Taylor Swift’s glorious 30-year journey: The transformation from ‘unknown planet’ to ‘champion galaxy’ on the map of fame
Taylor Swift’s glorious 30-year journey: The transformation from ‘unknown planet’ to ‘champion galaxy’ on the map of fame
Taylor Alison Swift – one of the most prominent phenomena in the Hollywood music industry at the moment, officially took her first step on the other side of the slope at the 30th door on December 13, 2019 today. .
Up to now, it has been 13 years since she ventured into the music industry. During those years, Swift not only contributed to creating a treasure trove of top-notch artistic masterpieces that helped shape humanity’s Pop music, but the female vocalist also took advantage of her power. terrible from ‘musical weapons’ to break down prejudices as well as the rampage that male feminism has ‘unleashed’ throughout history. She is one of the few characters brave enough to reflect on this issue and because of that, experts officially recognized Taylor Swift as Woman of the Year in early November.
However, to achieve today’s glorious achievements, few people know that behind those flashy titles are stories filled with tears of an innocent soul that was destroyed at some point. not good…
Happy 30th birthday, Taylor Swift!
The carefree and innocent smile of that day, after endless ‘battles’ with evil forces, seems to have gradually faded over time.
From an innocent, modest muse, Taylor Swift has transformed spectacularly into a strong and fierce feminist monument able to survive in the Hollywood entertainment industry full of scandals.
Chapter I: The Origin of a Star
Since childhood, art and music have been Taylor Alison Swift’s first choice above all other activities. That source of passion is like a fire that can burn fiercely regardless of environmental conditions: in the classroom, after school, on the ride home or even after first love is forbidden by parents. , she can compose a story with a song.
Inspired by the guitar that accompanied her throughout her childhood, Swift has composed countless songs that have been performed at small-scale fairs and streetside coffee shops. Receiving a response from a large audience, the young musician knew that music was what she wanted to pursue in the near future.
Since childhood, Taylor Swift has had a natural talent in the field of art.
She seems to be able to compose at any time and any place. Regardless of whether it’s school, on the bus or even after a first love that was forbidden by her parents, everything can become a source of inspiration for the diva.
Swift brought some of her compositions and performed them in front of a crowd at a small-scale fair, including a roadside coffee shop, and received a large response from the audience.
From that moment, the young female artist knew that music was the passion she wanted to pursue for a long time.
In 2004, a successful businessman named Scott Borchetta – owner of the massive record label Big Machine Records, had the opportunity to meet and admire Taylor’s talent in a coffee shop called Blue Birds. located in Nashville. Immediately the man knew that the Blank Space hitmaker was the next factor he was looking for. After the female artist’s performance, he proactively met and proposed a cooperation contract with Taylor. It couldn’t be more different, the young singer was extremely excited and agreed.
In 2004, the owner of the giant record label Big Machine Records had the opportunity to admire Taylor Swift’s natural songwriting talent and immediately knew that this was the factor he was looking for.
It couldn’t be more different, Swift was extremely excited and agreed to sign a cooperation contract with the record label. But the famous singer did not know that in the future, this would also be the place where all of her works would be ‘imprisoned’ .
After that fateful night of meeting, Taylor Swift officially entered the Hollywood entertainment industry with the title of mainstream artist that she had long desired. The female artist made her debut with the emotional ballad Tim Mcgraw in early June 2009 and the song debuted at position 40 on the international music chart. In October of the same year, she decided to release her debut album and reached number 5 on the Billboard 200 chart. This made Taylor the youngest female artist to do so. Fame of singer ME! gradually became popular soon after.
Tim Mcgraw – Swift’s first navigator on the map of fame.
Not long after that, the female artist’s debut album was also released and helped confirm her reputation more and more clearly in the Hollywood entertainment industry.
In 2007, Taylor officially took home her first award: Female Vocalist of the Year, at the Country Music Awards .
In the following years, the You Need To Calm Down hitmaker continued to conquer the music industry with his songwriting talent on the albums Fearless , Speak Now and Red . Accompanying those masterpieces are the songs that have made the name of typical female artists such as You Belong With Me , Love Story , I Knew You Were Trouble , We Are Never Getting Back Together ,… Besides her catchy melodies and creative content, Taylor has become the ‘darling’ of countless awards ceremonies such as the American Music Awards , Billboard Music Awards , and even the most prestigious program: the Grammys . She has become an extremely prominent phenomenon in the entertainment world that every artist in the field must be wary of.
Taylor Swift has become the ‘darling’ of many awards ceremonies in the following years, including the most prestigious award – Grammy .
After only a short period of activity, the female artist has become a name that every artist must be wary of.
However, thinking that a smooth start would be all that the star named Taylor Swift had to deal with, but ironically that was the main cause of the destruction of her carefree, pure soul. girl from a later period.
Chapter II: The first aftershocks…
Besides universal gravity, there are countless other hidden factors that cause planets to deviate from their orbits throughout their existence. And for ‘planet’ Taylor Swift, that was the hostility of factors that had no less influence than her at that time. And one of the first factors to ‘receive the honor’ of attacking the country music princess is none other than music consultant Bob Lefsetz.
‘Laugh at people, the day after people laugh back’
In early 2010, Swift was a guest to sing the song Rhiannon with female artist Stevie Nicks on the Grammy stage and her performance was commented by consultant Bob as extremely bad. Right after the performance, Lefsetz proactively posted an article full of sarcastic and malicious comments on the website The Lefsetz Letter – a quite famous platform at that time. Specifically, he expressed: ‘ She won the Female Vocalist of the Year award but she can’t sing and ‘ It’s difficult to be a singer if you can’t sing ‘ – the male advisor presented. The post attracted a lot of attention from netizens at that time.
In early 2010, Taylor Swift was invited as the guest of honor to sing a duet of the song Rhiannon with female singer Stevie Nicks.
And Bob Lefsetz was extremely unhappy with that performance. Not only that, the man also proactively posted a post filled with criticism and bad criticism of her on the website The Lefsetz Letter – a quite famous platform at that time.
It was thought that Bob Lefsetz would receive the glory, but Swift changed the situation with an extremely unexpected move…
Aware of the existence of the above ‘malicious’ post, the female artist not only did not keep silent, but on the contrary also gave the ‘moderator’ a ‘small gift’ – a composition titled Mean comes from her studio album Speak Now .
It is known that not long after the song was released, in an interview with E! News, Taylor revealed that the inspiration behind Mean was a ‘reflection’ to the characters who judged and criticized her every little detail. In addition, she also shared specifically that that mysterious character was the person who criticized her performance with Stevie Nicks in 2010. Immediately, the name Bob Lefsetz was added by netizens. view. It couldn’t be more different, not only did the consultant receive a very painful blow, but his target opponent also received 2 prestigious Grammy awards from the above small gift. There is a popular saying that is true: ‘Hey, don’t laugh at each other too quickly, laugh at someone one day, laugh at the next’.
Spectacular and sophisticated ‘retort’ from country music princess Taylor Swift.
Not only was she affected by the ‘dagger’ words , she kept her composure and composed a masterpiece that won her two prestigious Grammy awards with the nomination for Best Country Song of the Year. .
The first battle of Taylor’s career was won, but was that really what the carefree soul of the young female artist really wanted?
‘Don’t date her, she will badmouth you to make money’
One of the false rumors that made the You Belong With Me singer’s reputation perhaps worth mentioning is his persistent and haunting love experiences. When it comes to Taylor Swift, in addition to her talent in composing songs that top the music charts, the long list of songs that “slander” about male actors that the female artist has dated will certainly also be mentioned. is the first impression. From Picture To Burn , Dear John , I Knew You Were Trouble to We Are Never Getting Back Together , one thing cannot be disputed that Taylor is truly ‘enthusiastic’ in finding inspiration.
However, because of her frequent and popular appearance in this matter, many people have spread extremely malicious rumors saying that she is a bad girlfriend, too philandering and only knows how to write nonsense. song ‘slandering’ ex-boyfriend to make money. Most comprehensively, the most notorious rumor is probably: ‘ Don’t date her, she will badmouth you to make money ‘.
Picture To Burn is one of the early boyfriend-destroying songs that Taylor Swift composed.
Dear John also continues the career of Picture To Burn and is said to be a product aimed directly at Taylor Swift’s ex-boyfriend – actor John Mayer.
I Knew You Were Trouble is believed by netizens to be an “attack” song on the boyfriend who broke up with Taylor over the phone for just over 13 seconds – Joe Jonas. The song debuted at runner-up on the Billboard chart after its release.
We Are Never Getting Back Together also became a hit with the familiar theme of “kicking off” an ex-boyfriend. And the victim this time is actor Jake Gyllenhaal.
Just like the first aftershock, the female singer basically couldn’t let things go smoothly for everyone, especially the media, when spreading such malicious rumors. To ‘reflect’ back, she proactively composed a super hit song called Blank Space to mock exactly what people had portrayed her as.
A girlfriend has mental problems, is obsessive and only knows how to compose songs that ‘slander’ her ex-boyfriend to make money – all the information that the media has provided has become the main source of inspiration for hit song Blank Space. And as usual, the product became the most successful song of her career. It is truly impossible to underestimate the songwriting talent of pop princess Taylor Swift!
From gathering information from countless malicious rumors about her, Taylor Swift personally composed the most successful hit of the female artist’s career.
The song “usurped” Shake It Off – the song that was ranked top 1 at that time and made Taylor Swift the first female artist in history to be able to “usurp” herself on international music charts. .
When did the only tool that could help Swift enjoy true joy become filled with ‘bullets’ for self-defense?
The aftershock of the century
One of the most intense aftershocks that pop princess Taylor Swift had to endure could not be more different from the 2016 event between the female artist and the West and Kardashian couple. This event will probably be a nightmare that haunts her to this day…
In mid-July 2016, Swift endured a global boycott after the West couple released the clip and claimed that she had given Kanye permission to rap about her in the song. Famous. However, right after the clip was posted, the female singer explained: ‘ Which part of the clip says I agree to allow Kanye to call me that b*tch? I feel extremely insulted. ‘ Immediately, netizens engaged in the ‘conversation’. The vast majority of netizens defend Kanye and think that Taylor Swift is a devious, two-faced person. At that time, the hashtag #TaylorSwiftIsOverParty was trending globally, banners mocking the female artist were hung everywhere and her reputation that had been built for nearly 10 years was gradually destroyed in an instant. As a result, Taylor had to take refuge from the entertainment industry for a period of 2 years.
At the 2009 VMAs, Kanye West was the “surprise factor” who appeared on stage and sabotaged Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech.
However, the two reconciled some time later and became friends.
Until Kanye’s ‘beloved wife’ stepped in and completely changed the game by publishing a clip denouncing Taylor Swift’s cheating.
Faced with a fierce battle where victory seemed to be in favor of the Kanye couple, Taylor had to sadly withdraw from both the battle and the Hollywood music industry for nearly 2 years. It seems that she was completely absent during that period of time.
It was thought that the aftershock of the century would forever ‘turn into nothingness’ the songs emanating from Taylor Swift’s ‘planet’ , but the world was completely wrong. No one thought that she could use all the ‘slashes’ of those who attacked her and ‘treat poison with poison’ , gaining victory for herself.
Wanting her was a nightmare, she turned into a nightmare. Wanting her to be a crooked, two-faced snake, she became a crooked, two-faced snake. She transformed into a composite copy of all the malicious rumors that people had said about her and unexpectedly arose in the ‘bomb’ that shocked the whole world: Look What You Made Me Do – the lead song of the 6th studio album titled Reputation . That was Taylor Swift’s darkest, most intense period and also her last storm. Thanks to Reputation , an explanation was given and the female artist’s reputation was restored.
No longer as colorful as it was in 1989 . Taylor Swift personally dismantled everything she once loved and transformed into a nightmare in the Reputation era .
Want her to be dark, cunning and two-faced? She had absolutely no difficulty in taking advantage of the ‘knife’ and turning it into her own ‘weapon’ .
Reputation is the darkest, most haunting and most successful picture that Taylor Swift has ever painted. And thanks to this, the female artist was finally given back her reputation and the reputation that had been destroyed during her 2 years in hiding.
Taylor Swift is officially no longer the naive, sensitive girl she once was, but is instead a mature, brave and strong woman.
Retribution for hidden factors
I thought that the boycott wave would be the most terrible thing the Lover singer would have to face, but after the Reputation era , Taylor Swift had to make an extremely painful decision to give up all the songs she had written. composed throughout her career into the hands of the man who trampled her during her darkest times.
In early July 2019, the character who gave Taylor Swift a golden opportunity to help her realize her dream – Scott Borchetta officially agreed to let his record label Big Machine Records cooperate with the business. Successful businessman Scooter Braun. It is known that Scooter Braun was the mastermind behind the mocking photo of Taylor Swift that Justin Bieber posted on his social network account while she was facing the whole world’s rejection. Because of Scott’s confusing decision, Taylor Swift knew she couldn’t stay and work with someone who had bullied her, so she decided to leave . But things weren’t as easy as Swift thought…
Scooter Braun along with his customers: Justin Bieber and Kayne West teamed up to post a photo mocking her at a time when she was at the bottom of uncertainty.
Knowing that she could not stay and work with someone who had bullied her, Taylor Swift decided to leave , but things were not as simple as the female artist thought.
After announcing the ‘bad news’ about his departure from the record label, the You Need To Calm Down singer offered to buy back all the compositions he produced during his time working with Big Machine Records. . However, after considering Taylor Swift’s proposal, Scott Borchetta and Scooter Braun consulted and decided not to let her go so easily.
Instead of allowing her to easily buy back all the products she composed herself, the two men came up with a solution: one album for one album. It couldn’t be more different, the Love Story singer was completely indignant at this silly suggestion from the record label and decided to “expose” the above couple on the social media platform. This action of the ‘royal butterfly queen’ has attracted a lot of response and support from fans and colleagues everywhere.
Unable to stand the unreasonable demands of the couple Scott and Scooter, Taylor Swift decided to “expose” them both on social networks.
A series of celebrities have spoken out to defend Taylor Swift, including Katy Perry.
Halsey.
Including female rapper Iggy Azalea – a character who is not very close to Taylor.
And obviously, with such a large number of supporters, the winning side was on Taylor Swift’s side. On the contrary, Scooter Braun, Scott Borchetta, Demi Lovato, Justin Bieber and all those who spoke up to defend Big Machine Records were boycotted by the world. The phenomenon that happened in 2016 with Taylor Swift once again recurred, but this time, the voice was the victim in the past. This is retribution for the hidden factors that ‘deflected’ the orbit of ‘planet’ Swift. Thanks to that, fairness was once again restored for female artists.
A tough battle that Taylor Swift herself started and won. This is something worthy of all the characters who have contributed to destroying the reputation that she has worked hard to build for 10 years – photo source: Hey Alma .
Even though she won on the ‘exposing’ front , the ownership of the previous 6 albums still belongs to Big Machine Records.
However, on August 22, in an interview with CBSSunday, she decided that if she cannot legally take back the compositions, then the female artist has the right to let her go. re-record the songs and that’s exactly what Taylor would do.
After all, the person who has the last laugh is still Taylor Swift.
Chapter III: Happy Planet
Currently, the name Taylor Swift is one of the most mentioned names in the European and American entertainment industry. Since the ‘glorious resurrection’ of Reputation , the female artist has far exceeded the standards of a common artist and many people have admired her for that. One thing that cannot be disputed is that if one has to endure a wave of global boycott and still maintain composure to respond, it is an extremely brave and admirable action from a woman. female.
Up to now, Swift has won a total of 310 large and small awards, including: more than 10 Grammy Awards , 29 American Music Awards , 23 Billboard Music Awards and more. She has not only become one of the female artists with the most awards on the planet, but also the person who owns the most enormous wealth after 13 years of dedication. In addition, the female vocalist also received the honor of being the first woman in history to be recognized as Artist Of The Decade and Female Of The Decade in the same year. Her reputation may have been destroyed for a period of time, but it was thanks to that incident that she was able to build the ‘terrible’ empire she has today. It seems that the happy ending finally belongs to Swift.
Taylor Swift has already gone beyond the standards of a normal artist thanks to the spectacular ‘overcome’ of the Reputation era .
Overcoming everything, Taylor Swift has become one of the most successful phenomena in the European and American music industry.
It seems like the happy ending finally belongs to Swift.
And now, on the occasion of the 30th birthday of the ‘queen butterfly’ , we will celebrate it. Only by overcoming stormy days can we appreciate the warm sunny days. Through experiencing the bitter taste of failure, we can know how valuable success is. For our Swift to become the fierce monument she is today was not an easy process. That is truly appreciable. Have a sweet 30, Taylor Swift!
Have a sweet 30, Taylor Swift!
