Asos Magazine: Girl Power

Asos Magazine
Published: January 2015

Taylor Swift sells millions of records, is BFFs with Lorde and Lena Dunham, knows the best way to mend a broken heart and looks amazing. So what’s the secret to mega girl power, TSwizz style? Well, why don’t we let her tell you… 

It is the sort of day when Taylor Swift is everywhere. I turn on the radio and Shake It Off  blasts out, its infectious hook encouraging the world to, among other things, get down to ‘This. Sick. Beat.’ On my desk is British Vogue with Taylor on its cover in a perfect pastel Miu Miu outfit, and on my phone the internet is basically breaking itself with hype about 1989, Taylor’s fifth studio album.

It’s not necessarily abnormal for the day to start in a Taylor Swift frenzy. Lately, whether she’s releasing an album or not, there will usually be some news story –about what she’s doing/where she’s eating/who she’s eating with/her BFFs or even her cats – that’s sent Instagram insane and has Tumblr tripping over itself. She is, after all, one of the biggest artists in the world right now, Billboard’s Woman of 2014 and the first person to ever receive that award twice.

The Guardian – Taylor Swift: ‘Sexy? Not on my radar’

The Guardian
Published: August 23, 2014

She’s gone from ringletted country artist to feminist role model and the world’s most charming pop star. As she returns with her catchiest material yet, she talks awards-ceremony etiquette, autobiographical lyrics and why she puts nice before naughty

In Manhattan’s chi-chi Sant Ambroeus restaurant, the pair of smartly dressed women at the next table are making not-so-surreptitious “eek” faces at each other, having clocked that their neighbour for lunch is Taylor Swift. And that’s nothing compared to the commotion gathering outside: wherever Taylor Swift dines, a swarm of fans and paparazzi soon forms on the pavement.

When She Thinks “Tim McGraw,” Taylor Swift Savors Payoff

CMT
Published: December 1, 2006

Hardworking Teen to Open for George Strait Next Year
Written by Edward Morris

It takes about 30 seconds of conversing with Taylor Swift to realize that this excited teenager is also a savvy, no-nonsense careerist. Here is a lady who knows exactly what she wants and is bullet straight in going for it.

Swift, who will turn 17 on Dec. 13, is still riding high on her first single, “Tim McGraw.” It is easily the most sensuous and catchy coming-of-age song since “Strawberry Wine,” and her accompanying music video shows these adolescent emotions coming to a boil.

Teen hops on back of ‘Tim McGraw’

USA Today
Published: November 11, 2006
By Brian Mansfied

When you think Tim McGraw: In her breakout single, Tim McGraw, Taylor Swift hopes a summer fling remembers her every time he hears the country superstar on the radio. Swift, who turns 17 Dec. 13, is also making that connection in the minds of country fans. Tim McGraw sits at No. 13 on the country singles chart, and Swift’s self-titled album has sold more than 60,000 copies in the month since its release. A bonus: The song probably has fused Swift and McGraw forever in the mind of the old boyfriend who inspired the song. “He bought the album and said he really loved it, which is sweet,” Swift says. “His current girlfriend isn’t too pleased with it, though.”
Everything adds up: Swift started writing Tim McGraw in her freshman math class. “I played it for my record company president,” Swift says. “He looked at me and was like, ‘Well, that’s your first single.’ I was like, ‘OK, I guess that’s how that works, then.’ ” Swift says she aced math that semester.

Taylor Swift Joins Rascal Flatts Tour

CMT
Published: October 18, 2006

Taylor Swift will open shows for Rascal Flatts’ Me and My Gang tour starting Thursday night (Oct. 19) in Omaha. She’ll stay with the tour through its conclusion on Nov. 3 in Albany, N.Y. Swift will release her self-titled debut on Oct. 24 on Big Machine Records; Her debut single, “Tim McGraw,” is approaching the Top 10 of Billboard’s country airplay chart. Swift will also appear on Good Morning America and The Megan Mullally Show on Oct. 24.

Eric Church Quits Rascal Flatts Tour, Taylor Swift New Opener

GAC TV
Published: October 19, 2006

Allaboutcountry.com reports that Capitol/Nashville recording artist Eric Church has quit the Rascal Flatts “Me & My Gang” tour before performing in Omaha on Thursday night.

Eric revealed this to Ritch Cassidy on the air on KXKT (“KAT103″)/Omaha. Eric explained exactly why he quit. He told Cassidy that it was an amiable situation, with “no bad blood” between him and Rascal Flatts.

Taylor Swift Is a Veteran at 16

GAC
Published: Oct. 23, 2006

While most girls her age are cruising the mall to try on the latest from stores like Abercrombie & Fitch, rising country newcomer Taylor Swift is starring in an ad campaign for the trendy retailer.

The busy 16-year-old will release “Taylor Swift” this week (Oct. 24)—a debut collection of 11 songs she co-wrote—and Great American Country has chronicled her journey thus far for the documentary, Taylor Swift: A Place in This World, which airs at 4 and 10 pm ET, Saturday, Oct. 28, and at 2 am and 3:30 pm ET, Sunday, Oct. 29.

Swift spent much of her youth on a farm in Wyomissing, Pa., near Reading, and was inspired by her maternal grandmother, a professional opera singer. She took up singing at an early age and made her first public appearance at 8 when she portrayed the lead role of Sandy in a children’s theater production of Grease.

The Write Stuff

GAC TV
Published: October 19, 2006
Taylor Swift Finds Her Place In This World
By Jamison Rotch

Days away from the October 24 release of her self-titled debut album, 16-year-old Taylor Swift stands on the edge of stardom. And she might just have a broken computer to thank for it.

“I learned to play guitar when this guy came over to fix my computer,” Taylor tells GACTV.com. “He saw that I had (an acoustic) in the corner, and he goes, ‘Do you know how to play that? You want me to teach you some chords?’

I was like, ‘Yeah, sure!’ So he taught me three chords.”

Taylor Swift Knows Who She Is

GAC TV
Published: October 24, 2006

GAC Short Cuts star Taylor Swift releases her self-titled debut album today. With the success of her debut single, “Tim McGraw,” and her recent opening slot for the Rascal Flatts “Me and My Gang” tour, Taylor is off to a great start.

“I want people to get honesty out of [my music] because people can tell when something isn’t real,” she tells X Radio. “They’re not stupid. They can tell when they’re being fed something that a label has put together with a committee. They can tell when an artist doesn’t know who they are. Anyone that I’m trying to sell music to can tell that I respect them. And I’m never going to do anything with my career without thinking about my fans first.”

Why Taylor Swift Wrote About Tim McGraw

GAC TV
Published: August 21, 2006

X Radio asked new artist Taylor Swift why she picked Tim McGraw as the subject of her debut single. “Well, I really think it just came to my mind that that would be who I’d write about,” she says. “I mean anyone who knows me, knows that I’m a huge Tim McGraw fan. My favorite song is ‘Can’t Tell Me Nothing’ by Tim McGraw. And that’s one of the things about me that my friends, and people that I date, all know. One of the things that makes up my character is the music that I listen to. So it was just kind of obvious to me to [write about] my favorite singer.“