PURRRFECT!
Even Tay’s sassy felines, Meredith Grey
and Olivia Benson, are getting in on her
reinvention... via the star’s Instagram!
These kitties are just too cute...T
aylorSwifthasservedupmusical
realnessforyearsnow.Butthe
sweet country crooner lamenting
about forbidden romance on her
breakthrough trackLove Storyin
2008 could not be more diferent
to the leather corset-clad songbird we’ve seen
take to the stage of late.
As she tours the world with her latest album
ofering,Reputation,Tayadmitssheneeded
atimeouttoreallyworkoutwhatshewas
allabout10yearsonfromsteppingintothe
spotlight. ‘With all of the unbelievable things
thathappened...IdecidedIwasgoingtolive
my life a little bit without the pressure on
myself to create something,’ she says of the
fours year hiatus she took when her 1989
world tour wrapped in 2015.
Itwasaclearnodtothatbeef with Kanye
WestandKimKardashian,aswellasher
tumultuous split from boyfriend Calvin Harris.
But of course, the 28-year-old created
somethinganyway,andistakingitaroundthe
world–and,man,isitepic.Reputationhas
alreadybrokenrecords–thevideoforitsirst
single,LookWhatYouMadeMeDo,hit
19millionviewsinitsirst24hours–butwhat’s
become evident since she embarked on her
2018 world tour is her personal transformation.
‘here will be no further explanation.
here will just beReputation,’anewsexier
andsassierTayinsistsofthepointshe’s
reached in her life. And here she is!THEOLDTAY’SDEAD
Meet Taylor 2.0: she enjoys long walks to
her golden throne, drinking whisky on ice
and crafting songs that match Beyoncé’s
Lemonadealbuminsavagery.
‘I’m sorry, the old Taylor can’t come to
thephonerightnow.Why?Oh!’Causeshe’s
dead!’ she sings, setting the tone for her sixth
studio album,Reputation.It’saptlynamed,
asthegoalwastoresurrectherimage.
Tiredofbeingpeggedasavictim,aliar
andaserialdater,Taylordecidedtotake
ownershipofherownnarrative.‘hese
descriptions of my personality were very
diferent from [my] actual personality and
my irst reaction was like, “hat’s a bummer,
thisisn’tfunforme,”’shesays.‘Butthenmy
second reaction ended up being like, “Hey,
that’s actually a really interesting character
they’re writing about. She jetsets around the
worldcollectingmenandshecangetanyof
them,butshe’ssoclingythattheyleaveand
she cries and she gets another one in her
webandshetrapsthemandlocksthemin
her mansion and she’s crying in her marble
bathtubsurroundedbypearls.”SoIwaslike,
“I could use this...”’
Flipping the script, Taylor singles out
herhatersandevenaddressedherlong-
standing feud with Kimye. Her advice to
anyonewantingtobeasingerwithjustas
many diss tracks? ‘Get a good lawyer,’
she smiles.I WAS BEF
‘I’M NOT THE
SAME GIRL
THE SINGER’S REINVENTION IS COMPLETE
- AND SHE’S TAKING IT ON THE ROAD
OK! SPOTLIGHT