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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.”
DOLLY Magazine artikel
There’s a reason why Taylor Swift has graced so many covers of DOLLY over the years - she’s one of the most down-to-earth celebs we know! From schoolyard bullies to boys who broke her heart,Taylor’s talked about it all, both in song and in her ever-candid interviews. Now, as she readies for the release of her fourth studio album, Red, Taylor shares her latest lessons in love and life.
What inspired the album, Red?
“The inspiration came mostly from the relationships in my life. Most of them were fat-paced and out of control, resulting in a lot of good and bad feelings. In my mind, that intensity looked ‘red.’”
Do you have a ritual when it comes to songwriting?
“I don’t have any specific rituals and I’ve never written two songs the same way. An idea could hit you in the middle of the night, or you might say something in a conversation that would make a great lyric. I’ve written songs in airports, tour buses, hotel rooms and on my bedroom floor. Writing songs is my way of dealing with love, feelings and relationships.
What’s the biggest lesson you’ve learnt since the last album?
“I’ve learnt so many lessons in the past few years. I’ve experienced great joy and great pain, and had to learn how to balance the two. I’ve learnt that love has absolutely no pattern, and no one will ever be perfect. Mostly, I’m just proud that this is the diary of my life. And I figure that if I rite songs and my life and my life is always changing, my music will be too.”
How have you stayed grounded through all the success?
“I’ve always just figured that life will be much more enjoyable if I stick to what I love. I love music. I love my family. I love my friends. I love my fans. I love dresses and winter and cooking. I don’t necessarily love going out into noisy bars, so I don’t do it.”
So what do you get up to when you’re just hanging out?
“My friends and I like to talk, vent and laugh about everything from life, to love, to relationships, to work. And we love coming up with activities like face painting, cooking something new, or playing games. My friends love to be spontaneous, loud and fun. That’s why I love them.”
What’s your number one rule when it comes to friendships?
“I think it’s important to keep friends around you who are brutally honest. It’s easy to gravitate towards the people in your life who tell you exactly what you want to hear, but that’s not always the best thing for you. If one of your friends has the nerve to tell you, ‘No, I don’t think you did the right thing,’ it can be a good thing for your character. I also don’t get caught up in trying to trying to be cool. The coolest people I know don’t care about being popular or trendy.”
So what makes Selena Gomez the ultimate BFF?
“Selena and I are like sisters. We tell each other everything and laugh for hours about stupid inside jokes we’ve had to years. She knows my quirks and I know here, na dit’s so great to have a friend who know your storyline.”
So many girls get super nervous around guys. What’s your advice for staying boy-confident?
“My advice about boys has to do with how you prioritize them. They can be a part of your life, but never let a boy BE your life. They can live in your world, but never make a guy your world. Knowing who you are and being independent and strong on our own will be attractive to the right guy; one of my goals is to always be OK with who I am, aside from love and boys. I love for someone who has passions that I respect and his own career. Someone who loves what they do is really attractive to me.”
What’s the best way to deal with a broken heart?
“When someone has affected me emotionally, the only way for my to get past i or make sense of it is to write a song. And time is a big healer too.”
What’s your advice for someone having a touch time as school?
“I’d tell them they’re not the only one who feels out of place. Everyone does. Also remember that the friendships you should focus on are the real ones, and that high school isn’t everything!”
How would you describe your style?
“I would define my fashion style as feminine, retro and classic. I have so many dresses ad skirts in my closest. My favourite thing to wear is a dress. It’s my immediate go-to-piece.”
What’s your latest DIY project?
“My last DIY project was blackberry jam. Everyone loved it! I made labels that said things like ‘I don’t think you’re ready for this jelly’ and ‘jam session.’ And then laughed, by myself, in my kitchen.”
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In the new issue of Rolling Stone: Taylor Swift gives her most candid interview ever. Over the course of several conversations in New York, Los Angeles and Nashville with writer Brian Hiatt, Swift reveals recurring anxiety dreams ("I have a big fear of things spiraling out of control"); talks about her deliberately incautious approach to romance ("You have to fall in love really fast, without thinking too hard") and explains why she's dating an 18-year-old ("I have rules for a lot of areas of my life – love is not going to be one of them"). Here's an excerpt of the cover story:
This is what it sounds like when Taylor Swift totally loses it: "Oh, my God. OH, MY GOD. OH, MY GOD. OH, MY GOD. OH, MY GOD. OH, MY GOD. OH, MY GOD. OH, MY GOD. OH, MY GOD. OH, MY GOD. OH, MY GOD. OH, MY GOD."
Her summer tan is turning ashen; her very blue eyes are practically pinwheeling with panic. But she didn't do anything that bad just now, didn't start a nuclear war or curse on country radio or upload her new album to BitTorrent: We're on a bleak industrial road outside a Nashville rehearsal studio one stiflingly hot late-August evening, with Swift behind the wheel of her black Toyota SUV – which she just backed directly into a parked car. She's never learned how to use her SUV's built-in GPS, was messing with Yelp and Google Maps on her iPhone instead, realized she was going the wrong way, started to turn around, still clutching the phone, and . . . crunch.
"Oh, my God," she repeats, pausing for air. She takes another look at the car she hit. "Oh, is that my bass player?"
It totally is. "It's fine, it's my bass player!" She couldn't look more relieved if she had received a death-row pardon. Popping out of the SUV, she apologizes to her bemused employee, a Ben Stiller look-alike named Amos Heller, who had been walking toward his now slightly dented car. "I'm gonna pay for it, I promise! I'm good for it! Oh, my God, Amos, I'm so sorry. I freaked out 'cause I went the wrong way and he was gonna think I'm a bad driver and then I backed into another car. This is the worst interview he's ever had, already!"
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Taylor Swift: Conor Kennedy is a Grown Man (Rolling Stone)Taylor Swift graces the cover of Rolling Stone’s latest issue, where she gives a revealing interview on “falling hard” and having no rules when it comes to love, and of course, her highly scrutinized relationship with a Kennedy.Taylor defends herself against the notion some have that she falls into serious relationships too quickly, arguing that you can’t care about what everybody thinks in order to fall in love.
“The way I look at love is you have to follow it, and fall hard, if you fall hard. You have to forget about what everyone else thinks,” she says. “It has to be an us-against-the-world mentality. You have to make it work by prioritizing it, and by falling in love really fast, without thinking too hard. If I think too hard about a relationship I’ll talk myself out of it. …I have rules for a lot of areas of my life. Love is not going to be one of them.”
But Taylor does reveal herself to have almost overly romantic tendencies when it comes to love.
“I love the ending of a movie where two people end up together. Preferably if there’s rain and an airport or running or a confession of love,” she says.
And then there’s the decor of her Nashville condo.
“It’s a whole Peter Pan, Alice in Wonderland structure here. It’s what the inside of my brain looks like, essentially.”
But although she was involved in relatively short relationships with both John Mayer and Jake Gyllenhaal, according to Taylor, her relationships are always fully formed — she doesn’t “hook up.”
“No,” she says definitively. “Where’s the romance? Where’s the magic in that? I’m just not that girl.”
On her latest relationship with 18-year-old Conor Kennedy, Taylor clearly reads the negative press surrounding them, though she tries not to.
“How did I kidnap him?,” she responds, referencing reports that she “kidnapped” him by flying him to Nashville. “You can’t kidnap a grown man! These are serious accusations, now! It’s an interesting way to spin something into a story. See, this is why I don’t read stuff.”
And about crashing a Kennedy wedding, which Kathie Lee Gifford confirmed on the Today show?
“I have no idea what happened there. I think that story was based on the biggest misunderstanding, ‘cause I would never knowingly show up somewhere that I thought I wasn’t invited to,” she explains. “And I would never want to upstage anybody.”
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It might be chilly outside but the November issue of Bliss will get you all warm and fuzzy from page to page. There’s the amazing Taylor Swift on our cover who with her nifty way of writing songs about relationships and the like, is the perfect person to dish all on love!
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Taylor Swift on her new relationship and the Kennedys…
Glamour: So there’s a lot of talk about you and the Kennedys these days. There are reports that you are dating Conor Kennedy.
Taylor Swift: I don’t talk about my personal life in great detail. I write about it in my songs, and I feel like you can share enough about your life in your music to let people know what you’re going through.
Glamour: Ethel Kennedy, Conor’s grandmother, was asked what she would think of having you as a “granddaughter-in-law,” and she said, “We should be so lucky.”
Taylor Swift: She’s fantastic. I love her.
Taylor Swift on the importance of having girlfriends and maturing with celeb-besties Emma Stone and Selena Gomez…
Glamour: I know you have many close girlfriends. Are they helpful in keeping your worries in check?
Taylor Swift: They are so important in my life right now. I’m the kind of girl who needs to tell her friends everything. I’ve developed this really close-knit group of girls. Two of my close friends are bandmates. My other close friends are Ashley, Claire, Diana, Emma, and Selena.
Glamour: Emma is Emma Stone, and Selena is Selena Gomez. Is it nice to have friends who are also famous?
Taylor Swift: I met Emma when I was 17, and I met Selena when I was 18. So they’ve experienced all of this with me, and they’ve also experienced their own amazing success, and somehow through all of it, we’ve stayed close.
Taylor Swift on if she is wary of people using her for her fame and money…
Glamour: Are you wary of people using you for your fame and money?
Taylor Swift: I think you can tell who’s a good person to be around, who makes you laugh, who’s fun, whom you can trust. And, yes, you’re going to get burned a few times, but I’d really rather get burned a few times than sit alone in that house with the curtains drawn. So God forbid this person you’re hanging out with gets a bit of validation out of the fact you’re famous. Is that the worst-case scenario? You know, it doesn’t seem that bad.
"I want a bunch of them running around, minimum four."
COUNTRY star Taylor Swift dreams of having a huge family - insisting she wants at least four kids.
The singer is so adamant she wants a big brood, she is already planning to invest cash for their education.
Taylor, who recently beat Lady Gaga to the title of the highest paid celebrity under 30 in the US, said: “That money will be really good for sending my kids to college some day – or maybe I’ll have a few more kids than I thought.
“I want a bunch of them running around, minimum four.”
Taylor, currently dating Conor Kennedy - great-nephew of JFK - continued: “I want to wait a while, but the idea of pouring everything you are into another person when you become a parent has always been amazing to me.”
Taylor admits she was stunned when she landed top spot on Forbes’ rich list.She told Marie Claire magazine: “I called my dad and said: ‘How did that happen?’
“I just wake up every day and go about my life and do what’s on the schedule.
“I don’t think in terms of how much money it’s making.
“I just knew the crowds were getting bigger and the shows were selling out faster. For something like that to come out is certainly unexpected and nice.”
To read the Taylor Swift interview in full, see the November issue of British Marie Claire out this Thursday!
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Taylor Swift is enjoying one of her busiest career periods yet, but she still has some time for“Nashville.”
Having just scored the first No. 1 hit she’s placed on Billboard Magazine’s Hot 100 chart — “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together,” currently ranked No. 2 — the young winner of numerous awards has checked out the pilot episode of ABC’s new drama series about the country-music capital that premieres Wednesday, Oct. 10. And, in part, for a reason that’s literally close to home for her.
”Hayden [Panettiere] is my neighbor, actually,” she tells Zap2it about the show’s co-star, whose role in it has been labeled by some a pseudo-Swift. “She pulled me aside and said, ‘I need to talk to you! I need to tell you that my character’s not based on you.’ And I said, ‘I know, Hayden. I saw the pilot. It’s amazing.’ I think she did an incredible job of being sinister and adorable at the same time, and we had a hilarious conversation about it.’”
If a “Nashville” guest shot awaits Swift, her schedule is too packed for it now. Her fourth album“Red” drops on Monday, Oct. 22; she’ll debut clips from its songs weekly on ABC’s “Good Morning America” starting this Monday (Sept. 24); and she also has this weekend’s iHeartRadio Festval in Las Vegas, the 46th Annual Country Music Association Awards (Thursday, Nov. 1, on ABC) and the 2012 MTV European Music Awards (Sunday, Nov. 11, on MTV2) on her bursting itinerary.
“I just kind of take opportunities as they come,” Swift reasons. “Acting is something I’ve always been fascinated by, but anything that arises in my life has to be put past the crazy labyrinth of my schedule. Right now, I’m not even able to schedule painting my nails.
"Taylor Swift on Her Bold New Direction" - Rolling Stone
"I went through a few roller coasters," says Taylor Swift, reflecting on her relationships over the past two years. She channeled the turmoil into her fourth studio LP, Red, out October 22nd. "Trying to chronicle each step of the way was challenging, because you go to some really dark places with the lyrics. Then in the next track, you're talking about how amazing it is to meet somebody new."
After writing 2010's smash Speak Now by herself, Swift veered in the opposite direction, co-writing with pop hitmakers such as Max Martin and Adele collaborator Dan Wilson. She wound up with nearly 40 potential songs; in between stops on the yearlong world tour that she wrapped in March, Swift joined her writing partners in L.A. and Nashville. "I felt like an apprentice," Swift says. "They taught me so much about melodic sense, and they let me do what I love, which is the lyrics."
The result is Swift's most eclectic set ever, ranging from "State of Grace," a howling, U2-style epic with reverb-drenched guitars, to a sweet acoustic duet with U.K. singer Ed Sheeran. Another key track even features a dubstep-inspired bass breakdown. So far, the new direction isn't hurting Swift's career: Lead single "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together," a bitter breakup anthem with a hip-hop-flavored Max Martin beat, has shattered chart records, selling a stunning 623,000 digital singles in its first week. To Swift, the musical excursions aren't surprising, given how much hip-hop and R&B she listens to. "I have so many playlists full of Rihanna, Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne, Chris Brown," she says. "I love Wiz Khalifa."
Lyrically, the album is full of Swift's usual themes of romance and heartbreak. "I know general things about love," she says. "How to treat people well, what you deserve and when to walk away. Other than that, love is a complete mystery – and that's why I like to write about it."
Swift has spent much of the summer with her new boyfriend, Conor Kennedy (the son of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.), in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. She's even looked into buying a house near the Kennedy compound. "That would be so amazing," she says. But Swift won't be resting for long: She's already thinking about how to top her last tour, which featured aerialists, costume changes and a mock wedding onstage every night. "I really want to go out on the road in the spring," she says. "After I write a song, I always end up laying awake at night thinking, 'What are the lighting cues going to be on this? How big is the pit going to be?' I have been thinking of some big moments that are going to happen."
Fashion's Night Out
Fashion’s Night Out – Four years and going strong! Join editors, stars, models, fashionistas, and designers on September 6, 2012, as they flood stores in cities across the country and around the world for fashion’s most iconic extravaganza. Last year’s bash featured events in eighteen countries and more than 4,500 events here in the States alone, featuring special limited-edition products, celebrity appearances, and unforgettable performances. FNO 2012 promises to be even bigger and better!
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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.
