Taylor Swift Opens Up About Career Low Points and Triumphs in Revealing Interview with Time Magazine

Taylor Swift Opens Up About Career Low Points in Revealing Interview with Time Magazine

In a rare and candid interview with Time Magazine for their 2023 Person of the Year issue, Taylor Swift delved into the lowest points of her career, including the infamous leaked phone call with Kanye West and Kim Kardashian in 2016.

Swift described the backlash from the leaked phone call as “getting canceled within an inch of my life and sanity,” revealing that it took her to a place she had never been before psychologically. The incident led her to completely change her life, relocating to a different country and essentially disappearing from the public eye.

“I didn’t leave a rental house for a year. I was afraid to get on phone calls. I pushed away most people in my life because I didn’t trust anyone anymore. I went down really, really hard,” Swift shared.

After some time away, Swift released her album “Reputation” in 2017, which was met with mixed reviews but has recently enjoyed a resurgence. Swift explained that the album was the last in her contract with Big Machine, a label that she felt second-guessed every creative choice she wanted to make.

The interview also touched on the controversial sale of Swift’s masters to Scooter Braun’s Ithaca Holdings, a move that Swift described as “having my life’s work taken away from me by someone who hates me.” This event further shook Swift, who was still recovering from the events of 2016.

Despite the challenges she faced, Swift found a way to reclaim her voice and her music through her ambitious “Taylor’s Version” project, re-recording her old music in order to own her masters. Swift shared, “It’s all in how you deal with loss. I respond to extreme pain with defiance.”

Fans are eagerly anticipating the release of “Reputation (Taylor’s Version)” as Swift continues to navigate the ups and downs of her career with resilience and determination.