Taylor Swift is the closest thing country music has to vintage-era Britney Spears.
Like with Miss Spears, T-Swizzle’s personal life often intersects with her professional life, so much so that the former overwhelms the latter. She engineers musical intrigue by crafting a personalized "Ether" for each of her former beaus. And she's expanded the audience for country music.
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We won’t have to fret until she starts introducing herself as "It’s Taylor, Bitch." Still Taylor, like Brit-Brit, tends to deliver performances at awards shows that out-buzz the names of the actual winners. No one remembers that Aaliyah (R.I.P.) won the 2000 MTV VMA for "Best Female Video."
Taylor’s performance of "Red" at the 2013 Country Music Awards was especially noteworthy because, like her pop spirit animal, her choice of attire outshone that of a more muted Carrie Underwood, who was the evening’s eventual winner.
Here's how Carrie performed.
I just hope T-Swizzle never writes a song about me. That never ends well.