Wooooo lord that took some reading for both those interviews. So long.
I liked this part:
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With 1989, I was really putting my neck on the line, because I was the one saying I need to change directions musically. And my label and management were the ones saying “Are you sure, are you positive? This is risky.” And I was the one who had to come back every time and say, “No, this is what we’re doing.” When I put forth an album cover that didn’t have half my face on it, and tried to convince my label that this was the best way to sell an album, you know, I got some kind of interesting side-glance looks. But I knew that this was the best cover to represent this record, because I wanted there to be an air of mystery. I didn’t want people to know the emotional DNA of this album. I didn’t want them to see a smiling picture on the cover and think this was a happy album, or see a sad-looking facial expression and think, oh, this is another breakup record. When I wanted to call the album 1989, people on the team questioned that. Every single element of this album has been called into question, and I’ve had to say “No, this is how we’re doing it.” And the fact that we came out and did the kind of numbers we did in the first week—you have no idea how relieved I was, because it was all on me if this didn’t work. It was a little hard to sleep the night of the album release.
edit: Wait nvm no it's not good that the fact that her label was doubting her decisions. But slay at the fact that she pulled it off.
I bought it 2 years ago.
Actually, you can no longer find deluxe/platinum versions of her old albums here
UMM only distribute the standard Malaysian edition now for Speedy
I found Speak Now Deluxe and Fearless Platinum at Popular at The Paradigm mall though.
yeah it sucks
i only have standard edition of red also because at that time I couldn't tell the difference
i have literally never seen her debut album as well
let me check paradigm
"Tedder says it was entirely Swift’s doing. “People will look for a hole to punch in the Taylor Swift poster and say, Oh, you’ve got Max Martin, me, Jack [Antonoff] from fun.–established hitmakers. But I think any one of us will tell you, it’s really Taylor. We’re acting as editors. She’s driving, we’re along for the ride.”"
yeah it sucks
i only have standard edition of red also because at that time I couldn't tell the difference
i have literally never seen her debut album as well
let me check paradigm
nnn. Go try check at Paradigm.
They don't release and distribute The Debut here I really want to buy it though It sucks so much that we can't buy and support her debut album
When I put forth an album cover that didn’t have half my face on it, and tried to convince my label that this was the best way to sell an album, you know, I got some kind of interesting side-glance looks.
So when you have a show like that it’s very difficult to change up the setlist every night. I keep the setlist pretty much intact, but we have little variables—I usually do different acoustic songs every night. In the past, I have brought out dozens of guest artists not to perform my songs but to perform their songs and I’ll take a verse. And those are the things that make me the happiest, because the reality of the situation is that most of the kids in the audience have YouTubed the entire concert before they got there. They know exactly what’s going to happen next unless I call up another artist and have a secret rehearsal soundcheck and surprise the crowd with something they genuinely weren’t expecting. I should be getting on that now, look into a booking agent for these things.
But it’s worth it because I really want them to have that genuine moment of surprise. It’s very rare in this day and age to surprise people, but I really like doing it.
SN was such a flop coming off fearless
she was literally every when in 2009 and had like 2 albums selling multiple millions each.
didn't she sell 4 million per year from 2008-2010, then in 2012 again
#13
if it was higher she could have had half the top 7
