From 'American Sweetheart' to 'Miss Americana', she's Taylor Swift

Mandy 2022-04-23 07:03:48

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Taylor Swift is like the ambitious emperor of ancient times. She has a clear goal and never gets discouraged in order to expand the "territory", and it all started when she was just a child. Now that she is famous, the next thing to do is to Defend the "Jiangshan" you laid down.

(Swift on the cover of Time Magazine)

"Miss Americana" is a documentary with Taylor Swift (hereafter referred to as TS) as the central character. In the film, we can see many important events in the growth process of TS, and all of this can be summed up in three words: ambition, success, and self.

ambition

TS is one of the very few female singers who has the packaging, marketing and publicity abilities, and what ultimately sets her apart is her regal ambition compared to her musical talent.

On December 13, 1989, TS was born, and those who are familiar with Swift know that "1989" is the name of her album, and "13" is her favorite number. There is a song in the album "Speak Now" in the early years. The love song is: "Back to December". All the special information that is exclusive to her is used to package the goods to promote herself. It has to be said that such a marketing strategy is comparable to a textbook.

TS in the documentary talked about the best birthday present she received when she was a child was a guitar, and she could finally start composing music. The significance of a guitar is like a soldier finally having a weapon, which is a must-have item on the road to the general. Like most of the most influential figures at home and abroad, TS has few ambitions. Before she became famous, she wandered around, wrote lyrics in math class, started writing a diary at the age of 13, and built her own moral code and belief system. The general program is only one—— be a good girl. TS was in seventh grade at the time.

The hard work pays off. In 2006, TS's self-titled album "Taylor Swift" was on the billboard. This was just the beginning. No one would have thought that a country music female singer would quickly grow into an international pop star in just a few years.

However, the popularity of Kanye West (rapper) at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards snatched TS's microphone and mocked her. It's really embarrassing to let this good girl get off the stage in front of the national audience.

Maybe this is what God wants to give, it must be taken first. God first told TS to be a good girl, and then find someone to humiliate her and tell her you don't deserve it! So, she worked silently, continued to write her own love songs, and became the "King of Love Songs" for the audience. Finally, she ushered in a big outbreak of her career.

success

Success is a dream for TS, which she knew very well when she was a child, and her carefully constructed value system is to get more attention, to firmly grasp everyone's heart. Fortunately, she did.

However, the next problem came again, the so-called height is too cold. TS has achieved great success, and she still wants others to share her joy with her. The loneliness after becoming famous is something she did not expect. It was not within the value system she built at the beginning, which surprised her deeply.

ps: TS achievements so far

10 Grammy Awards (two Grammy Awards for Album of the Year) 29 American Music Awards (first artist to receive the highest honor, the Dick Clark Achievement Award) 23 Billboard Music Awards (two artist of the year, two annual Women) 7 MTV Video Music Awards (for the top MV of the year) 12 Country Music Association Awards (for Pinnacle Achievement, given only twice) 8 Academy of Country Music Awards (for 50th Anniversary Achievement Milestone) 6 Country Music Television Awards (three-time winner of the permanent top award for MV of the Year) 66 BMI Music Awards (with the Taylor Swift Award in his own name) 25 Teen Choice Awards (with the top prize, Ultimate Choice Award) 8 Nashville Creators Guild Awards (Won the annual composer award 7 times, the most in history) Creator Hall of Fame Hal David Starlight Award "Rolling Stone" 100 Greatest Songwriters Youngest One "Rolling Stone" New Generation Best Female Songwriter 10 Years Announcement No. 2 female singer with two or more Billboard albums for more than 10 weeks Highest first-week single sales in the U.S. Female singer Global album sales over 45 million The only one with four first-week million-selling albums of singers with the highest total sales of singles in North America and over 140 million downloads of singles worldwide The first two-time Grammy Award -winning female singer with the highest-selling album of the year Digital music record singer 2008-2010 American annual sales champion singer 2011/2013/2016 highest-earning American singer $600 million in tour box office 2019 MTV EMA won the best MV award

Few people can match the achievements in music, with friends in life, Joe Alvin in love, support from parents at home, living like TS, Swift has become the best self in everyone's heart (but only imagined). In her own life, most people do not have her innate business temperament).

If TS is a commodity, it must be so hot that everyone will be frantically buying it! buy it! buy it! This is a kind of madness that makes other products envy, jealous, and hate, so the negative news about TS has never stopped since she became famous, because too many people want to be as successful as her, but they can't reach her height, so they have to turn to attack she.

There is a very wonderful comment on the Internet, "Poor ghosts don't deserve to listen to mildew!" The summary is really incisive! The product attributes of TS have been revealed in one sentence. Many years ago, when people heard "Love Story" on the radio, they would have a long-lost feeling, and "You belong with me" also gave people a sweet and sour taste. Then suddenly one day, all her songs began to charge, "I can no longer write songs for you for free!" However, people are willing to pay, TS once again shows that expensive is good, and the same is true for music! "Poor ghosts don't deserve to listen to mildew!" TS's songs, like iPhones, have become a status symbol rather than emotional belonging.

In the documentary, I heard TS say for the first time: Holy shit! Fucking bitch! I don't know if this belongs to her original value system as a good girl, and I don't know if it fits her Christian status, but one thing is obvious, These words come after her huge success.

And does success have an impact on her value system and moral code? I think for sure. However, her current value system and moral code are also very clear in the documentary. They are all spoken by TS, and those who are interested can watch it by themselves.

Interestingly, the "Americana" in the title of the documentary is given by the Oxford Dictionary as: things connected with the US that are thought to be typical of it, meaning "typical American things", like KFC, McDonald's, Coca-Cola, Starbucks , like Apple, TS is a typical American thing, people like, addictive, people can't put it down, and at the same time you have to pay, stay away from poor people, after all, beautiful things are not cheap. This is the era of commodities, this is the society of commerce, everything revolves around the word "money" from the beginning, and it can't end without a problem in the end. Only with greater success can we have more money. In this regard, TS is a perfect model.

self

Like most successful American businessmen, politics is an unavoidable topic, and although TS has been trying to avoid it, she finally chose to "stand up." The risk of political games is great. In the documentary, the southern chicks lost a lot of fans because they criticized Bush for attacking Iraq, but TS is smart, that's not what she should be concerned about, it will cause fire, what she is concerned about It's women's rights. Not only did she not lose her followers by making political remarks publicly, but it helped her gain a large number of new followers and consolidated her iron followers.

A cautious attitude towards politics is the best way to protect yourself, but you have to take the initiative as a last resort.

For TS, music and political speech are all a way of her self-expression. When the lights ended and she returned home, her heart was restless and empty, and she needed to show on stage once again and applaud from the audience. In order to be filled, this cycle of process makes her must continue to gain more people's attention and love in order to be satisfied.

There is a famous Chinese saying, those who know others are wise, and those who know themselves are wise. TS is well aware of this and grasps it well. A clear goal and ability to act are important factors for her to quickly realize her career blueprint, but what she did not consider is the various troubles brought about by becoming famous.

Taylor Swift's ("Taylor Swift") fame ("Reputation") stems from her fearless drive ("Fearless"), her confession to every lover ("Lover") ("Speak Now") Let her career have been red ("Red") fire.

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Extended Reading

Miss Americana quotes

  • Tree Paine: Okay, so, I always have to bring up everything that can go sideways - everything that we need to expect. Number one: the president could come after you.

    Taylor Swift: Yeah, fuck that. I don't care.