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.
Tim Mc Graw
Taylor Swift Lyrics
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Put those Georgia stars to shame that night
I said: "That's a lie."
Just a boy in a Chevy truck
That had a tendency of gettin' stuck
On back roads at night
And I was right there beside him all summer long
And then the time we woke up to find that summer had gone
But when you think "Tim McGraw"
I hope you think my favorite song
The one we danced to all night long
The moon like a spotlight on the lake
When you think happiness
I hope you think "that little black dress"
Think of my head on your chest
And my old faded blue jeans
When you think Tim McGraw
I hope you think of me
September saw a month of tears
And thankin' God that you weren't here
To see me like that
But in a box beneath my bed
Is a letter that you never read
From three summers back
It's hard not to find it all a little bitter sweet
And lookin' back on all of that, it's nice to believe
But when you think "Tim McGraw"
I hope you think my favorite song
The one we danced to all night long
The moon like a spotlight on the lake
When you think happiness
I hope you think "that little black dress"
Think of my head on your chest
And my old faded blue jeans
When you think Tim McGraw
I hope you think of me
And I'm back for the first time since then
I'm standin' on your street
And there's a letter left on your doorstep
And the first thing that you'll read
Is when you think "Tim McGraw"
I hope you think my favorite song
Someday you'll turn your radio on
I hope it takes you back to that place
When you think happiness
I hope you think "that little black dress"
Think of my head on your chest
And my old faded blue jeans
When you think Tim McGraw
I hope you think of me
Oh, think of me
Mmm
You said the way my blue eyes shined
Put those Georgia stars to shame that night
I said, "That's a lie."
The song "Tim McGraw" by Taylor Swift is a nostalgic reflection on a past relationship. The song is narrated by the singer as she recalls a summer she spent with a boy, reminiscing on the little moments that they shared. The lyrics bring up the memory of how the boy remarked how her blue eyes shined brighter than the Georgia stars, which the singer dismisses as a lie. She then goes on to recall how they spent that summer together driving along back roads, dancing to their favorite song ("Tim McGraw"), and enjoying each other's company. However, the singer's recollection reveals that their time together was fleeting, as they woke up to find that summer had gone too soon.
The second half of the song takes a more somber turn as the singer recalls how she experienced tears in the month of September, feeling thankful that the boy was not there to witness her in that state. She then reveals that she has a letter from that summer that the boy never read, finding it bittersweet that she still holds onto it. The final verse of the song shows the singer visiting the boy's street and leaving a letter for him, hoping that her favorite song of theirs will someday remind him of the happy moments they shared together.
Overall, the song "Tim McGraw" is a poignant reflection on the nostalgia and heartache that often accompanies a past relationship. It reveals how the singer still cherishes the memories of their summer fling, even though it may now be just a distant memory.
Line by Line Meaning
He said the way my blue eyes shined
He complimented me on how my blue eyes shone
Put those Georgia stars to shame that night
My eyes outshone even the brightest stars in Georgia
I said: "That's a lie."
I didn't believe him
Just a boy in a Chevy truck
He was just a guy driving a Chevy truck
That had a tendency of gettin' stuck
The truck often got stuck on back roads
On back roads at night
This happened frequently at night
And I was right there beside him all summer long
I spent the whole summer with him
And then the time we woke up to find that summer had gone
We realized summer was over when we woke up one day
But when you think "Tim McGraw"
When you hear the name Tim McGraw
I hope you think my favorite song
I want you to associate him with my favorite song
The one we danced to all night long
The song we danced to throughout the night
The moon like a spotlight on the lake
The moon was so bright, it illuminated the lake like a spotlight
When you think happiness
When you think of being happy
I hope you think "that little black dress"
I hope you think of me wearing my little black dress
Think of my head on your chest
Remember how I rested my head on your chest
And my old faded blue jeans
And how I wore my old, faded blue jeans
When you think Tim McGraw
When you hear the name Tim McGraw
I hope you think of me
I want you to think of me whenever you hear his name
September saw a month of tears
I cried a lot in September
And thankin' God that you weren't here
I was grateful you weren't there to see me cry
To see me like that
To see me in such an emotional state
But in a box beneath my bed
I kept a box under my bed
Is a letter that you never read
It's a letter that you never got around to reading
From three summers back
It was written three summers ago
It's hard not to find it all a little bitter sweet
It's a mix of happy and sad emotions
And lookin' back on all of that, it's nice to believe
Reflecting on everything, it's comforting to have faith
And I'm back for the first time since then
I'm back here for the first time since that summer
I'm standin' on your street
I'm standing on your street now
And there's a letter left on your doorstep
I left a letter on your doorstep
And the first thing that you'll read
The first thing you'll see when you read the letter
Is when you think "Tim McGraw"
You should think of Tim McGraw
I hope you think my favorite song
And remember my favorite song
Someday you'll turn your radio on
You'll turn on the radio someday
I hope it takes you back to that place
I hope it takes you back to that time and place
Oh, think of me
Just remember me
Mmm
Hums softly
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, OLE MEDIA MANAGEMENT LP
Written by: LIZ ROSE, TAYLOR SWIFT
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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