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.
Olivia Rodrigo Says She Struggles With The 'Perfect American Girl' Image
justjared.comOlivia Rodrigo is getting candid about her thoughts as a pop star as the release date for her upcoming album nears.
The 20-year-old musician opened up in a new interview with The Guardian about her new album, and revealed that she’s always struggled with maintaining a “perfect” pop star persona. Keep reading to find out more… While speaking of writing the songs on her Guts album, Olivia shared that she’d “experienced a lot of emotional turmoil over having all these feelings of rage and dissatisfaction that I felt like I couldn’t express, especially in my job.” She continued, “I’ve always felt like: you can never admit it, be so grateful all the time, so many people want this position.
And that causes a lot of repressed feelings. I’ve always struggled with wanting to be this perfect American girl and the reality of not feeling like that all the time.” It’s also part of the reason why Olivia has no desire to watch HBO’s recently cancelled, The Idol. “There’s such an archetype of what a ‘pop star’ should be.
I never really thought of myself as that, it’s the term that people throw around. Things you should wear and do and how you should be accessible at all times.
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