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.
The Other Side of the Door
Taylor Swift Lyrics
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Ignoring words that you were saying
Trying to make me stay
I said this time I've had enough
And you've called a hundred times
But I'm not picking up
'Cause I'm so mad I might tell you that it's over
But if you look a little closer
I said leave but all I really want is you
To stand outside my window throwing pebbles
Screaming, "I'm in love with you"
Wait there in the pouring rain, coming back for more
And don't you leave 'cause I know
All I need is on the other side of the door
Well, me and my stupid pride are sitting here alone
Going through the photographs, staring at the phone
I keep going back over things we both said
And I remember the slamming door
And all the things that I misread
So babe, if you know everything
Tell me why you couldn't see
When I left I wanted you to chase after me
Yeah, I said leave, but all I really want is you
To stand outside my window throwing pebbles
Screaming, "I'm in love with you"
Wait there in the pouring rain, coming back for more
And don't you leave 'cause I know
All I need is on the other side of the door
And I'll scream out the window
I can't even look at you
I don't need you but I do, I do, I do
I say there's nothing you can say
To make this right again
I mean it, I mean it, but what I mean is
I said leave, but baby all I want is you
To stand outside my window throwing pebbles
Screaming, "I'm in love with you"
Wait there in the pouring rain, coming back for more
And don't you leave 'cause I know
All I need is on the other side of the door
With your face and the beautiful eyes
And the conversation with the little white lies
And the faded picture of a beautiful night
You carry me from your car up the stairs
And I broke down crying, was she worth this mess?
After everything and that little black dress
After everything I must confess, I need you
The Other Side of the Door is a song by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. The song is about a couple who had a fight, and the girl had walked out in the heat of the moment. The boy is desperate to get her back, and he tries everything he can think of, from calling her constantly to standing outside her window and confessing his love. The girl, on the other hand, is conflicted. She knows that she's angry, and she wants to hold onto that anger so she doesn't forgive him too easily. However, she realizes that she still loves him and wants him to chase after her, even though she said that she wanted him to leave. She's willing to forgive him and start over, but only if he's willing to make the effort.
The first verse of the song starts with the girl leaving in the heat of the moment, and the second verse reveals that she's regretting it. In the chorus, she admits that she wants the boy to come back and make things right. The bridge is about her conflicting emotions, and how she's trying not to forgive him too easily. The final verse describes a scene where the boy has come back to her, carrying her up the stairs, and she's crying as she realizes how much she needs him.
Line by Line Meaning
In the heat of the fight I walked away
I left during the argument
Ignoring words that you were saying
Not listening to you
Trying to make me stay
You wanted me to remain
I said this time I've had enough
I declared that I've had too much of this
And you've called a hundred times
You kept calling me many times
But I'm not picking up
But I didn't answer
'Cause I'm so mad I might tell you that it's over
Because I'm angry enough to end things with you
But if you look a little closer
But if you pay more attention
I said leave but all I really want is you
I told you to go, but I want you to come back
To stand outside my window throwing pebbles
Throwing rocks at my window to get my attention
Screaming, 'I'm in love with you'
Yelling that you love me
Wait there in the pouring rain, coming back for more
Waiting for me in the rain and trying again
And don't you leave 'cause I know
Don't leave me because I am certain
All I need is on the other side of the door
I need you and I believe you're just on the other side of my door
Well, me and my stupid pride are sitting here alone
I'm alone with my foolish pride
Going through the photographs, staring at the phone
Looking at photos and at the phone
I keep going back over things we both said
I keep revisiting our conversations
And I remember the slamming door
And I recall the sound of the door being slammed
And all the things that I misread
And all the things I misunderstood
So babe, if you know everything
So if you know everything, my love
Tell me why you couldn't see
Explain why you didn't realize
When I left I wanted you to chase after me
When I left, I hoped that you would come after me
And I'll scream out the window
I'll shout out the window
I can't even look at you
I can't even bring myself to look at you
I don't need you but I do, I do, I do
I don't need you, but I do, do, do
I say there's nothing you can say
I think you can't say anything
To make this right again
To fix this issue
I mean it, I mean it, but what I mean is
I really mean it, more than you know
I said leave, but baby all I want is you
I said for you to go, but I actually want you
With your face and the beautiful eyes
I think your face and eyes are beautiful
And the conversation with the little white lies
And our talks that contained small untrue statements
And the faded picture of a beautiful night
And the old photo of a lovely evening
You carry me from your car up the stairs
You brought me up the stairs from your car
And I broke down crying, was she worth this mess?
And I started crying, wondering if she was worth all the troubles
After everything and that little black dress
After all that happened and the black dress
After everything I must confess, I need you
After all that happened, I must confess that I need you
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Taylor Swift
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@kukurukuruku5940
I CAME HERE FIRST CAUSE I KNOW ALL I NEEDED IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF DOOR
@karymefraire469
Genius
@liahmaepanganiban3251
same 🤣
@fgv3320
LMAO
@justinjuan4230
The legendary outro hahahahah
@tugbataylorversion5382
Me too
@ashie7319
ITS LIKE TAYLOR RELEASED A NEW ALBUM AND THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS YOU KNOW ALL THE LYRICS ALREADY
@blueelf404
I agree b🤣
@clairereid3762
Literally!!
@winnie7196
Yeah😁