Speak Now

Taylor Swift. Speak Now.

Speak Now is the third studio album from 22 year old singer/songwriter Taylor Swift and is completely written and composed by the talented young musician.  The album opens with the catchy, poppy single “Mine.”  The titile track tells the story of lost loves and last chances as Swift sings about breaking up a wedding.  In track eight entitled “Mean” Swift takes aim at bullies and critics of her singing ability, crooning, “Someday I’ll be big enough so you can’t hit me/ and all you’ll ever be is mean.”  Though one cannot help, but wonder if she is not also responding to rapper Kanye West’s notorious interruption of her MTV Music awards acceptance speech in 2009 in “Mean.”  Swift heartfelt lyrics are evocative of pioneering singer/songwriters like Joni Mitchell and Carole King.  Teens will relate to Swift’s lyrics about the sweetness of first love and the tragedy of heartbreak. 

Genre:

Country

Pop

Awards/Honors:

Grammy Nominee for Best Country Album 2012

American Music Award winner for Best Country Album 2011

Artist’s Website:

http://taylorswift.com/

http://twitter.com/#!/TaylorSwift13

http://www.facebook.com/TaylorSwift

Why I chose to include this album:

I included Swift latest album because she is popular musician with young girls and is also a successful and talented role model for teens.