Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. At age 14, Swift became the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house and, at 15, she signed her first record deal.
Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US. Its third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008.
Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", it became the US' best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner.
Man spends $4000 at auction to buy and destroy Taylor Swift-signed guitar
nme.comTaylor Swift, only to destroy it with a hammer seconds later.The auction took place at an event called the Ellis County Wild Game Dinner held outside Dallas, Texas on Sunday night.
During the event, an Eras Tour-themed guitar that was signed by Taylor Swift was put up for auction.An unidentified elderly man purchased the guitar for $4000 before taking a hammer to it almost immediately, hitting it several times before seemingly turning to smash the instrument on the ground before being stopped by the auction’s host.
Throughout the smashing, the man laughed as he was cheered on by an audience.Watch the clip below.A man destroyed a signed Taylor Swift guitar after paying $4000 at the auction pic.twitter.com/d1ExXvcYli— Dexerto (@Dexerto) September 30, 2024The clip began going viral on social media last night (September 30), with people speculating that it was a move driven by Taylor Swift’s recent endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris as the next President of the United States.TMZ has since seemingly confirmed with the event that the Swift-signed guitar had been donated to the auction before Swift’s endorsement of Harris, and that the guitar was not intended to be destroyed.The singer last month announced her endorsement for Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential candidacy, championing her as “a steady-handed, gifted leader”.
Swift added: “She fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior to champion them… I believe we can accomplish so much more in this country if we are led by calm and not chaos.”Swift wrapped up the UK and European leg of her Eras Tour in August with five final dates at Wembley Stadium.
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