The Tragic Truth About Taylor Swift Is Very Sad

body shaming bullies and a man who repeatedly breaks into her home that's just the start of the dark side to fame that Taylor Swift has had to deal with for years over the course of her music career Taylor Swift has amassed one of the largest fan bases in the world between soldout Stadium tours and over 270 million Instagram followers it's hard to imagine the Shake It Off singer being unpopular still she didn't always have the popularity she does today Swift has shared that she spent most of her school days with hardly any friends and was often left out and bullied she told Teen Vogue in 2009 junior high was actually sort of hard because I got dumped by this group of popular girls they didn't think I was cool or pretty enough so they stopped talking to me I think it's too thin I need more hair speaking to GQ Swift relayed a story from when she was in Middle School she had called several of her classmates to invite them to the mall but all of them claimed to be busy she went to the mall with her mother instead only to see that all the girls who had made excuses not to go with her were already hanging out at that very Mall her own School experience iences have made the singer especially compassionate towards her young fans in a private Instagram message sent to a teen girl dealing with bullying she wrote I know why you're crying because I've been in your place just don't let them change you or stop you from singing or dancing around to your favorite song before signing with universal music group Taylor Swift worked with Big Machine Label group and its founder Scott borchetta throughout her entire career meaning that the label had ownership of the Masters of all of her music the songwriter asked if she could buy ownership of her catalog before switching labels but as Swift explained in a 2019 tumblr post that wasn't going to happen she wrote instead I was given an opportunity to sign back up to Big Machine records and earn one album back at a time one for every new one I turned in she refused the deal giving up ownership of her music the situation became more painful when her Masters were acquired by music executive Scooter Braun in 2019 learning about the acquisition Swift wrote all I could think about was the incessant manipulative bullying I've received at his hands for years essentially my musical Legacy is about to lie in the hands of someone who tried to dismantle it in 2020 Ron sold the Masters to Shamrock Holdings following the sale Swift began re-recording her discography and re-releasing old records such as 1989 and red all with Taylor's version after the original title as a way to regain ownership of her work so I just figured I was the one who made this music first I can just make it again in the Miss Americana documentary Taylor Swift opens up about her struggles with body image and disordered she speaks candidly about how the constant media attention and discussion around her body affected her to the point that just seeing an unflattering photo of herself would sometimes be enough to take her over the edge and that'll just trigger me to just starve a little bit just stop eating Swift discussed her struggle in more depth with variety saying my relationship with food was exactly the same psychology that I applied to everything else in my life if I was given a pat on the head I registered that as good if I was given a punishment I registered that that is bad in Miss Americana she also shares how her OV ex exercising and food restriction affected her ability to perform at the time she thought it was normal to feel like she was going to pass out in the middle of her shows now I realized no if you eat food have energy get stronger you can do all these shows and not feel it for pretty much her entire career Swift's love life has been put under a microscope as tabloid speculated about who she was dating and sometimes outright shamed her for her number of boyfriends of course celebrity dating lives are often a point of discussion in pop culture and as many of Taylor Swift's Love and breakup songs are autobiographical it's only natural that many listeners speculate on the subject of those songs I have really good advice for when you're having problems however coverage of Swift's dating life seemed to take a mean-spirited turn with many reporters and others taking Jabs at her for the famous men she was rumored to date it's even sad when you realize that those relationships and breakups often come with very real pain as her many point Breakup Song suggest Swift is no stranger to heartbreak but unlike most of us she's gone through those low points while being constantly observed by her fans critics and the media Swift opened up about her experience with heartbreak while speaking to L about her album 1989 saying it's this mental physical emotional ache and feeling so conflicted nothing distracts you from it she went on to describe the added pain from having her breakup scrutinized and trivialized by the media saying I'd been in this media hail storm of people having a very misconstrued perception of of who I was there were really insensitive jokes being made at awards shows by hosts there were snarky headlines in the Press Taylor goes through a breakup well that was Swift focusing on all the wrong things if you don't mind me saying so you seem to have had more than your fair share of breakups yeah there have been a few Taylor Swift has a close bond with her mother Andrea Swift her song The Best Day is even dedicated to her mother with touching lyrics about how Andrea looked out for her and encouraged her throughout her childhood and it was very painful for Taylor when her mother was diagnosed with cancer Swift told variety everyone loves their mom everyone's got an important mom but for me she's really the guiding force almost every decision I make I talk to her about it first the singer later disclosed that when her mother was going through treatment for cancer they discovered a brain tumor the uncertain and distressing time of watching her mother go through treatment inspired Taylor to write the heartbreaking song soon you'll get better discussing the subject of the song with CBS Sunday Morning she said it's just not something that we deal with until we have to until we see it until we experience it until someone close to us is going through something like that so writing about it was really emotional despite being one of the most successful music artists of all time Taylor Swift has struggled to be taken seriously as a female songwriter along with having her dating life and body up for public discussion as a young woman she's also had to fight for recognition of her work speaking to Vogue Swift said she didn't recognize sexism in the industry when she first came on the scene looking back she believes this is because she was so young as a teenager people saw her as cute and didn't necessarily take her or her success all that seriously she said it's fine to infantilize a girl's success and say how cute that she's having some hit songs but the second it becomes formidable as soon as I started playing stadiums when I started to look like a woman that wasn't as cool anymore as she gained confidence and success she also gained criticism her songs were often critiqued for being all about boys or breakups as Swift told Vogue people would act like it was a weapon I was using like a cheap dirty trick despite the misogynistic feedback her songs received she continued to write hits even releasing the man in 2019 a song that points out how differently her achievements would be perceived if she were a man perhaps one of the most public low points in Taylor Swift's life came during the 2009 VMAs a 19-year-old Swift had just won best female video for her hit song You Belong with me but what should have been an exciting win turned into a dramatic incident when Kanye West interrupted her during her acceptance speech as the excited Swift gushed over winning her first VMA West came on stage and took the microphone to say yo Taylor I'm really happy for you I'm going to let you finish but Beyonce had one of the best videos of all time the crowd and viewers were shocked by West's Behavior with Beyonce even later inviting Swift back onto the stage to have her moment that West ruined for many the shocking pop culture moment became nothing more than a meme but it was much more impactful for Swift then I was really excited because Kanye West was on the stage and then I um then I wasn't so excited anymore years later when speaking about West's Interruption during the Miss Americana documentary it still made the singer emotional she added at the time I didn't know they were booing him doing that I thought that they were booing me she added for someone who's built their whole belief system on getting people to clap for you the whole crowd booing is a pretty formative experience but that wasn't the end of it in 2016 West released famous a song that features a lyric saying that he made Swift famous that led to a back and forth between Swift and Kanye then wife Kim Kardashian about whether Swift had approved the lyrics beforehand Kardashian leaked edited footage of the phone call that made it sound like Swift okay the lyrics Kanye went like so far like no rapper is going to call someone that they're like rapping about and get their permission during a particularly vulnerable scene in Miss Americana Swift breaks down about the way the edited phone call was received and how loud the hate about her had started to get people fall out of love with you there's nothing you can do to make them change their mind they just don't love you anymore I just wanted to disappear in 2020 the full version of the call was leaked which proved that she hadn't lied about the conversation after all in 2013 Taylor Swift was groped by radio host David Mueller when he reached his hand under her skirt as they posed for a photo Swift's team reported the incident to the radio station resulting in Mueller's dismissal the pop star team did their best to keep the situation quiet as her mother later said in court I did not want her to have to live through the endless memes and GIFs that tabloid media and internet trolls decided to come up with doctoring the pictures and making her relive this awful moment unfortunately it became public knowledge when the xdj sued Swift for defamation rather than backing down the singer made a counter suit claiming sexual assault which she won Swift only asked for a symbolic $1 in Damages the real reward was winning the suit as one of the world's biggest Superstars Taylor Swift has millions of admirers sadly some people take their adoration for the artist much too far and Swift has lived with the fear of stalkers for years perhaps the most Sinister among them is Roger Alvarado who broke into Swift's New York City Apartment where the police found him napping in her bed after a stint in jail Alvarado returned to the same residence and broke in again even after his second arrest the stalker showed no sign of remorse during a jailhouse interview with Page 6 he said he'd likely break in again when released the actions of Alvarado and others have created a tremendous amount of fear in Swift's life the singer admitted to L that she's unfortunately had to get accustomed to that reality saying websites and tabloids have taken it upon themselves to post every home address I've ever had online you get enough stalkers trying to break into your house and you kind of start prepping for bad things

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Published: Sun Apr 21 2024