泰勒·斯威夫特:心怀感恩的音乐才女

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Two years ago， Taylor Swift's third album， Speak Now， was about to be released and the then 20-year-old country music star had every reason to be confident. Her eponymous1） first album， which debuted in 2006 when she was only 16， had gone multi-platinum2） and established her as a musical force whose songs about love and heartbreak resonated3） with peers and adults alike. Her follow-up， Fearless， released two years later， sold millions of copies and earned four Grammy awards. By the time Speak Now was ready to greet the world， Forbes magazine had listed her as the 12th most powerful celebrity， with annual earnings calculated at $45 million. But on the eve her fans first heard Speak Now， Swift told us she was filled with fear. In the end， she could rest easy. The album sold more than 1 million copies in its first week and went on to win two Grammys and a spot on Rolling Stone's "Women Who Rock： 50 Greatest Albums of All Time" by female recording artists.

So as she prepared for the release of her fourth album， Red， was she anxious again or confident？ The first single off the album， "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"， has already hit No. 1 on Billboard's charts. And just like the last time， there doesn't seem to be too much to worry about. "I'm really proud of the record，" Swift says slowly， "but I'm always nervous about everything. There's a great deal of terror that fills my mind before I do anything， really. There's a huge amount of pressure and responsibility because millions of people are going to potentially spend their hard-earned money on the album， and there's a great responsibility for the critics who will write about it， and responsibility for the girl who is going through a breakup and needs a song about what she's feeling， and responsibility for the girl who doesn't feel good about herself and needs a song for that， too， and I worry about saying or doing the wrong thing." Swift pauses for a breath and laughs. "Do you see the rabbit holes4） I go down？"

十年前，泰勒・斯威夫特还只是一个多愁善感的青涩女生，在学校受尽坏女孩的欺负；现如今，她已然是国际音乐界一位举足轻重的耀眼明星，拿奖拿到手软，粉丝遍布全球。一路走来，泰勒・斯威夫特展现出无与伦比的音乐创作天赋，却从不自恃才华，只是默默努力，把自己经历的那些酸甜苦辣写进歌里。她是无数人心中的女神，却从不高高在上。走近她，你会发现她对家人、粉丝、音乐和人生的热爱是那么真诚，因为她从未忘记感恩。

两年前（编注：本文写于2012年11月） ，泰勒・斯威夫特的第三张专辑《爱的告白》即将时，这位时年20岁的乡村音乐歌手完全有足够的理由满怀信心。2006年，年仅16岁的斯威夫特推出首张同名专辑，创下了多白金销量，一举奠定了她实力派音乐人的地位，其关于恋爱和失恋的歌曲引起了同龄青少年和成年人的情感共鸣。两年后，斯威夫特又推出第二张专辑《放手去爱》，该专辑售出数百万张，并夺得四项格莱美奖。到专辑《爱的告白》即将问世时，斯威夫特已登上《福布斯》杂志评选的最具影响力名人榜，名列第12位，年收入已达4500万美元。但就在《爱的告白》首发前夕，斯威夫特告诉我们，她心里害怕极了。不过到了最后，她又能放心了。该专辑首周销量即破百万，继而又赢得两项格莱美奖，还入选了《滚石》杂志评出的女演唱家系列之“摇滚女星：史上最棒的50张专辑”。

恋家女孩

那么，当斯威夫特准备发行第四张专辑《红》的时候，她是依旧感到担心，还是信心十足？这张专辑先行的第一支单曲《绝对绝对分定了》早就登上了美国Billboard排行榜的冠军宝座。就跟上次一样，这次似乎也不必担心太多。“我很骄傲能取得这样的成绩，”斯威夫特缓缓说道，“但我总是对任何事情都很担心。无论要做什么事，我心里都害怕得要命，真的。我感到压力极大，责任特别重，因为有几百万人可能会用辛辛苦苦赚来的钱买这张专辑，而且我要为那些会为这张专辑写评论的乐评人负很大的责任，要为那个刚刚失恋、需要一首歌来唱出其心声的女孩负责任，还要为那个自我感觉不太好、也需要一首歌来安慰的女孩负责任。我担心自己会说错或者做错什么。”斯威夫特停下来换了口气，又笑着说道：“你明白我的处境有多难了吧？”

不久前，斯威夫特还只是一个在卧室里唱着自己的伤感情歌的青涩女孩。斯威夫特和弟弟一起在宾夕法尼亚州的乡间长大，爸爸是一位股票经纪人，妈妈是一位家庭主妇。斯威夫特说，她在学校受人排挤，为此十分痛苦。她12岁开始写歌，通过这种方式来找寻自己这种经历的意义所在。到14岁时，斯威夫特已经在歌曲创作方面下了足够深的功夫，于是说服全家人搬到田纳西州的纳什维尔去住，那里聚集了很多音乐创作人，这样她就可以沉浸其中，接受熏陶。移居纳什维尔数月后，斯威夫特就与索尼/ATV音乐发行公司签约，成为该公司旗下最年轻的专职音乐创作人。

在斯威夫特成名的这一路上，她的妈妈一直是她最坚强的后盾。“在我看来，你会成为什么样的人与你天生的性格和对各种处境做出的反应密切相关。我当年在学校的遭遇确实对我影响很大，”斯威夫特说，“那时的我从来就不是那种被追捧或受邀请的人。从上中学起，我就得应付那些坏女孩们，我妈已经习惯了帮我找回信心。她从不会去追逐时髦的小圈子或扮酷，而会跟我们一起在厨房做葡萄酱，一起发明一些想象中的游戏。她那时一心想让我们过得快乐。”

家人和家庭至今仍是斯威夫特最大的快乐源泉。斯威夫特在纳什维尔有一套公寓，里面精心布置着各种老式物件，那都是她跟妈妈一起逛街时挑的。在妈妈的影响下，斯威夫特非常喜欢下厨，她颇有名的一大“恶习”就是在那里批量烤制各种各样的食物并分给朋友。给自己制作营养美食，如烤鸡肉、糙米饭、豆角等，也是斯威夫特的拿手戏。斯威夫特说，巡演期间想要顿顿吃到营养餐比较困难，“不过我还是尽量在早上多吃点，晚上少吃点”。

现在不管身处何地，斯威夫特每天都坚持去健身房，在跑步机上做一小时的健身运动。“我喜欢运动过后那种筋疲力尽、浑身臭汗的感觉，”斯威夫特说，“不运动就没法大吃特吃，所以我做运动，因为我是个吃货，而且我不想逼自己活得那么清心寡欲。不过，我做运动也是因为当我偶尔有几天情绪低落的时候，运动总能让我心情好很多。”

Homebody

Not long ago， Swift was an adolescent singing her own sad songs in her bedroom. Raised in rural Pennsylvania along with a younger brother by a stockbroker5） father and stay-at-home mother， Swift says she suffered deeply as an outcast at school. She began writing songs at age 12 as a way of making sense of the experience. By 14 she was invested enough in the process that she convinced her family to move to Nashville6）， Tenn.， where she could immerse7） herself in the songwriting community. Within months of arriving， she was signed as the youngest staff songwriter ever at Sony/ATV Music Publishing8）.

Throughout Swift's rise to fame， her mother has been her strongest ally. "I think who you are is really about how you are wired9） and how you respond to situations， and I was really shaped by who I was in school，" Swift says. "I was never the person who was sought after or invited to things. My mother's been used to picking up my confidence since I was in middle school and dealing with mean girls. She was never about chasing the in-crowd10） or being cool. She was with us making grape jam in the kitchen and creating imaginary games with us. She was focused on our being happy."

Family and home are still Swift's greatest sources of pleasure. She owns an apartment in Nashville， lovingly decorated with antiques picked up on shopping trips with her mom. And thanks to her mother's influence， Swift is very comfortable in the kitchen， where she is notorious for churning out11） baked goods that she parcels12） out to friends. She's also handy at making herself healthy meals like grilled chicken， brown rice， and green beans. The singer says sticking to a nutritious diet when she's touring is hard， "but I try to eat a lot in the beginning of the day and not so much at the end".