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 βLove Storyβ and βYou Belong with Meβ, 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 βMineβ and βBack to Decemberβ.
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 βWe Are Never Ever Getting Back Togetherβ, βI Knew You Were Troubleβ, βShake It Offβ, βBlank Spaceβ, βBad Bloodβ, βLook What You Made Me Doβ, βME! (feat. Brendon Urie of Panic! at the Disco)β, βYou Need to Calm Downβ, and βLoverβ.
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 βcardiganβ and βwillowβ 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 βAll Too Wellβ 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 Tourβa 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. βIs It Over Now? (Taylor's Version)β, 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 Australiaβs 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 albumβs 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 soundtrackβ βYou'll Always Find Your Way Back Homeβ and βCrazierβ, and contributed two songs to the Valentine's Day soundtrack, including the single βToday Was a Fairytaleβ, 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: βSafe & Sound - from The Hunger Games Soundtrackβ, co-written and recorded with The Civil Wars and T-Bone Burnett, and βEyes Openβ. βSafe & Soundβ 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 βSweeter than Fictionβ, 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, βI Don't Wanna Live Foreverβ, for the soundtrack of the film Fifty Shades Darker (2017). She also recorded an original song called βBeautiful Ghostsβ, which she wrote with Andrew Lloyd Webber for the Cats's soundtrack (2019). In 2020, Swift's documentary Miss Americana featured the song βOnly the Youngβ which was written after the 2018 United States elections. In 2022, she released an original song titled βCarolinaβ 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.
Snow on the Beach
Taylor Swift Lyrics
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I saw flecks of what could've been lights
But it might just have been you
Passing by unbeknownst to me
Life is emotionally abusive
And time can't stop me quite like you did
And my flight was awful, thanks for asking
I'm unglued, thanks to you
And it's like snow at the beach, weird but fuckin' beautiful
Flying in a dream, stars by the pocketful
You wanting me tonight feels impossible
But it's comin' down, no sound, it's all around
Like snow on the beach
Like snow on the beach
Like snow on the beach
Like snow, ah, ah, ah
This scene feels like what I once saw on a screen
I searched, "Aurora Borealis green"
I've never seen someone lit from within
Blurring out my periphery
My smile is like I won a contest
And to hide that would be so dishonest
And it's fine to fake it 'til you make it
'Til you do, 'til it's true
Now, it's like snow at the beach, weird but fuckin' beautiful
Flying in a dream, stars by the pocketful
You wanting me tonight feels impossible
But it's comin' down, no sound, it's all around
Like snow on the beach
Like snow on the beach
Like snow on the beach
Like snow, ah, ah, ah
I (I) can't (can't) speak, afraid to jinx it
I (I) don't (don't) even dare to wish it
But your eyes are flying saucers from another planet
Now, I'm all for you like Janet
Can this be a real thing? Can it?
Are we falling like snow at the beach? (Snow at the beach)
Weird, but fuckin' beautiful
Flying in a dream (flying in a dream)
Stars by the pocketful
You wanting me (you wanting me)
Tonight feels impossible
But it's comin' down, no sound, it's all around
Like snow on the beach (snow on the beach)
Like snow on the beach (flying in a dream)
Like snow on the beach (you wanting me)
Like snow, ah
But it's comin' down, no sound, it's all around
Like snow on the beach
Like snow, like snow, uh-huh, yeah
In Taylor Swift's song "Snow on the Beach," she creates a dreamlike experience with cryptic imagery and metaphors. The song tells a story of someone experiencing emotionally abusive relationships in life, but not feeling the impact of it anymore because they are so caught up in a beautiful dream-like world, which can be compared to the phenomenon of snow at the beach β weird but stunning. The singer experiences a moment where they see a flash of light that could be someone important passing them by, but it's not clear. They express how time can't stop them quite like this person did and mention that they feel unglued, thanks to this individual.
The second verse seems to suggest that the singer is finally experiencing some positive emotions. They refer to "my smile is like I won a contest," and feel like they're flying in a dream with stars by the pocketful. The lyrics imply that this is a surreal experience, comparing the experience to the aurora borealis, which is green in color. The singer realizes that they're faking it until they make it, until it's true.
The bridge section has the singer expressing their fear of jinxing it or daring to wish it for fear of losing it. But they continue to feel this way, with the eyes of this person being compared to flying saucers from another planet. They realize and wonder if "this can be a real thing."
Overall, "Snow on the Beach" seems to be about surmounting emotional obstacles, finding solace in the surreal, the odd, and the magical, and overcoming self-imposed limitations to experience joy in life.
Line by Line Meaning
One night a few moons ago
The singer is recalling a past experience.
I saw flecks of what could've been lights
She saw something that may have been lights.
But it might just have been you
She thinks that it might have been the person she is thinking about.
Passing by unbeknownst to me
The person she thinks about passed her by without her knowing it.
Life is emotionally abusive
The singer finds life difficult to handle emotionally.
And time can't stop me quite like you did
Despite time passing, she is still affected by the person she is thinking about.
And my flight was awful, thanks for asking
She had a bad flight and someone asked her how it was.
I'm unglued, thanks to you
She feels unglued or unstable because of the person she is thinking about.
And it's like snow at the beach
The situation is unexpected and unusual, like snow at the beach.
Weird but fucking beautiful
Despite being unexpected, the situation is still beautiful.
Flying in a dream, stars by the pocketful
It feels like the singer is dreaming and has a lot of happiness around her.
You wanting me tonight feels impossible
She thinks it's impossible for the person she likes to want her back.
But it's coming down, no sound, it's all around
The singer feels like the unexpected situation is surrounding her.
This scene feels like what I once saw on a screen
The scene feels like something she's seen before in a movie or show.
I searched aurora borealis green
She may have been searching for a symbol of hope or happiness, like the Northern Lights.
I've never seen someone live from within
She has never had a connection like the one she currently has with the person she likes.
Blurring out my periphery
The situation is taking up most of her attention.
My smile is like I won a contest
She is very happy in this moment.
And to hide that would be so dishonest
She feels like she would be lying if she tried to hide her happiness.
And it's fine to fake it 'til you make it
She thinks it's okay to pretend to be happy until she truly feels it.
Now it's like snow at the beach
The situation is still unexpected and unusual, but it's also beautiful.
I can't speak afraid to jinx it
She is afraid that saying something will ruin the situation.
I don't even dare to wish it
She doesn't feel like she can even wish for the situation to continue.
But your eyes are flying saucers from another planet
She is amazed by the person's eyes.
Now I'm All For You like Janet
She is all in on the situation, like Janet Jackson's song 'All for You'.
Can this be a real thing? Can it?
She wonders if the situation is actually happening or just a dream.
Are we falling like snow at the beach?
She wonders if they are falling in love, even though it's unexpected and unusual.
Like snow on the beach
The situation is still unexpected and unusual, but it's also beautiful.
Lyrics Β© Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Elizabeth Woolridge Grant, Jack Michael Antonoff, Taylor Alison Swift
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@thehomosapiennnnn
Lana's voice in this song is like a guardian angel , always there but never visible...β€οΈ
@yousefbakr3969
Exactly!!!
@user-jq3ek9jr2u
HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA exactly
@jenjen4237
naurrr
@peterjohnson6236
wow!beautiful
@mishcel6633
HAHAHAHAHHAA
@afunandfriendlyname8468
Lana didnβt say much but her vocals were still essential to the whole feel of the song
@temporarymail8017
it's def a decision by both of them, Lana could have the whole song if she wanted. They have decided this is the best way to do it! we need to RESPECT THAT! and it's true the song beautiful in every way
@saduniamaya7817
they might write songs for each other in the future. Both of them are great singers but legendary songwriters! They know that
@suburban.legend
fr she barely said anything and i still get that lana vibe