Taylor Swift graces the cover of the March 2009 Teen Vogue and answers some fun questions. We were thrilled to see she answered one of our favorite questions
On her ‘I’ve finally made it’ moment: “Oh, no, I’m never going to have that moment. All of this is amazing, but it doesn’t guarantee anything about the future. I still haven’t made it to where I want to be.”
Check out more of her interview and pictures over a JustJaredJr.
Go Big Or Go Home. That could easily be the motto for Ryan Laird’s life these days. You’ve read about this up and coming star taking out his entire life savings to put up a billboard in Nashville, asking Taylor Swift to produce his album.
Ryan spoke with Grits N Whiskey about his unique idea and filled in the blanks on this crazy, yet hopefully worthwhile adventure.
Ryan tells GnW that he chose Taylor because “she is a great writer [and] writes songs about real life…she doesn’t candy coat things…she just tells it like it is”.
The single, Laird says he hasn’t quite had his ‘I’ve made it moment yet’ and still has ‘a LOT of goals left to achieve’. He says ‘there have been some really cool moments so far… seeing myself in Country Weekly”.
What made you decide to post the billboard?
The idea came to me as I was laying in bed one morning. I wanted Taylor to produce my record, so I knew I needed a unique way to get her attention because she’s so busy these days promoting her record and preparing to tour. At first I wasn’t sure, but I’m really glad I convinced myself to do it!
What exactly went in to getting your billboard up?
Well, first there was the idea. I took that idea to my manager and a few close friends to see what they thought of it. We had to figure out what was involved in putting a billboard up, and how much it was going to cost (seriously…LIFE SAVINGS!!). Next step was finding a photographer who “got it”. Ben DiRienzo is a great guy to work with…he put it all together for me, and I’m really happy with the results.
Ryan still hasn’t heard from Taylor yet, but he is very hopeful as are the many followers he has acquired along the way. When asked where he sees himself in five years he says he’d “love to be touring around the world performing and meeting new people”.
Laird puts it best: “Who knows what the future holds”.
Check out Ryan’s myspace page and listen to some of his songs; We really like ‘Luv Me’ and ‘That’s Just Me’. Anyone with this amount of determination deserves our support.
Good Luck Ryan!
It’s so good to know that even if you’re the #1 selling artist in the world right, and a country singer, that you also love Britney Spears. Taylor Swift took to her blog to vent about her overstocked bathroom, (we know that feeling) and to praise her mother for the fabulous organizing she did. But what warmed our heart the most was that Taylor still has a poster of Britney Spears up in her room. Now wouldn’t that be an AWESOME duet, Taylor Swift and Britney Spears.
While I was in LA, my mom re-arranged my bathroom.
That’s probably my longest blog title yet, so if you weren’t able to experience the whole thing because it cut the last part off (due to being so long)… It said “While I was in LA, my mom re-arranged my bathroom”. As you can imagine, my bathroom looks different now. When I left for LA, my way of storing all of my make up and hair products was to pile it all on my bathroom counter. Most of it was grouped together in a very organized system (the pile). That’s not to say the system was not flawed. There was one tiny, insignificant recurring problem.. If you pulled one thing out of the middle of the pile, it would create a giant avalanche of lip gloss and eye shadow and other various cosmetics (sometimes a container of powder, which was undoubtedly left halfway closed– SO much fun to clean up!). I was fine with my system. 17% of the time, it worked perfectly without disastrous results. I wasn’t going to complain about it because whining isn’t really my thing, and I didn’t have time to create another system (this takes planning and brainstorming!). So my bathroom has stayed the same terrible mess of piled up beauty products for two years.. while I traveled the world with the sad, unorganized state of my bathroom perpetually weighing in the the back of my conscience. Then suddenly… EVERYTHING changed. I came back from LA and discovered a whole new world. My bathroom is now a magical, wondrous place with cabinets for storing make up and hooks on the door for holding scarves. There are even drawers for my hair brushes and incredible little shelves for my towels! There’s a new shower curtain in place of the one I’ve had since 7th grade (the one that has always secretly creeped me out a little, because it’s all these people standing around and it really looks like they’re watching me. Which was weird. I never liked them, and I’m glad they’re gone.) There are little windows in one of the dressers, and through it, I can see the candles I used to have stashed randomly on the counter. Now they have their perfect little home, all gathered together in their tiny, organized sanctuary. But then I turned around and was startled by something… Where was my Britney Spears poster…. No, this can’t be right… WHERE is it?!? I searched the room frantically for a few seconds before finding it’s new spot. My Britney Spears poster (from 6th grade) had been relocated to my bedroom, which is another AMAZING upgrade. This way, I see it more often and it more proudly displays my unwavering devotion to Britney Spears. My jewelry has been neatly placed into these little jewelry containers that separate your necklaces so they don’t get tangled into a huge unrecognizable, mangled ball that is IMPOSSIBLE to untangle. That used to happen to me all the time, but NOW it’s preventable! Also, I found so many things that went missing over the years.. The most notable find would have to be my glasses. I couldn’t believe it, but there they were! Apparently they had been lost somewhere in the giant pile of cosmetic doom.. I eventually gave up the search after a few weeks. Now they’re back! The moral of the story is… My mom is wonderful and we apparently share the same hobby: Compulsively organizing and straightening up around the house whenever we’re bored.
I can’t wait to tell you all about LA and my life-changing guest appearance on CSI. Basically… When I’m really old and can only remember one story about my life to go back and relive, and tell over and over and over again to the point where my grandchildren roll their eyes and leave the room…… That’s the story. Ah, I can see it now. “You know, when I was a youngster, I got to guest star on CSI! It was marvelous! So marvelous, it was!”
It was that good.
I’ll tell you all about the rest. I love you with all my heart.
lovelovelove
-T-
For the 7th week in a row, Taylor Swift is on top with her album ‘Fearless’. Way to go!
She’s beating out Beyonce, Nickelback, Kanye and the soundtrack to Nortorious that round out the top 5.
According to Billboard, there are rumors that Taylor Swift will be teaming up with the Jonas Brothers to record a track for the JoBros soundtrack to their “3D Concert Experience”. They say they will be recording a cover of Shania Twain’s “I’m Gonna Getcha Good”.
What do you think of the Taylor, JoBro duo?
A young man by the name of Ryan Laird from Canada is determined to have Taylor Swift produce his album. So determined in fact that he took his life savings to post this billboard outside her labels office in Nashville.
So far so good. He has heard from her label and from Taylor via a YouTube video.
MTV caught up with Taylor Swift to chat about her new video for ‘White Horse’. Adding to her list of hot guys in her music videos (Justin Gaston and Tyler Hilton), Stephen Colletti of Laguna Beach and One Tree Hill fame joins her this time around.
We can wait to see this new video. In the meantime, check out the interview below:
In case you missed Taylor on SNL this past weekend. Check out these clips for her appearance. Love her!
Taylor Swift posted a cute note on her myspace page. She was enjoying a quiet day-off and mentions an adventure in Christmas sweater shopping. Boy would we love to see those pictures!
Christmas sweaters and New Years in the big city.
Hey!
I’m sitting in my kitchen, wondering what to do today. And that brings up an interesting point.. I can’t remember the last time I thought “What am I going to do today?”. Nothing planned! So this is a nice change, and it’s been an awesome Christmas break for me. We’ll start with the wisdom teeth. Mission accomplished. They’re out. That happened a few days after my birthday (”Happy Birthday, we’re going to yank your teeth out now”) and then I was in bed for a good three days. My band was amazing, they came over and sat with me and we watched CSI. Then, I caught up on Christmas shopping all during the week before Christmas…
