Taylor Swift

The last couple of weeks I’ve seriously been trying to remember what young women used to do to get over emotionally hard times before Taylor Swift stepped onto the scene. Seriously, this girl just gets it. Her music has strong country music undertones with a pop-like nature. At the age of 22 Taylor Swift has been extremely influential in the world of country and modern popular music.

What makes Taylor Swift unique is her daring, yet still innocent, honest approach to song writing. She writes about things she, herself, has experienced and that way her songs become relatable, because truth be told at one point in her life a young women will go through something similar to what is described in one of Taylor Swift’s songs. All young women have faced or will face rejection, heartbreak, desperation or hopelessness and sadness at one point in their lives. In her songs she tackles universal themes such a unrequited love, forbidden feelings, cheating boyfriends, abusive relationships, growing up and that feeling of finally meeting the right person for you. I used to sing “You Belong with Me” loudly throughout most my pre-teen and young teenage years…

 I also find Taylor’s approach to song writing clever and witty in some songs. It’s often been said that men should not mess with Taylor Swift, because she’ll write a song about them. She has become known for directly addressing guys who have wronged her in her songs. For example in her song “Teardrops on my Guitar” she mentions her friend Drew you she had a crush on, but he was in love with someone else and never knew. This song was one of her songs that I related to the most…

 In her latest album she as a song called “Dear John” which is clear address to her older ex-boyfriend and known ladies’ man John Mayer. It is also a known fact that her song “Forever and Always” is about her famous ex Joe Jonas and Taylor’s song “Better Than Revenge” is about Camilla Belle, the girl Joe left her for.  One of my favourite Taylor Swift songs is called “Back To December” in which she talks about how she wishes that she had never broken her ex-boyfriend, Taylor Lautner.

Many of her songs speak about hope and standing up for what you believe in, even though you sometimes go through hard times. She sings all the things we want to say. I think she is an amazing role model for the modern young women… and I will always enjoy her music!!

(PS I cried like a baby while watch her “Mine” music video. I really don’t cry for music video often so that says something. PSS  Toby Hemingway is in it… <3)