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.
Maroon
Taylor Swift Lyrics
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'Cause we lost track of time again
Laughing with my feet in your lap
Like you were my closest friend
"How'd we end up on the floor anyway?" You say
"Your roommate's cheap-ass screw-top rosé, that's how"
I see you every day now
And I chose you
The one I was dancin' with
In New York, no shoes
Looked up at the sky and it was
The burgundy on my T-shirt when you splashed your wine into me
And how the blood rushed into my cheeks, so scarlet, it was
The mark you saw on my collarbone, the rust that grew between telephones
The lips I used to call home, so scarlet, it was maroon
When the silence came, we were shaking blind and hazy
How the hell did we lose sight of us again?
Sobbin' with your head in your hands
Ain't that the way shit always ends?
You were standin' hollow-eyed in the hallway
Carnations you had thought were roses, that's us
I feel you no matter what
The rubies that I gave up
And I lost you
The one I was dancin' with
In New York, no shoes
Looked up at the sky and it was maroon
The burgundy on my T-shirt when you splashed your wine into me
And how the blood rushed into my cheeks, so scarlet, it was (maroon)
The lips I used to call home, so scarlet, it was (maroon)
And I wake with your memory over me
That's a real fucking legacy, legacy (it was maroon)
And I wake with your memory over me
That's a real fucking legacy to leave
The burgundy on my T-shirt when you splashed your wine into me
And how the blood rushed into my cheeks, so scarlet (it was maroon)
The mark you saw on my collarbone, the rust that grew between telephones
The lips I used to call home, so scarlet (it was maroon)
It was maroon
It was maroon
The song "Maroon" by Taylor Swift tells the story of a past relationship full of intense emotions and memories. The lyrics paint a picture of nostalgia and longing for what was, while also acknowledging the painful reality of the ending. The first verse describes a moment of carefree joy, where the singer is laughing and joking around with their partner, only to be brought back to reality by the aftermath of their wild night. They clean up incense and wine stains and reflect on how they ended up on the floor. The chorus reveals that the singer "chose" their partner, and remembers a moment in New York where they danced with no shoes on and looked up at the sky, which was maroon. This color becomes a motif in the song, symbolizing the intense feelings of love and heartbreak that linger.
The second verse takes a darker turn, painting a picture of chaos and confusion. The couple has lost sight of each other, and are "shaking blind and hazy." The singer reflects on the cyclical nature of relationships and how they always seem to end in tears. The bridge reveals that the singer still feels the presence of their partner even though they're gone, and that the memories of their relationship are a "real fucking legacy."
Overall, the lyrics of "Maroon" are full of emotional complexity and vivid imagery, capturing the intense feelings that come with love and heartbreak. The song is a poignant reflection on past relationships and the memories that linger long after they end.
Line by Line Meaning
When the morning came we were cleaning incense off your vinyl shelf
We started cleaning fragrant material off your music collection when we saw the sun rise
'Cause we lost track of time again
We lost sense of time, once again
Laughing with my feet in your lap
We were enjoying ourselves while I put my feet on your lap
Like you were my closest friend
I felt as if I was having fun with my dearest companion
"How'd we end up on the floor anyway?" You say
"How did we end up sitting on the ground like this?" You questioned
"Your roommate's cheap-ass screw-top rosé, that's how"
"It is because of your flatmate's inexpensive twist-off rosé bottle"
I see you every day now
Now, I encounter you every day
And I chose you
I picked you
The one I was dancin' with
The one I danced with
In New York, no shoes
In New York City, shoeless
Looked up at the sky and it was
Gazed above and it appeared
The burgundy on my T-shirt when you splashed your wine into me
The deep reddish-brown liquid on my shirt when you accidentally poured your wine on me
And how the blood rushed into my cheeks, so scarlet, it was
And how my face became reddened with blood, it was so scarlet
The mark you saw on my collarbone, the rust that grew between telephones
The mark you noticed on my collarbone, the corrosion that expanded between phones
The lips I used to call home, so scarlet, it was maroon
The lips I kissed many times, so red, they were almost maroon
When the silence came, we were shaking blind and hazy
When stillness ensued, we trembled aimlessly
How the hell did we lose sight of us again?
How did we lose sight of our relationship once more?
Sobbin' with your head in your hands
Crying with your face clasped in your hands
Ain't that the way shit always ends?
Isn't that how things always come to an end?
You were standin' hollow-eyed in the hallway
You were standing in the hallway with weary eyes
Carnations you had thought were roses, that's us
Our connection was like the carnations you mistook for roses
I feel you no matter what
I sense your presence regardless
The rubies that I gave up
The gemstones that I relinquished
And I lost you
And I no longer had you
The one I was dancin' with
The one I danced with
In New York, no shoes
In New York City, without footwear
Looked up at the sky and it was maroon
Looked upward and saw a reddish-brown sky
And I wake with your memory over me
And I awaken with your memory lingering in my thoughts
That's a real fucking legacy, legacy (it was maroon)
That is truly an impactful legacy (It was the reddish-brown color)
And I wake with your memory over me
And I wake up with memories of you surrounding me
That's a real fucking legacy to leave
Leaving those memories for me is truly significant
It was maroon
It had a reddish-brown hue
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Jack Michael Antonoff, Taylor Alison Swift
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@dxlicatxtaylorsversion
the way she uses ten shades of red
•wine
•blood
•carnations
•rose
•scarlet
•burgundy
•hickey (mark on my collarbone)
•lips
•rust
•rubies
•maroon
to describe the love that she thought was golden but turns out that it was maroon
@VivaMarie
"Loving him was red" - Red
"Losing him was blue" - Red
"Missing him was dark gray all alone" - Red
"It's blue, the feeling I've got" - Cruel Summer
"I just wanna stay in this lavender haze" - Lavender Haze
"My heart's been borrowed and your's has been blue" - Lover
"I thought love would be burning red, but it's golden" - Daylight
"Deep blue, but you painted me golden" - Dancing with our Hands Tied
"I blew things out of proportion, now you're blue" - Afterglow
"How scarlet it was; maroon" - Maroon
"Did I paint your bluest skies the darkest gray?" - coney island
"Don't want no other shade of blue but you" - hoax
@KUYAFAITH
1. Taylor Swift - The Country Girl
2. Fearless - The Teenage Girl
3. Speak Now - The Princess
4. Red - A Heartbroken Woman
5. 1989 - The Party Woman
6. reputation - A Brave Woman
7. Lover - The Lover
8. folklore - A Wise Woman
9. evermore - The Storyteller
10. Midnights - The Brilliant Insomniac
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@sirajbakhishov
Taylor Swift - Cute girl
Fearless - Popular girl
Speak now - Girl in dreams
Red- Heartbroken woman
1989- Independent woman
Reputation - Queen of Revenge
Lover- A woman in love
Folklore- Legendary woman
Evermore - Famous Poet
Midnights - The night watchwoman
@mirandawyatt77
Maroon is a color of course but it’s also a verb meaning to be isolated and lonely (as in being marooned on an island). I love how this song captures both meanings .
@WhySoPrettyJinsoul.
Damn that was so clever, as expected from TS
@alyponk5016
I was thinking the same
@ekapuspitasari4684
wooaahh, thank you for the insight.
@immeofficial3296
OMG!!🥲
@monicagarza4786
Thanks for that info... Loved it!❤️
@samjordan9533
Came here to say, this album is not even 24 hours old and this is already my favorite song on the album. It’s heartbreaking and beautiful.
@robinskull
MY SONGS ARE WAY BETTER THAN TAYLOR SWIFT
@ripabari6760
@@robinskull keep screaming
@mysteryundercover2940
same with me