Taylor Swift is a singer-songwriter and occasional actress. Raised in Wyoming, Pennsylvania, Swift moved to Nashville, Tennessee at the age of fourteen to pursue a career in country music. She signed to the independent label Big Machine Records and became the youngest songwriter ever hired by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house.
Her second album 'Fearless' (released in 2008) catapulted her into stardom with hits including 'Love Story' and 'You Belong With Me' and became the highest selling album of 2009. The album won four Grammy's and Swift became the youngest artist to win 'Album of the Year' award.
Often described as America's sweetheart, Swift is known for her narrative songs about her experiences as a teenager and young adult. This song in particular drops hints and clues as to who Taylor is singing about, and those clues point to Joe Jonas, who she dated in 2008. She sings about remembering how "I ran off the plane that July 9th" for a happy reunion. If you rewind to that day you will point out that she flew to Dallas on July 9, 2008 to sit in the audience for the Jonas Brothers show.
Another clue points to the instrumental at the beginning of the song which plays until 0:27 when Taylor starts to sing. Taylor was hurt over the alleged 27-second break up phone call she talked about on the Ellen DeGeneres TV show and this instrumental could be to highlight this call.
As a songwriter, she has been honoured by the Nashville Songwriters Association and the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Swift's other achievements include six Grammy Awards, ten American Music Awards, seven Country Music Association Awards, six Academy of Country Music Awards and thirteen BMI Awards. She has sold over 22 million albums and 50 million song downloads worldwide.
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