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HALF HOUR WITH…
TAYLOR SWIFT
The award-winning country artist turned pop superstar on her
new, more mature outlook on life, love and music – plus her
secrets for keeping so slim
There was a time
when Taylor Swift’s
love life threatened to overshadow the
success of her soaring music career. Having
dated the likes of One Direction’s Harry
Styles, singer John Mayer and Hollywood
star Jake Gyllenhaal, her penchant for
writing brutally honest lyrics about the men
she loved and lost had started to become
something of a trademark.
But as new album 1989 (named for the
year of her birth) tops the charts worldwide,
she is determined to shake off her maneater
title, insisting that she hasn’t had “any lousy
boyfriends in the last year and half”.
Now, the 24-year-old Grammy-winning
artist says, she is more likely to be at home
snuggling up to her beloved Scottish Fold
cats. And she’s not only put her love life on
the back burner. Taylor, who first rose to
fame as a Nashville country star when she
was still a teenager, has also moved to a
luxury bachelorette pad in New York and
swapped her country roots for pop.
Things have changed quite dramatically for
you in the past few years…
I’ve grown up. I’ve bought an apartment in
New York and I’ve become a woman. I think
it’s an important time to move forward with
your life. I’m not that same girl from my first
record and I think it’s important that you
don’t try to stay 15 or 16 forever.
So what’s a good night out for Taylor now
Staying in with my two cats Olivia Benson and
Meredith Grey. I work so hard and tour so
much that I like to hang out with friends at
home and cook and chat. I’m not a party girl.
Have you been misrepresented in the past
Yes, to the point my friends have asked am I
partying too much and suggested I party
less. There was a point where I really wanted
to stop stories being written about me going
out, so I stopped going out.
How has growing older affected you
I just think how I dress and how I present
myself and how I articulate how I am feeling.
I’m a young woman with certain
responsibilities. I have fans that are
important to me. I’m older and I want to age
gracefully and that includes now and that
also includes when I am in my 40s.
How important is fashion to you Do you
oversee all your outfits
In general – yes. I think everybody has their
own limits for what feels comfortable to wear
in front of millions of people and for me
that’s being more reserved, because I feel
more comfortable in certain things than
others. It is not to say that I think other pop
artists don’t look great in what they wear in
their magazine shoots. I would never say to
any other artist: “You need to put on more
clothes,” because I would never want them
to look at me and say: “She needs to take her
clothes off, she needs to wear less clothes.”
Your new album was inspired by the 1980s.
Are you a fan of that era’s fashion
Yes I am. I think there was a freedom to the
clothes then and I see how that era has
inspired modern fashion trends. So I’m
wearing shorter skirts and things I would
never have worn three years ago.
Singer Lorde and Girls creator Lena
Dunham are two of your good friends. How
important are your friends
They’re the most important things to me
right now. Ella [Lorde] and Lena both
represent the type of woman I want to be.
Ella and I might be in the same job but we
don’t see each other as anything but two
female friends. The type of girls I hang out
with are strong and know their own mind.
But we don’t see each other that often as we
work so hard. But when we get together it’s
worth the wait.
How difficult is it to meet that someone
special and go on dates
I’ve been single for nearly two years and I’m
enjoying my independence and I’m not in
any hurry to meet anyone new. It means no
one tells me what to do or say or influences
what I wear – even if they’re not doing it
directly. Some girls are terrified of being on
their own but I’m enjoying it. It would take
someone really special to consider getting
into a relationship with.
How do you keep so trim
I work out. I do spin classes, which are hard,
and I don’t like doing them but I like how I
feel afterwards. The reason I work out is
because I want to have endurance and I
want to be able to hop on stage and sing a
song and dance and not be winded.
What do you enjoy when you’re not working
I enjoy shopping of course – I am female!
And I’ve enjoyed furnishing my new place
and working through the rooms to give each
an individual feel. Whichever country I am
in, I will try and see some of the city I am
staying in and try and shop, though the
busier I am, the more difficult this gets.
INTERVIEW: DANIELLE LAWLER. PHOTO: INF PHOTO
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