Guest Blogger: Jamie H2

Taylor Swift is a musical icon in today’s world. She is a big star with her mix of music genres of country and pop. She has the southern feel of country music but she also has the catchy feel of pop music. She is played on both types of radio stations because she is such a hybrid. If I were to compare Taylor to another artist I would have to pick Miley Cyrus. They both provide the same kind of feel between the mix of country and pop. The feel of her songs is quite emotional. She often sings about her break ups with the feel that she is getting over the guy. She often gets a lot of beef from critics because a vast majority of her songs are about her breaking up with her boyfriend. I feel that this is a poor thing for a critic to say because it’s obviously what her fans want to here. Taylor’s brand new album Red sold over one million copies in the first week. This is her second album to sell that much in the first week. In one of her newer songs called “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” she talks a lot about her break up. She uses lyrics that say “I’ve had enough” and “This is exhausting” which show how her songs really are about break ups. Overall I think Taylor Swift is a great artist. I personally am not the biggest fan of her music just because it is not my type of music. However, she is an inspiration to all of her fans, and she has got a lot of them so I think she deserves to be respected even though she does not get it from a lot of the critics out there.