Taylor Swift 'Biggest Pop Star in the World' Named by New York Magazine; Talks Ex-Boyfriends, New Album & the Future [PHOTOS]
Taylor Swift is honored as the "biggest pop star in the world" by New York magazine in its new issue.
In the cover story interview, the singer opened up about using aspects of her personal life as inspiration for lyrical content, where she is heading in the future and the deep connection she has with her fans.
"I think that allowing yourself to feel raw, real emotions in public is something I am never going to be afraid to do. Hopefully that's the case, if I can remain a real human," Swift told the publication. "I'm fine with being honest with my fans about the fact that it's okay that everything isn't okay all the time."
"I love my life, I love my career, I love my friends - but things are not okay all the time," she added. "So I don't sing about things being okay all the time."
Talking about writing "songs about crazy love," the 23-year-old explained that "if I go on two dates with a guy and we don't click, I'm not writing a song about that. It didn't matter in the emotional grand scheme of things. There's a lot that goes on in daily life that isn't really worth turning into a verse and a chorus."
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"I mean, [critics] can say that all they want. Those are real feelings that every single person goes through," Swift says of writing about love and heartbreak.
She goes on, "I think that it's okay to be mad at someone who hurt you. This isn't about, like, the pageantry of trying to seem like nothing affects you. I'm a songwriter. Everything affects me."
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The 22 singer acknowledged that the media tends to put "a spin" on what is going on in her personal life.
"There's a spin on every single celebrity out there," she said. "I know that one of my spins is: 'Oh, Taylor's heartbroken. Oh, Taylor fell in love and the guy broke her heart. She's sad all the time, and lonely.'"
The singer's latest album, Red, includes heartbreak ballads as I Knew You Were Trouble, and messages to ex-lovers with the help of We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together. Swift admitted she has "heard from the guy that most of Red is about."
"He was like, 'I just listened to the album, and that was a really bittersweet experience for me. It was like going through a photo album.' That was nice," she said. "Nicer than, like, the ranting, crazy e-mails I got from this one dude."
"It's a lot more mature way of looking at a love that was wonderful until it was terrible, and both people got hurt from it - but one of those people happened to be a songwriter. So what are you going to do? Did you not Wikipedia me before you called me up [for a date]?"
One relationship Swift knows that will last is the one she shares with her Swifties.
"There's more of a friendship element to it than anything else," she said about her connection with her fan base. "Maybe it's a big-sister relationship. Or it's a Hey, we're the same age - and we were both 16 when my first album came out, and we've both grown up together."
However, Swift admitted, "I worry about everything."
"Some days I wake up in a mindset of, like, 'Okay, it's been a good run.' By afternoon, I could have a change of mood and feel like anything is possible and I can't wait to make this kind of music I've never made before. And then by evening, I could be terrified of the whole thing again. And then at night, I'll write a song before bed," she reveals.
The performer is already working on a new album is and teased there are "a lot of things to draw from emotionally at the moment."
"But I have to draw from them with a different perspective than on Red. I can't say the same things over and over, you know?" she added. "I mean, I think it's just all the more important that I don't ever allow myself to coast."
"When I'm 40 and nobody wants to see me in a sparkly dress anymore, I'll be, like: 'Cool, I'll just go in the studio and write songs for kids," she says, quipping, "It's looking like a good pension plan."
