Who has not heard the song, Fifteen, by Taylor Swift? This country singer has attained so much popularity that practically everyone has already heard her sing. But what does this song stand for? According to Swift, this song tells about her best friend Abigail. When they were in high school Swift said that they knew they were never going to be popular. So they just decided to do what they wanted and have fun. Swift admitted that she cried while recorded this song. Although this was a bit uncustomary for her because she does not really cry a lot, Swift says that Fifteen reminds her of the time in 9th grade when Abigail went through a bad break-up and got her heart broken. She still remembers feeling the pain that her best friend had to go through and this got her all emotional.
This song was the 13th Top 40 hit on the Hot 100 from Fearless. Before this, no artist had ever achieved more than seven Top 40 hits on just one album. The song’s music video was directed by Roman White – the same guy who directed You Belong With Me. At first they thought of shooting it in a high school. But White did not want the video to get too literal. So they decided to do something different and shoot it instead in a sort of swirling mist that looked more like a surreal garden. This represented Swift’s various memories from the past.
Swift’s seemingly meteoric rise to success did not happen overnight. She actually had to face rejection after rejection from record labels before finally hitting it big with her first single, Teardrops on My Guitar. Success was not just handed to Swift on a silver platter. She had to persevere and work hard for everything that she has achieved now. I guess this goes to show that if you have a dream, do not quit. Because if you truly are passionate about what you want and work hard to achieve it, success will be yours.
