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 eleventh studio album, “The Tortured Poets Department” (2024) which was 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, 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 “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—a 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. “Is It Over Now? (Taylor's Version)”, 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 Australia’s 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 album’s 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 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.
Taylor Swift is the Music Industry.
Thinking About You
Taylor Swift Lyrics
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Fast asleep in your city that's better than mine
And the girl in your bed has a fine pedigree
And I'll bet your friends tell you she's better than me, huh
Well, I tried to fit in with your upper-crust circles
Yeah, they let me sit in back when we were in love
Oh, they sit around talkin' 'bout the meaning of life
But now that we're done and it's over
I bet you couldn't believe
When you realized I'm harder to forget than I was to leave
And I bet you think about me
You grew up in a silver-spoon gated community
Glamorous, shiny, bright Beverly Hills
I was raised on a farm, no, it wasn't a mansion
Just livin' room dancin' and kitchen table bills
But you know what they say, you can't help who you fall for
And you and I fell like an early spring snow
But reality crept in, you said we're too different
You laughed at my dreams, rolled your eyes at my jokes
Mr. Superior Thinkin'
Do you have all the space that you need?
I don't have to be your shrink to know that you'll never be happy
And I bet you think about me
I bet you think about me, yes
I bet you think about me
Oh, block it all out
The voices so loud, sayin'
"Why did you let her go?"
Does it make you feel sad
That the love that you're lookin' for
Is the love that you had
Now you're out in the world, searchin' for your soul
Scared not to be hip, scared to get old
Chasin' make-believe status, last time you felt free
Was when none of that shit mattered 'cause you were with me
But now that we're done and it's over
I bet it's hard to believe
But it turned out I'm harder to forget than I was to leave
And, yeah, I bet you think about me
I bet you think about me, yes
I bet you think about me
I bet you think about me when you're out
At your cool indie music concerts every week
I bet you think about me in your house
With your organic shoes and your million-dollar couch
I bet you think about me when you say
"Oh my God, she's insane, she wrote a song about me"
I bet you think about me
The song "I Bet You Think About Me" by Taylor Swift feat. Chris Stapleton is a powerful expression of a past relationship where the two parties are still on each other's minds. The lyrics express the feelings of a woman who once dated a man who came from a wealthy background while she grew up on a farm. The woman tried to fit into his social circle but ultimately was pushed out, and the relationship ended. Now, she believes that he thinks about her even though he has moved on with his life.
The song's chorus emphasizes the woman's belief in the longevity of her memory in the man's mind. Despite the different lives they lead, she is sure that he still thinks about her, and the memories of their relationship stay with him. The lyrics also detail how the man seems to have moved on from their relationship but is still haunted by the loss of love. The woman reflects on the man's current status, attending all the trendy indie music concerts and seeking his happiness, yet she is confident that deep down, he remembers her.
The song explores the underlying themes of class differences and how they affect relationships. The woman comes from a humble background, and the man comes from an affluent family. They try to bridge the gap between their different worlds, but it seems like it wasn't enough. The lyrics also highlight how the woman was belittled and mocked for her dreams and aspirations by the man, which ultimately led to the failure of their relationship.
Line by Line Meaning
3 AM and I'm still awake, I'll bet you're just fine
It's 3 AM but I'm still awake, while you're probably sound asleep since you have no worry in the world.
Fast asleep in your city that's better than mine
You live in a better city than I do, where you have access to great comforts and luxuries.
And the girl in your bed has a fine pedigree
You're with someone who belongs to a wealthy or influential family, someone of high social status.
And I'll bet your friends tell you she's better than me, huh
Your friends probably tell you that the person you're with now is better than I am.
Well, I tried to fit in with your upper-crust circles
I tried to blend in with your high-society friends and acquaintances.
Yeah, they let me sit in back when we were in love
When we were together, they allowed me to be around them, but not as an equal.
Oh, they sit around talkin' 'bout the meaning of life
Your friends are lost in philosophical talks about the purpose and significance of life.
And the book that just saved 'em that I hadn't heard of
They discuss books that I'm not familiar with, books that seem to have saved them in some way.
But now that we're done and it's over
But our relationship is over now.
I bet you couldn't believe
I bet you could hardly believe it.
When you realized I'm harder to forget than I was to leave
You probably find it hard to forget me more than it was easy to leave me.
And I bet you think about me
And I'm sure you think about me.
You grew up in a silver-spoon gated community
You were raised in a privileged, wealthy community with many luxuries and comforts.
Glamorous, shiny, bright Beverly Hills
Your city is Beverly Hills, which is known for its beauty, shine, and glamour.
I was raised on a farm, no, it wasn't a mansion
I grew up on a farm, where we didn't have much, and definitely not a mansion.
Just livin' room dancin' and kitchen table bills
Our sources of entertainment were being together and dancing in the living room. We struggled to pay our bills around the kitchen table.
But you know what they say, you can't help who you fall for
But as they say, you can't choose who you fall in love with.
And you and I fell like an early spring snow
You and I fell in love suddenly, like when an early spring snow falls.
But reality crept in, you said we're too different
But soon, you realized that we were too different and could probably never be together.
You laughed at my dreams, rolled your eyes at my jokes
When we were together, you didn't understand my dreams and found no humor in my jokes.
Mr. Superior Thinkin'
Mr. Superior Thinkin', referring to you, thinking that you're better than me.
Do you have all the space that you need?
Do you have everything you always wanted?
I don't have to be your shrink to know that you'll never be happy
I don't need to be your therapist to understand that you'll never be satisfied.
And I bet you think about me
And I'm sure you think about me.
Oh, block it all out
Try to block everything out.
The voice is so loud, sayin'
The voice in your head is so loud, saying.
"Why did you let her go?"
"Why did you let me go?"
Does it make you feel sad
Does it make you feel depressed or unhappy?
That the love that you're lookin' for
That the love you're searching for
Is the love that you had
Is the love that you had before, with me.
Now you're out in the world, searchin' for your soul
Now you're trying to find yourself and what you really want in life.
Scared not to be hip, scared to get old
You're scared of losing touch with the trends and getting old.
Chasing make-believe status, last time you felt free
You're running after unrealistic social status, while the last time you felt truly free was when you were with me.
Was when none of that shit mattered 'cause you were with me
It was when none of those social status mattered because you were with me.
But now that we're done and it's over
But now that we're through and our relationship is over.
I bet it's hard to believe
I bet you find it hard to believe.
That it turned out I'm harder to forget than I was to leave
It turns out that I'm harder to forget than to leave.
And, yeah, I bet you think about me
And yeah, I'm sure you think about me.
I bet you think about me, yes
I bet you think about me, yes.
I bet you think about me when you're out
I bet you think about me even when you're out.
At your cool indie music concerts every week
At those cool indie music concerts you attend every week.
I bet you think about me in your house
You probably still think about me even in your house.
With your organic shoes and your million-dollar couch
In your house with your organic shoes and your very expensive couch.
I bet you think about me when you say
I bet you think about me even when you say.
"Oh my god, she's insane, she wrote a song about me"
"Oh my god, she wrote a song about me, is she insane?"
I bet you think about me
And I bet you think about me.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
Written by: Taylor Alison Swift, Lori McKenna
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@FredericChen
Taylor is the definition of productivity
@quchaiieo
Say it louder bestie 💅
@shashwatmishraalumni4918
Silk Sonic and Red
damn we are getting fed
@Directioner13_
Preach
@s_h_a_k_y_a8971
For sure
@lucaspina7563
Guys the fact that Taylor gets a rabbit out of the wizard's hat could be an Easter egg (wonderland??) I think that she is ri-recording 1989.
@CiaraGan
there goes the most productive woman this town has EVER SEEN
@czarylantoinetted.guanlao9163
THIS WORLD HAS EVER SEEN
@indahmutiarainsani7087
You meant this world?
@robertduenas8292
There goes the last american dynasty
Lol