Taylor Swift's "Mean"

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Taylor Swift’s “Mean”
To me, Taylor Swift is a very rare celebrity. Not only does she write her own music, but she also performs it for her fans. However, to be this kind of celebrity, you must have some pretty good inspiration. For Taylor, her musical influences come from people she has in her everyday life. Whether it’s a boyfriend, family member, an enemy, or even just a friend, all of her artistic choices come from those things. Her music mainly has to deal with situations she’s going through. Therefore, I feel like her songs are trying to get a cross a big message to the audience. For example, there was a song Taylor wrote for her Speak Now album called “Mean”.
That song was one that really sticks out to me when asked what songs I know that are trying to send a message to the listeners. It sticks out to me because it’s actually sending a big message to anyone that listens to it (young or old) that bullying is wrong and should be stopped. The song is also trying to get across that those people who get bullied are usually the ones who are some of the best people in th...

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