Abstract This study is among the first to analyze agency through clause-level transitivity in Swift’s lyrics. This study applies a feminist stylistic framework, supported by Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL), to analyze lyrics from her 12th album, The Life of a Showgirl, as a counter-narrative resisting patriarchal master plots. The analysis comprised three stages: clause segmentation...
Executive Summary Between October 4 and October 18, 2025, public conversation surrounding Taylor Swift and her album The Life of a Showgirl evolved into a highly complex narrative ecosystem. GUDEA...
Thesis: Shaw, Liv “Passed down like folk songs”; An Analysis of Story and Character in Taylor Swift’s folklore and evermore. Masters thesis.
The study employed a classic experimental design with an experimental group, referred to as the "Taylor Swift" group, exposed to a 25-minute collection of Taylor Swift songs, and a control group.
Swiftie Fandom Fuels Charts: Nearly eight in 10 Swifties rallied behind Taylor Swift's music, streaming and purchasing it in droves to elevate her chart positions. Beyond The Stage: A third of Americans tune into Taylor Swift’s personal life, while the Swifties dig deeper, saying they’re familiar even with her net worth.
ABSTRACT This chapter explores Taylor Swift's branding strategy through the lens of authenticity, offering insights into the economics of branding in the entertainment industry. The analysis...
Taylor Swift played both the “nerd” and the “cheerleader” in the video. Unbeknownst to him, that night, my cousin imprinted my passion for music through YouTube. I started to use YouTube to develop my own music taste by first watching the music video of “You Belong With Me,” then clicking on recommended songs in the right-hand column.