I believe that triviality has a purpose in our utterly serious lives and, because of this, I love Taylor Swift’s music. My first real encounter with Ms. Swift came as a result of a crush I had in high-school. I began listening to Taylor Swift in order to promote similar interests with my crush and catch her fancy, but even as the my childish romance faded, my love of Taylor Swift's music remained. I later learned that I was not the only guy to discover Taylor Swift's music in that way. Indeed, our modern lives would not be the same without Taylor airing the dirty laundry and calling out all her ex-boyfriends through sacchrine and sentemental lyrics. Taylor’s unique blend of country and pop has not only blessed many, but also has guided many …show more content…
Intellectuals rarely philosophize about the nuanced stories she tells. For this reason I best not mince words, Taylor Swift’s music is entirely frivolous. Her music panders to the lowest denominator, playing with the passions of the impressionable by conveying base, yet relatable emotions that grab our attention. All of the the love songs Taylor sings perpetuate an ideal of puppy love and childlike romance and, accordingly, many have called her out on her lack of nuance. Taylor, however, has not tried to pull the wool over my eyes as her intentions are perfectly clear; Taylor Swift is a pop star, no more, no less. Her music lacks depth because I and all her fans don’t desire anything deeper. And is that really a problem? Even when we are full grown and living by ourselves, we all keep a part of our childhood within ourselves, especially the innocent part of us that first fell in love. Life is hard and people are confusing; we need an emotional outlet to free ourselves from everyday struggles. In Taylor Swift's music, I see a more simple world where love is simple and I am always the most sympathetic character of the
Taylor Swift’s debut album contained such songs as Our Song, Teardrops on my Guitar, and Picture to Burn. Swift’s approach is perhaps more country than the Dixie Chicks in a few regards. The banjo is featured throughout the record and more traditional country percussion, as well as more country-style lyrics. However, she stands out with a crystal-clear voice and excellent use of metaphor throughout her songwriting. In terms of musicality, Swift may not be the most gifted, aside from her voice. But in her songs, her personality shines through in a way that pulls light through into your ears, noted especially in her song Love
Taylor Swift is once again under fire over the allegedly racist theme of her new music video for “Wildest Dreams.”
Music is an empowering and enriching form of sound that conveys nuance, meaning, and messages to its audience. The presence of music evokes certain feelings, emotions, and intuition among individuals that relates to events, memories, and moments that they have experienced throughout the course of their lives. The melodious, harmonious, and rhythmic elements of music allow people to develop different perspectives of the world, endure the different aspects of life, and experience sentiments of pleasure, enjoyment, sorrow, misery, uncertainty, anger, etc. American singer, songwriter, and musician Gavin DeGraw illustrates the significance of self and individuality in his song “I Don’t Wanna Be”. The soulful and profound lyrics of the song symbolize
Coupled with its relatability during the rise of feminist movements in the 1970s was Simon’s ability to share feelings harbored from past relationships with men. Simon’s new work was “playful, vulnerable, and romantic,” and her commitment to independence helped her to finally be seen as a meaningful voice within the industry. Her ability to put her career before romantic relationships and above conforming to traditionalist views of women “set her apart from her closest female peers” (Weller 168). Later songs like “You’re So Vain” continued to show that Carly was a force to be reckoned with as an artist who was unafraid to share negative feelings about men (Weller 343). Like King, Simon’s struggles surrounding society’s dictations of her role in her relationships with men and that allowed for her mistreatment by music industry professionals held her back in the short term, but when she was able to come into her own as an artist, these same struggles served as source material for her hit
Popular music in the United States throughout the decades have always consisted of different genres of music and during the late 70’s and early 80’s, many of the popular bands consisted of only male artists and members. In an era dominated by male artists, Fleetwood Mac featured their lead female singer Stevie Nicks, who went on to transcend the gender expectations of the time and pursue a solo career in the midst of heavy adversity. Fleetwood Mac’s lead singer, Stevie Nicks, is a prime example of the evolution female artists have endured as they struggled to gain equal footing in this male dominated industry. This essay will examine the different factors contributing to Stevie Nicks’s popularity, along with her breaking these normative masculine roles and the way she combined different genres and personal
Whitney Houston to most was a very amazing and talented person who allowed life and its mishaps break her down. As a young girl she grew up in the church where she felt like it was a sign from God that she should be singing. Freud believes that religion is an illusion, an attempt to gain control over the external world. In his eyes saying that anything is a sign from God depends on how you vision life. There were times in her life where she would produce more music just to get thru the thing that she would be going through. She would use her music as a defense mechanism to get away from all of the abuse, problems with her marriage, neglect, and drugs. Defense mechanisms are ways to distort reality to reduce anxiety: Rationalization is giving a positive reason to a stressor and regression is withdrawing from reality and going to pastime.
In today’s world, celebrities are often misunderstood, especially singer/songwriter Robin Rihanna Fenty, referred to as Rihanna. Rihanna’s sexual behaviors in her videos have been talked about in negative ways for some time now, but what [eople do not understand is that it is all for fame. Celebrities will do anything to keep their career going strong. If one really took the time out to take a deep look at Rihanna, they will notice how humble she really is. After going through the abusive relationship with Chris Brown, Rihanna has struggled with gaining that strong confidence with who she is. Her critics believe that she is still trying to discover herself and figure out who she really is as a person. Rihanna is often given two choices, to do what she is being asked to do, or throw her career out the window. She either gives the crowd the sexual acts they want or let her career die down. In the song “S&M,” Rihanna was really exposing herself to the crowd, as well as “Good Girl, Gone Bad.” She is basically telling the crowd that this is the person she is, but is it really? For my original piece I will be creating a journal, expressing the feelings Rihanna felt as she overcomes her struggles. Rihanna’s sexual behaviors in her videos are really all for fame and therefore, are easily misunderstood.
In the song “Tennessee Whiskey” by Chris Stapleton, he describes life before he met his lover and then he figuratively describes the effect this person has on him. He was an alcoholic and this person’s love changed his outlook on the importance of love and alcohol. The intense feeling of how irresistible romantic love can be is illustrated in Chris Stapleton’s song “Tennessee Whiskey” using figurative language such as juxtaposition and hyperbole.
just cannot do, between her talent and her strong lyrics she will always have you wanting more.
Taylor Swift was born on December thirteenth, 1989 in Reading, Pennsylvania. At five years of age, Swift had begun writing songs and performing for her family. But it wasn’t until about 4th grade that she really discovered her passion and talent for music, after winning an award for her poem, “Monster in my Closet”. “I think I first realized I wanted to be in country music and be an artist when I was 10. And I started dragging my parents to festivals, and fairs, and karaoke contests, and I did that for about a year before I came to Nashville for the first time. I was 11 and I had this demo CD of me singing Dixie Chicks and Leanne Rimes songs.” Swift said. “I was the girl who didn’t get invited to parties. My friends turned into the girls who stood in the corner and talked about me. But as soon as I picked up a guitar…I literally played until my fingers bled. My mom had to tape them up, and you can imagine how popular that made me: “Look at her fingers. So weird”. But for the first time in my life, those girls could say anything they wanted about me, because I was just going to go home after school and write a song about it.“ Swift, as said in the quote, wasn’t exactly the most popular girl in school, but she sure showed her “friends”. Who would want to settle with knowing that in school they talked about a girl behind her back, and she just so happens to now be a pop-country sensation? Swift’s childhood is really what began...
She has numerous achievements and awards, Swift has shown an outstanding impact throughout the world, and has multiple contributions to the country music industry. These been shown through all of the work Taylor Swift does. She deserves this award not only because of the top hits she writes and performs, but also because of the person she is off stage too. Works Cited "Charity." TaylorTalk.
When Selena’s voice sighed, "And I still can’t believe that you came up to me and said I love you," she was consoling hearts, letting them know that love does come true. To the listeners that do not have someone in their heart, "Dreaming of You" is a beautiful song that still touches the senses. Music can move a person in incredible ways, whether by healing, inspiring, saddening, or even angering. But when a song touches in a positive way, it imprints a lasting memory of itself in the heart and soul.
Personally, I absolutely love Taylor Swift. As a fellow singer/songwriter, I am envious of her ability to be so poetically honest because that is what I struggle with most when songwriting. I am always afraid that something I write will end up sounding silly or stupid, which ultimately prevents me from creating something amazing. But fear has surely never stopped Taylor Swift, and I think that’s what makes an artist like her so special. She openly writes about what she’s going through, and she doesn’t care about what other people might think about her. Whenever I listen to one of Swift’s songs, I can’t help but feel like it could have been written specifically for me. It’s almost as if she takes my thoughts and puts them into words, which is quite a valuable talent if you ask me. In fact, for every big milestone in my teenage life, there has been a Taylor Swift song that I could rel...
Ever since I was in eighth grade, I have been obsessed with Taylor Swift. She has been my role model since I was thirteen. When you look at most singers today, they have to be singing about drugs or alcohol, using vulgar language, or performing half-dressed. You never see Taylor Swift doing anything that she would be ashamed of later in life. On the other hand, she has had many relationships that have lasted short time periods. At least, she is not getting married for 72 days or even 24 hours such Kim Kardashian or Britney Spears. This is why I chose to write a research paper on her.
The lyrics of music play an important part of interpreting the meaning of the song. The roles which women have been allowed by the society to embody have changed drastically. Women may question their roles because of what they see portrayed by popular culture or media. Change in female’s identity can be seen in how women are viewed or how they portray themselves in popular culture specifically through music. In general, music continues to...