taylor swift

yesterday, i luckily watched "MYX Presents: Taylor Swift". the special showed Taylor Swift performing her songs in acoustic in an acoustic show called "Stripped", the second half, on the other hand, was the making of the "White Horse" video (i didn't even know that it was finally released here!).

it was year 2008 when i first heard "Teardrops on My Guitar", i was listening to my radio and i totally started to love the said song. i didn't know who the singer was at first, i have to memorize a line or two from the said song in order for me to find the whole lyrics in the internet. when i found the lyrics and the name of the artist, i quickly went to Youtube hoping that there might be a music video. fortunately, there was and that was the first time i saw Taylor Swift, i also went to watch her other music videos like "Our Song" and "Picture to Burn".

while watching her videos, i intently look at her and listen to the melodies of her music and then that's when i realized that she was a country artist but not quite. yeah, there was the country vibe but there is something different. i quickly went to Wikipedia to search for her biography and stuff (back then, there was nothing much about her) and i learned that she was from Pennsylvania and its not definitely a state where country music is at large.

i, then, downloaded her songs - not only those that were released as singles but also songs like "Should've Said No", "I'd Lie" and "I'm Only Me When I'm With You". back then, there aren't enough people in the Philippines who knows her (her songs were not even being sung by actors and actresses in the variety shows) until she released "Love Story" and the news that Joe Jonas broke up with her surfaced. well, Filipinos are more about the Jonas Brothers and Miley Cyrus during that time.

fortunately, "Love Story" is a bigger noise than the said breakup. MYX began airing the song's music video and local artists and actresses began singing her songs. as one of her early fans here in the Philippines, i'm happy that people here are starting to listen to her (because, for me, she's more worth listening to than Miley Cyrus).

i admire the way she writes her songs like "Love Story" - it was completely a story, i love the words and the lines she used. her songs may be simple in terms of the way they were sang, well, i have to admit that she does not have the best vocals but it doesn't really matter. her sign as a true artist is seen on how she wrote her songs. they may not be written with very 'flowery' words, they were so simple and straight to the point but it still forms something beautiful. her style of writing reminds me of the kind of writing my Literature professor taught us - she always tell us to clearly put picture in our poems and avoid using symbolisms that can cause to blur the image that we want to show.

i can't wait for her next album and i hope that it will do well just how "Fearless" did. honestly, the sophomore album success (which was very rare) may have added pressure on the third album whatever it might sound. i mean, "Fearless" is a multi-platinum album, hence, a very huge success. it might take a lot in order to surpass it or to even reach its level. but who knows, Taylor Swift have demonstrated the impossible - she was able to make country music despite not being a country girl, she was able to capture a lot of music listeners despite being young and that second album was definitely not something everyone expected.

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