Guest Blogger: Anna P1

Taylor Swift
An artist that I love to listen to is Taylor Swift. Taylor Swift can be classified into a couple different types of music. She is commonly classified as a country artist but people also classify her as a hip hop artist. In Taylor’s album Speak Now or her song “Teardrops on my Guitar” different emotions are shown. You have sympathy towards who she is talking to or about, and you also can relate to the songs. In some songs you can feel happy and some you might feel sadness. Some people have compared her to Tim McGraw because they both sing about real life situations and their songs are heartfelt. Tim McGraw is classified as country artist and Taylor Swift is a country artist but she also can relate to other people who don’t like country. A lyric that really stands out for me and is memorable to me is “people may throw rocks at things that shine.” I think she portrayed this real life situation in an interesting way. It also relates to events that I have seen in real life. When someone is doing good or better than another person, people might try to tear them down, which Taylor Swift said by the throwing rocks. The lyrics from “Love Song” are also memorable to me because she took a love relationship that people are familiar with; Romeo and Juliet, and twisted it and made it relate to people today. People can relate it to their relationships, and the lyrics are very catchy and flow well. Rob Sheffield from Rolling Stones magazine says that Taylor is becoming a bigger star and as each of her albums makes their debut they are bigger and better sellers than the last. I agree with Rob’s statement because I feel that the more people hear her and can relate to her the bigger the star she becomes and the more albums she sells. Rob also talks about how she can relate with adults, and I agree with that not only can her songs be listened , enjoyed, and can be related to kids and teenagers they can also be listened, enjoyed, and related to by adults. My opinion about Taylor Swift is that she can be loved by all types of people and her songs can relate to people. Her music is very good with catchy lyrics and I do think it is worth your time and money.