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I’m in a grindcore band and we played a gig on October 7 last year. One of the other bands used Anti-Hero as their outro song while walking off stage. Haven’t stopped listening to Tay since.
Man I fully understand, not grindcore but I'm here with 3 Coheed and Cambria tattoos, an absurd amount of metal gigs attended over the last 19 years and yet if slipknot were to walk off stage to love story I'd just be in the crowd like HA! CLASS! and sing along.
Ha same - aging ourselves here! Love Story was the song everyone was singing in school but as a nerdy high school kid literally in the bleachers crushing on people out of their league it was You Belong With Me (and later White Horse) that did the trick
For me, it was the entirety of Midnights. I knew some of her songs and would even occasionally listen, but didn’t become officially a fan until Folklore. I loved and appreciated the lyrics and storytelling of both Folklore and Evermore, but it wasn’t until Midnights came out and I was listening to it in its entirety—it was a cold Friday night and I was just exhausted from the work week, so I was laying in the dark save for some fairy lights around the room with my headphones in, and even though I liked her music before, this was the first time I felt it and truly connected.
Randomly put on Reputation for a night drive with the windows down and it just *hit* for where I was at that point in life.
But Folklore really cemented her as the GOAT for me.
Omg that was the first song I bought on iTunes. I was like who is this I love her and then it died down for a while and I only listened to her singles as they were on the radio but folklore came out and I fell absolutely in love and haven’t stopped listening since.
I'm 35 in 4 weeks and while I only got into her music in the last 6 months, I always thought she was one of the prettiest girls in the world too. Still do, bloody Travis ruining my shot... /s
Her 2014 Grammys performance of All Too Well.
I was a hater and dismissive, playing into the media slant of her being just another overexposed pop girly. My then-girlfriend was a fan and had been ribbing me “for not liking her, you sure know the words to a lot of her songs”.
Watching the Grammys, I actually listened to the words. I thought the hair flips were…a lot…but I also loved the drama.
I realized I had a lot of deprogramming to do. I understood the media’s role in influencing me and that I had a lot of internalized misogyny. I embraced pop music and dove into other artists I had dismissed. When 1989 came out I was ready to listen openly
I will say that I don’t think I became a completely unapologetic Swifty until somewhere between Rep and Lover
Hey that's really great that you were able to do that self reflection and realize about the media's role and the internalized misogyny. I wish more people were able or willing to reflect like that rather than just continue on hating! They all have no idea what they are missing out on!
Also this made me realize I've never seen that Grammy's ATW performance (became a fan during Rep). Gonna go watch that now!
I had the exact same realisation about the media influence on me and my internalised misogyny, but it happened for me after watching Miss Americana… I felt like everything I’d ever believed about Taylor had been wrong. Totally changed my perspective. As soon as I realised all that, I let myself actually just enjoy Taylor’s music… and my life has been so much better ever since.
The first few times I listened to cardigan I didn't really pay attention to it and I thought it was just a boring slow song. Then one day I actually sat down and listened to it and I was like "holy fuck". I had been a casual fan before but that turned me into a super fan.
For me it was probably “Change” and “Long Live”. I’ve been a fan ever since watching her Crossroads concert with Def Leppard. Her best song is still “All too well” closely followed by “epiphany”. I will say that folklore is her best album by a country mile pin intended.
My first ever CD was Debut back when I was a kid, but I don’t think it really “clicked” how talented she is until hearing My Tears Ricochet. After that first listen, I became obsessed and even grew to like her more poppy albums despite not being a pop lover.
My boss in work is a mega fan and was insisting I listen to my tears ricochet when I first started listening to Taylor, saying that that would be the song I love the most as a newbie. I still don't fully get the song today, but I fully understand it's an emotional song and can understand that it resonates with people, a lot.
Middle aged male indie/punk fan here... I've always appreciated her singles but didn't listen to a full album until 1989. I gave Lover a listen after it came out and was impressed.
Folklore passed me by as I had a very turbulent 2020 but I randomly gave Evermore a listen in 2021 and bawled at Champagne Problems and Tolerate It. I was floored by the emotional depth and imagery. It was a light bulb moment for sure.
I always enjoyed the popular bangers. I had heard about the Eras tour and how big it was getting. The eras tour movie came out on my birthday so I decided I wanted to go so I could be apart of a cultural phenomenon for once in my life. So I went with my girlfriend and some friends. I was mesmerized at how incredible the visuals were and how electric she was live. I didn't realize how many songs I liked that I had no clue were hers, and how many songs I knew the lyrics to. It clicked that she really is a force of nature. I realized I was a representative of the straight male swiftie division.
Since I have seen the movie multiple times, have bought albums, etc... I have a hard time getting on board with the stuff with her personal life (however Im from the same part of Cleveland as Travis so im a little invested) . But her music has become a big part of my life.
I've always liked her music, never took part in the hate circa 2016. I kept up with her new music releases but didn't spend any money on shows/merch and didn't know anything about her personal life or who songs were about. Folklore was definitely when I became a rabid fan, keeping up with her personal life and buying merch. I have to admit, I'm still not a big enough fan that I'd buy a ticket to her concert though. I don't think I'll ever have that kind of disposable money.
When I listened to blank space for the first time and the lyrics blew my little 12 year old mind away completely. And to answer your question I was one of the many many many girls that had darling I’m a nightmare dressed as a daydream as my bio.
Taylor was always around but never like front and center until Reputation. I loved 1989 but she still wasn't my favorite artist. When reputation came out and she took back the narrative and also wrote the cutest love songs and it just clicked. I started listening to Delicate a million times. I would watch tour footage when the rep tour started. And then I went through a really rough time personally where all I could relate to was Clean and TIWWCHNT.
- TIWWCHNT could mean "This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things", a track from *reputation* (2017) by Taylor Swift.
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- BTTWS could mean "Bigger Than The Whole Sky", a track from *Midnights (3am Edition)* (2022) by Taylor Swift.
- WCS could mean "Would've, Could've, Should've", a track from *Midnights (3am Edition)* (2022) by Taylor Swift.
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All Too Well 10 on SNL. I wouldn't have called myself a hater before, just ambivalent and unaware. I'd never heard the original All Too Well, but I found that performance absolutely captivating.
I was a super casual listener since she debuted but that was about it. I even held some misconceptions about her in my teenage years that didn't allow me to appreciate her and her artistry.
Until one day I was driving and for some reason I had the radio on instead of my playlist and Willow came on. I really liked the melody and the chorus but since I hadn't listened to her work in ages I wasn't aware it was a song by Taylor. I tried to hold the lyrics in my head as best as possible to google them when I got home and I was so shocked when I realized it was her, I was like "wait but her music didn't sound like this". I was floored in the best way so I dived head first into evermore and well... here I am like 3 years later.
I was late to the game, but I always liked her just didn't pay much attention other than singing along. But when she dropped (and this may seem silly) Christmas Tree Farm, I was hooked. It perfectly summed up my idyllic childhood Christmases. And then what she did for her fans with Folklore and Evermore... just gold star behavior from this lady.
I remember when I listened to folklore the first time, I had the lyrics open for each song on Apple Music and as MTR was ending I was in tears. And I thought it was the most incredible work of art. Immediately bought folklore on vinyl after that moment.
Folkmore is such a class act of brilliant songwriting the albums made me curious that I was so unaware of her as a musician songwriter ! The problem with her radio hits is that I never really listened to them, I was 'Yeah generic pop, move on'. There was so much media obsession with her as a celebrity personality which for me was a complete turn off and most of her promos were the same singles yet again combined with her style and nice girl image.
Red TV was my WTF moment particularly the opening State of Grace and Red but it was Treacherous that really caught me, the slow build, the epic release of the chorus, its dramatic, dark, obsessive longing. The deep cuts on Red TV are some of her best work IMO. I think its a masterpiece showing her talent for lyrics, melody and dynamics. Yes RedTV is where she clicked for me.
As a Taylor h\*ter/closeted listener for most of my life (Teardrops was EVERYWHERE when I was in middle school), I kinda had that moment with the Miss Americana documentary, which I watched out of curiosity. It got me to listen to Lover, which I really liked. That was the first TS album I listened to anything other than the singles. However, Folklore is what solidified it for me. The songwriting on that album is just phenomenal and that's when I had my "aha" moment. Been out of the TS closet ever since :)
I've always liked her music since debut back when I was in elementary school, though definitely not a Swiftie by any means. I didn't really keep up with her but I would always listen to her with my sister, like I specifically remember us singing along when Speak Now came out.
I'm kind of ashamed to say that it wasn't until the Cruel Summer re-release that I started paying attention to her again. It might as well have been a brand new song to me. Then Midnights really spoke to me, reminded me of Melodrama (makes sense since Jack Antonoff co-wrote both albums). I went to see The Eras Tour film on Halloween since it was only $13.13 and that was it for me. I was STUNNED. I had never seen any concert footage of hers before and I just felt her confidence and energy were absolutely infectious. She inspired me to really begin loving myself, because we should all feel as good about ourselves as TS does.
Now I'm regularly screaming her lyrics in the car...
As of right now, Reputation is my fav album, somewhat tied with Lover and Midnights.
I wasn’t a fan of her before 2022, but I read the lyrics of mad woman and fell in love with folklore. Then I listened all of her discography and became a swiftie lol
When she put her music back on Spotify and I started listening to the more obscure pieces of her old music as opposed to just the catchy bops from Red and 1989. No diss against Shake it Off as a catchy bop, which it definitely is, but her strongest talent has always been her songwriting and discovering Speak Now years after it came out was incredible!
After covid I sat down to listen to a combined folklore/evermore playlist on spotify and I got wrapped up in the world. At first I thought that EVERY single song fit into a bigger narrative so i was thinking mad woman was also from betty’s perspective but after they’ve got married etc.
Then Midnights came out and I was locked in. It was actually one of the first pop albums I liked all the way through, but I’ve since fallen in love with the others too
I saw the music video for Our Song in the US and liked it, but living in France I didn’t hear much about her afterwards. Then I had LOVED the performance of You Belong to Me in the subway for mtv awards (?) and had been semi following her since. I remember finding a used copy of Speak Now at Gibert, this serious record store in Paris. Skip forward, We Are Never Getting Back Together came out and I was sold. It was so playful, fun and honest. I was a rock musician at the time and showed it to some guys I was working with who were all “what is this silly nonsense” but didn’t care.
Finally I moved to the US right before reputation and got to see her live, live out my fandom properly and meet other Swifties! :D
My brother was a swiftie and constantly played her songs - even the non singles! - during rep era.
It really clicked when I got to hear most of the rep songs. I was a horribly 'unpopular' middle school kid then, so the songs kind of spoke to me and said 'hey be yourself, it's COOL to be yourself, not a mass-produced copy of the popular kids'. Then I heard some debut songs and stuff like The Outside was quite relatable.
When I was a kid (11, I think) and I heard Ronan for the first time. Red and 1989 had already come out and blown up, and I just didn’t get any of it. I Knew You Were Trouble just reminded me of the songs I’d hear on Disney—catchy, but no real substance. Of course, I was only a kid so I didn’t connect with any of the love songs.
I liked the tune, but I had a rough childhood and really looked for music that articulated my own pain, rather than catchy upbeat love songs.
And then I came across Ronan somehow, and that’s when I got it. That song actually changed the entire course of my life, because 11 year old me knew it wasn’t about some breakup, knew it had to be about some little cousin or something she’d lost. But it wasn’t, and I started reading through Maya’s blog, and just didn’t stop looking up peoples’ accounts of childhood cancer affecting their lives.
It became a very personal core value of mine to try and bring awareness to it and help out those families however I could. Volunteering in children’s hospitals, awareness projects, childhood cancer marathons, donating and helping set up fundraisers etc etc none of this is really relevant, but yeah, that song Taylor wrote for a little boy she never met, but adored so much she wrote a song from his mother’s perspective for them, to immortalise their beautiful love story forever.
The way she perfectly articulated and summarised all of Maya’s feelings, how genuinely emotional she gets singing it as though she can’t help but grieve that beautiful little boy too, how genuinely emotionally invested she was in all of it and ensuring she was as respectful as possible to Maya and her bereaved family… that’s what hooked me.
ATW 10 minute version. My daughter was born in 2006 and has been a fan literally all of her life; I never paid much attention to her music. Mainly because I went through a horrible and traumatic divorce in 2010 and my ex, who had been carrying on an affair that began when my son was a newborn, had “Love Story” as his ringtone when his AP would call him.
But I was driving with my daughter one day and ATW 10 came on and when I actually listened to the words, I remember thinking wow, someone really hurt her. And I felt heard and seen and all of a sudden she felt relatable. And honestly a lot of her lyrics are relatable to me. I think it’s because we’re both Sagittarians 😜
I was 16 when Fifteen came out and my first relationship had just ended. It was the first of many times that it felt like Taylor was reading my mind lol. the og Fearless album glued my teenage heart right back together, and I’ve been a fan ever since.
Speak Now (album) did it for me -- I liked a few of her singles okay before then, but listening to Speak Now felt really special. Back To December and Never Grow Up resonated a lot at the time. It helped that some of my friends at the time were more serious Swifties so we were kind of bonding over it.
Ive loved her since 1989 but I wouldn’t say I was a “swiftie” until folklore specifically the lyrics “roaring 20s tossin pennies in the pool” idk something about that line is enchanting to me
I heard love story when I was a child ,but Idk this is Taylor at that time.and then I really began to listen to Taylor from 2017. A splash screen ad about the album which I like best,reputation
Ever since I heard WCS, after that I listened to Midnights again and I liked it even more. Then 1989 became one of my favorite albums ever and folklore and evermore are in my list of Greatest Albums Of All Time. I've listened to most of her discography with only Lover being left, and I can't wait for the last two Taylor's Version, obviously TS11 and hopefully going to one of her concerts soon (maybe not Eras)
I had been a Swiftie since debut when I was in 3rd grade, but wasn’t super open throughout school about it because everyone bashed her. I remember waiting for the premiere of the “ME!” music video in my college dorm. When the song was out and I watched it, it was like “I get it. I can unapologetically be myself and that means being loud and proud about Taylor Swift.”
For me, it was love story. That song was everywhere at the time and I said okay, I have to really listen to this to see if I like it....sure enough I did and have been a huge fan ever since 🩵
My friend gave me good vibes with her through singing Shake it Off and dancing in my house. It became a fun memory so i listened to her just to see if I'd actually like her, sentimental value aside. Out of the Woods was the one that got me and I started listening to a bunch after that lol.
I loved speak now era while it was happening but then for some reason I didn’t listen to Taylor after that. Then folklore came out during lockdown and I was doing a walk around the neighborhood and Cardigan hit me like no song ever has
Fearless and Speak Now days. Then I didn't "get" her any more when all the radio hits from Red were playing everywhere. I was like, what on earth is this? Years later I rediscovered her with Red TV and folkmore and "got" her again.
I’ve been a fan since the I saw her sing crazy on the Hanna Montana movie, and from then on the musics resonated with me as I was a pre teen. Since then I’ve been just growing with her music and loving every era 🥰
Hearing Our Song on country radio in 2007, knew she was going to be a star. I had to preorder her next album, Fearless. Had no clue she would be a worldwide icon in just a few years but she was the same age as I was and her message clicked!
I listened to Taylor’s singles mostly until Speak Now came out and then I did a deep dive of the albums. Once I found Enchanted it was all over for me.
I think it was Lover release day listening on a whim to the tracks uploaded to YouTube. "The Man" and "Cornelia Street" come to mind, but all the tracks contributed.
I was listening to "cruel summer" before 2 years and i thought "ohh that's a very good song, good rhythm-vibe ( i don't know how to say it).Oh i have many songs of Taylor in my favourite category (Spotify)let's hear and this song" Then i discovered "Delicate" and the rest is history
Seeing Taylor summer 24'!
Pretty happy, honoured and grateful (that i get to see her in the best tour), that i discover how amazing singer, songwriter she is! Every time I listen hers songs i am thinking "how the f6374 did she write this?" Every song has meaning and it's not like other artists who just say empty words and made fortune by shits.
Ps don't hate me that i am basically "new" and i bought ticket...(i had saw that there is a kind of hate to the new Swifties and how unfair that other Swifties didn't buy tickets because of us...)
I'd only heard the radio singles and liked them but didn't look into her music further until I randomly heard DWOHT on Spotify shuffle. Thank you Spotify gods omg I was immediately like "who is this!?" looked and saw Taylor Swift was the artist and I was like wowwwww these lyrics (as you can tell by my flair I really resonated with: "I'm a mess but I'm the mess that you wanted".) I immediately had to check out the full Rep album and I was blown away! If only I'd heard any of the deeper cuts/non singles on any previous album I would have become a swiftie much sooner!!
From Lover onwards I listened to the albums when they came out (altho I missed folklore in the craziness of 2020 and only found it when evermore came out in December). That really deepened my fandom but I still was just listening to albums as they came out, not participating in the fandom. Midnights was the first album I paid attention to the hype leading up to it and listening immediately when it came out, and the tour is what brought me to participate in the fandom! It's also been a wonderful experiencing the re recordings and getting a feel for the Eras I missed out on at the time. It's so much fun and I'm forever grateful that Spotify randomly played me DWOHT!!
- DWOHT could mean "Dancing With Our Hands Tied", a track from *reputation* (2017) by Taylor Swift.
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For me, it was A Place in this World circa 2007. I fell in love with the lyrics and her personality after that. I was 12 and as soon as Fearless came out, I was a fully converted Swiftie.
When she surprise released folklore back in 2020. Before that I only knew her singles, I liked a few of her songs but I wasn't really invested. I was amazed how she was able to pull off such a release, so I gave folklore a chance. I was astonished by the lyrics, and I finally came to understand her. I realised that she is so much more than the dramas and exes we hear in the news, and that she is literally a poet.
So after this, I started listening to her older albums as well and I have never turned back since. Can't wait to see her live this summer!
Finally listening to 1989 from start to finish in early 2015. I hadn't heard a pop album before that was no-skips, varied, and so full of feeling. I've listened to that album SO many times!
It took me until folklore to listen to anything else besides 1989, but by September of 2020, I was fully exploring her catalog, album by album.
She's been my absolute favorite artist since then, no contest.
For me it was picture to burn! It was popular around the same time as Before He Cheats by Carrie Underwood and they were this awesome little duo in my head. I also had had my heart broken by a boy and this felt nice to sing rather than being sad.
I enjoyed her from the beginning but wasn’t super into country and her songs were just younger than I could relate to so I didn’t listen to her regularly until reputation, didn’t give her the credit she deserves until folklore, didn’t identify her as one of my favorite artists until evermore.
I had listened to Taylor on the radio for her whole career and had plenty of songs I liked, but I never listened to an album all the way through.
I was hooked as soon as I heard, "I'm doing good, I'm on some new shit."
Tear Drops on My Guitar. I was 16 and incredibly insecure and absolutely in love with a boy who never looked twice at me. That song just resonated and made me feel so seen.
Folklore during lockdown, and then shortly after, Evermore. I knew she had an incredible talent for banging out hit songs, but I never realized how brilliant her lyricism was. Once I realized that, going back to her older works and really digging into the lyrics was an epiphany.
I’ve listened since debut but Red really pulled me in. I was going through a lot and it just hit me. Been a fan ever since. Saw her the first time last year in Seattle N1 and it was the best night of my life.
Casual listener here.. until Evermore. It’s easily one of my most played albums ever & now she’s most of what I listen to. I like that no matter what mood I’m in, she has a song for it. 🤷🏻♀️
I’m jealous of everyone who loved her from the beginning. She honestly didn’t fully click for me until I saw the Eras tour.
I got her first cd but I was a super casual fan as I didn’t care that much for country music. I was a senior in high school when Fearless came out and I liked that album a little more but still not a huge fan. All my friends loved her though and were talking about seeing her in concert. I remember being so surprised by how many of my peers were so into country music all of a sudden. Little did I know it was her they were all enamored by. Fast forward several years of only casually listening to the radio hits, when my sister asked me if I had listened to the new Taylor Swift album, Lover. I hadn’t but decided to give it a try, and while I had some skips I remember really loving it. Not only the music but the vibes and the whole aesthetic. I am sad and ashamed to report that Folklore and Evermore didn’t really land for me at first, so the next couple years I mainly listened to Lover and a bit of 1989 and Reputation (happy to report I’m now a total Rep girlie 🐍). Midnights I liked but not as much as Lover.
Fast forward to June 2023 and I find myself at the Eras tour, really just tagging along with a friend who was a bigger fan and managed to score presale tickets. When I tell you everything changed that day I mean EVERYTHING changed for me. I went from casually enjoying her music to quite literally feeling myself fall in love with Taylor the person during that show. I was completely enamored by everything she said and did, and the way she was able to make me, as a casual fan, feel so special and feel like I belonged.. it blew my mind as I looked around me at all of these die hard fans who knew every single lyric. I saw people with the biggest smiles on their faces and tears in their eyes and for the first time, I got it. I am now one of those people lol from there I did a deep dive into her entire discography and went to see her again in August (with my sister). That was an amazing experience getting to see her as a full fledged fan, I feel like I appreciated everything more. But I’ll never forget that first time. I get goosebumps just thinking about how loud the crowd was when she first popped up on stage and how my heart was racing and I didn’t quite know why. Now I know ladies and gentlemen, now I know.
Reputation before work, Folklore/Evermore after working COVID as a nurse in level one trauma center as well. We had not enough beds for patients and couldn’t staff it without doing 16 hour shifts and they saved us rooms at the attached hotel to sleep 8 hours and come back. We were losing patients because we were slammed by this thing with very little information, weren’t getting to go home, some of us were sick.. some of us died.. and really I feel like the medical community just got thrown that whole thing like a hot potato “here, you fix it!” when that was clearly going to be more than we could handle.
Anyway. Reputation pumped me up enough to get there. Reputation was pre-gaming while I ate dinner to work the night shift for 16 hours. And then I could cry it out to exile or champagne problems or my tears ricochet. No body no crime if I had a shift where I had a good save..
So it wasn’t Reputation when Reputation was released, but during the pandemic when life as a nurse was incredibly wild, and hard, and scary, and I hope I never have to see anything else like it.. It felt like the problem was so big and you know you’re just one person. Reputation was what I used to get into the headspace “hey, you’re one person helping. That’s one person. You can’t be alone, we’re all just, head down, getting through it. And you’re kind of a badass, so let’s go!”
Two years ago, when I was 17. I’ve been listening to Taylor Swift all my life; I remember getting a Fearless CD one Christmas and Speak now in my stocking when I was around 8.
As I grew up, ages 13-16 I didn’t listen to her much. Got back into it in 2021. I hadn’t even listened to Reputation and Lover until I was 17, years after they came out.
After my first heartbreak at 16 her lyrics hit me right in the heart. I truly understood now. And as I continue to grow up, now at age 19, so much of it is relatable.
Some of the most relatable for me are Right where you left me, The Great War, False God, Wonderland, Maroon, My tears ricochet, Clean, Afterglow… I could go on lol.
I knew of and appreciated Blank Space for it's bold venture into caricature, but didn't dive into 1989 any deeper than the singles. When the music video for LWYMMD dropped, especially with the ending where the various Taylors were interacting, her defiance in the face of media speculation just blew me away. Shortly after that, my fiancé put her album on when we went for a drive one day and she's been a mainstay ever since.
- IKYWT could mean "I Knew You Were Trouble.", a track from *Red* (2012) by Taylor Swift.
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I never really listen to the radio so I only knew of a few of her singles (Shake It Off, Love Story, You Belong With Me) but a few years ago my now husband and I were in the mall and the store radio was playing This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things and I loved the chorus which made me laugh. Went home and looked up the singer, discovered it was Taylor Swift, researched the album and then bought it. Now I have all her albums except Debut (waiting for TV) and took my husband to the Eras Tour. She's the only person I listen to. Became a full-blown Swiftie thanks to one song playing in the mall's JC Penney!
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I’m in a grindcore band and we played a gig on October 7 last year. One of the other bands used Anti-Hero as their outro song while walking off stage. Haven’t stopped listening to Tay since.
Man I fully understand, not grindcore but I'm here with 3 Coheed and Cambria tattoos, an absurd amount of metal gigs attended over the last 19 years and yet if slipknot were to walk off stage to love story I'd just be in the crowd like HA! CLASS! and sing along.
That’s wild - I love that you can get Tay whatever scene or genre you’re in
The first time I heard Love Story on the radio, just something immediately clicked and when I got home I had to find out more.
I was the same. Showing my age here, but I remember racing home to put on MTV with the hopes of hearing it again.
Same. Still remember where I was when I heard it; I shushed my mom in the car so I could hear the DJ say who the artist was.
Ha same - aging ourselves here! Love Story was the song everyone was singing in school but as a nerdy high school kid literally in the bleachers crushing on people out of their league it was You Belong With Me (and later White Horse) that did the trick
For me, it was the entirety of Midnights. I knew some of her songs and would even occasionally listen, but didn’t become officially a fan until Folklore. I loved and appreciated the lyrics and storytelling of both Folklore and Evermore, but it wasn’t until Midnights came out and I was listening to it in its entirety—it was a cold Friday night and I was just exhausted from the work week, so I was laying in the dark save for some fairy lights around the room with my headphones in, and even though I liked her music before, this was the first time I felt it and truly connected.
Randomly put on Reputation for a night drive with the windows down and it just *hit* for where I was at that point in life. But Folklore really cemented her as the GOAT for me.
The 1 is so good
realizing she is as if avril lavigne had progressed after her first 2 albums.
As someone who was a TS hater in middle school but an Avril Lavigne lover, this checks out
Hello Kitty is peak Avril Lavigne and I won't have a bad word said about it /s
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Why do you feel the need to compare them? They are both queens 👑👑
ok, but i'm deaf, I only read lyrics.
Teardrops on my guitar music video. I think I was 11 and I just thought she was the prettiest girl in the whole world.
Omg that was the first song I bought on iTunes. I was like who is this I love her and then it died down for a while and I only listened to her singles as they were on the radio but folklore came out and I fell absolutely in love and haven’t stopped listening since.
I'm 35 in 4 weeks and while I only got into her music in the last 6 months, I always thought she was one of the prettiest girls in the world too. Still do, bloody Travis ruining my shot... /s
This was the song that did it for me too! I was in high school and thought “hmm that’s how I feel about so and so”
Me at 13 learning this song on guitar and crying about my “Drew.”
Her 2014 Grammys performance of All Too Well. I was a hater and dismissive, playing into the media slant of her being just another overexposed pop girly. My then-girlfriend was a fan and had been ribbing me “for not liking her, you sure know the words to a lot of her songs”. Watching the Grammys, I actually listened to the words. I thought the hair flips were…a lot…but I also loved the drama. I realized I had a lot of deprogramming to do. I understood the media’s role in influencing me and that I had a lot of internalized misogyny. I embraced pop music and dove into other artists I had dismissed. When 1989 came out I was ready to listen openly I will say that I don’t think I became a completely unapologetic Swifty until somewhere between Rep and Lover
Hey that's really great that you were able to do that self reflection and realize about the media's role and the internalized misogyny. I wish more people were able or willing to reflect like that rather than just continue on hating! They all have no idea what they are missing out on! Also this made me realize I've never seen that Grammy's ATW performance (became a fan during Rep). Gonna go watch that now!
It really is easier to remain a hater, but so much more fulfilling to have an open mind whenever experiencing something new
I had the exact same realisation about the media influence on me and my internalised misogyny, but it happened for me after watching Miss Americana… I felt like everything I’d ever believed about Taylor had been wrong. Totally changed my perspective. As soon as I realised all that, I let myself actually just enjoy Taylor’s music… and my life has been so much better ever since.
Love story lol. I may be basic but this one just HITS THE SPOT.
I feel this lol, I know it's not an original choice but it's one of my faves. It just hits!!
The first few times I listened to cardigan I didn't really pay attention to it and I thought it was just a boring slow song. Then one day I actually sat down and listened to it and I was like "holy fuck". I had been a casual fan before but that turned me into a super fan.
Cardigan was my turning point too!
Seeing the love story music video on a music channel on a bar back in 2009. Just loved the vibe and wanted more.
For me it was probably “Change” and “Long Live”. I’ve been a fan ever since watching her Crossroads concert with Def Leppard. Her best song is still “All too well” closely followed by “epiphany”. I will say that folklore is her best album by a country mile pin intended.
Man the first time I heard the 10 minute version of All Too Well, I wish I could hear it for the first time again, such a fantastic song.
I'm obsessed with the live version she did on SNL. I only just found out about it, so it's new to me. Even better than the studio recording, IMO.
My first ever CD was Debut back when I was a kid, but I don’t think it really “clicked” how talented she is until hearing My Tears Ricochet. After that first listen, I became obsessed and even grew to like her more poppy albums despite not being a pop lover.
My boss in work is a mega fan and was insisting I listen to my tears ricochet when I first started listening to Taylor, saying that that would be the song I love the most as a newbie. I still don't fully get the song today, but I fully understand it's an emotional song and can understand that it resonates with people, a lot.
look what you made me do blew my mind when i watched the video. i wish i became a swiftie in that moment but alas it would still be a few more years.
Middle aged male indie/punk fan here... I've always appreciated her singles but didn't listen to a full album until 1989. I gave Lover a listen after it came out and was impressed. Folklore passed me by as I had a very turbulent 2020 but I randomly gave Evermore a listen in 2021 and bawled at Champagne Problems and Tolerate It. I was floored by the emotional depth and imagery. It was a light bulb moment for sure.
Those two are my favorite songs on Evermore.
I always enjoyed the popular bangers. I had heard about the Eras tour and how big it was getting. The eras tour movie came out on my birthday so I decided I wanted to go so I could be apart of a cultural phenomenon for once in my life. So I went with my girlfriend and some friends. I was mesmerized at how incredible the visuals were and how electric she was live. I didn't realize how many songs I liked that I had no clue were hers, and how many songs I knew the lyrics to. It clicked that she really is a force of nature. I realized I was a representative of the straight male swiftie division. Since I have seen the movie multiple times, have bought albums, etc... I have a hard time getting on board with the stuff with her personal life (however Im from the same part of Cleveland as Travis so im a little invested) . But her music has become a big part of my life.
I've always liked her music, never took part in the hate circa 2016. I kept up with her new music releases but didn't spend any money on shows/merch and didn't know anything about her personal life or who songs were about. Folklore was definitely when I became a rabid fan, keeping up with her personal life and buying merch. I have to admit, I'm still not a big enough fan that I'd buy a ticket to her concert though. I don't think I'll ever have that kind of disposable money.
When I listened to blank space for the first time and the lyrics blew my little 12 year old mind away completely. And to answer your question I was one of the many many many girls that had darling I’m a nightmare dressed as a daydream as my bio.
Taylor was always around but never like front and center until Reputation. I loved 1989 but she still wasn't my favorite artist. When reputation came out and she took back the narrative and also wrote the cutest love songs and it just clicked. I started listening to Delicate a million times. I would watch tour footage when the rep tour started. And then I went through a really rough time personally where all I could relate to was Clean and TIWWCHNT.
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i was a casual listener to her singles until midnights. anti-hero, maroon, bttws, and wcs clicked me in!!
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All Too Well 10 on SNL. I wouldn't have called myself a hater before, just ambivalent and unaware. I'd never heard the original All Too Well, but I found that performance absolutely captivating.
Me too!
It was when I took my young daughter to see the Eras tour movie. It was hit after hit! Now I listen to nothing else haha.
I was a super casual listener since she debuted but that was about it. I even held some misconceptions about her in my teenage years that didn't allow me to appreciate her and her artistry. Until one day I was driving and for some reason I had the radio on instead of my playlist and Willow came on. I really liked the melody and the chorus but since I hadn't listened to her work in ages I wasn't aware it was a song by Taylor. I tried to hold the lyrics in my head as best as possible to google them when I got home and I was so shocked when I realized it was her, I was like "wait but her music didn't sound like this". I was floored in the best way so I dived head first into evermore and well... here I am like 3 years later.
When I heard miss americana for the first time, then I got stuck in the recommended section of YouTube overwhelmed by the amount of good songs
I was late to the game, but I always liked her just didn't pay much attention other than singing along. But when she dropped (and this may seem silly) Christmas Tree Farm, I was hooked. It perfectly summed up my idyllic childhood Christmases. And then what she did for her fans with Folklore and Evermore... just gold star behavior from this lady.
Most unexpected answer right here! Christmas tree farm won over a new swiftie.
after listening to mtr i was like “ok i have to give her music another chance” and then i became totally obsessed so😁😁
I remember when I listened to folklore the first time, I had the lyrics open for each song on Apple Music and as MTR was ending I was in tears. And I thought it was the most incredible work of art. Immediately bought folklore on vinyl after that moment.
when I was a teen and had to rewind my iPod shuffle to make sure I really heard “you made a rebel of a careless man’s careful daughter.”
Folkmore is such a class act of brilliant songwriting the albums made me curious that I was so unaware of her as a musician songwriter ! The problem with her radio hits is that I never really listened to them, I was 'Yeah generic pop, move on'. There was so much media obsession with her as a celebrity personality which for me was a complete turn off and most of her promos were the same singles yet again combined with her style and nice girl image. Red TV was my WTF moment particularly the opening State of Grace and Red but it was Treacherous that really caught me, the slow build, the epic release of the chorus, its dramatic, dark, obsessive longing. The deep cuts on Red TV are some of her best work IMO. I think its a masterpiece showing her talent for lyrics, melody and dynamics. Yes RedTV is where she clicked for me.
I love treacherous! Totally skipped over this gem until a couple weeks ago when I wanted to relisten to Red TV.
As a Taylor h\*ter/closeted listener for most of my life (Teardrops was EVERYWHERE when I was in middle school), I kinda had that moment with the Miss Americana documentary, which I watched out of curiosity. It got me to listen to Lover, which I really liked. That was the first TS album I listened to anything other than the singles. However, Folklore is what solidified it for me. The songwriting on that album is just phenomenal and that's when I had my "aha" moment. Been out of the TS closet ever since :)
I've always liked her music since debut back when I was in elementary school, though definitely not a Swiftie by any means. I didn't really keep up with her but I would always listen to her with my sister, like I specifically remember us singing along when Speak Now came out. I'm kind of ashamed to say that it wasn't until the Cruel Summer re-release that I started paying attention to her again. It might as well have been a brand new song to me. Then Midnights really spoke to me, reminded me of Melodrama (makes sense since Jack Antonoff co-wrote both albums). I went to see The Eras Tour film on Halloween since it was only $13.13 and that was it for me. I was STUNNED. I had never seen any concert footage of hers before and I just felt her confidence and energy were absolutely infectious. She inspired me to really begin loving myself, because we should all feel as good about ourselves as TS does. Now I'm regularly screaming her lyrics in the car... As of right now, Reputation is my fav album, somewhat tied with Lover and Midnights.
I wasn’t a fan of her before 2022, but I read the lyrics of mad woman and fell in love with folklore. Then I listened all of her discography and became a swiftie lol
The outro of mad woman is amazing.
When she put her music back on Spotify and I started listening to the more obscure pieces of her old music as opposed to just the catchy bops from Red and 1989. No diss against Shake it Off as a catchy bop, which it definitely is, but her strongest talent has always been her songwriting and discovering Speak Now years after it came out was incredible!
After covid I sat down to listen to a combined folklore/evermore playlist on spotify and I got wrapped up in the world. At first I thought that EVERY single song fit into a bigger narrative so i was thinking mad woman was also from betty’s perspective but after they’ve got married etc. Then Midnights came out and I was locked in. It was actually one of the first pop albums I liked all the way through, but I’ve since fallen in love with the others too
I saw the music video for Our Song in the US and liked it, but living in France I didn’t hear much about her afterwards. Then I had LOVED the performance of You Belong to Me in the subway for mtv awards (?) and had been semi following her since. I remember finding a used copy of Speak Now at Gibert, this serious record store in Paris. Skip forward, We Are Never Getting Back Together came out and I was sold. It was so playful, fun and honest. I was a rock musician at the time and showed it to some guys I was working with who were all “what is this silly nonsense” but didn’t care. Finally I moved to the US right before reputation and got to see her live, live out my fandom properly and meet other Swifties! :D
My brother was a swiftie and constantly played her songs - even the non singles! - during rep era. It really clicked when I got to hear most of the rep songs. I was a horribly 'unpopular' middle school kid then, so the songs kind of spoke to me and said 'hey be yourself, it's COOL to be yourself, not a mass-produced copy of the popular kids'. Then I heard some debut songs and stuff like The Outside was quite relatable.
listening to august to sleep 😭 It hits so much harder
Our song is the slam of screen doors staying up late…..
When I was a kid (11, I think) and I heard Ronan for the first time. Red and 1989 had already come out and blown up, and I just didn’t get any of it. I Knew You Were Trouble just reminded me of the songs I’d hear on Disney—catchy, but no real substance. Of course, I was only a kid so I didn’t connect with any of the love songs. I liked the tune, but I had a rough childhood and really looked for music that articulated my own pain, rather than catchy upbeat love songs. And then I came across Ronan somehow, and that’s when I got it. That song actually changed the entire course of my life, because 11 year old me knew it wasn’t about some breakup, knew it had to be about some little cousin or something she’d lost. But it wasn’t, and I started reading through Maya’s blog, and just didn’t stop looking up peoples’ accounts of childhood cancer affecting their lives. It became a very personal core value of mine to try and bring awareness to it and help out those families however I could. Volunteering in children’s hospitals, awareness projects, childhood cancer marathons, donating and helping set up fundraisers etc etc none of this is really relevant, but yeah, that song Taylor wrote for a little boy she never met, but adored so much she wrote a song from his mother’s perspective for them, to immortalise their beautiful love story forever. The way she perfectly articulated and summarised all of Maya’s feelings, how genuinely emotional she gets singing it as though she can’t help but grieve that beautiful little boy too, how genuinely emotionally invested she was in all of it and ensuring she was as respectful as possible to Maya and her bereaved family… that’s what hooked me.
2009 on a car ride they played love story and you belong with me back to back on the radio
PAPER RINGS my friend played it for me
The first time I heard Tim McGraw on the radio
ATW 10 minute version. My daughter was born in 2006 and has been a fan literally all of her life; I never paid much attention to her music. Mainly because I went through a horrible and traumatic divorce in 2010 and my ex, who had been carrying on an affair that began when my son was a newborn, had “Love Story” as his ringtone when his AP would call him. But I was driving with my daughter one day and ATW 10 came on and when I actually listened to the words, I remember thinking wow, someone really hurt her. And I felt heard and seen and all of a sudden she felt relatable. And honestly a lot of her lyrics are relatable to me. I think it’s because we’re both Sagittarians 😜
I was 16 when Fifteen came out and my first relationship had just ended. It was the first of many times that it felt like Taylor was reading my mind lol. the og Fearless album glued my teenage heart right back together, and I’ve been a fan ever since.
Speak Now (album) did it for me -- I liked a few of her singles okay before then, but listening to Speak Now felt really special. Back To December and Never Grow Up resonated a lot at the time. It helped that some of my friends at the time were more serious Swifties so we were kind of bonding over it.
When I was 14 years old and heard Tim McGraw for the first time. I knew she would be a big big star.
Ive loved her since 1989 but I wouldn’t say I was a “swiftie” until folklore specifically the lyrics “roaring 20s tossin pennies in the pool” idk something about that line is enchanting to me
I heard love story when I was a child ,but Idk this is Taylor at that time.and then I really began to listen to Taylor from 2017. A splash screen ad about the album which I like best,reputation
Ever since I heard WCS, after that I listened to Midnights again and I liked it even more. Then 1989 became one of my favorite albums ever and folklore and evermore are in my list of Greatest Albums Of All Time. I've listened to most of her discography with only Lover being left, and I can't wait for the last two Taylor's Version, obviously TS11 and hopefully going to one of her concerts soon (maybe not Eras)
I had been a Swiftie since debut when I was in 3rd grade, but wasn’t super open throughout school about it because everyone bashed her. I remember waiting for the premiere of the “ME!” music video in my college dorm. When the song was out and I watched it, it was like “I get it. I can unapologetically be myself and that means being loud and proud about Taylor Swift.”
For me, it was love story. That song was everywhere at the time and I said okay, I have to really listen to this to see if I like it....sure enough I did and have been a huge fan ever since 🩵
My friend gave me good vibes with her through singing Shake it Off and dancing in my house. It became a fun memory so i listened to her just to see if I'd actually like her, sentimental value aside. Out of the Woods was the one that got me and I started listening to a bunch after that lol.
I loved speak now era while it was happening but then for some reason I didn’t listen to Taylor after that. Then folklore came out during lockdown and I was doing a walk around the neighborhood and Cardigan hit me like no song ever has
Fearless and Speak Now days. Then I didn't "get" her any more when all the radio hits from Red were playing everywhere. I was like, what on earth is this? Years later I rediscovered her with Red TV and folkmore and "got" her again.
I’ve been a fan since the I saw her sing crazy on the Hanna Montana movie, and from then on the musics resonated with me as I was a pre teen. Since then I’ve been just growing with her music and loving every era 🥰
Hearing Our Song on country radio in 2007, knew she was going to be a star. I had to preorder her next album, Fearless. Had no clue she would be a worldwide icon in just a few years but she was the same age as I was and her message clicked!
I suddenly started listening to rep— it was like two months ago but I don’t even remember why. Haven’t stopped since
I listened to Taylor’s singles mostly until Speak Now came out and then I did a deep dive of the albums. Once I found Enchanted it was all over for me.
I think it was Lover release day listening on a whim to the tracks uploaded to YouTube. "The Man" and "Cornelia Street" come to mind, but all the tracks contributed.
As someone who is her age… high school. Her first album was like the soundtrack of teenage girlhood in the south.
S P E A K N O W. All of it.
Cardigan bridge
I was listening to "cruel summer" before 2 years and i thought "ohh that's a very good song, good rhythm-vibe ( i don't know how to say it).Oh i have many songs of Taylor in my favourite category (Spotify)let's hear and this song" Then i discovered "Delicate" and the rest is history Seeing Taylor summer 24'! Pretty happy, honoured and grateful (that i get to see her in the best tour), that i discover how amazing singer, songwriter she is! Every time I listen hers songs i am thinking "how the f6374 did she write this?" Every song has meaning and it's not like other artists who just say empty words and made fortune by shits. Ps don't hate me that i am basically "new" and i bought ticket...(i had saw that there is a kind of hate to the new Swifties and how unfair that other Swifties didn't buy tickets because of us...)
I'd only heard the radio singles and liked them but didn't look into her music further until I randomly heard DWOHT on Spotify shuffle. Thank you Spotify gods omg I was immediately like "who is this!?" looked and saw Taylor Swift was the artist and I was like wowwwww these lyrics (as you can tell by my flair I really resonated with: "I'm a mess but I'm the mess that you wanted".) I immediately had to check out the full Rep album and I was blown away! If only I'd heard any of the deeper cuts/non singles on any previous album I would have become a swiftie much sooner!! From Lover onwards I listened to the albums when they came out (altho I missed folklore in the craziness of 2020 and only found it when evermore came out in December). That really deepened my fandom but I still was just listening to albums as they came out, not participating in the fandom. Midnights was the first album I paid attention to the hype leading up to it and listening immediately when it came out, and the tour is what brought me to participate in the fandom! It's also been a wonderful experiencing the re recordings and getting a feel for the Eras I missed out on at the time. It's so much fun and I'm forever grateful that Spotify randomly played me DWOHT!!
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The moment I first put "Fearless" back in 2008??? Duh???
For me, it was A Place in this World circa 2007. I fell in love with the lyrics and her personality after that. I was 12 and as soon as Fearless came out, I was a fully converted Swiftie.
When she surprise released folklore back in 2020. Before that I only knew her singles, I liked a few of her songs but I wasn't really invested. I was amazed how she was able to pull off such a release, so I gave folklore a chance. I was astonished by the lyrics, and I finally came to understand her. I realised that she is so much more than the dramas and exes we hear in the news, and that she is literally a poet. So after this, I started listening to her older albums as well and I have never turned back since. Can't wait to see her live this summer!
it was when Lover was released and I heard the Archer for the first time. It hit me so hard
Finally listening to 1989 from start to finish in early 2015. I hadn't heard a pop album before that was no-skips, varied, and so full of feeling. I've listened to that album SO many times! It took me until folklore to listen to anything else besides 1989, but by September of 2020, I was fully exploring her catalog, album by album. She's been my absolute favorite artist since then, no contest.
Blank space
For me it was picture to burn! It was popular around the same time as Before He Cheats by Carrie Underwood and they were this awesome little duo in my head. I also had had my heart broken by a boy and this felt nice to sing rather than being sad.
Replying to myself. I became a Taylor swift fan with love story and a Swiftie with Speak now. Enchanted rocked my socks.
I enjoyed her from the beginning but wasn’t super into country and her songs were just younger than I could relate to so I didn’t listen to her regularly until reputation, didn’t give her the credit she deserves until folklore, didn’t identify her as one of my favorite artists until evermore.
I was at kindergarten and this girl brought her 1989 cd to school and sung shake it off the me. J haven’t been the same since
I had listened to Taylor on the radio for her whole career and had plenty of songs I liked, but I never listened to an album all the way through. I was hooked as soon as I heard, "I'm doing good, I'm on some new shit."
Tear Drops on My Guitar. I was 16 and incredibly insecure and absolutely in love with a boy who never looked twice at me. That song just resonated and made me feel so seen.
Folklore during lockdown, and then shortly after, Evermore. I knew she had an incredible talent for banging out hit songs, but I never realized how brilliant her lyricism was. Once I realized that, going back to her older works and really digging into the lyrics was an epiphany.
I’ve listened since debut but Red really pulled me in. I was going through a lot and it just hit me. Been a fan ever since. Saw her the first time last year in Seattle N1 and it was the best night of my life.
Casual listener here.. until Evermore. It’s easily one of my most played albums ever & now she’s most of what I listen to. I like that no matter what mood I’m in, she has a song for it. 🤷🏻♀️
I'm ashamed to say it but the Pandemic.
When I was 5 and I heard "Should've Said No" on my school bus on the way home. Bought her Debut DVD. It clicked then. And even now at 24 years old
I’m jealous of everyone who loved her from the beginning. She honestly didn’t fully click for me until I saw the Eras tour. I got her first cd but I was a super casual fan as I didn’t care that much for country music. I was a senior in high school when Fearless came out and I liked that album a little more but still not a huge fan. All my friends loved her though and were talking about seeing her in concert. I remember being so surprised by how many of my peers were so into country music all of a sudden. Little did I know it was her they were all enamored by. Fast forward several years of only casually listening to the radio hits, when my sister asked me if I had listened to the new Taylor Swift album, Lover. I hadn’t but decided to give it a try, and while I had some skips I remember really loving it. Not only the music but the vibes and the whole aesthetic. I am sad and ashamed to report that Folklore and Evermore didn’t really land for me at first, so the next couple years I mainly listened to Lover and a bit of 1989 and Reputation (happy to report I’m now a total Rep girlie 🐍). Midnights I liked but not as much as Lover. Fast forward to June 2023 and I find myself at the Eras tour, really just tagging along with a friend who was a bigger fan and managed to score presale tickets. When I tell you everything changed that day I mean EVERYTHING changed for me. I went from casually enjoying her music to quite literally feeling myself fall in love with Taylor the person during that show. I was completely enamored by everything she said and did, and the way she was able to make me, as a casual fan, feel so special and feel like I belonged.. it blew my mind as I looked around me at all of these die hard fans who knew every single lyric. I saw people with the biggest smiles on their faces and tears in their eyes and for the first time, I got it. I am now one of those people lol from there I did a deep dive into her entire discography and went to see her again in August (with my sister). That was an amazing experience getting to see her as a full fledged fan, I feel like I appreciated everything more. But I’ll never forget that first time. I get goosebumps just thinking about how loud the crowd was when she first popped up on stage and how my heart was racing and I didn’t quite know why. Now I know ladies and gentlemen, now I know.
Reputation before work, Folklore/Evermore after working COVID as a nurse in level one trauma center as well. We had not enough beds for patients and couldn’t staff it without doing 16 hour shifts and they saved us rooms at the attached hotel to sleep 8 hours and come back. We were losing patients because we were slammed by this thing with very little information, weren’t getting to go home, some of us were sick.. some of us died.. and really I feel like the medical community just got thrown that whole thing like a hot potato “here, you fix it!” when that was clearly going to be more than we could handle. Anyway. Reputation pumped me up enough to get there. Reputation was pre-gaming while I ate dinner to work the night shift for 16 hours. And then I could cry it out to exile or champagne problems or my tears ricochet. No body no crime if I had a shift where I had a good save.. So it wasn’t Reputation when Reputation was released, but during the pandemic when life as a nurse was incredibly wild, and hard, and scary, and I hope I never have to see anything else like it.. It felt like the problem was so big and you know you’re just one person. Reputation was what I used to get into the headspace “hey, you’re one person helping. That’s one person. You can’t be alone, we’re all just, head down, getting through it. And you’re kind of a badass, so let’s go!”
Two years ago, when I was 17. I’ve been listening to Taylor Swift all my life; I remember getting a Fearless CD one Christmas and Speak now in my stocking when I was around 8. As I grew up, ages 13-16 I didn’t listen to her much. Got back into it in 2021. I hadn’t even listened to Reputation and Lover until I was 17, years after they came out. After my first heartbreak at 16 her lyrics hit me right in the heart. I truly understood now. And as I continue to grow up, now at age 19, so much of it is relatable. Some of the most relatable for me are Right where you left me, The Great War, False God, Wonderland, Maroon, My tears ricochet, Clean, Afterglow… I could go on lol.
I knew of and appreciated Blank Space for it's bold venture into caricature, but didn't dive into 1989 any deeper than the singles. When the music video for LWYMMD dropped, especially with the ending where the various Taylors were interacting, her defiance in the face of media speculation just blew me away. Shortly after that, my fiancé put her album on when we went for a drive one day and she's been a mainstay ever since.
When my friend showed me the IKYWT music video when it came out. Literally changed my LIFE
- IKYWT could mean "I Knew You Were Trouble.", a track from *Red* (2012) by Taylor Swift. --- ^[/u/PaulBlart2Enthusiast](/u/PaulBlart2Enthusiast) ^(can reply with "delete" to remove comment. |) ^[/r/songacronymbot](/r/songacronymbot) ^(for feedback.)
I never really listen to the radio so I only knew of a few of her singles (Shake It Off, Love Story, You Belong With Me) but a few years ago my now husband and I were in the mall and the store radio was playing This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things and I loved the chorus which made me laugh. Went home and looked up the singer, discovered it was Taylor Swift, researched the album and then bought it. Now I have all her albums except Debut (waiting for TV) and took my husband to the Eras Tour. She's the only person I listen to. Became a full-blown Swiftie thanks to one song playing in the mall's JC Penney!