Celeb News: Taylor's songwriting PRAISED by Imogen Heap

Bentley13

Imogen Heap on working with Taylor on Clean off 1989

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Taylor strummed and sang a first verse and a chorus. It sounded really good to me already, so I suggested we just go straight down into the studio and I'd start throwing some sounds at it. Maybe we could demo it up for a later time to finish?

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I have to be honest here and say I had ever so slightly not done my homework on Taylor Swift but had done what I HATE others do of me, which is to pre-judge a person based on assumptions. I had assumed Taylor didn't write too much of her own music (as is the case with many young, extremely successful artists these days who sell shed loads of records) and was likely puppeteered by an ageing gang of music executives, working to formulas and spread sheets. How wrong was I? Totally clued up from a very young age (I had no idea what a publishing label even was at the age of 14 never mind moving my family to Nashville so I could pursue a song-writing career!), hyper driven, hard working, really talented and a genuine lovely soul, with a few more boy troubles than she most but you can't get it all right all the time!

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I was editing and mixing the bits in, meantime Taylor had written the 2nd verse! Good going gals! Teamwork! It was time for a late lunch.

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I so enjoyed the whole experience and it gave me a new kinda energy having worked with this mega woman, force of nature. I can't thank her enough for taking a chance on me (I'm not exactly Max Martin you know!) and am so happy the song made it on the record (and feel lucky it's the closing track, coz that's a special spot) as I love it and would have been sad to see it 'sit on the shelf' (as some co-writes I've done in the past have!).

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Felt I wanted to share the experience, as it was a special one. I've also been reading the odd report or tweet here and there that the reason these lyrics to 'Clean' are so good is because I wrote the song with her but FOR SURE they are all hers she deserves all the credit!

Full article: http://imogenheap.com/?article=1321

"Mega Woman"

"Force of nature"

I see no lies.

Taylor is so nice giving people co-writing credits on her songs just because they were around, but they were adamanet she wrote it all by herself. Like, Imogen getting co-writing credits on Clean when Imogen said it was ALL Taylor.

You too can buy 1989 on iTunes to listen to the song 'Clean' they did together: http://smarturl.it/TS1989 1989 also features the SMASH hit Shake It Off!

If you're from the US, drop into your local Target and pick up the Deluxe version to get 3 bonus tracks and 3 voice memos.

#Buy1989OniTunes #TS1989

Finny

BlueMoon77

What a ****ing queen

A true artist, when will the others??

Dani97

We all know this

imogen is so amazing

Bentley13

Her songwriting ability is just so flawless. When will the other major pop girls?

Like, Taylor is to be considered THE major girl cause she has all these flawless songs that she writes 99% by herself.

Hunter_13

Imogen is too kind.

beherebynow

Ryan

beherebynow

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I've also been reading the odd report or tweet here and there that the reason these lyrics to 'Clean' are so good is because I wrote the song with her but FOR SURE they are all hers she deserves all the credit!

Queen

Icannot

When will your faves' one word adlib contribution.

BeyonceHatesMe

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I had assumed Taylor didn't write too much of her own music (as is the case with many young, extremely successful artists these days who sell shed loads of records)

holyground

Aww that blog Imogen wrote was so cute

I remember years ago I saw that Taylor wanted to work her and I was like "haha nice wish gurl" and then they really did it and they made such a masterpiece.

Bentley13

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Auris

YASSSSS <3

DRjuss06

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OMG creepiest gif

grAntVRIL

Queen

Newt

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Originally posted by Bentley13

Taylor is so nice giving people co-writing credits on her songs just because they were around, but they were adamanet she wrote it all by herself. Like, Imogen getting co-writing credits on Clean when Imogen said it was ALL Taylor.

LET's not get ahead of ourselves and throw Mama Heap down the bus; she did the harmonies, adlibs etc. She didn't just get an undeserved co-credit

zombaland

I absolutely love both of them. And the song is perfection.

swiftie13

revel8

Imogen was making it clear that the lyrics were from Taylor. Imogen was actively involved in the melody of the song. So she was clearly a co-writer. Imogen is just saying the lyrics being so good was down to Taylor.

Imogen was clearly impressed with Taylor. That she just turned up alone with a guitar and some lyrics and just gone on with it, wrote the verses and did the song in 1 day!

Ryan Tedder said the following earlier this year

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"I did a little stuff with Taylor, who’s probably the fastest songwriter I ever met in my life. I can go on record saying that Taylor is genuinely the quickest songwriter I’ve ever- for anyone who doubts it she writes her own stuff. Any idea and you’re like “Yeah I don’t know if I like that lyric” and she’ll have three options, replaced within 10 seconds, she’s like bam bam bam. She’s bit of a prodigy, bit of a songwriting prodigy.