How does a female with all of these attributes have so many songs about break-ups and love stories.
Taylor Swift, 24 years old, is a prominent female singer in the music world. She has been releasing albums since a very young age with her first album in 2006, "Taylor Swift".
One of Taylor's oldest, but most popular, songs is "You Belong With Me". This song has reached as high as #2 in the pop genre and #1 in the country genre.
Taylor is considered a country singer due to her style of singing. She sings about love, in a graceful tone. She uses her songs to tell a story that many people can relate to.
In her beginning songs, she talks about former or current relationships and her struggles with boys. Young females became easily attached to her because they felt she was relatable to themselves.
According to Fairclough's model, he states that Taylor Swift would be classified as a country singer. Some people do not agree with that because they feel she is more of a pop singer.
People would argue that her voice is not that of a country singer because she does not sing about farms, ranches, trucks, or the wide open country. One major aspect that she does have in her music is that she sings about relationships and heartbreak, which are common themes in country music.
Bakhtin and his theory on text and genre is that music is a dialogue. Taylor has songs that are written in story for that convey a conversation between her and an ex-boyfriend, or her and one of her friends. There are few call and responses that are not in the form of an informal conversation.
The country genre is one of the most controversial genres in all of the music industry. Some people feel that if you are not strumming a guitar talking about farms and the countryside, you are not a country singer. Others feel that if you are singing about those things or love that it is country because of the content and tone of the music.
Over the decades now, each genre has changed a little bit. The "qualifications" of being in a specific genre have decreased and some people feel they can be in any category they want. This is not the case for serious music listeners; precisely why some people are not happy that Taylor is considered country.
The song "You Belong With Me" was about a crush Taylor Swift had on a boy when she was younger. She had strong enough feelings about this boy to write this song. What this tells me about Taylor is that she is not afraid to hone in on her personal feelings and express them for the world to know. This is a gutsy tactic while recording because it leaves the artist vulnerable to all sorts of criticism.
This song was at one time #2 in pop and #1 in country. By receiving these high rankings in their respective genre, you can infer that the listeners are happy with this song. Also, people would not be listening so much if they did not relate to the song. Some people may have a specific person they think about while listening to "You Belong With Me".
The collective audience is overall very pleased with Taylor and the way she writes. They are touched by her songs, obviously, because they keep buying her records.
In Taylor Swift's case, I believe she was influenced partially by some of the singers to come before her. She was not completely mentored by them. If you take a close look at her songs and how personal they are, she can not be taught that or coached through her songs. She can attempt to shape her voice to sound like her idols, but they can not sing for her.
If you have not already heard the former number one hit, "You Belong With Me", I would strongly suggest you do so. This song is a soul-touching, relatable sound for anyone. Taylor is one of the most popular singers in the country and she will continue to stand on a pedestal above everyone as long as she keeps busting out albums.
No comments:
Post a Comment