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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I didn't get my perfect fantasy
I realize you love yourself more than you could ever love me
So go and tell your friends that I'm obsessive and crazy
That's fine!
I'll tell mine
You're gay
By the way
I hate that
Stupid old pickup truck
You never let me drive
You're a redneck heartbreak
Who's really bad at lying
So watch me strike a match
On all my wasted time
As far as I'm concerned you're
Just another picture to burn
There's no time for tears
I'm just sitting here
Planning my revenge
There's nothing stopping me
From going out with all of your best friends
And if you come around saying sorry to me
My daddy's gonna show you how sorry you'll be
'Cause I hate that
Stupid old pickup truck
You never let me drive
You're a redneck heartbreak
Who's really bad at lying
So watch me strike a match
On all my wasted time
As far as I'm concerned you're
Just another picture to burn
If you're missing me
You'd better keep it to yourself
'Cause coming back around here
Would be bad for your health
'Cause I hate that
Stupid old pickup truck
You never let me drive
You're a redneck heartbreak
Who's really bad at lying
So watch me strike a match
On all my wasted time
In case you haven't heard
I really really hate that
Stupid old pickup truck
You never let me drive
You're a redneck heartbreak
Who's really bad at lying
So watch me strike a match
On all my wasted time
As far as I'm concerned you're
Just another picture to burn
Burn, burn, burn, baby, burn
Just another picture to burn
Baby, burn
In 'Picture To Burn', Taylor Swift is reflecting on her past relationship with her ex-boyfriend who she believed only cared about himself. Swift is upset that her ex-boyfriend did not allow her to drive his pickup truck, which she loathes because it represents her ex-boyfriend and his "redneck" persona. Swift openly expresses her bitterness towards her ex-boyfriend's supposed lying habits and his detrimental effect on her life. She then vows to take revenge by going out with his best friends and burning all her wasted time spent on him. In the end, Swift tells her ex-boyfriend that he is just another picture to burn and that he should keep his distance if he wants to remain healthy.
Line by Line Meaning
State the obvious
I'm going to be blunt and say something that's already clear to everyone.
I didn't get my perfect fantasy
I didn't get the perfect relationship I had envisioned in my head.
I realize you love yourself more than you could ever love me
I understand that you're too self-centered to truly care about anyone else, including me.
So go and tell your friends that I'm obsessive and crazy
If that's what you want to say about me to make yourself feel better, go ahead, but it's not true.
That's fine! I'll tell mine You're gay By the way
I'll retaliate by spreading rumors about you too, even if they're not true.
I hate that Stupid old pickup truck You never let me drive
I hate that you have something I want and are preventing me from using it.
You're a redneck heartbreak Who's really bad at lying
You're someone who doesn't know how to treat people well and lies poorly.
So watch me strike a match On all my wasted time
I'm going to take control of my situation and move on from everything that was a waste of my time.
As far as I'm concerned you're Just another picture to burn
In my mind, you never even existed and I'm done with you.
There's no time for tears I'm just sitting here Planning my revenge
I'm not going to feel sad or sorry for myself, I'm just going to start plotting my revenge.
There's nothing stopping me From going out with all of your best friends
I'm going to use your friends against you to make you feel betrayed and hurt.
And if you come around saying sorry to me My daddy's gonna show you how sorry you'll be
If you try to come back and apologize, my father is going to make sure you pay for what you've done.
If you're missing me You'd better keep it to yourself 'Cause coming back around here Would be bad for your health
If you want to keep your safety, you'll stay away from me and not try to come back into my life.
Burn, burn, burn, baby, burn Just another picture to burn Baby, burn
I'm going to burn all my memories of you and move on with my life, without you in the picture.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, OLE MM, OLE MEDIA MANAGEMENT LP
Written by: LIZ ROSE, TAYLOR SWIFT
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@usha22_
Well, every Taylor Swift album has a Savage song.
Taylor Swift : Picture To Burn
Fearless : Forever and Always, Tell Me Why
Speak Now : Better Than Revenge
Red : I Knew You Were Trouble, WANGBT
1989 : Bad Blood
Reputation : This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things ,IDSB
Unreleased: REVENGE
Well, who doesn't love a Savage song. So much fun.
Edit: I know there are more but these are my favorites.
@jenayatoding
"he let her drive the truck? He never let me drive the truck!"
ICONIC✨
@beckywesinger7488
Hey why does your post show incognito and how-do-you-do that
@youthtalk1096
I’m pretty sure she wasn’t even old enough to drive at the time. That could possibly be why he never let her drive the truck.
@katesmith8897
My ex is dating a new girl who looks like a horse (literally) and drives a pick up truck
@cookies8484
Kate Smith xD
@chantelroberts1085
Igree
@mihira_9
Does no one cares for Paul Sidoti, the guitarist. He has literally been with Taylor for more than 15 years now😭😭
@annejia5382
appreciation 💓💓💓
@josephstalin188
Include the bass player as well, he was with her from the start
@yashnatiwari5484
Yeah I saw him on BBC lover performance too