By XTALKIES
1. Taylor Swift is named after James Taylor, one of her parents’ favorite artists.
2. She grew up on a Christmas tree farm in Reading, PA (which inspired her song “Christmas Tree Farm”).
3. Swift’s first CD was by LeAnn Rimes, purchased when she was just six years old.
4. She wrote “Our Song,” a single on her debut album, for her high school talent show.
5. The day before her Reputation tour began in 2018, she invited 2,000 adopted and foster children to a private dress rehearsal.
6. It only took 15 minutes for Taylor Swift and Liz Rose to write the song “Tim McGraw.”
7. Her grandmother, Marjorie, was an opera singer.
8. Speak Now was the first album Swift wrote entirely on her own.
9. Her album Lover was originally going to be called Daylight.
10. The 2019 film, Someone Great, helped inspire the song “Death By a Thousand Cuts.”