Documentary, book, podcast: 5 ways to discover Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift in Canada

Taylor Swift is preparing to come to Canada to complete her Eras Tourthe most lucrative tour in modern Music history. The American singer will give six concerts between November 14 and 23 at the Rogers Center in Toronto before moving to BC Place Stadium in Vancouver from December 6 to 8. Here are five ways to discover Taylor Swift and try to understand the phenomenon.

An album: 1989 (Taylor’s Version)

None swiftiethe name fans give themselves, will not agree on which is the best album or the most representative of the career of Taylor Swift. Between 2006 and 2024, she released 11 studio albums, all of which are notable for their style and theme. It is moreover the genius of the artist to renew himself which is celebrated in the Eras Tourwith audience members dressing in the style of their era favorite : countrypop or even alternative rock.

When you are not a specialist in Taylor Swift and we want to get a general idea of ​​it, the album 1989 is a way to discover the variety and talent of the artist, while being able to connect to already well-known titles like Shake it Off or Blank Space.

The album benefited from a resurgence in popularity in 2023 since it is one of the records that Taylor Swift was re-recorded following a conflict with the new owner of the original tracks. There Taylor’s Version from the album was enriched with five new songs.

A documentary: Miss Americana

This film directed by Lana Wilson and produced by Netflix was presented in January 2020 at the festival Sundance. While the world had not yet experienced the COVID-19 pandemic. It reminds us that at that time, Taylor Swift was already a phenomenon, winner of more than ten awards Grammy.

This film highlights important moments in her career as she has just completed the tour accompanying her album Reputation and she is preparing to record Lover.

It is notably in this documentary that she takes a stand for the Democrats of Tennesseethe state where she then lived. She talks about her eating disorders and also discusses the trial of her sexual attacker, David Muellerwhere she speaks out so that all victims feel empowered to do so in the future. A landmark moment in the singer’s life.

Miss Americana is composed of disparate sequences, some come from professional filming, others come from the phone of Taylor Swift and his loved ones… Everything is interspersed with extracts from television shows: we notably relive the scene where Kanye West snatches the microphone from the hands of Taylor Swift during the awards ceremony MTV Video Music in 2009.

A book: Taylor Swiftthe story of a phenomenon

As with all stars of this stature, the life of Taylor Swift is the subject of public curiosity. The singer is a native of Pennsylvania, but during her teenage years she convinced her parents to move to Nashvillehoping to become a country singer.

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This unofficial biography signed by Caroline Sullivan retraces the entire journey of Taylor Swiftuntil the release of the album The Tortured Poets Department. The author is a music journalist and it is on this aspect that she emphasizes throughout the pages. It allows us to understand the artistic choices of Taylor Swift who is the author or co-author of all her songs, but also the evolution of her style.

Caroline Sullivan also looks back on the main battles that the singer has faced throughout her career. Taylor Swift has indeed distinguished itself in the fight against sexual assault and in favor of fair remuneration of artists by broadcast platforms.

Despite the importance given to the detail of the analysis of the music to which Caroline Sullivan is sometimes addressed (and which should interest the most seasoned fans), the story as it is told, without seeking sensationalism, gives a clear idea of ​​the origins of the emergence of the phenomenon and the capacity of icon to constantly surpass himself.

A ballad: Taylor Swiftthe world, my daughter and me

When he gave his eldest daughter a ticket to the concert of Taylor Swift in June 2024, Xavier Yvon, the head of France Inter’s Reporting department, did not expect to experience such an adventure. Several months before the event, his daughter often spoke to him about it, but he really noticed the extent of the phenomenon the day she asked him how he was going to dress for the occasion. He thus became aware of the involvement of admirers in the world of their idol.

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With this story, Xavier Yvon produced a podcast that took him on the roads of the Eastern United States with his daughter, from Nashville has Harvard. Over the course of six episodes, we learn more about the singer, but also how she became a model for an entire generation, often misunderstood by their parents.

With Taylor Swiftthe world, my daughter and mewe also enter in depth into the dialogue between a father and his child. The radio adventure even takes a frankly moving turn through the sincerity of the relationship between the protagonists, Xavier Yvon and Sacha.

A video: The battles of Taylor Swift against the industry

Followed by more than five million subscribers, videographer Seb tells the history of contemporary pop music in his own way. Between a portrait devoted to Beyoncé and another to Britney Spears, Seb became interested in Taylor Swift’s battles against the music industry.

In about twenty minutes, in a very dynamic video in which we hear a lot of his music, we understand the importance and weight of the icon who actively participated in making the current musical landscape what it is today .

Seb offers a quick and very effective way to get interested in this subject that we will not stop hearing about in the coming weeks and, probably, for the coming years.