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.
id lie
Taylor Swift Lyrics
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Has ever looked this good to me
He tells me about his night
And I count the colors in his eyes
He'll never fall in love
He swears, as he runs his fingers through his hair
I'm laughing 'cause I hope he's wrong
He tells a joke, I fake a smile
But I know all his favorite songs
And I could tell you
His favorite color's green
He likes to argue
Born on the seventeenth
His sister's beautiful
He has his father's eyes
And if you ask me if I love him...
I'd lie
He looks around the room
And innocently overlooks the truth
Shouldn't a light go on
Doesn't he know
That I've had him memorized for so long
He sees everything in black and white
Never let nobody see him cry
I don't let nobody see me wishing he was mine
I could tell you
His favorite color's green
He likes to argue
Born on the seventeenth
His sister's beautiful
He has his father's eyes
And if you ask me if I love him...
I'd lie
He stands there, then walks away
My God, if I could only say
I'm holding every breath for you
He'd never tell you,
But he can play guitar
I think he can see through
Everything but my heart
First thought when I wake up,
My God, he's beautiful
So I put on my make-up
And pray for a miracle
Yes I could tell you
His favorite color's green
He likes to argue
Oh, and it kills me
His sister's beautiful
He has his father's eyes
And if you ask me if I love him...
If you ask me if I love him...
I'd lie
In "I'd Lie," Taylor Swift describes how she feels about a guy she is infatuated with who is unaware of her feelings for him. They are sitting in the passenger seat, and she is listening to him talk about his night. She takes in every detail about him, counting the colors in his eyes, and even memorizing his favorite things. However, he is unaware of the depth of her feelings for him.
The guy confesses to her that he will never fall in love, but Taylor Swift laughs off his declaration, hoping that he is wrong. She knows all his favorite songs and can tell you that his favorite color is green. However, he can't see that she has been silently pining for him, and she is holding her breath at the thought of confessing her love to him.
Overall, the song shows a sense of teenage obsession and unrequited love, where Taylor Swift desperately wants to be with the person that she is writing about but can't, and she is unwilling 'to spill the beans' as she doesn't want to ruin the friendship.
Line by Line Meaning
I don't think that passenger seat
I've never appreciated the passenger seat this much before
Has ever looked this good to me
It looks amazing now that he's sitting in it
He tells me about his night
He shares the details of his night with me
And I count the colors in his eyes
I notice the different shades of colors in his eyes
He'll never fall in love
He claims he won't ever fall in love
He swears, as he runs his fingers through his hair
He firmly claims as he brushes his hair with his fingers
I'm laughing 'cause I hope he's wrong
I am amused because I hope he's mistaken
And I don't think it ever crossed his mind
He never thought of it himself
He tells a joke, I fake a smile
He narrates a joke, and I pretend to smile
But I know all his favorite songs
I am aware of all his preferred songs
And I could tell you
I could inform you
His favorite color's green
Green is his favored color
He likes to argue
He enjoys debates
Born on the seventeenth
He was born on the seventeenth of a month
His sister's beautiful
His sister is very attractive
He has his father's eyes
He inherited his father's eyes
And if you ask me if I love him... I'd lie
If you ask me if I love him, I would not speak the truth
He looks around the room
He scans the room
And innocently overlooks the truth
He unconsciously ignores the truth
Shouldn't a light go on
Shouldn't he realize
Doesn't he know
Isn't he aware
That I've had him memorized for so long
I have memorized his traits for a long time
He sees everything in black and white
He understands the world in a very simple way
Never let nobody see him cry
He never lets anyone watch him cry
I don't let nobody see me wishing he was mine
I don't let others notice my wish to have him for myself
He'd never tell you
He would never reveal to you
But he can play guitar
He is skilled at playing the guitar
I think he can see through
I believe he understands
Everything but my heart
He can't see how much I love him
First thought when I wake up,
The first thing I think about after I wake up
My God, he's beautiful
Oh my God, he's very attractive
So I put on my make-up
So I apply my makeup
And pray for a miracle
And hope for an unexpected event to occur
Oh, and it kills me
It hurts me deeply
And if you ask me if I love him... If you ask me if I love him... I'd lie
If you ask me if I love him, I wouldn't tell the truth
Contributed by David L. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@berllymaerubio5537
"I'd Lie"
I don't think that passenger seat
Has ever looked this good to me
He tells me about his nights
And I count the colors in his eyes
He'll never fall in love he swears
As he runs his fingers through his hair
I'm laughing 'cause I hope he's wrong
And I don't think it ever crossed his mind
He tells a joke, I fake a smile
But I know all his favorite songs
And I could tell you his favorite color's green
He loves to argue, born on the seventeenth
His sister's beautiful, he has his father's eyes
And if you asked me if I love him,
I'd lie
He looks around the room
Innocently overlooks the truth
Shouldn't a light go on?
Doesn't he know that I've had him memorized for so long?
He sees everything black and white
Never let nobody see him cry
I don't let nobody see me wishing he was mine
I could tell you his favorite color's green
He loves to argue, born on the seventeenth
His sister's beautiful, he has his father's eyes
And if you asked me if I love him,
I'd lie
He stands there, then walks away
My God, if I could only say,
"I'm holding every breath for you."
He'd never tell you, but he can play guitar
I think he can see through everything but my heart
First thought when I wake up
Is "My God, he's beautiful."
So I put on my make-up
And pray for a miracle
Yes, I could tell you his favorite color's green
He loves to argue, oh, and it kills me
His sister's beautiful, he has his father's eyes
And if you asked me if I love him
If you asked me if I love him
I'd lie
@dlyrics_1382
READ THE VIDEO DESCRIPTION TO SEE SOME FUN FACTS ABOUT THIS SONG AND ALSO TO KNOW WHY THIS SONG IS CONSIDERED AS UNRELEASED :D
@ellamaenavarette614
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@user-py6wv7eh4n
please wake me up in the dream call my mom Rebecca juco and aljon juco Lord
@user-py6wv7eh4n
fuck you Lord through the years I will never worship you Lord through the years I fucking fuck you Lord through the years Nicole juco
@karynsnake7352
The first “fun fact” you have is a proven MYTH. It was I Heart ? that was a bonus track on her debut CD, I’d Lie just leaked.
@Hagoromo6
Your fact is wrong ,dude . I'd lie never was released, it was an unreleased track.
@meghannwalters9722
I know Taylor has a crazy dedicated fanbase nowadays, but those of us who were there for this era are just different. Wish her the best and grateful for this time.
@justrhxna
I listened to this so much that I thought it was an official release! I'm shook
@hannahwilliams5681
I hope this is on debut TV so much
@jamaicacruzado4219
the old good taylor music i kept listening 11 years ago!