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, yet ongoing 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—a retrospective tour covering the entirety of her discography. During her ongoing tour, Swift would release her next two re-recorded albums, Speak Now (Taylor's Version) in July and 1989 (Taylor's Version) in October of 2023. The former of which would land Swift as the woman with the most number-one albums (12) in Billboard 200 history, surpassing Barbra Streisand. The latter was her sixth album to sell one million copies in a single week in the US, her largest album sales in a week span. “Is It Over Now? (Taylor's Version)”, the lead single for 1989 (Taylor's Version), would peak at number one on the Billboard Hot 100.
At the 66th annual GRAMMY Awards, Taylor Swift surprised viewers by announcing her eleventh studio album, THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT. On April 19, 2024, the album was released globally, breaking records: it became the first ever to amass 1 billion Spotify streams in a week and sold 2.6 million units in its first week in the US. Swift dominated the charts, monopolizing the top 14 spots on the Billboard Hot 100 and securing the top 10 positions on Australia’s ARIA Singles Chart. The lead single, Fortnight, featuring Post Malone, quickly soared to the number-one position on the Hot 100. Additionally, just two hours after the album’s release, Swift surprised fans with a reissue titled THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT: THE ANTHOLOGY, which included 15 extra songs.
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 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.
ME!
Taylor Swift Lyrics
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I know that I'm a handful, baby, uh
I know I never think before I jump
And you're the kind of guy the ladies want
And there's a lot of cool chicks out there
I know that I went psycho on the phone
I never leave well enough aloneAnd trouble's gonna follow where I go
And there's a lot of cool chicks out there
But one of these things is not like the others
Like a rainbow with all of the colors
Baby doll, when it comes to a lover
I promise that you'll never find another like
Me-e-e, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
I'm the only one of me
Baby, that's the fun of me
Eeh-eeh-eeh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
You're the only one of you
Baby, that's the fun of you
And I promise that nobody's gonna love you like me-e-e
I know I tend to make it about me
I know you never get just what you see
But I will never bore you, baby
And there's a lot of lame guys out there
And when we had that fight out in the rain
You ran after me and called my name
I never wanna see you walk away
And there's a lot of lame guys out there
'Cause one of these things is not like the othersLivin' in winter, I am your summer
Baby doll, when it comes to a lover
I promise that you'll never find another like
Me-e-e, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
I'm the only one of me
Let me keep you company
Eeh-eeh-eeh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
You're the only one of you
Baby, that's the fun of you
And I promise that nobody's gonna love you like me-e-e
Girl, there ain't no "I" in "team"
But you know there is a "me"
Strike the band up, one, two, three
I promise that you'll never find another like me
Girl, there ain't no I in "team"
But you know there is a "me"
And you can't spell "awesome" without "me"
I promise that you'll never find another like
Me-e-e (yeah), ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh (and I won't stop, baby)
I'm the only one of me (I'm the only one of me)
Baby, that's the fun of me (baby, that's the fun of me)
Eeh-eeh-eeh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh (oh)
You're the only one of you (oh)
Baby, that's the fun of you
And I promise that nobody's gonna love you like me-e-e
Girl, there ain't no "I" in "team" (ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
But you know there is a "me"
I'm the only one of me (oh-oh)
Baby, that's the fun of me
(Eeh-eeh-eeh)
Strike the band up, one, two, three (ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
You can't spell "awesome" without "me"
You're the only one of you (yeah, yeah)
Baby, that's the fun of you
And I promise that nobody's gonna love you like me-e-e
The song "Tell Me Why" by Taylor Swift is a reflection of a deteriorating relationship. The lyrics depict a situation where the singer has taken a chance on the relationship, but now feels that it is crumbling down. She's disillusioned and sad and cannot fathom why the relationship is falling apart. She feels like she doesn't know her partner anymore, leading to frustration and confusion. The song describes how her partner's attitude is getting worse, to the point where he demeans her dreams to make himself feel superior. The song is about insecurity, getting belittled and feeling like you're at the mercy of a partner who has a significant mean streak.
The song's verses are seemingly about a partner who loves her and then puts her down when he is angry. She feels helpless, like a small person in front of her partner's towering temper. She expresses her vulnerability and helplessness to withstand these attacks, which have left her bruised and battered emotionally. The song's chorus portrays the tug of war between her need for the partner's love and her fear of his temper, which she feels has gotten worse over time. She knows in her heart that she needs to walk away, but her heart and mind are at war. The song's main message is to empower the singer to walk away from this detrimental relationship.
Line by Line Meaning
I took a chance, I took a shot
I took the risk of falling in love with you
And you might think I'm bulletproof, but I'm not
You might think I can handle anything, but I’m vulnerable
You took a swing, I took it hard
You hurt me deeply with your words or actions
And down here from the ground I see who you are
I see your true nature and realize you're not who I thought you were
I'm sick and tired of your attitude
I'm fed up with the way you treat me and others around you
I'm feeling like I don't know you
I don’t recognize the person you’ve become
You tell me that you love me then you cut me down
You verbally or emotionally hurt me despite claiming to love me
And I need you like a heartbeat
I feel like I can’t live without you
But you know you got a mean streak
You have a cruel and unkind side to you
Makes me run for cover when you're around
I avoid being near you or interacting with you because of your behavior
And here's to you and your temper
I acknowledge and remember how explosive and unpredictable you can be
Yes, I remember what you said last night
I still carry the emotional weight of the hurtful things you said to me recently
And I know that you see what you're doing to me
You're aware of how your behavior is affecting me negatively
Tell me why
I want to understand your motivations and reasons for hurting me
You could write a book on how to ruin someone's perfect day
You have a talent for destroying people’s positive experiences or moods
Well I get so confused and frustrated
I feel overwhelmed and upset when trying to deal with you
Forget what I'm trying to say, oh
I struggle to communicate my thoughts and feelings to you
I'm sick and tired of your reasons
I've had enough of your excuses and justifications for your hurtful behavior
I got no one to believe in
I feel alone and without support in dealing with you
You tell me that you want me, then push me around
You express interest in me but then treat me badly
Why, do you have to make me feel small
Why do you have to belittle or diminish me to feel good about yourself?
So you can feel whole inside
You’re attempting to fill a void inside of yourself by putting me down
Why, do you have to put down my dreams
Why must you mock or discourage my ambitions and aspirations?
So you're the only thing on my mind
You want me to focus solely on you and not pursue anything else
You ask me for my love then you push me around
You demand my affection but then treat me poorly
Here's to you and your temper
I acknowledge and remember your explosive and unpredictable nature
Now you know
I've made it clear that I won’t tolerate being mistreated
I take a step back, let you go
I'm distancing myself emotionally from you and ending this relationship
I told you I'm not bulletproof
I made it clear that I have my own vulnerabilities, too
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: Brendon Urie, Joel Little, Taylor Swift
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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Brendon's Theory 2:06 : If you are a true lover but constantly failing to impress her, just propose her with cat real quick!
@jackpotter3632
Damn!😂
@andavioricadulamea
Is it Colours??
@xmimicthemeifwax2371
It would win me
@T._.liu.
that would work on me lol
@Sea_Maranatha_
Would 100% work on me
@moonl0verr
“In front of your daughters!”
- shows cats -
Yup that’s Taylor
@theshamaeee_7613
Truee ahhahhaha
@wandersails
Daily Insider’s Scoop that’s me too.
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HAHAHHAHAAHH