Analysis of the Star Image of Taylor Swift by

‘Debut’ album in 2006

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Taylor Swift made her album debut titled ‘Debut’ in 2006, where she adhered to the typical stereotypes of being relatable to young girls as she was 16 at the time of the release. She wanted to appear as innocent and the typical ‘girl-next-door’ which can contrast to Laura Mulveys ‘male-gaze’ idea. She sang country music throughout her debut album making her seem sweet and young.

2007 Winning of CMA Horizon Awards

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In 2007, the year after her debut album, Taylor Swift won the Country Music Award at the Horizon Awards, when she was just 17 years old. Her representation of country music can depict her as wholesome and could reflect a ‘real’ artist in comparison to a typical, structured Hollywood superstar. This makes her more relatable to a young female audience and showed her as a new and fresh face within the country music genre.

Release of Fearless in 2008

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In 2008, Taylor Swift released her second album, titled ‘Fearless’ which ultimately transitioned her into a mainstream star. Within this album Taylor wrote about love and crushes which can be seen as relatable to her young teenage audiences which reflects the timeframe she was in when writing the album. She wanted to show herself to be just like everyone else as she wrote personal lyrics to show herself vulnerability.

Kanye West Scandal 2009

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In 2009, Taylor Swift attended the VMAs and won the Best Female Video for her song ‘You Belong With Me’. However, as she was accepting her award, rapper Kanye West interrupted her and stated that he thought Beyoncé was the rightful winner of the award. This scandal created a lot of backlash for Kanye but only grew Taylors star image and fanbase even more. She was depicted as the ‘victim’ and therefore made people feel sorry for her, as she was still only a young girl. However, Taylor did not respond at the time, reflecting her kind and nurturing image she had created.

Release of ‘Speak Now’ in 2010

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In 2010 Taylor released her third album ‘Speak Now’ which still remained with her country feel of music. Throughout the album her lyrics reflect disapproval of her exs, including those that her fans would know like Jake Gyllenhall, which creates a controversial biasing towards other stars from her fanbase. The album makes her seem vulnerable about her relationships, yet she remains powerful through the portrayal of how she has handled them.

Taylor Swift surprising and gifting fans 2011

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Throughout her years, Taylor Swift was known to surprise and gift fans. Her kindness was portrayed through giving fans vip passes, free tickets, personalised gifts which makes it feel like she is more emotionally connected to her fans. It also builds her image as somebody who is grateful and has a deeper care for her fans. However, despite these meet-ups and surprises making it seem more casual, they will have been pre-planned for the purpose of creating this image of her to the public.

Rebrand with release of 1989

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After the release of Red, Taylor started to move onto a new era of music which rebranded herself as a pop artist, 1989 was an era of full pop songs. She presents herself as an empowered, feminist solo artist throughout this album, as well as her constructing her music videos to offer the same effect.

Feminist portrayal of Taylor Swift

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Taylor has been known to present herself as somebody who is a feminist icon and somebody who educates her young female audience on the topic. She comes across as an independently, powerful woman when questioned about the topic and can portray herself as a role model. She also therefore appeals to those who align within the same feelings about feminism.

Richard Dyer on ‘Star Image’ (1989, ‘Stars’)

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Taylor Swift can align with Richard Dyers thoughts on the ‘Star Image’ as he speaks about stars being a constructed image. Her development into the feminist era, along with evolution of her lyrics such as ‘The Man’ from the Lover album, can also contribute to the sales of her albums, tours and merchandise. If people agree with her values and beliefs about feminism, they will feel that they are not just purchasing her music, but also buying into an empowered identity.

Wholesome Tabloids (2015)

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Tabloids portrayed Taylor Swift in the wholesome, innocent, teen girl light; taking part in relatable teen girl activities such as baking, scrapbooking and making friendship bracelets. It could be argued it is also promoting her new music as there is a pop up labelled ‘the ultimate taylor playlists’ if people purchased the magazine.

Feud with Kanye West and Kim Kardashian (2016)

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A feud began in 2016 with Taylor Swift, Kim Kardashian and Kanye West. After Kanye West released his new song ‘famous’, featuring a line about Taylor Swift calling her a ‘butch’, which provoked an online feud. Taylor Swift insisted she did not approve of the line, whereas Kim painted her out to have known the entire time in order to promote her more. However, this provoked even more backlash towards Taylor Swift, despite her ‘swifties’ still sticking by her.

Release of ‘Reputation’ in 2017

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After taking some time off, Taylor Swift returned with a completely different era, one of revenge and payback. She reinvented herself as somebody more edgy and dark, something completely contrasting to her past self. Again, this new era portrayed her as somebody who has control over her own narrative, she is getting revenge for all the public backlash she has received.

New Album Cover (2017)

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The new album cover of ‘Reputation’ featured much darker themes compared to past album covers, the songs and lyrics were a lot bolder and direct, one song even directed at Kanye West; ‘This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things’, referring back to when he publicly humiliated her. This new visually striking album cover presents her as somebody who is back to get her own revenge, somebody who is here to take over and aligns her within her powerful self image.

Taylor Slams Journalists in Tour Intro (2018)

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After being criticised by journalists in the press, Taylor Swift decided to dedicate the introduction of her Reputation tour to all the bad things said about her, and publicly named those journalists, after inviting them to be in the crowd for the opening night. This is an incredibly powerful move from Swift, it presented her as somebody independent and a strong woman for facing those who have previously hated on her.

Taylor speaks up about eating disorder (2020)

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During her Miss Americana documentary, Taylor spoke about having to deal with an eating disorder, which sparked from comments online and from the press about her body image. She spoke about having shows where she would almost pass out as she was not eating. This presents Taylor as a star who is ‘authentic’ and somebody showing her vulnerability which can designate with an audience. It also shows her as a ‘real’ persona, somebody that fans want to support and makes her feel closer to her audience.

‘Reputation’ Stadium Tour Film

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Taylor Swift then released a film with Netflix which showcased her Reputation Tour. The creation of this film shows that Taylor can take control over her own performances and curate her own personality through doing so. It therefore portrays her as self-empowered and creative rather than somebody purely shaped by the media’s image of her.

Taylor Swift releases 1989 Tour DVD

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Much like the Reputation Tour, Taylor released the 1989 live tour, which was available online and on DVD. This unique selling point also brought her closer to fans who were not able to attend the concert as they still felt as though they were there, experiencing the album in its live concert version.

Release of ‘Folklore’ and ‘Evermore’ in 2020

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In 2020, the release of the ‘sister albums’ took place, which both got written during the lockdown of Covid 19. These albums are a complete contrast to ‘Reputation” and showcased her as more poetic and much softer singer. It presented her as caring more about artistry and narrative, rather than just showing the glamour of her career.

Taylor was lonely when writing ‘Folklore’ (2024)

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During one of her concerts, Swift admitted that when writing ‘Folklore’ and ‘Evermore’ in lockdown that she was feeling ‘lonely’ and that’s where her inspiration sparked from. This could relate to her audience as lockdown was a universal experience, where others could have been having the same feelings as her. This also presents her as being ‘authentic’ as she is showing her vulnerable side and being honest with her fans.

Taylor announces album on Instagram Live Stream

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Taylors ‘authenticity’ was further amplified when she announced that her new single ‘You Need To Calm Down’ would come out the day of the live stream. She also announced her new album name and release date in the live stream, which made fans feel more connected to her, made them feel as if they were directly talking to her and made them feel a part of her album, as she continued to talk about how fans were ‘right about the album name’.

Taylor signing her ‘Debut’ posters (2007)

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After releasing her debut album, Taylor signed posters of the album when she performed at the Yahoo headquarters. For somebody who only just began her career, she presented herself as wholesome, someone who cares deeply about her fans and this is what helped to build her fan base from the start.

Tabloids ‘thrashing’ Taylor Swifts appearance (2016)

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When speaking up about her personal issues with her body image, she referred back to this tabloid, which ripped apart how she looked and accused her of being falsely pregnant, which the press then ran with. Articles like this were made to publicly shame her and try to mock her career. However, Taylor came back stronger and fought back to nasty tabloids. OK magazine usually focuses on celebrity news, however it can often be dramatised and misleading in order to attract more coverage.

Feminist Music Video ‘The Man’ from ‘Lover’ (2020)

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Along with the lyrics reflecting feminism, the music video shows women highlighting the double standards that men and women have in life. Taylor was trying to show that men are often praised for things that women get put down for; the song and video made ‘swifites’ feel empowered and like a community of feminists.

Taylor Swift’s Deal with Big Machine Records 2005

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At !6, Taylor signed with Big Machine Records for her albums. However, after releasing Reputation she signed for a new record label. Due to this, she was not permitted to gain full access and copyrights of her first 5 albums.

Release of first ‘Taylor’s Version’ Album 2021

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Taylor began to release ‘Taylor’s Version’ Albums, where she re-recorded songs how she wanted them, in order to gain full rights to the songs again. People could argue this was done to create more revenue and it was an economic move by her. However, it presents her as empowered and that she is fully in control of her work once again. The ‘Vault’ tracks added into the albums also connect her deeper with fans, as they are more personal to her.

Speak Now ‘Taylor’s Version’ 2023

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Red ‘Taylor’s Version’ 2021

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1989 ‘Taylor’s Version’ 2023

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Taylor responding to backlash on new album (2025)

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After receiving backlash over her new album, Taylor addressed her opinions in a clam manner. She explained that people are allowed to have their opinions and think what they want. This presents her in a mature and confident manner as she will not allow others to bring her down. This could perhaps attract people to like the album more due to her acting in such a professional way.

Controversy with relationships (2023)

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One of Taylors most controversial relationships was with lead singer of 1975, Matty Healy. This sparked backlash and fans started to retaliate against Taylor as Healy had been known for racist comments as well as shaming Ice Spice, who previously collaborated with Taylor. This put Taylor under pressure from fans as they started to believe she aligned with him and therefore portrayed her as not so empowered, contrasting her brand.

Feud with Taylor and XCX on Taylors new album (2025)

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After XCX taking digs at Taylor on her latest album, Taylor struck back writing ‘Actually Romantic’ directed towards her. Charli is also engaged to George Daniel, who is band mates with Matty Healy. Swifts decision to call XCX out publicly shows she is stepping into a more confrontational era, and therefore a more unfiltered persona which we do not often see of Taylor. However, it also starts a war between fandoms which creates publicity for the both of them.

Taylor tweets back at Donald Trump (2020)

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After Trump declared something online which was controversial, Taylor Swift snapped back voicing her opinions on him and spoke as if she was representing a whole population with ‘we will vote you out’. This shows that she wants to use her platform for an educational manner too, being courageous and being politically engaged about America. It shows that she cares about her society more than people believe.

Release of album ‘Midnights’ 2022

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Taylor Swifts new album featured many songs which often spoke about anxiety, overthinking and self-doubt; often things we would class as vulnerability. Her being so comfortable to talk about herself experiencing these offers a sense of vulnerability and expresses to fans a feeling of maturity and her being emotionally candid.

Taylors new romance with Travis Kelce in 2023

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Taylor went official with Travis Kelce in late 2023, after it was rumoured by fans that they were dating. 2025 then saw the development of their relationship as they are now engaged. Their public relationship showed her as someone culturally expanded; she is no longer just a musician but is dating a worldwide NFL star. She visits games and wears merch and seems comfortable; it’s a contrast to past relationships where she has had little to no control. Being published on Vogue also gives a sense of authority and importance, due to the publication being known as the ‘fashion bubble’. It is promoted highly and is influential.

Release of ‘TTPD’ in 2024

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In 2024, Taylor Swift released her new album ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ which was her longest album to be released. The album presents a variety of different song genres and complex feelings, she refers to herself in some songs, it has feelings of maturity and love, which can link to her new relationship with Travis. The album could be seen to redefine her star image, people are connecting with her new multi-faced portrayal of an artist.

Timeline of relationships

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Taylor Swift was often spoke about negatively in relation to her history of multiple relationships. Due to her songs having themes of love, breakups and heartbreak, it allows audiences to feel more involved in her life, almost like they are friends with her and know about her personal life, which attracts more fans.

Change from narrative to performance in music videos (2015)

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Throughout her career, Taylor Swifts music and videos transitioned from a narrative to more of a performance. The change in her image can keep her fans interested and keep her in the spotlight (Dyer) and also shows her growth from a solo artist to a brand herself.

Brands promoting Taylors New Album (2025)

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Huge brands such as Starbucks, Crumbl and Burger King were amongst the few brands who advertised personalised advertisements promoting Taylor’s new album ‘The Life of a Showgirl’. They advertised their products in a way to promote the new orange album and included memes of hers such as words ‘eras’. This invites audiences to invest in their products as it attracts her fandom of ‘swifties’ whilst promoting her new album to those who aren’t familiar to her but purchase their products.

Most recent album release ‘Life of a Showgirl’ in 2025

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Despite backlash, Taylors new album offers a contrasting tone and mood to her latest one. The songs are happy and most include themes about being in love in a new relationship with Travis. This shows her in a new light, one where she can express her emotions to make her fans happy, and let them into her life and in touch with her emotions.

Taylor Swift featured in Diet Coke ad (2013)

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Taylor Swift was featured in an advertisement in order to promote Diet Coke. The advert also featured one of her new songs from her upcoming album ‘1989’ which had not yet been released anywhere. This crossover teases fans with her new album whilst promoting a large brand, and shows that Taylor is not just an artist, but is culturally recognised from other consumer brands too. It can also be seen as a way for her to ‘brand’ her album before its even been released as she would have the most control over it.

Taylor Swift on Apple Music Advert (2016)

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This advert features Taylor running on a treadmill to a Drake and Future sing before falling flat on her face. This advert shapes a different side of Taylor that audiences may not have seen; a funny, more unserious version who doesn’t take herself too seriously. It also shapes her as someone relatable; someone who goes to the gym, can also have struggles and makes her seem like an approachable celebrity face.

Taylor Swift has nasty tweets written about her (2017)

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Along with many other tweets, people often have negative things to say about Taylor Swift and her songwriting, including this tweet which has nearly 40k retweets. Despite this, people know her as the innocent sweet songwriter, which positions her as a ‘victim’ in the eyes of the media and as someone who is being unfairly targeted. Additionally, she turns this hate into fuel for her music, which shows her as someone independently powerful who is regaining power from her haters.

Taylor’s fandom of ‘Swifties’

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Over the years Taylor has acquired a fandom of ‘Swifites’ which are one of the biggest and loyal fan bases in the music industry. Due to most of her fan base growing up alongside her and her albums, this positions her as more of a friend and somebody they know, rather than simply just an artist. Her fandom also aligns with her views on feminism, as they are mostly a collective group of women, which connects them as a tight, feminist fanbase.

Taylor buys back the rights to her first 6 albums 2025

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In 2025, Taylor Swift bought back the rights to own all of her music again, meaning she now has the rights for revenue of her first 6 albums. This powerful move, which fans were all waiting for, shows that she is taking control and regaining power over being exploited as a young teenage girl; it shows her feminine independence. This can again along with her views on feminism, as it shows women should have the rights to their own things, without exploitation from men/ Additionally, The Guardian is a left wing newspaper, meaning they hold no bias toward Taylor Swift, they are simply reporting facts.

Eras Tour breaks records 2023-2024

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The Eras Tour broke records for being the biggest tour ever performed by an artist, and one that broke revenue records. The tour lasted almost 2 years and each show lasted just over 3 hours. The tour being sectioned into her ‘eras’ shows her success and also that she is able to curate her own career, showing each era as a new invention of her persona. It also shows her evolution, she may have changed throughout her life but she has always stayed in connection with her authentic self and her fanbase.

Travis Kelce makes appearance in Eras Tour (2024)

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Travis Kelce made a surprise appearance in one of Taylor Swifts Eras Tours in 2024, which showed a cultural crossover between the two; a pop star and an NFL player. It also shows her authenticity as she is being open about her love and personal life, which she has never previously done in her past album tours. He was also involved in the storytelling part of the tour which can reflect how he has been a huge part of her story/life. Glamour is known for publishing articles based around women’s lifestyle and fashion. Those who usually read this publication would then be able to associate with Taylor Swif.

Taylor Swift delivers speech about feminism (2019)

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In 2019, Taylor Swift gave a speech about the years of her career and touched upon incidents which made her question herself. Her experiences often related to being looked down upon because she was a woman in the industry and people doubting her due to gender. Her views can align with a pop-feminist cultural movement, where she identifies as a feminist in order to empower other women who may be in her fanbase.

The Eras Tour film 2024

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Throughout her tour, Taylor released a film of the entire Eras Tour for those to watch who could not attend the concert. The film broke records and made over 100million dollars and was released on Disney+. Taylor crafting a whole movie dedicated to the biggest tour worldwide, shows a true connection to her fans, those who can’t be with her but still feel like they attended the tour.

Taylor Swifts Keds Campaign (2015)

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In 2015, Taylor starred in a Keds campaign with some other young teen models. Her featuring in an advert for teen girls at this time would have reflected her current album and persona; a young, innocent, sweet country singer who was viewed as the ‘girl next door’. It would have also attracted girls her age not only to the brand but also to listen to her current music at the time.

The timeline of all of Taylor Swifts Eras into albums. Each album was a reinvention of her identity and she curated this through lyrics, visuals and background information of her at the time each album was released.

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Interviews and appearances on TV and online; Taylor presents different personalities of herself whether it be on interviews, TV shows or her own social media videos and posts

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Scandals revolving around Taylor Swift and some of her most controversial moments with herself, other stars and member of the press

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Record breaking Eras Tour which spanned from 2023-2024- almost 2 years of touring and different eras shown to the whole world

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Relationships with controversial stars including friendship feuds with Charli XCX

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Taylor Swifts involvement with feminism and supporting women throughout her fanbase and across the world

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Taylor Swift has created multiple films from her tours including 1989, Reputation, Lover and the Eras Tour, which let fans watch without having to attend

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Taylor Swifts involvement with working with brands, promoting products whilst promoting her own music, and featuring in advertisements all links to her star image and the way she is presented

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Music videos presented Taylor Swift in different lights; some aligned with her feminist views, others sexualised her more than others, whilst some completely redefined her as an artist connecting to its era

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Taylor sometimes appears vulnerable to the world which can enhance the idea of her authenticity

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Taylor Swifts Red Carpet looks

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Taylor Swift was known for coordinating her red carpet outfits with new upcoming albums, promotions, or even if she was announcing something new. An example of this is her blue midnights dress which she wore after the release of the ‘Midnights’ album. This often sparked rumours upon fans as it what was next to come and they would often link her style to new albums.

Taylor Swifts ‘teaser’ edition with Vogue in 2017

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In January 2017, Taylor Swift was pictured in an edition of Vogue, one where she looks powerful, scandalous and darker than her past representations. Later that year, in November, ‘Reputation’ was released, which mirrors the theme of the photoshoot, which acted as a teaser for the new album which would be dropped later that year. These teasers invite her fanbase to interact with each other in rumours and guesses about her new albums and it connects them closer together. Being published on Vogue also offers a sense of authority and importance due to the magazine being regarded as the highest fashion magazine.

Many view Taylor Swift as a fashion icon too. She has starred in many famous magazines, wore clothes designed by the best on red carpets and influenced people into a new era of fashion.

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Taylor Swift influences on the street with fashion (2024)

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Taylor is always spotted when on the streets in her casual wear which often includes designers and influencers others to invest in the same clothing. This moves her fans from not just being interested in her as an artist, but also as a brand, they trust her judgement and will be influenced by anything she does.

Taylor attracting attention through clothes of history (2022)

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Taylor was spotted wearing jewels when entering the red carpet, which she later revealed were inspired by Queen Elizabeth. This shows her interest in honouring history, she is viewed as somebody respectful, and people will recognise her more from symbolising something so historic.

New video from album sexualises her more than past interpretations (2025)

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Taylors new album shows her differently than some past music videos such as her new video ‘The Fate of Ophelia’. Throughout the video she is wearing much more revealing clothing, interpreting the ‘Showgirl’ aesthetic but also some may argue she is being more sexualised through these shots and choices of outfit. It also highlights to her fanbase that she is no longer the young innocent girl she once was, and has maturely grown up.

Popularity of Taylor Swifts merchandise (2023)

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Taylor Swifts merch was the most worn merchandise of an artist worldwide, from people purchasing it on fan drops and also in person at her concerts. It ‘serves as a symbol of unity and a badge of honour’ for Swifties who feel as it they are part of a huge fanbase of friends. It also serves as a huge revenue move from Taylor, as her merch would have made her billions from the Eras Tour alone.

Friendship bracelets became popular during the Eras Tour (2023-2024)

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In Taylor Swifts ‘Midnights; album she included a lyric of ‘So make the friendship bracelets’; since then her fanbase began to create friendship bracelets before their Eras Tour shows and started to swap them with other fans at the venues. This made it feel like more of a community and allowed fans to connect with each other over what brought them together. Taylor was also given many throughout her shows which made her feel like a friend more than an artist. Cosmopolitan has a reputation of writing articles in order to promote the empowerment of women, which can be reflected here as the article is very positive and shows Taylor Swift in a good light.

Taylor Swifts merchandise and inclusion of friendship bracelets between fans, making them seem like a proper community of friends

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Taylor Swift supporting the LGBTQ community (2019)

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In her album ‘Lover’, Taylor wrote a song called ‘You Need To Calm Down’ which had many references to the lgbtq community and her support towards them; including ‘shame never made anybody less gay’. This shows her fanbase that she supports many different communities, ones that they nay be a part of and showcases her as knowledgable and well educated surrounding the subject; people would respect her more. The rolling stones publication is often known for its reviews mostly surrounding music related topics, this gives a stamp of approval for Taylor supporting them through her music.

Marshall.P, David. (1997). “Celebrity and Power: Fame in Contemporary Culture”. University of Minnesota Press. P4-10.

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This chapter featured multiple references to stars being “real” and therefore hiding their real public persona. Taylor Swift can be argued to do this as her personality and authenticity is curated through a structured and performance based documentary which is not published by her. It could be argued that we are not actually seeing the “real” Taylor.

Fairclough, K. et al. (2023) “Divas” Feminism and Fierceness from Pop to Hip-Hop. First Edition. Bloomsbury Academic. Pp 265.

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Her speech might connect to the feeling of ‘the diva’; she is voicing her opinion to a full live audience and is not holding back on what she thinks about how women are treated in the industry. However, Fairclough argued that women who present themselves this way are the most influential feminists which can reflect her identity as a feminist icon.

O’Neill, L. (2015). “The representation of Miley Cyrus and Taylor Swift as postfeminist celebrity musicians: Image, text and Audiences. Murdoch University. Pp 21.

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The Bad Blood video which was released in 2015 saw Taylor being presented as a feminist along with a huge group of girls who are also her friends in real life. They are all also dressed in empowered clothing whilst going to fight, which shows women as taking care of things which are stereotypically masculine jobs. This can contrast to social standards and shows Taylor as taking control.

Taylor Swift is one of the most influential stars to exist (2025)- timeline

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Taylor Swift has proved herself to be one of the most influential stars of the era and was viewed as an artist who changed the game forever. The timeline of her career shows her influential persona throughout pop and shows her transitioning from different eras of her life, resulting in her name becoming a brand itself.

The awakening of Taylor Swifts feminist era

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After continuing into her cultural pop icon era, Taylor Swift finally admitted her engagement with feminism and it began the awakening of her feminist beliefs. This was also due to her friendship with Lena Dunham; when she was pictured together with her her audience began to assume she aligned with feminist theories, until she admitted to it.