22- T-Swift

I don’t know about you… but Taylor Swift hasn’t always fascinated me like she has with other girls. (Not to mention the sweetheart guys that listen to her.)

Yes, it is true. I am not the typical American girl teenager. My tastes in music can best be described in another blog about EVERYTHING with sound, but for now we will stick with Tay Tay.

Her taste has recently changed. It isn’t so “Tim McGraw” (quite literally) country now, but more of a rocky-poppy-country. She has branched out with her voice, dance, videos, and clothing. She isn’t a little innocent blue eyed, curly blonde girl anymore, but rather a 22 year old that has had numerous dates with numerous amounts of famous or well known boys/men. She is currently showing Harry Styles off, and maybe he is inspiring her to branch off into new cultures with her music and clothing choices.

Sitting in her room singing about make ups, breakups, and the ins and outs of relationships didn’t always appeal to me, and, honestly, still doesn’t. Her guitar and country twang came out in her acoustic guitars, music videos, and small town lyrics such as “back porch,” “mama don’t know,” “truck.”

My absolute favorite song EVER from her is from her newest album, Red (pick it up at Target, holla!). The name is “22.” At first, I was wondering why she was “feeling 22” until I found out that she was in fact 22 years of age. Whaa? T-Swift’s grown up and FAST! She seems a lot younger and it wasn’t too long ago that she was singing about Drew.

I think we assume her to be younger because she has been known as a cougar. Rawr. She has dated lots of guys younger than her. Recently she broke up with Conor Kennedy (tote gorgi, btw) that is still in high school! Maybe her style in her clothing came from the beloved Jackie Kennedy?

Anyway, the song “22” is about living carefree with your best friend/boyfriend. Carefree experiences like eating breakfast at midnight, falling in love with strangers, and dressing up like hipsters. Having fun, I’d say, is her main focus in the song. Of course it might seem fun to be 22 just because you are of legal age to vote, drink, smoke, and other stuff. (Which isn’t fun in my opinion, but detrimental to your health!)

The song has a catchy tune to it, and the lyrics are splendid… if they came from a 16 year old American Idol winner. To me, Taylor Swift must start (and I mean… like… NOW!) growing up and having more substance in her lyrics. Talk about something other than relationship problems that you seem to always be having. And the same goes for Ms. Carly Rae Jepsen. (Who is like 27, btw!) Bet you didn’t know that, huh? (475)