LQ Bliss Magazine scannbilder och intervju
The last cover shoot Taylor Swift did was for the mighty US Vogue, so Bliss is absolutely beside ourselves with excitement that she has invited us back to her adopted hometown of Nashville for a third time to do an exclusive cover shoot. We’re on that plane quicker than quick.
Midnight in Nashville airport, and we spy a huge screen advertising a Taylor Swift gig. In the cab to the hotel, the driver is super excited that we’re here for her - Taylor is a treasure. “I’m going to give you a quick tour. It’s Friday night in Nashville, you can’t not go down to Broadway,” he says, turning into a street rammed with people, country music blaring out of every bar. We can see why Nashville is called Music City, and why Taylor has made it her home.
Fast-forward 12 hours and we’re in a photo studio when Taylor arrives, looking chic as ever in a simple shirt and trouser combo. With her is her PR, hairdresser, make-up artist, mum and a pretty scary-looking bodyguard (we avoid making eye contact with him throughout, but relax a little when later spot him nibbling on a chicken wrap. He’s human after all). Miss Swift comes over to introduce herself, before disappearing into her dressing room to try on clothes with her stylist. At one point we hear Taylor’s voice through the door, exclaiming, “But I’m 22!” It’s clear from both our interview and how confident she is in front of the camera that at 22, she’s really come into her own. So much so, that like Fifteen on Fearless, she’s written another song about the joys of her age for her new album, Red.
We watch Taylor strut her stuff in front of the camera, singing and dancing along to Nicki Minaj and Rihanna. Photos done, she changes into a 60s-esque coral shirt dress paired with a cute tan leather box bag, and we sit down in her dressing room to do the interview surrounded by shoes. So. many. Shoes.
Before we get started, we produce a sheet of cat stickers to give to her. “These are going straight in the purse!” she shrills, genuinely excited. “That’s gonna come in so handy, whenever I randomly need a cat sticker!” Girl after our own heart. It’s a thought that pops into our head throughout the interview - she really is a girl you could see yourself being friends with, which is just confirmed when she gives us a big hug before she leaves, saying, “I’ll be in the UK soon. I’m sure I’ll see you then!”
INTERVIEW:
When we spoke ahead of Speak Now’s release, you said you were expecting a few awkward emails from people who recognised themselves in your songs - so did you get them?
“Yeah! [laughs] For me, I just feel like it’s not like it’s a big secret that I write songs about my life. People know when they get involved with me that, if we have some sort of significant relationship, it’s going to find its way into being inspiration at some or another. So it doesn’t really bother me if people act shocked that that’s what I do because that’s what I’ve always done. [laughs] I don’t get shocked that they do their job!”
Spill. Who did you receive emails from?
“I can’t tell you thaaaaaat! But I know you have to ask.”
Boo. So has anyone ever claimed ownership of a song and you’ve been like, “Er, that wasn’t about you!”
“Not in the press, I don’t think. But I heard the other day that one of my exes was listening to the radio and said in front of one of my friends, ‘Oh, she wrote this about me,’ and my friend was sitting there thinking, ‘No she didn’t! I know who she wrote that about and it wasn’t you!” [Cracks up laughing]
Brilliant! Have you ever personally told someone that it’s not about them?
“I just kind of let people think whatever they want to think. I don’t try to fight the gossip or the rumours too much because that just gives them more steam. If there’s something false about you out there and you then comment on it, then it’s another cycle of articles.”
But you give little hints in your album sleevenotes, don’t you?
“Yeah, but I never say first and last names! It’s interesting that you bring that up, I’m in the middle of creating the codes now - it’s daunting because you don’t want to give away too much, especially now.”
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Taylor är aktuell med den nya parfymen Incredible Things. Parfymen finns sedand den 1/12 -14 på Kicks. Ni kan även hitta de tidigare parfymerna Wonderstruck, Wonderstruck Enchanted och Taylor by Taylor Swift hos ett antal återförsäljare runt om i landet.
