Taylor Swift Shares Story Behind Blake Shelton-Approved Country Single “Betty”
Taylor Swift released her eighth studio album, folklore, on Friday, July 24th. The album brings Swift her first Country radio single in three years, since the release of “New Year’s Day.” The superstar is now sharing the story behind the…
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Taylor Swift released her eighth studio album, folklore, on Friday, July 24th. The album brings Swift her first Country radio single in three years, since the release of “New Year’s Day.”
The superstar is now sharing the story behind the Blake Shelton-approved single “Betty.”
“So, the song ‘betty’ is about a 17-year-old named James learning to apologize, because James has lost the love of his life basically and doesn’t understand how to get it back,” Swift explained. “I think we all have these situations in our lives where we learn to really, really give a heartfelt apology for the first time. Everybody makes mistakes. Everybody really messes up sometimes, and this is a song that I wrote from the perspective of a 17-year-old boy. And I always loved that in music you can kind of slip into different identities and you can sing from other people’s perspectives. So, that’s what I did with this one. I named all the characters in this story after my friends’ kids, and I hope you like it.”
Folklore is said to be a vivid storytelling album, with the tracks exploring points of view that diverge from Swift’s life, including third person narratives. As per Wikipedia, The imaginary narratives described in Folklore include a scandalous old widow hated by her whole town, a scared seven-year-old girl with a traumatized best friend, a ghost watching her enemies at her funeral, recovering addicts, and a fumbling teenage boy. Three of the tracks including “Cardigan”, “August” and “Betty” depict a love triangle between three fictitious characters: Betty, James and an unnamed woman, with each of the three songs written from the perspective of each of those characters in different times in their lives.
The album is out now, you can pick it up at TaylorSwift.com.
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