Before the internet, the hypnotic vibration of instant, momentary notoriety meant little to most musicians. The early influencers of popular…
Whether you love her, hate her, or are completely indifferent to her, Taylor Swift’s 14-year career has taken many turns both stylistically and personally, but throughout it all she’s seemed to always manage to persevere and rise above. As I was growing up, singing, playing guitar, and feeling like some unrelatable anomaly, Taylor was in the spotlight with her acoustic guitar and her (then) waist-length hair daring to be different, and that both inspired my younger self as well as made me feel validated…