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.

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Taylor Swift Lyrics

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She said
"I was seven, and you were nine
I looked at you like the stars that shined
In the sky, the pretty lights."
And our daddies used to joke about the two of us
Growing up and fallin' in love
And our mamas smiled, and rolled their eyes
And said, "Oh, my, my, my"

Take me back to the house in the backyard tree
Said you'd beat me up, you were bigger than me
You never did, you never did
Take me back when our world was one block wide
I dared you to kiss me, and ran when you tried
Just two kids, you and I
Oh, my, my, my, my

Well, I was sixteen when suddenly
I wasn't that little girl you used to see
But your eyes still shined, like pretty lights
And our daddies used to joke about the two of us
They never believed we'd really fall in love
And our mamas smiled, and rolled their eyes
And said, "Oh, my, my, my"

Take me back to the creek beds we turned up
Two AM, ridin' in your truck
And all I need is you next to me
Take me back to the time we had our very first fight
Slammin' of doors 'stead of kissin' goodnight
You stayed outside 'til the morning light
Oh, my, my, my, my

A few years had gone and come around
We were sittin' at our favorite spot in town
And you looked at me, got down on one knee

Take me back to the time when we walked down the aisle
Our whole town came, and our mamas cried
You said, "I do," and I did too
Take me home where we met so many years before
We'll rock our babies on the very front porch
After all this time, you and I

And I'll be eighty-seven, you'll be eighty-nine

I'll still look at you like the stars that shine in the sky
Oh, my, my, my

Overall Meaning

The song "Oh My My My" by Taylor Swift tells a story of a love that started in childhood and evolved slowly over time. The lyrics are filled with memories of simpler time and feelings of nostalgia. The song lyrics refer to a time many years ago when the singer and her future partner were just children playing together. They were the subject of jokes by their parents who imagined them falling in love when they grew up. Even then, there was a sense of inevitability.

As the singer grows up, there are more memories of innocent times spent together. They spent time in a treehouse and talked about kissing each other. As time passes, there are also memories of more mature experiences, such as their first fight and the first time they had sex. Finally, the song ends with the pair reminiscing as elderly people, still in love after all these years.

The song's lyrics convey a sense of longing for a simpler time before adulthood's responsibilities took over, which is where the nostalgic tone comes from. But, it's also a love story that shows the passing of time that may not have always been easy, but the love that they shared with each other never faded. It's a reminder that even when we grow old, true love never dies.

Line by Line Meaning

She said
The singer is introducing a conversation that she had with someone else.

"I was seven, and you were nine
The singer and the person she is talking to have known each other since they were children. The singer was two years younger than the other person.

I looked at you like the stars that shined
The singer thought highly of the other person when they were children.

In the sky, the pretty lights."
The other person was like a shining star to the artist when they were children.

And our daddies used to joke about the two of us
The fathers of the artist and the other person used to make comments about the possibility of the two of them falling in love when they were children.

Growing up and fallin' in love
The fathers of the singer and the other person thought it would be cute if the two of them ended up together as they grew older.

And our mamas smiled, and rolled their eyes
The mothers of the singer and the other person found the comments from the fathers to be a bit silly.

And said, "Oh, my, my, my"
The mothers of the artist and the other person used this phrase to express their amusement at the situation.

Take me back to the house in the backyard tree
The artist is reminiscing about her childhood and the time she spent with the other person.

Said you'd beat me up, you were bigger than me
The other person used to tease the artist when they were children, but they never actually hurt her.

You never did, you never did
The other person was always protective of the singer, even if he teased her from time to time.

Take me back when our world was one block wide
The artist is recalling a time when the world seemed simple and small to her and the other person.

I dared you to kiss me, and ran when you tried
The singer is remembering a time when she and the other person were young and innocent, and she playfully challenged him to kiss her.

Just two kids, you and I
The singer is describing a time when she and the other person were just children, before their relationship became more complicated.

Oh, my, my, my, my
The singer uses this phrase again to express how much she cherishes these childhood memories.

Well, I was sixteen when suddenly
The artist is describing a time when she was a teenager and her feelings for the other person changed.

I wasn't that little girl you used to see
The artist has grown up and is no longer the innocent child that the other person used to know.

But your eyes still shined, like pretty lights
Even though the singer has grown up, she still thinks highly of the other person and finds him attractive.

And our daddies used to joke about the two of us
The fathers of the singer and the other person are mentioned again, indicating that they still think it would be cute if the two of them ended up together.

They never believed we'd really fall in love
The fathers of the artist and the other person did not take their childhood comments about falling in love seriously.

And our mamas smiled, and rolled their eyes
The mothers of the artist and the other person are mentioned again, indicating that they still find the situation amusing.

And said, "Oh, my, my, my"
The mothers of the artist and the other person use this phrase again to express their amusement.

Take me back to the creek beds we turned up
The singer is reminiscing about a time when she and the other person went to a creek together.

Two AM, ridin' in your truck
The artist is recalling a specific memory of being in the other person's truck at two in the morning.

And all I need is you next to me
The singer is expressing her desire to be close to the other person again.

Take me back to the time we had our very first fight
The singer is recalling a time when she and the other person had their first argument.

Slammin' of doors 'stead of kissin' goodnight
The first fight between the singer and the other person involved angry words rather than the usual goodnight kiss.

You stayed outside 'til the morning light
The other person refused to leave until the situation was resolved and they had made up.

Oh, my, my, my, my
The artist uses this phrase again to express how much she value this memory and the way the other person acted in this situation.

A few years had gone and come around
The singer is describing a period of time that has passed since the earlier memories she has been discussing.

We were sittin' at our favorite spot in town
The singer and the other person are now adults and have a favorite place they like to go together.

And you looked at me, got down on one knee
The other person is proposing to the artist.

Take me back to the time when we walked down the aisle
The artist is now married to the other person, and she is recalling their wedding day.

Our whole town came, and our mamas cried
The wedding was a big event in the town where the artist and the other person grew up, and their mothers were emotional.

You said, "I do," and I did too
The singer and the other person exchanged vows and committed to spending their lives together.

Take me home where we met so many years before
The artist and the other person are returning to the place where they first met, indicating that they have come full circle.

We'll rock our babies on the very front porch
The singer and the other person plan to have children and raise them in the same place where they grew up together.

After all this time, you and I
The singer is expressing her gratitude for the years she has spent with the other person, and how much she cherishes their relationship.

And I'll be eighty-seven, you'll be eighty-nine
The singer and the other person plan to spend the rest of their lives together, growing old as a couple.

I'll still look at you like the stars that shine in the sky
Even when the artist and the other person are old and grey, she will still find him attractive and special.

Oh, my, my, my
The artist uses this phrase one last time to express how much she values her relationship with the other person.

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Peermusic Publishing
Written by: Brian Dean Maher, Elisabeth Wagner Rose, Taylor Alison Swift

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