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<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n\n\t\t\tRelated: <\/span>Taylor Swift’s Empowering Quotes Will Brighten Your Day<\/a>
\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\t\t\tTaylor Swift can\u2019t come to the phone \u2026 she\u2019s too busy giving advice! It\u2019s a known fact that the pop star is a successful singer, writing lyrics that inspire her fans all over the world. But, she\u2019s also full of wisdom \u2014 even when she\u2019s not belting out tunes. The Grammy-winning artist was named the [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Swift\u2019s dating life has been the subject of public scrutiny for years<\/a>, with the singer often getting candid about being judged for her past romances \u2014 especially in her early 20s.<\/p>\n\u201cWhen I was 23 and people were just kind of reducing me to, like, kind of making slideshows of my dating life and putting people in there that I\u2019d sat next to at a party once,\u201d Swift explained during an October 2019 interview with Zane Lowe<\/strong> on Apple Music\u2019s Beats 1<\/a>, adding that the commentary around her relationships is nothing more than a way to \u201cslut-shame\u201d and devalue her songwriting.<\/p>\n\u201cI don\u2019t think people understand how easy it is to infer that someone who\u2019s a female artist or a female in our industry is somehow doing something wrong by wanting love, wanting money, wanting success,\u201d she continued. \u201cWomen are not allowed to want those things the way that men are allowed to want them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n![\"The](\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/GettyImages-1604746912-1.jpg?w=1000&quality=86&strip=all\")
<\/div>Kevin Winter\/TAS23\/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSuccess is certainly something Swift has found. 1989<\/em> \u2014 which originally dropped in October 2014 \u2014 quickly became a critical success upon its release. The record, which marked her official debut in the pop world, was her first collaboration with producer Jack Antonoff<\/strong><\/a> and featured a synth-heavy, 80s-inspired sound different from her past work. In 2016, Swift scored her second Album of the Year Grammy win for 1989<\/em>, which went nine times platinum.<\/p>\n\u201cI want to say to all the young women out there: There are going to be people along the way who try to undercut your success or take credit for your accomplishments or your fame,\u201d she said during her Grammy\u2019s acceptance speech<\/a>. \u201cBut if you just focus on the work and you don\u2019t let those people sidetrack you, someday, when you get where you\u2019re going, you will look around and you will know \u2014 it was you, and the people who love you, who put you there. And that will be the greatest feeling in the world.\u201d<\/p>\nWhile Swift never \u201cnames names\u201d in her music, many fans believe that most of 1989\u2019s tracklist is inspired by her relationship with Harry Styles<\/strong><\/a>, with songs like \u201cOut of the Woods\u201d and \u201cStyle\u201d containing lyrics that hint at the pair\u2019s brief romance. The musicians were first linked in 2012 before calling it quits in January 2013.<\/p>\n\n
\u201cWhen I was 23 and people were just kind of reducing me to, like, kind of making slideshows of my dating life and putting people in there that I\u2019d sat next to at a party once,\u201d Swift explained during an October 2019 interview with Zane Lowe<\/strong> on Apple Music\u2019s Beats 1<\/a>, adding that the commentary around her relationships is nothing more than a way to \u201cslut-shame\u201d and devalue her songwriting.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t think people understand how easy it is to infer that someone who\u2019s a female artist or a female in our industry is somehow doing something wrong by wanting love, wanting money, wanting success,\u201d she continued. \u201cWomen are not allowed to want those things the way that men are allowed to want them.\u201d<\/p>\n Success is certainly something Swift has found. 1989<\/em> \u2014 which originally dropped in October 2014 \u2014 quickly became a critical success upon its release. The record, which marked her official debut in the pop world, was her first collaboration with producer Jack Antonoff<\/strong><\/a> and featured a synth-heavy, 80s-inspired sound different from her past work. In 2016, Swift scored her second Album of the Year Grammy win for 1989<\/em>, which went nine times platinum.<\/p>\n \u201cI want to say to all the young women out there: There are going to be people along the way who try to undercut your success or take credit for your accomplishments or your fame,\u201d she said during her Grammy\u2019s acceptance speech<\/a>. \u201cBut if you just focus on the work and you don\u2019t let those people sidetrack you, someday, when you get where you\u2019re going, you will look around and you will know \u2014 it was you, and the people who love you, who put you there. And that will be the greatest feeling in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n While Swift never \u201cnames names\u201d in her music, many fans believe that most of 1989\u2019s tracklist is inspired by her relationship with Harry Styles<\/strong><\/a>, with songs like \u201cOut of the Woods\u201d and \u201cStyle\u201d containing lyrics that hint at the pair\u2019s brief romance. The musicians were first linked in 2012 before calling it quits in January 2013.<\/p>\n<\/div>