This track is from the soundtrack of a film Taylor Swift co-starred in entitled “Valentine’s Day” (2010). Music-wise this film was backed by her label at the time, Big Machine Records. So in addition to Swift, other artists from the label can also be found on the soundtrack. So plainly put, “Today Was a Fairytale” is a love song. It’s not the type being relayed from, say, one spouse to another. The implication is that this relationship is just now getting started. And as such, it is still in what some may refer to as the euphoric stage. And yes, we can conclude on that note, as in when a person likens a romance they are in to a fairytale, then it is indeed akin to a state of euphoria that they are experiencing. So it’s like a fantastical situation for the both of them. Or let’s say that it is truly the emotion between them, not anything else, that has the vocalist feeling this way, as if she is living a fantasy, like a fairytale, when she is with him. That’s why she uses similes like being ‘taken to another planet’ when he smiles.Īlso as expressed, she feels as if “time slows down” when they are together. And the “magic”, as she refers to their chemistry, is really felt when the two of them kiss. For instance, even though she “looked like a mess” on the featured date, the addressee still told her that she is “pretty” in his eyes. A Real FairytaleĪnd despite basing the lyrics on such a metaphor, Taylor is actually very realistic about the whole thing.
having no fitting lover in her life, a role which the addressee has now apparently filled. So of course, she is not in any type of actual distress or danger. Or let’s say that if anything, what she needs to be saved from is loneliness, i.e. the girl who needs to be saved by the prince in the fairytale. But the bottom line is that he is still someone whom she personally deems as a perfect suitor. To her, whether he’s rich or attractive is ultimately beside the point. Rather the reason she is comparing him to a “prince” is because she deems him as being a model partner.Īnd then that would make her the “damsel in distress”, i.e. They are simply put, the ideal romantic interest from many young ladies’ perspectives.Īnd no, the guy we’re dealing with today doesn’t seem to be literally rich based on the way he’s described as being dressed. Nor may he be particularly attractive to anyone beside the singer.
So for example, the singer refers to the addressee, her beloved, as “the prince”. In a fairytale such characters are young, single and rich. at a stage in her life where we can say many ladies still believe in the general ideals upon which fairytales are based. And while fairytales tend to have their villains and what have you, likening a romance to one (especially as far as youth are concerned) is another way of saying that the person relaying such a sentiment considers the relationship to be perfect. Her inclusion in the third of these made her the youngest woman on the list, and she ranked first in Celebrity 100.And to get that overall point across, Taylor has based the lyrics on a fairytale motif. Indeed she was still a teenager when she wrote the song, i.e. She has appeared in Time's 100 most influential people in the world (20) and Forbes' lists of top-earning women in music (2011—2015), 100 most powerful women (2015), and Celebrity 100 (2016).
She is also the recipient of 10 Grammys, one Emmy, 23 Billboard Music Awards, and 12 Country Music Association Awards, and she holds six Guinness World Records. As a songwriter, she has received awards from the Nashville Songwriters Association and the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and was included in Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time in 2015. Swift is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold more than 40 million albums—including 27.8 million in the US—and 130 million single downloads.
One of the world's leading contemporary recording artists, she is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter.
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