From the first impressions of an innocent “Princess of Country Music”, Taylor Swift has become a global music sensation, an everlasting inspiration and one of the most influential in the music industry. With her constant brilliance, after entering the age of 30, she still accepts every challenge and spreads the power of songs and lyrics. Taylor Swift’s journey has left innumerable valuable lessons, becoming the inspiration of many people, especially youngsters who are pursuing their dreams.
Your most vibrant years never end
In her twenties, Taylor Swift mostly shined with her innocent love songs, songs that are imbued with youthfulness in the albums of Fearless, Speak Now, RED, etc. Having been over 30 now, her musical journey is still lengthened with admirable achievements. It still includes those songs about love, the ups and downs that the singer went through, but they are now expressed through the lens of a grown-up woman with a resilient spirit honed through many years. Songs that keep taking the top positions of music charts in Midnights, re-recorded versions of her previous albums, The Eras Tour shows that are constantly sold out in many areas, etc. are evident testaments for Taylor Swift’s enduring influence on popular culture after her over two decades of dedicating to music.
Just like music, just like Taylor’s journey, life changes and so do we. Whether you are 20, 25, or 30, a “new page of life” still awaits you to continue to write down your own story with new jobs, new challenges, and new relationships. Your teenage years can be really beautiful, but it doesn’t mean you can’t create exciting new experiences in your later years.
Perfection is not a destination
The more you grow up, the more you will realize that all of us are made up of both positive and negative traits. We can clearly perceive our own imperfections, while also thoroughly understand our values, strengths, beauty, etc. - the qualities that make us unique. In the album Midnight, Taylor adroitly conveyed the delicate opposition between self-hate and self-love. While Anti-Hero transmitted messages full of self-doubts like: “I should not be left to my own devices, they come with prices and vices, I end up in crisis”, in Bejeweled, Taylor comfortably expressed her confidence through the line: “Best believe I’m still bejeweled when I walk in the room, I can still make the whole place shimmer.” This interesting opposition is the way Taylor accepts everything that belonged to her - the most beautiful things as well as the most persistent wounds that contribute to creating a complete and vibrant individual that many people admire. With the encouraging lyrics in Midnights, Taylor spread the message of: Perfection is not a destination. Over the years, we constantly learn, develop, change and mature through our stumbles in the past.
Learn to understand yourself
Throughout her dedicated journey with music, Taylor Swift revealed her own experiences and emotions through each stage of her life, from the heartbreaks from love, complicated friendships to her aspiration in her career. Although her latest songs are still filled with the energy of youth, her fans can easily realize her emotional maturity through each line and each melody. Taylor Swift truly understands herself and her missions in her life. Thanks to that, her songs have reached the deepest parts in the heart of those that have matured along with her music. Taylor has now become a more confident and complete version and is ready to face any challenge in her life. And if you have spent loads of time making an effort to identify yourself, this is when you can spend some time to “slow down” and understand yourself better.
What have you learned through this woman’s impressive melodies? MGI Magazine hopes that each lesson from Taylor Swift’s journey will be the valuable “luggage” for you to step further on the path to conquering your own dreams. Keep on trying and shining bright, will you?
Karlfya | Cameron Truong
