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MC: Is there anything that felt completely left
field to you on Red?
Swift: I think that there are so many influences
that I have. I am such a music fan, and that’s why
you see me doing collaborations with B.o.B. and
then the next month doing a collaboration with
the Civil Wars and T-Bone Burnett for The Hunger
Games soundtrack. I love getting to be a part
of this musical world where it’s possible to learn
from people like that or from, say, Max Martin or
Dann Huff. I feel like, at 22, I’m still very much
a student of music and on my way to where I’m
going to end up someday. But along the way it’s
really fun to take risks because you look at some
careers and you see people make the same album
twice, and I never want to do that.
Swift Guest Spots
Taylor Swift has four albums of her own, but here’s
five key appearances she’s made outside of those:
MC: You have a tour coming up in 2013. How
are you approaching that?
Swift: I am so excited to see what songs the fans
“
I try to operate
on an emotional
basis, which to
me meant taking
the general emotion
I was feeling,
writing lyrics
that I felt depicted
it and choosing
production that I
felt painted the
picture even
more.
“
like the most because that’s the first step. We always
see which songs are really the passionate
songs and the ones the fans are freaking out over
the most, and those are the ones that are definitely
in the set list. And, of course, you know the
tour will be a big representation of this record. But
you know it will be really amazing to see which
ones jump to the forefront.
*
“Two is Better Than One” (2009),
a Top 20, platinum hit on Boys Like
Girls’ 2009 album Love Drunk.
*“Half of My Heart” (2010) with
John Mayer for his Battle Studies
album, which peaked at No. 25 and
went gold.
*
“Breathless” (2010), a cover of
the Better Than Ezra song that
Swift contributed to the Hope For
Haiti Now benefit album.
*
“Safe & Sound” (2012), a collaboration
with the Civil Wars for
The Hunger Games: Songs From
District 12 And Beyond.
*
“Both of Us” (2012), a Top 20
release from B.o.B.’s Strang
Clouds.
MC: You’re mixing up arenas and stadiums
again. Do you have a preference?
Swift: Well, I like for it to be big––as big as possible.
I just want to be able, in this economy, to
make a show that will be entertaining enough to
warrant the fans leaving their house, spending
their evening with me, parking their car, waiting
in line, maybe buy a T-shirt. I want them to be
so happy that they decided to spend their time
with me––I think that’s my biggest objective. And
the element of surprise is still really important
in a concert, and showing scenes and images
and visuals that are magical. I really like to take
people to a different world and change things up
constantly, never showing them too much of the
same thing too many times in a row.
Contact Claudine Ottinger,
claudine@ericksonpr.com
46 December 2012 www.musicconnection.com