Revisiting Taylor Swift's Iconic 2014 Rolling Stone Interview

About this episode

The episode revisits Taylor Swift's 2014 Rolling Stone interview, reflecting on her transformation and the cultural context of that time.

In 2014, Taylor was reinventing herself - new hair, new city, new midriff, new genre. The Rolling Stone interview that came out just a month before her record-breaking release of 1989 was our first real peek as fans into what this era truly held in store for us, and revisiting this article now 12 years later is like a time capsule to what I never ever would have imagined in a million years would be "the simpler days." This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thelizardreview.substack.com/subscribe

People in this episode

Host: The Lizard

Topics covered

• Taylor Swift
• Rolling Stone interview
• music evolution
• 2014 pop culture
• 1989 album

Keywords

• Taylor Swift
• Rolling Stone
• 1989
• music interview
• pop culture
• 2014

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Rolling Stone

Books & works: 1989

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