In the long tradition of celebrity gossip perhaps there is no more prominent topic than relationships, more specifically, break ups. From Jennifer Aniston to Demi Moore and all those in between it is the break ups that lead in headlines.
Celebrities handle breakups in different ways, some get mad, some get even, some cry, others don’t and then there is Taylor Swift, the 23-year-old blond with a nice voice and catchy lyrics who has dated Joe Jonas, Taylor Lautner, John Mayer, Jake Gyllenhaal, and most recently Conor Kennedy and Harry Styles of One Direction.
What does Taylor Swift do after a breakup? She writes a song about it and in what seems like overnight it becomes a hit.
Flashback to her first “hit” from her first self-titled album back in 2006. The song that started it all: “Teardrops on my Guitar” (TOMG). TOMG is the breakup soundtrack that defined many aspects of Swift’s career and is one of her first pieces that pushed her into the spotlight.
Flash-forward to 2008, who could forget about “White Horse”, “Forever and for Always”, and “Fifteen” from her second album Fearless, or in 2010 “Back to December” and “Story of Us” on her Speak Now album.
Then there is the album Red, which was released on Oct. 22, 2012 and already has made its way up the music selling charts, securing a number one spot on Billboard 200 charts for several weeks during the end of 2012 and start of 2013.
The Red album is yet a collection of songs that, again, follow love, and break ups. The album features songs such as “Red”, “Treacherous”, “I Knew You Were Trouble”, and of course there is the first single off the album which was “We Are Never Ever Ever Getting Back Together.”
While it’s not to say that ALL of Swift’s songs are about losing someone you loved, a lot of her songs are. That being said, why would any guy want to date her?
After Tina Fey jokingly warned Swift not to go after Michael J. Fox’s son at the Golden Globes earlier in January, a New York’s magazine Vulture Blog interviewed Michael J. Fox and he expressed that doesn’t want his 23 year-old son, Sam, to date the pop sensation.
“I don’t keep up with it all. But Taylor Swift writes songs about everybody she goes out with, right? What a way to build a career,” said Fox.
While the date-ability of Taylor Swift has been brought up around the internet from several sources perhaps many are forgetting Swift’s side. In the Nov. 16, 2012 interview with Susan Dominus of New York Times Swift was asked if she has been approached by ex’s asking her not to write about them. She responded by saying:
“The only time that has ever crossed someone’s mind was when we were in the process of breaking up,” Swift said.
The young artist then continued saying after the next question, “Look, it’s not like it was written somewhere in the fine print that I write songs about my life. If we break up, I’m going to write about it. But I’m probably also going to write about when I fell in love with you. So there’s an upside.”
Senior childhood education major Kelsey Igo said regarding Fox’s response, “It makes sense, who would want their love life blasted out in a song; I don’t think many guys would. Yet, at the same time it is Taylor Swift, why wouldn’t you want to date her?”
In the end Swift is just being herself. She writes from experience and her muse is her life, specifically love. Whether one would date her is up to the individual however all must at least consider this, she comes with a warning label: Don’t give her a reason to write about you.