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TAYLOR SWIFT
World Party: Inside Her Tour • A STRING OF EPIC SHOWS, EACH MORE THAN THREE HOURS, SHOWCASED TAYLOR SWIFT’S MUSIC, HER STYLE AND HER MANY MEMORABLE STAGES
October Surprise • SWIFT PREMIERED A CONCERT FILM THAT BROKE RECORDS WITH A $123 MILLION OPENING WEEKEND. AND, WITH LESS FANFARE, SHE DEBUTED A SWEET NEW ROMANCE
Happiness (Taylor’s Version) • ‘I’VE JUST NEVER BEEN THIS HAPPY IN MY LIFE,’ SAID SWIFT AS HER GLOBAL TOUR TOOK FANS ON A SHARED JOURNEY
Wildest Dreams • WHEN A FIRST RUN AT STARDOM—AS AN 11-YEAR-OLD SINGING DOLLY COVERS—DIDN’T WORK OUT, TEENAGE TAYLOR SWIFT CAME TO NASHVILLE WITH A SUITCASE FULL OF SONGS
Ready for It? • HER FIRST HIT ALBUMS AND GLOBAL TOURS PUT TAYLOR SWIFT ON THE MAP—WITH A PIN RIGHT IN THE HEART OF NASHVILLE
Almost Fearless • DESPITE SELLING A MILLION ALBUMS IN A WEEK, SWIFT, THEN 20, SAID, ‘I AM NOWHERE CLOSE TO BEING BULLETPROOF WHEN IT COMES TO CRITICISM’
Begin Again • COUNTRY MUSIC MADE HER A STAR, BUT SWIFT, WHO WOULD NOT BE LIMITED BY GENRE, STEPPED ONTO A BIGGER STAGE
Doing It Her Way • BY RERECORDING HER EARLY ALBUMS, SWIFT MADE A STAND FOR ARTISTS TO OWN THEIR WORK—AND RULED THE CHARTS ALL OVER AGAIN
Taylor Talks • A STAR NEARLY HALF HER LIFE, TAYLOR SWIFT FACED 30 WITH A NEW SENSE OF FREEDOM: ‘I COULD WRITE ANYTHING I WANT NOW’
Pet Projects • ALONGSIDE ACTING IN AND DIRECTING HER OWN MUSIC VIDEOS, TAYLOR SWIFT HAS APPEARED IN SUCCESSFUL FILM AND TV DRAMAS, ROM-COMS AND ONE MEMORABLE MUSICAL … BOMBALURINA
Speak Now • WITH A NEW RECORD DEAL THAT GAVE HER MORE CONTROL, SWIFT GREW MORE PROLIFIC, PLAYING IN DIFFERENT GENRES AND PUSHING HER OWN BOUNDARIES
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The Story of ‘Ours’ • HERE’S HOW SWIFT BROKE DOWN THE SPEAK NOW (TAYLOR’S VERSION) LOVE SONG IN HER OWN WORDS