Taylor Swift: Every Day Is a Fairytale: The Unofficial Story
Taylor Swift: Every Day Is a Fairytale: The Unofficial Story
Chronicling the meteoric rise of one of today’s hottest musical stars, this comprehensive biography of Taylor Swift reveals how she conquered the pop and country music charts, earned a shelf full of awards, and broke multiple chart records—all before she turned 20. Beginning with her childhood in Pennsylvania, the account recalls her early ambition to land a record deal, describing her personal deliveries of demos to Nashville record companies at age 11, her first failed deal with RCA Records, and her ultimate success signing with Big Machine Records. Alongside full-color photos, the guide goes on to detail Taylor’s songs, albums, and tours; friends such as Miley Cyrus, Demi Lovato, and Kellie Pickler, and boyfriends, including the Jonas
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Taylor Swift is one of the best selling female country artists of all time. In 2008, her second album, “Fearless”, spent 8 weeks at number one, making Taylor one of the most popular artists of the 21st century. Starting out as an average girl growing up in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, Swift loved to write music and compete in music competitions. Even though she was often made fun of and had a hard time making friends, she always had a dream of becoming a country music star. After many years of hard work and practice, the young artist moved to Nashville, Tennessee, where she eventually signed with Big Machine Records.
Liv Spencer’s Taylor Swift: Every Day Is a Fairytale: The Unofficial Story, tells readers of Taylor’s journey to fame, her accomplishments, and the personal story of each song. An unofficial story is when an author collects data and research from outside sources, in this case not directly through Taylor Swift. Liv Spencer has written multiple unofficial stories, such as Love Bites: The Unofficial Saga of Twilight, The Miranda Cosgrove and iCarly Spectacular!: Unofficial &Unstoppable. This book is geared towards the teenage/ young adult age group, and almost every Taylor Swift fan is guaranteed to enjoy reading this simple book.
Readers are able to view images of Taylor Swift documenting important moments throughout her life, and many of her interviews are included throughout the story. The reader will get a taste of Swift’s true character, and discover things about her that they were not already aware of.
This book allows readers to connect to Taylor Swift more, especially through her songs. In the book, there are descriptions of each song from her self-titled album, and her second album, “Fearless”. For each song, the book provides notes on “behind the music”, “between the lines”, “audience of one”, “fun facts”, “diary decoder”, “you saw it live”, and “charting success”. These notes give details on Taylor’s process of writing the song, an analysis of her lyrics, who she wrote the song for, details of performances of the particular song, and how successful the song is. Swift writes or co-writes all of her songs, and on her new album, Speak Now, wrote all the songs by herself.
According to a survey completed by students at New Albany High School, 3 out of the 4 students like Taylor Swift. Some students only “somewhat” like country music, but they still listen to Swift because of her unique pop/country blend.
The student’s favorite songs listed consisted of “Mine”, “Mary’s Song”, “Forever and Almost Always”, “Picture to Burn”, “Teardrops on My Guitar”, “Fearless”, “Tim McGraw”, and “You Belong With Me”. All students agreed that her songs all sound similar or the same, yet many still like her because her songs “all tell a different story”.
Taylor Swift is a major influence of today’s pop culture and one of the best selling country artists of all time, even at such a young age. In Taylor Swift: Every Day Is a Fairytale: The Unofficial Story, Swift’s heart and personality is conveyed. The book shows a personal side of her life, and the tremendous effort she put in to making every song. Any Swift fan is sure to enjoy this book, and will be able to relate to Swift even more after reading it.
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