O.K... This is not about Taylor but... I'm in the spirt so...I decieded I'd post it sorry
P.S... again it's not about taylor but send me an email at [email protected] if you want eny cookies... My friends selling them...
P.S... again it's not about taylor but send me an email at [email protected] if you want eny cookies... My friends selling them...
Taylor on the cover of Creme! Looks like a really good issue, huh? See the other times she was mentioned/on the front of Creme here.
Tomorrow, Tomorrow, I Love Ya Tomorrow...
Not too cheesy, right, guys?
Today is December 12, and tomorrow is Taylor's birthday!!! YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY! Share your plans under Blog...
Today is December 12, and tomorrow is Taylor's birthday!!! YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY! Share your plans under Blog...
13 Days of Taylor
SO cool - each day up until her birthday they are giving away free Taylor Swift stuff! One of the prizes was the squirrel PJs she wore in We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together.
You have to be 13 years or older to enter....sorry guys, if you're not, but it does make sense to try and use 13 as much as possible.
Link for more info and entering.
You have to be 13 years or older to enter....sorry guys, if you're not, but it does make sense to try and use 13 as much as possible.
Link for more info and entering.
Vulture's Article About Taylor Swift
Vulture has a pretty cool articel by Jody Rosen about Taylor Swift!! It's called: Why Taylor Swift is the Biggest Pop Star in the World. She was also on the cover:
The article is pretty long (like, really long), and had some unessessary parts, so you if you don't want to try it, you can read my favorite quotes (short) and/or favorite parts (long).
Here are my favorite quotes from it (short):
" 'I made these, and I'm super proud of them,' she said [Taylor], pushing a plate of cookies across the counter, 'They're pumpkin-chocolate-chip. I didn't cough on them, just so you know. You're safe.' Swift had been sick all week...the concert the previous evening was the final one of the tour, and the toughest."
"Swift is an oddball. There is no real historical precedent for her. Her path to stardom has defied the established patterns...She’s a rock critic’s darling who hasn’t the faintest whiff of countercultural cool about her. Raunchiness is the norm in today’s pop, but Swift is prim, rated G. She is a model of can-do 21st-century girl power whose vision of romance is positively medieval—fairy-princess, shining-knight, prancing-unicorn medieval. She can write the sickly sweetest love song you’ve ever heard and churn out the most bilious, vindictive, name-naming...breakup ballad; often, they’re the same song."
"You might not know it from her public persona, but Swift is funny; she has a dry, ready wit."
Favorite Parts (long):
" 'I made these, and I'm super proud of them,' she said [Taylor], pushing a plate of cookies across the counter, 'They're pumpkin-chocolate-chip. I didn't cough on them, just so you know. You're safe.' Swift had been sick all week fighting the kind of head cold best treated by curling up in bed with a magnum of NyQuil. She didn’t have that luxury...The previous night was the final one of the tour, and the toughest."
Right before performing Sparks Fly: “ 'I’m sorry, guys, but I just really have to blow my nose,” she [Taylor] said. “I swear I’m gonna do this really fast, can you please scream to fill the awkward silence, please?' ”
"Swift is an oddball. There is no real historical precedent for her. Her path to stardom has defied the established patterns...She’s a rock critic’s darling who hasn’t the faintest whiff of countercultural cool about her. Raunchiness is the norm in today’s pop, but Swift is prim, rated G. She is a model of can-do 21st-century girl power whose vision of romance is positively medieval—fairy-princess, shining-knight, prancing-unicorn medieval. She can write the sickly sweetest love song you’ve ever heard and churn out the most bilious, vindictive, name-naming...breakup ballad; often, they’re the same song."
Her apartment: "There’s rustic hardwood furniture, Oriental rugs, a giant hearth where an electric fire flickers even when the temperature outside is in the high seventies. There are cabinets cluttered with books and tchotchkes; there’s a kitchen backsplash in the shape of a giant heart. In a corner near a window, there’s a topiary rabbit, as tall as an NBA shooting guard, wearing a marching-band hat. On the wall of her living room, I noticed a photograph in a gilded frame: the famous image of Kanye West, stage-crashing Swift’s acceptance speech at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards. Underneath the picture is a caption, handwritten by Swift: Life is full of little interruptions."
"You might not know it from her public persona, but Swift is funny; she has a dry, ready wit."
Swift said: " 'When I’m 40 and nobody wants to see me in a sparkly dress anymore, I’ll be, like: ‘Cool, I’ll just go in the studio and write songs for kids.’ It’s looking like a good pension plan.' "
And also said: " 'I think that allowing yourself to feel raw, real emotions in public is something I am never going to be afraid to do,” she said. “Hopefully that’s the case, if I can remain a real human. I’m fine with being honest with my fans about the fact that it’s okay that everything isn’t okay all the time. I love my life, I love my career, I love my friends—but things are not okay all the time. So I don’t sing about things being okay all the time.' "
"The liner notes to her debut album included this dedication: 'To all the boys who thought they would be cool and break my heart, guess what? Here are 14 songs written about you. HA.' "
" 'There’s a spin on every single celebrity out there,' she said. 'I know that one of my spins is: "Oh, Taylor’s heartbroken. Oh, Taylor fell in love and the guy broke her heart. She’s sad all the time, and lonely." I mean, they can say that all they want. Those are real feelings that every single person goes through. I think that it’s okay to be mad at someone who hurt you. This isn’t about, like, the pageantry of trying to seem like nothing affects you. I’m a songwriter. Everything affects me.' "
" 'I heard from the guy that most of Red is about,” Swift said. “He was like, ‘I just listened to the album, and that was a really bittersweet experience for me. It was like going through a photo album.’ That was nice. Nicer than, like, the ranting, crazy e-mails I got from this one dude. It’s a lot more mature way of looking at a love that was wonderful until it was terrible, and both people got hurt from it—but one of those people happened to be a songwriter.' ”
Another Taylor quote: " 'I have a lot of things to draw from emotionally at the moment. But I have to draw from them with a different perspective than on Red. I can’t say the same things over and over, you know? I mean, I think it’s just all the more important that I don’t ever allow myself to coast. At the same time, there’s a mistake that I see artists make when they’re on their fourth or fifth record, and they think innovation is more important than solid songwriting. The most terrible letdown as a listener for me is when I’m listening to a song and I see what they were trying to do. Like, where there’s a dance break that doesn’t make any sense, there’s a rap that shouldn’t be there, there’s like a beat change that’s, like, the coolest, hippest thing this six months—but it has nothing to do with the feeling, it has nothing to do with the emotion, it has nothing to do with the lyric. I never want to put things in songs just because that might make them popular, like, on the more rhythmic stations or in dance clubs. I really don’t want a compilation of sounds. I just need them to be songs.' "
"...great power is unleashed when a female takes a guitar and pen in hand and makes some art."
"At her apartment, I ask Swift to explain her rapport with her fans. 'There’s more of a friendship element to it than anything else,” she said. 'Maybe it’s a big-sister relationship. Or it’s a Hey, we’re the same age—and we were both 16 when my first album came out, and we’ve both grown up together. Audiences respond differently to different effects that artists have on them. I’ve noticed this, from bringing lots of special guests onstage. Crowds scream for lots of different reasons. There’s a certain cute-boy scream. And there’s, like, a certain ‘I identify with this lyric, this lyric is my life’ scream. I guess that’s the scream that I hear in my concerts.' ”
Okay guys. So I just realized how long this is. But...oh well! I just don't have the heart to delete any of it!
Here are my favorite quotes from it (short):
" 'I made these, and I'm super proud of them,' she said [Taylor], pushing a plate of cookies across the counter, 'They're pumpkin-chocolate-chip. I didn't cough on them, just so you know. You're safe.' Swift had been sick all week...the concert the previous evening was the final one of the tour, and the toughest."
"Swift is an oddball. There is no real historical precedent for her. Her path to stardom has defied the established patterns...She’s a rock critic’s darling who hasn’t the faintest whiff of countercultural cool about her. Raunchiness is the norm in today’s pop, but Swift is prim, rated G. She is a model of can-do 21st-century girl power whose vision of romance is positively medieval—fairy-princess, shining-knight, prancing-unicorn medieval. She can write the sickly sweetest love song you’ve ever heard and churn out the most bilious, vindictive, name-naming...breakup ballad; often, they’re the same song."
"You might not know it from her public persona, but Swift is funny; she has a dry, ready wit."
Favorite Parts (long):
" 'I made these, and I'm super proud of them,' she said [Taylor], pushing a plate of cookies across the counter, 'They're pumpkin-chocolate-chip. I didn't cough on them, just so you know. You're safe.' Swift had been sick all week fighting the kind of head cold best treated by curling up in bed with a magnum of NyQuil. She didn’t have that luxury...The previous night was the final one of the tour, and the toughest."
Right before performing Sparks Fly: “ 'I’m sorry, guys, but I just really have to blow my nose,” she [Taylor] said. “I swear I’m gonna do this really fast, can you please scream to fill the awkward silence, please?' ”
"Swift is an oddball. There is no real historical precedent for her. Her path to stardom has defied the established patterns...She’s a rock critic’s darling who hasn’t the faintest whiff of countercultural cool about her. Raunchiness is the norm in today’s pop, but Swift is prim, rated G. She is a model of can-do 21st-century girl power whose vision of romance is positively medieval—fairy-princess, shining-knight, prancing-unicorn medieval. She can write the sickly sweetest love song you’ve ever heard and churn out the most bilious, vindictive, name-naming...breakup ballad; often, they’re the same song."
Her apartment: "There’s rustic hardwood furniture, Oriental rugs, a giant hearth where an electric fire flickers even when the temperature outside is in the high seventies. There are cabinets cluttered with books and tchotchkes; there’s a kitchen backsplash in the shape of a giant heart. In a corner near a window, there’s a topiary rabbit, as tall as an NBA shooting guard, wearing a marching-band hat. On the wall of her living room, I noticed a photograph in a gilded frame: the famous image of Kanye West, stage-crashing Swift’s acceptance speech at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards. Underneath the picture is a caption, handwritten by Swift: Life is full of little interruptions."
"You might not know it from her public persona, but Swift is funny; she has a dry, ready wit."
Swift said: " 'When I’m 40 and nobody wants to see me in a sparkly dress anymore, I’ll be, like: ‘Cool, I’ll just go in the studio and write songs for kids.’ It’s looking like a good pension plan.' "
And also said: " 'I think that allowing yourself to feel raw, real emotions in public is something I am never going to be afraid to do,” she said. “Hopefully that’s the case, if I can remain a real human. I’m fine with being honest with my fans about the fact that it’s okay that everything isn’t okay all the time. I love my life, I love my career, I love my friends—but things are not okay all the time. So I don’t sing about things being okay all the time.' "
"The liner notes to her debut album included this dedication: 'To all the boys who thought they would be cool and break my heart, guess what? Here are 14 songs written about you. HA.' "
" 'There’s a spin on every single celebrity out there,' she said. 'I know that one of my spins is: "Oh, Taylor’s heartbroken. Oh, Taylor fell in love and the guy broke her heart. She’s sad all the time, and lonely." I mean, they can say that all they want. Those are real feelings that every single person goes through. I think that it’s okay to be mad at someone who hurt you. This isn’t about, like, the pageantry of trying to seem like nothing affects you. I’m a songwriter. Everything affects me.' "
" 'I heard from the guy that most of Red is about,” Swift said. “He was like, ‘I just listened to the album, and that was a really bittersweet experience for me. It was like going through a photo album.’ That was nice. Nicer than, like, the ranting, crazy e-mails I got from this one dude. It’s a lot more mature way of looking at a love that was wonderful until it was terrible, and both people got hurt from it—but one of those people happened to be a songwriter.' ”
Another Taylor quote: " 'I have a lot of things to draw from emotionally at the moment. But I have to draw from them with a different perspective than on Red. I can’t say the same things over and over, you know? I mean, I think it’s just all the more important that I don’t ever allow myself to coast. At the same time, there’s a mistake that I see artists make when they’re on their fourth or fifth record, and they think innovation is more important than solid songwriting. The most terrible letdown as a listener for me is when I’m listening to a song and I see what they were trying to do. Like, where there’s a dance break that doesn’t make any sense, there’s a rap that shouldn’t be there, there’s like a beat change that’s, like, the coolest, hippest thing this six months—but it has nothing to do with the feeling, it has nothing to do with the emotion, it has nothing to do with the lyric. I never want to put things in songs just because that might make them popular, like, on the more rhythmic stations or in dance clubs. I really don’t want a compilation of sounds. I just need them to be songs.' "
"...great power is unleashed when a female takes a guitar and pen in hand and makes some art."
"At her apartment, I ask Swift to explain her rapport with her fans. 'There’s more of a friendship element to it than anything else,” she said. 'Maybe it’s a big-sister relationship. Or it’s a Hey, we’re the same age—and we were both 16 when my first album came out, and we’ve both grown up together. Audiences respond differently to different effects that artists have on them. I’ve noticed this, from bringing lots of special guests onstage. Crowds scream for lots of different reasons. There’s a certain cute-boy scream. And there’s, like, a certain ‘I identify with this lyric, this lyric is my life’ scream. I guess that’s the scream that I hear in my concerts.' ”
Okay guys. So I just realized how long this is. But...oh well! I just don't have the heart to delete any of it!
Taylor Gets What She Deserves
Taylor won 4 CMAs!!!!!!!--I'm so proud--for International Artist Achievement, Musical Event of the Year and Music Video of the Year for "Highway Don't Care" with Tim McGraw and Keith Urban, but best of all, she won the Pinnacle Award!! She is only the second person to win it ever. I smiled until my face ached watching this video. You should watch it too.
-Sarah Sinclair
-Sarah Sinclair
That's because you are special. :') *teary eyed*
Youtube Awards
As you know, Taylor was nominated for some awards so I thought I'd share some videos from it with you. *spoiler alert--if you want to find out for yourself don't read this next part* Tay Tay won Breakthrough for I Knew You Were Trouble. But, she was "interrupted" in a similar way to what happened with Kanye West.
-Sarah Sinclair
P.S. The girls singing are Lennon and Maisy. Aren't they sweet?
Entire Youtube Music Awards - You May Want to Skip To Taylor
-Sarah Sinclair
P.S. The girls singing are Lennon and Maisy. Aren't they sweet?
Entire Youtube Music Awards - You May Want to Skip To Taylor
Vote For Swifties!
Well, I assume most people reading this are Swifties themselves, so we should certainly vote for Swifties for a nomination on People's Choice, don't you think? Let's show them the power of the SWIFTIE NATION!!!
Vote now :)
THanks y'all.
-Sarah Sinclair
Vote now :)
THanks y'all.
-Sarah Sinclair
Harry Styles Tweets To Taylor
Right now is October 20, 1:23pm, and about an hour ago Harry Styles tweeted in the Taylor's conversation about Sweeter Than Fiction: "taylorswift13 Ignore those troll accounts. You are awesome! x"
My thoughts (THIS IS JUST MY OPINION): Isn't that so sweet? I was hoping their breakup wasn't...explosive...and hoping against hope they were still friends now, partially because I'm obviously a huge Swiftie and also Harry is my favorite from One Direction, but also because the press can really overexaggerate these things sometimes. If Taylor and Harry were, you know, not talking to each other and everything, that would be understandable because, well, they broke up and it's not like either one is evil. But sometimes people stretch things to make it seem like they;'re really hostile, so that Directioners and Swifties have trouble getting along. Are you kidding me? We should get along BETTER because we know our beloved celebs were once close enough to be in a relationship. Anyway, I'm so glad they are showing signs of seeing each other as friends.
-Sarah Sinclair
My thoughts (THIS IS JUST MY OPINION): Isn't that so sweet? I was hoping their breakup wasn't...explosive...and hoping against hope they were still friends now, partially because I'm obviously a huge Swiftie and also Harry is my favorite from One Direction, but also because the press can really overexaggerate these things sometimes. If Taylor and Harry were, you know, not talking to each other and everything, that would be understandable because, well, they broke up and it's not like either one is evil. But sometimes people stretch things to make it seem like they;'re really hostile, so that Directioners and Swifties have trouble getting along. Are you kidding me? We should get along BETTER because we know our beloved celebs were once close enough to be in a relationship. Anyway, I'm so glad they are showing signs of seeing each other as friends.
-Sarah Sinclair
Sweeter Than Fiction!
Guess what?????
So as I'm typing this, it's October 20, and Sweeter Than Fiction, Taylor's newest song, will be out on iTunes tonight at midnight!
So excited!!
-Sarah Sinclair
So as I'm typing this, it's October 20, and Sweeter Than Fiction, Taylor's newest song, will be out on iTunes tonight at midnight!
So excited!!
-Sarah Sinclair
Taylor Nominated
In the CMA awards, Taylor has been nominated for...
Entertainer of the Year
Female Vocalist of the Year
Album of the Year for Red
And three nominations for “Highway Don’t Care” with Tim McGraw and Keith Urban for Single, Musical Event, and Music Video of the Year.
Right now she has 21 CMA Awards nominations and seven wins.
AND she was nominated for these by MTV EMA awards:
Best Pop
Best Female
Best Live
PLUS she has five nominations for American Music Awards!!!!!!!
These you can vote for, too!!! I am hoping all of you will--see the link under "Vote For Taylor" (scroll down)
I, for one, am hoping she wins all of them!! ...Opinions in the blog?
-Sarah Sinclair
Entertainer of the Year
Female Vocalist of the Year
Album of the Year for Red
And three nominations for “Highway Don’t Care” with Tim McGraw and Keith Urban for Single, Musical Event, and Music Video of the Year.
Right now she has 21 CMA Awards nominations and seven wins.
AND she was nominated for these by MTV EMA awards:
Best Pop
Best Female
Best Live
PLUS she has five nominations for American Music Awards!!!!!!!
These you can vote for, too!!! I am hoping all of you will--see the link under "Vote For Taylor" (scroll down)
I, for one, am hoping she wins all of them!! ...Opinions in the blog?
-Sarah Sinclair
Guinness World Record!!
Taylor set a new Guinness World Record for having the fastest selling digital single for "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together." It went all the way to #1 on the
iTunes single sales chart by 50 minutes of its release!
iTunes single sales chart by 50 minutes of its release!
Taylor Swift Merchandise
Now you can buy Taylor Swift merchandise at Cracker Barrel Old Country Store. (...And isn't she pretty in this picture?)
Also, in case you didn't know about it, try store.taylorswift.com for more T Swizzle stuff.
Also, in case you didn't know about it, try store.taylorswift.com for more T Swizzle stuff.
Taylor Swift Wins Award at the 2013 VMAs
Taylor Breaks Record
Taylor had 11 sell-out shows at the Staples Center, which is the most for a solo artist. Yay, TayTay!