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.

Sweeter Than Fiction
Taylor Swift Lyrics

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Hit the ground, hit the ground, hit the ground, oh oh
Only sound, only sound that you hear is, "No"
You never saw it coming, slipped when you started running
And now you've come undone and I, I, I, I
Seen you fall, seen you crawl on your knees, eh eh
Seen you lost in a crowd, seen your colors fade
Wish I could make it better, someday you won't remember
This pain you thought would last forever and ever

There you'll stand, ten feet tall
I will say I knew it all along
Your eyes wider than distance
This life is sweeter than fiction

Just a shot, just a shot in the dark, oh oh
All you got, all you got are your shattered hopes
They never saw it coming, you hit the ground running
And now you're onto something, I, I, I say
What a sight, what a sight when the light came on
Proved me right, proved me right when you proved them wrong
And in this perfect weather, it's like we don't remember
The rain we thought would last forever and ever

There you'll stand, ten feet tall
I will say I knew it all along
Your eyes wider than distance
This life is sweeter than fiction (sweeter than fiction)
There you'll stand next to me (next to me)
All at once, the rest is history
Your eyes wider than distance
This life is sweeter than fiction (sweeter than fiction)

I'll be one of the many saying
Look at you now, look at you now, now
I'll be one of the many saying
You made us proud, you made us proud, proud
I'll be one of the many saying
Look at you now, look at you now, now
I'll be one of the many saying
You made us proud, you made us proud, proud

And when they call your name
And they put your picture in a frame
You know that I'll be there time and again
'Cause I loved you when, when you

Hit the ground, hit the ground, hit the ground, oh oh
Only sound, only sound that you heard was, "No"
Now in this perfect weather, it's like we don't remember
The rain we thought would last forever and ever (forever)

There you'll stand, ten feet tall (ten feet tall)
I will say I knew it all along
Your eyes wider than distance (knew it all along)
This life is sweeter than fiction (sweeter than fiction)
There you'll stand next to me (next to me)
All at once, the rest is history
Your eyes wider than distance (knew it all along)
This life is sweeter than fiction (sweeter than fiction)

It's sweeter than fiction
It's sweeter, yeah

It's sweeter, it's sweeter
Sweeter than fiction

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Taylor Swift's song Sweeter Than Fiction narrate a story of hope and perseverance in the face of failure and rejection. The opening lines, "Hit the ground, hit the ground, hit the ground, oh oh/Only sound, only sound that you hear is 'no,'" set the tone for the rest of the song as the singer is faced with disappointment and setback. However, the chorus provides a glimmer of optimism as the singer assures the singer that "there you'll stand, ten feet tall/I will say, I knew it all along/Your eyes' wider than distance/This life's sweeter than fiction." The song tells the story of someone who overcomes their failures and achieves success, with those who initially doubted them now congratulating them on their accomplishments.

As the song progresses, it becomes clear that the singer's journey was not an easy one. The lyrics mention seeing the singer "fall, crawl on your knees," being "lost in a crowd," and "shattered hopes." Despite these setbacks, the singer remains steadfast in their belief that the singer will ultimately succeed. When that success finally comes, the singer is there to witness it and celebrate it with them.

Overall, Sweeter Than Fiction is a song that encourages listeners to keep going in the face of failure, reminding them that success is possible if they persevere.

Line by Line Meaning

Hit the ground, hit the ground, hit the ground, oh oh
You fell down hard, multiple times, and it was painful.

Only sound, only sound that you hear is "no"
People told you no, and you felt discouraged.

You never saw it coming
You were caught off guard by what happened.

Slipped when you started running
You lost your footing and stumbled when you tried to move forward.

And now you've come undone and I, I, I, I
You're falling apart and I can see it.

Seen you fall, seen you crawl on your knees, eh eh
I've seen you struggle and hit rock bottom.

Seen you lost in a crowd, seen your colors fade
I've seen you blend in and lose your identity.

Wish I could make it better
I want to help you and ease your pain.

Someday you won't remember
You'll eventually forget about this pain.

This pain you thought would last forever and ever
You thought this pain would never go away.

And there you'll stand, ten feet tall
You'll be confident and proud.

I will say, I knew it all along
I always believed in you and knew you could do it.

Your eyes' wider than distance
You have a new perspective and view on life.

This life's sweeter than fiction
Your life is turning out to be better than you could have imagined.

Just a shot, just a shot in the dark, oh oh
You took a chance and it paid off.

All you got, all you got are your shattered hopes
You had little hope left, but you still tried.

They never saw it coming
People underestimated you and didn't expect you to succeed.

You hit the ground running
You started moving forward quickly and efficiently.

And now you're onto something, I, I, I say
You've found your path and I'm happy for you.

What a sight, what a sight when the light came on
You were visible and shining in the spotlight.

Proved me right, proved me right when you proved them wrong
You made me look good when you succeeded despite others' doubts.

And in this perfect weather
Things are going well and you're thriving.

It's like we don't remember
We forget about the hard times when things are going well.

And when they call your name
You'll be recognized for your achievements.

And they put your picture in a frame
You'll be remembered and celebrated for your success.

You know that I'll be there time and again
I'll always support you and be there for you.

It's sweeter than fiction
Your success is like a fairytale come true.

It's sweeter, yeah
Your success is even better than you could have imagined.

It's sweeter than, sweeter
Your success is sweeter than anything else you could experience.

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Jack Michael Antonoff, Taylor Alison Swift

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