Taylor Swift, who was honoured as the songwriter-artist of the decade at the 2022 Nashville Songwriter Awards, recently gave an interview in which she discussed her songwriting abilities.
Taylor Swift recently made history when she won one of the most prestigious awards of the night at the Video Music Awards (VMAs). She received the award for the best music video for her rendition of the song “All Too Well,” making her the only singer in history to win the prize three times.
Relatively recently, another was added to the list when it was announced that Taylor Swift had won the honour for Songwriter artist of the decade at the Nashville Songwriter Awards 2022.
Taylor Swift Explains Her Songwriting Success
At the ceremony when she was honoured as the songwriting artist of the decade, Variety reports that Taylor Swift reflected on the past two decades and shared memories of penning her first song. She explained how her childhood aspiration to one day alter the album’s production so she could hop between the styles of her many musical influences came true.
Over two decades ago (in the year 1999), I composed my first song. I always hoped that one day I’d be able to switch up the soundscapes of my albums and explore the musical landscapes of my many influences. I had anticipated that, eventually, people wouldn’t bat an eye at works that straddle multiple genres.
There’s a lot of talk about different types of music, but it always seems to circle back to the same two topics: melody and production. But then there’s the lyrical, which is probably my favorite aspect of songwriting,” she remarked. She even described the methods by which she had covertly formed genre categories for the lyrics she had written, such as the ‘Quill’ style, for several of her songs.
And I’ve never spoken of this in public before because, well, it’s geeky,” she continued. Of course, behind the scenes, I also have genre classifications for the songs I write to set up in my head. Indeed, there are three of them. Quill Lyrics, Fountain Pen Lyrics, and Glitter Gel Pen Lyrics are the endearing names we’ve given them.
Taylor Swift has now revealed the album’s name and cover art. The album will consist of 13 tracks. The author of the blog post, “On October 21, I’ll release Midnights, a collection of short stories about 13 sleepless nights from various times in my life. Come over to my place at midnight.”
