TAYLOR SWIFT AND ITS POPULARITY
Why is Taylor Swift so popular?
Taylor Swift is popular because her music is great and has built an image that appeals to several generations.
Taylor started out as a country singer, writing simple but catchy songs that everyone could relate to.
Getting started in the country world was a very smart move because it meant not subjecting yourself to such a young age to the masses and the pop music industry. So he could write the songs he wanted, without having to become a sex symbol a la Britney and Christina. His first single is titled Tim MC Graw.
Like the other songs Taylor will go on to write, Tim McGraw follows a clear formula: the song refers to something everyone can identify with (first love, longing, rowdy love etc), has a catchy tune and has a written lyrics. really good.
I honestly think the lyrics of his songs are one of the reasons for his popularity. Taylor is known for writing songs that "grab people's bellies". He is able to capture the emotion of something as universal as the first failed love and express it in a concise couplet. A precise imagination that manages to understand himself. This makes his songs unique and relatable. Some examples:
"All too Well" from the Red album: This is probably the best example of a song consisting of a five minute "dive" into a breakup that isn't bitter but just love that didn't work and Taylor captures the emotions in verse such as:
"You call me up again just to break me like a promise / so casually cruel in the name of being honest".
The verses play on the concept of "breaking" someone as a promise. And if you've ever had someone who tried to be nice in a breakup just to be honest, you know how really cruel that can be.
"Cause there we are again in the middle of the night / Dancing around the kitchen in the refrigerator light": this captures the memory of the love very well.
It is a specific memory - the reference to the refrigerator light is creative and unique and "painting" a scene that everyone can see and allows you to understand this moment that Taylor remembers perfectly.
"Our Song" from the Taylor Swift album: is an example from the first album of a fun and young love.
"Our song is the slamming screen door / Sneakin 'out late, tapping on your window / When we're on the phone and you talk real slow /' cause it's late and your mama don't know / Our song is the way you laugh / The first date: "Man, I didn't kiss her, when I should have"
(Our song is a slamming glass door / Sneak out late, bang on your window / When we're on the phone and you talk really quiet, / Because it's late and your mom doesn't know, / Our song is the way you laugh at / The first date, "man, I didn't kiss her, and I should have")
In addition, Taylor has built a distinctive, strong, incredible and fascinating image.
She introduces herself as a simple person, the best friend you wish you had - she's very pretty, but in the way the girl next door might be.
Many of her songs refer to what it's like to be unpopular ("You Belong to Me", "Best Day"), what it's like to be a normal teenager ("Fifteen"), and to stay true and true to yourself ("Mean ").
Taylor embraces this image perfectly: even now, which is super popular, she still makes fun of herself (she teases in Shake it off for not being able to dance; "Shake It Off"; she also talked about this in interviews ). Taylor is not an unreachable deity like Beyonce; people idolize Beyonce but nobody really thinks they can be Beyonce. Instead, girls like to think they can be Taylor Swift.
Very important: he loves his fans very much, for example he organizes pizza parties for the fans in his apartment or sends them Christmas presents.
His image is based on a person who is growing up who has to do with "normal" things such as friendship, family, love, self-esteem, etc.
Taylor is well aware that he is a model. And in the long run this is a winning strategy. There and then being aggressive a la Miley Cyrus can bring notoriety and even popularity but in the long run people want to support someone they feel good about. Hard to find someone who doesn't love the message behind "shake it off". She is also very smart and a true entrepreneur of herself as she has recently shown regarding her stance on streaming music.
But the truth is, his music is truly fantastic… so I tell you: life is too short to pretend not to love Taylor Swift's songs.
