It certainly has kept her in the headlines and made her a household name, for better or for worse. Over the years, Swift has gained a lot of media attention for launching lyrical smear campaigns against her exes and whether she likes it or not, her so-called "serial dating" tendencies have become a part of her identity. Their four-month relationship in 2008 would go on to warrant three songs: "Last Kiss," "Forever and Always," and "Holy Ground." Jonas would be the first of Swift's many high-profile boyfriend's to have a song or two written about him - the fact that he broke up with Swift over a 27-second phone call probably didn't help his case. Then along came Swift's first famous love interest, Joe Jonas. However, up until that point, all of the guys had been from her past life as a regular old high school student in Tennessee. Unfortunately for them, RCA found themselves on Swift's list of ex-lovers, err – labels.īy 2008, Taylor Swift had already introduced us to a couple of guys who had broken her heart (here's looking at you Drew, aka Teardrops on My Guitar guy). She would walk away from that deal just one year later because she didn't want to be at a place that "kind of wanted me maybe." The short-lived relationship was also due in part to the fact that the label wasn't interested in having Swift record her original songs for a debut album. With those three cords, she wrote her first song, "Lucky You," and the rest was history.īy 2003, she landed an artist development deal with RCA Records.
ISWIFT FAME HOW TO
When Swift was 12, a computer repairman taught her how to play three cords on a guitar. She returned to Pennsylvania with the goal of becoming a singer/songwriter and decided to say goodbye to her days as a karaoke-style singer. However, it seems Swift has always possessed an unlimited supply of moxie, because rather than letting the initial rejection from the Nashville music community discourage her, it only made her more fearless. It's hard for adults to face rejection, let alone facing it before you've even hit puberty. The young singer even got the chance to belt out the national anthem at a Philadelphia 76ers game in 2002.
Before she was selling out the likes of Madison Square Garden, you could catch a much less crowded (and less expensive) performance at local fairs, festivals and contests across her home state of Pennsylvania. To show how determined she was to make a name for herself, Swift began performing at any and every event that she could. She began begging her parents to let go to Nashville to pursue her newfound dream of becoming a country music star. One special in particular about Faith Hill's rise to fame in the country music world made it apparent to Swift that if she wanted to sing country music, Nashville was the place to be. At a young age, Swift fell in love with country music and grew up listening to artists like LeAnn Rimes and Shania Twain, whose songs made her want to "run around the block four times and daydream about everything." And while other 9-year-olds were spending their time watching cartoons, Swift was watching television specials and biographies about country music royalty.
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