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Heartbreak is the national anthem : how Taylor Swift reinvented pop music  Cover Image Book Book

Heartbreak is the national anthem : how Taylor Swift reinvented pop music / Rob Sheffield.

Sheffield, Rob, (author.).

Summary:

A cultural phenomenon. A worldwide obsession. An agent of emotional chaos. There’s no parallel to Taylor Swift in history: a teenage girl who turns into the world’s favorite pop star, songwriter, storyteller, guitar hero, live performer, changing how music is made and heard. An all-time great on the level of The Beatles, Prince, or David Bowie. Heartbreak Is the National Anthem: How Taylor Swift Reinvented Pop Music is the first book that goes deep on the musical and cultural impact of Taylor Swift. Nobody can tell the story like Rob Sheffield, the bestselling and award-winning author of Dreaming the Beatles, On Bowie, and Love Is a Mix Tape. The legendary Rolling Stone journalist is the writer who has chronicled Taylor for every step of her long career, from her early days to the Eras Tour. Sheffield gets right to the heart of Swift and her music, her lyrics, her fan connection, her raw power. At once one of the most beloved music figures of the past two decades and one of the most criticized, Taylor Swift is known as much for her life beyond her music as she is for her hits -- the most public of stars, yet also the weirdest and most mysterious. In the tradition of Sheffield’s Dreaming the Beatles, Heartbreak Is the National Anthem will inform and delight a legion of fans who hang on every word from Taylor and every word Rob writes on her. -- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780063351318
  • ISBN: 0063351315
  • Physical Description: xix, 183 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. 
  • Publisher: New York : Dey Street Books, 2024.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
Once upon a time, a few mistakes ago : a very fast timeline -- Prelude: Our song is a slamming screen door -- Planet Taylor : nice to meet you, where you been -- I love you, it's ruining my life -- A portrait of the artist as a young, loud, and not-especially-great-at-calming-down woman -- Early days : please picture me in the trees -- Track five : the ballad of "all too well" -- The fangirl -- Fearless -- Everybody loves petty; everybody loves cool -- The songs on her arms -- "Enchanted" -- Every guitar-string scar on her hand -- "The Archer" -- The bridge : thirteen songs from Taylor's dreams -- Red -- There once was a girl known by everyone and no one : Taylor's codes -- 1989 -- The word "nice" -- "New romantics" -- Reputation -- Taylor's Version (Taylor's version) -- "Cruel summer" -- The lead single -- I'm not asleep, my mind is a alive : Lover -- Folklore -- "Mirrorball" -- "Marjorie" -- "Right where you left me" -- Midnights -- Finale: Forevermore.
Subject: Swift, Taylor, 1989- > Criticism and interpretation.
Swift, Taylor, 1989- > Performances.
Popular music > History and criticism > 21st century.
Popular music > Psychological aspects.
Women singers.
Women lyricists.
Women musicians.
Women composers.
Genre: Biographies.

Available copies

  • 11 of 22 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
  • 0 of 1 copy available at North Kansas City.

Holds

  • 2 current holds with 22 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
North Kansas City Public Library 782.421 SHEFFIELD 2024 (Text) 0001012572299 Nonfiction New In transit -


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