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When the opening track from Taylor Swift’s album 1989 blares through my room my whole body electrifies with sound of pure creativity. The album cover is showered with Swift’s recognizable handwriting over a polaroid showing a timeless sweatshirt, most likely from the 80’s. Inside is filled with Swift’s crisp voice singing brilliantly written hooks about everything from love to insecurities to finding yourself in a world that has already defined you.In 1989, Swift somehow found a way to take her creativity to the next level, and since my brain tends to be a creative mess with ideas bubbling through constantly I fell in love with the uniqueness that flows from the speakers when I plug in 1989. As a creative person myself, listening to something

Over her 10 years of being in the music industry Taylor Swift has won 271 awards.

Taylor Swift, a pop icon and polarizing figure, is often known for her empowering music, feminist attitude, and meaningful lyrics. Many of her fans praise the feminist messages some of her songs deliver, however others say she comes from a position of privilege and only advocates for white women. Still, a common perception of Swift is that she has evolved from an innocent country singer into a more controversial and sometimes provocative pop singer. What is ignored though, is that despite this perception, themes depicted in “old” Taylor’s music still displayed highly problematic concepts about gender, just in less obvious ways. Particularly in her music video for “You Belong With Me,” the audience if presented with a fulfilling love story involving a nerdy girl getting the popular. On its surface, this concept may seem normal, but the narrative of this video unintentionally conveys significant gender issues in today’s society. Thus, through her 2008 music video for “You Belong With Me,” Taylor Swift ironically presents herself as the ideal nerdy girl next door who gets the guy when she suddenly turns beautiful while demonizing a cheerleader, revealing problematic notions of how women are supposed to look and behave in society, as well as reinforcing negative female stereotypes.

Recently, 24- year old country singer/popstar Taylor Swift released a music video “Shake it Off” which was I sort of introduction to her newest album 1989. The video received some backlash for it was seen by many as offensive, and stereotypical to African American Culture. In the video Swift dresses in what some may consider Hip Hop attire, attempts to “twerk” and even has a section where she partially sings as well as raps. She even uses talks about

Thesis statement: Taylor Swift is one of the most successful female artists in the world who portrays her personal experiences through her music.

“Blank Space” is a pop song sung by Taylor Swift, an American singer-songwriter who, according to http://www.biography.com, inspired by her opera-singing grandmother, began singing as a child. Swift moved during her adolescence from her hometown, Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, to Tennessee in order to pursue her career in country music. So far, she has created five successful albums. Swift wrote this song and released it in her latest album 1989. It is one of the most popular and unique songs with an inspirational message that can relate to other people who are looking for love.

The media industry in the United States of America (US) is one such industry. As a powerful communication tool, the media has attracted many companies but only a handful has grown big. These media giants have dominated the local market and are currently seeking to conquer the global media industry in search of better profits.

Most notably among these artists is Taylor Swift. Over the 8 years of her professional career, Swift has seen amazing success both in country and pop. Her upcoming release “1989” is her first official transition to the pop genre, so much so that she “won’t be pushing the new album to country radio at all” (Whitaker 1). Over the course of Swift’s last album or two, there has been a definite adjustment and maturing of her sound, gearing herself more toward pop. In an interview with USA Today about Taylor’s transition, the associate editor at Billboard, Jason Lipshutz, described her last album, “Red”, as being “based in country music, but [having] a lot of bubblegum pop in it” (Ryan, Mansfield 2).

In musical superstar Taylor Swift’s music video for her song “Blank Space,” she is portraying herself as the high maintenance and dramatic girlfriend that the media believes she is. The speaker of this text is the media’s perception of Taylor Swift and her message is about the disconnect between who Swift really is and who the media sees her as. I believe Swift has two purposes for this music video. One is for her character in the music video to warn her audience about the type of love that boys want, and the other for real life Taylor herself to poke holes into the media’s concept of her love life. The video is filled with satire and paradoxes to convince us that our idea of Taylor Swift is not an accurate opinion of her.

2. Croteau, D & Hoynes, W (2003). Media Society: Industries, Images and Audiences ((third edition) ed.). Thousand Oaks: Pine Forge Press. pp. 305–307.

Over the centuries, the media has played a significant role in the shaping of societies across the globe. This is especially true of developed nations where media access is readily available to the average citizen. The media has contributed to the creation of ideologies and ideals within a society. The media has such an effect on social life, that a simple as a news story has the power to shake a nation. Because of this, governments around the world have made it their duty to be active in the regulation and control of media access in their countries. The media however, has quickly become dominated by major mega companies who own numerous television, radio and movie companies both nationally and

Famous for her relationship centered songs, Pennsylvania born singer songwriter Taylor Swift is unarguably one of the biggest living pop stars on the planet right now. All of her released albums have went platinum multiple times with her most recent one, “1989”, selling 1.2 million copies on its first week alone. In addition to that, Swift also has several sold out world tours and an Emmy award on her ever growing list of accomplishments. Swift is notoriously known for her goody two shoes image, and is even often labeled as “America's sweetheart”, but does Swift really deserve said title? When you're as influential of a figure as Swift is, it's natural that you're going to be asked what your stances are regarding certain social and political issues, one of the most hotly discussed topic for Swift was where she stands with

Ironically addressed to the numerous rumors that have risen over Taylor Swift's career, "Blank Space," is a clear painting of the artist as a hopeless romantic with an addiction to erratic relationships. Swift uses the song as an outlet to make light of the gossip in an exaggerated portrayal of the characteristics she is most often associated with, by way of her beautifully choreographed music video to accompany the song. Swift arranges for her personal experiences to severe her as a guide, to write music in which her admirers can personalize. An event that most individuals can relate to is going through a heartbreaking relationship, in which case, Swift is an expert on making public. Identifying with millions of fans, who go through the “fantasy of love,” Taylor Swift portrays the cycles of a relationship in her song and video “Blank Space;” the elements represented are romance, jealousy and disillusionment.

Perhaps one of the most successful young women of my time, Taylor Swift has gone from amateur, underrated country artist to mega pop princess in just a mere two decades. Among the Forbes’s Celebrity 100 list and the Times 100 Most Influential People list of 2010, Swift has reached earnings of $64 million annually in her career and has been listed as the second best-selling digital singles artist in all of the United States, with a total of 65.5 million digital copies sold. Swift has since gone on to launch an acting career and is the first woman to be name Billboard’s Woman of the Year twice, once in 2011 and again in 2014. It’s safe to say Swift has earned a great deal of credit as an artist in the industry over the years and has become a prominent artistic influence in the last two decades. To understand her success story, you have to go back to how it all began.

For my Taylor Swift assignment, I took very detailed notes on the music video to try and help me get a good idea of exactly what was going on. I then decided to have my main focus on the dark spots on Taylor Swifts career. I decided to focus on these because most of the music video focused in on her past and how it has changed her to be a new person. In the video, there was also reference to taboos which I explained in my writing. I was very confident on this paper and decided not to revise for that reason.