The life of Taylor Swift

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She went from America's sweetheart to outspoken advocate for women's rights and LGBTQ+ rights. She just released a surprise studio album, "Folklore," that is breaking music records.   This is the story of Taylor Swift.

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00:00I think part of being in this business is being competitive and and being somewhat restless always wanting

00:07To achieve more than you have and it's kind of like playing yourself. You know you want to beat what you've already done

00:12I

00:27Feel like my life has been very Cinderella esque in a way because I never expected any of this to happen to me

00:32I never expected to actually get to do this so getting to play shows every night, and it's just unbelievable

00:39And I'm so thankful every day for it

00:42I

01:04When I was 15, and I didn't

01:07Didn't get my way or didn't get invited or something or was rejected or lonely which was a lot

01:13I would just write songs in my room

01:26Didn't get a record deal right away didn't get a record deal at all

01:29So I signed a publishing deal and became a staff songwriter at Sony a TV publishing

01:34And so I would write every single day after school because it was a it was a job

01:39You know I was I was a paid songwriter when I was 14

01:43So I wrote songs in Nashville for two and a half years and eventually got a record deal

02:04I

02:15Based a lot of my decisions off of when I've seen other people that I've looked up to

02:20Do things right in their career like being given so much

02:24I've really I've always looked at faith, and I've looked at people like Tom Hanks and Rita and and

02:30They're given so much, but they give so much back

02:34I

03:05I

03:08This is the dream come true. It's um. It's like. I've never been presumptuous about dreams and

03:14When you have crazy dreams like I wonder what it would be like to win a Grammy someday

03:19I I never actually could fathom that it might happen until I was walking up there and winning one

03:34You

04:04I

04:23Love how she's doing them for $1 because she doesn't need the money

04:26But she wants to make it a point that women don't need to take this

04:34I

04:46I've been writing songs since I was 12 years old and with every album. They've changed

04:511989 is my favorite by far, so I'm really happy. That's the one that people like the most that's really convenient for me

05:04I

05:34I

06:05The tilted stage line is

06:08It's hard to argue that it's directed at anyone other than Kanye West

06:11And she certainly has a bone to pick with him and with Kim Kardashian

06:15after the controversy that surrounded

06:19The lyrics that concerned her in his song famous and that infamous recorded phone call that Kim

06:26Released which showed that at least Taylor Swift had

06:29You know had approved at least some of those lyrics which her public statement seemed to contradict

06:34I

07:04I

07:09Let's say that I like Taylor's music about 25% less now

07:34You

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