAYLOR PERFORMING AT THE SUPER BOWL 🙌
Brendan Credence
I was just thinking that. She needs to headline next
cloud boy
@Brendan Credence probably next year but idk maybe she still busy with her tour
s0ledad speranza
that would be amazing stopppp