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.
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 12 Grammy Awards (including three Album of the Year wins), 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 and Artist of the Decade (2010s) by the American Music Awards.
Your Beautiful Eyes
Taylor Swift Lyrics
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Stare right into my eyes
And sometimes
I think of you late at night, I don't know why
I wanna be somewhere where you are
I wanna be where
You're here, your eyes are looking into mine
My heart has never felt this way before
I'm looking through your
I'm looking through your eyes
I wake up, I'm alive
In only a little while, I'll cry
'Cause you're my lullaby
So baby come hold me tight 'cause I-I
I wanna be everything you need
I wanna be where
You're here, your eyes are looking into mine
So baby, make me fly
My heart has never felt this way before
I'm looking through your
I'm looking through your eyes
Just as long as you're mine
I'll be your everything tonight
Let me love you, kiss you
Oh baby let me miss you, let me see your
Dream about, dream about
Dream about your eyes!
Eyes, eyes, beautiful eyes
The lyrics of "Beautiful Eyes" by Taylor Swift are a love song that speaks about the intensity of the singer's feelings towards someone whose eyes she finds mesmerizingly beautiful. The opening lines "Your beautiful eyes, stare right into my eyes" set the tone for the rest of the song. The eyes of the person she's singing about are so captivating that she thinks of them "late at night". She repeats her desire to be with this person by saying "I wanna be somewhere where you are", and then further emphasises this in the next verse where she says "I'm looking through your eyes".
The chorus of the song is the main highlight, as she sings about how being with this person makes her feel. She is overwhelmed with emotions and asks the person to make her fly. She also confesses that her heart has never felt this way before. And then, as the song progresses, it becomes clear that the person she's singing about is someone she sleeps with and considers her lullaby, as she sings: "I wake up, I'm alive, In only a little while, I'll cry 'Cause you're my lullaby". She repeats her desire to be with the person again by saying "I wanna be everything you need", emphasising this by saying "I'm looking through your eyes" one more time.
Overall, the song is a beautiful expression of love and admiration. The singer can't help but feel enchanted and beguiled by the beauty of her love's eyes. She wants to be with them and desires to be everything they need, as she sees the world through their eyes.
Line by Line Meaning
Your beautiful eyes
The song is addressed to someone with beautiful eyes.
Stare right into my eyes
The person's beautiful eyes are looking into the singer's eyes.
And sometimes
The singer sometimes thinks about this person with beautiful eyes.
I think of you late at night, I don't know why
The singer thinks of this person with beautiful eyes for no apparent reason, even at night.
I wanna be somewhere where you are
The singer wants to be wherever this person with beautiful eyes is.
I wanna be where
Reiteration of the previous line.
You're here, your eyes are looking into mine
The person with beautiful eyes is physically present and looking into the singer's eyes.
So baby, make me fly
The presence of this person with beautiful eyes gives the singer a euphoric feeling.
My heart has never felt this way before
The singer's heart has never felt such strong emotions before in the presence of someone with beautiful eyes.
I'm looking through your
The singer is metaphorically seeing the world through this person's eyes.
I'm looking through your eyes
Reiteration of the previous line.
I wake up, I'm alive
The singer feels alive upon waking up.
In only a little while, I'll cry
The singer knows they'll eventually cry because of their intense emotions towards this person with beautiful eyes.
'Cause you're my lullaby
The person with beautiful eyes has a calming effect on the singer.
So baby come hold me tight 'cause I-I
The singer wants to be comforted by this person with beautiful eyes.
I wanna be everything you need
The singer desires to fulfill all the needs of this person with beautiful eyes.
Just as long as you're mine
The singer wants to have this person with beautiful eyes all to themselves.
I'll be your everything tonight
The singer is willing to be everything for this person with beautiful eyes, at least for tonight.
Let me love you, kiss you
The singer wants to express affection physically towards this person with beautiful eyes.
Oh baby let me miss you, let me see your
The singer wants to miss this person with beautiful eyes and see them again.
Dream about, dream about
The singer wants to dream about this person with beautiful eyes.
Dream about your eyes!
The singer wants to dream specifically about the person's beautiful eyes.
Eyes, eyes, beautiful eyes
Reiteration of the opening line, emphasizing the singer's fixation on the person's beautiful eyes.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: TAYLOR SWIFT
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Andrew T
DEAR TAYLOR please put this on the re-recording of debut please please please
Benjamin Salas
She did it’s not available in your country
Please refer to my lawyer🇺🇦
@Sylvie why hopefully
Sylvie
Yes, but hopefully there won’t be a re-recording.
Chanah Rachel Follick
YES!
Elora Hancock
We need this and I’d lie on debut
majormantis101
i heart? And permanent marker
majormantis101
i heart ? too
Theo Sison
And crazier
Lewis Woodhall
also Crazier and Permanent Marker