Guest Blogger: Grace G2

An artist I have always loved is Taylor Swift. Taylor’s type of music is country and pop there can be a lot of emotions in her songs and toward the word and messages in Taylor’s songs because some people can relate to the meaning. For example Taylor writes a lot of her songs about relationships she has gone through. One of her songs that are memorable would be “Mine”. During this song Taylor talks about her relationship and explains the ups and downs. She also points out that even though there are bad memories you can always look back at the good ones and smile. Taylor is well worth our time and money. She has a wonderful sprit and is a hardworking 22 year old that cares for her fans and wants them to have to the best experiences while listening to her music. All of Taylors songs she’s written there has been a meaning too. “The popular belief is that “Mean” is about music industry guru Bob Lefsetz. Problem is, even according to Bob, he does not fit the criteria Taylor lays out in her song. Bob really didn’t cross any lines “over and over”, he simply took the point after her bad performance on The Grammy’s with Stevie Nicks to say that now that we all knew Taylor Swift couldn’t sing, it was over for her”. (http://www.savingcountrymusic.com/a-critical-response-to-taylor-swifts-mean). In this particular comment on how Taylor can’t sing and that it is over for her, is completely stupid. Just because a famous singer has a bad performance doesn’t mean that that person is bad at what they do, and Taylor Swift is not bad at what she does. I feel like Bob Lefsetz is jealous with her career. Maybe some singers have a better voice then Taylor but what the other singers don’t have are Taylor’s memories of what creates her songs. But also they don’t have her personality that makes Taylor, Taylor. And that’s something no one can have! “And who is just plain creeped out seeing 20-year old Swift as a wife and a mom to two toddlers. This one’s going to take some wrangling”. That review was by Erika Brooks Adickman. (http://idolator.com/5610901/review-revue-critics-react-to-taylor-swifts-mine-music-video) When I read this comment I was really angry, I felt that it was so stupid and annoying to hear people complain about being “creeped out”. It was just a song it’s not real life and even if Taylor wanted to get married have two kids right now I don’t think it’s any critics business. Taylor really created one of the best’s songs ever and I feel that people had nothing else to complain about so they made something up to say about Taylor’s song “mine”.