21 Things You Didn’t Know About Taylor Swift
I have compiled a list of 21 interesting facts that you may have not known about the country star.
21. She is from Wyomissing, Penn. This is also the hometown of reality-dad Jon Gosselin.
20. She is super tall, standing at 5′ 11″.
19. In fourth grade, Swift won a national poetry contest with a poem called ‘Monster in My Closet.’ The first three lines read: “There’s a monster in my closet and I don’t know what to do / Have you ever seen him? / Has he ever pounced on you?”
18. She loves 1940s and ’50s-inspired swimsuits.
17. Like so many teens today, Swift was a victim of bullying in school. She dealt with this pain by writing songs about her feelings.
16. She learned her first three guitar chords at the age of 10. Her teacher: A computer repairman named Ronnie who was fixing her family’s computer.
15. She drives a Toyota that she nicknamed the ‘Toyoat.’
14. At the age of 12, she dedicated her whole summer to writing a 350-page book. The book has never been published.
13. She is a big karaoke fan. When she was 11, she traveled to Nashville with a CD she recorded of herself singing karaoke songs to try and get a record deal.
12. She lives alone. Don’t feel too bad; it’s a three-bedroom, two-level loft in Nashville, Tenn.
11. She loves hibachi. Does she have a hibachi grill in her kitchen? Why, yes.
10. At the age of four, she used to perform songs from Disney’s ‘The Lion King’ for anyone who would listen.
9. She has a six-foot bunny topiary in her living room. We’re not sure if he has a name, but she plans to “decorate him according to the holidays.”
8. Swift cites her grandmother, who was an opera singer, as one of her biggest musical influences.
7. She had a big crush on Taylor Hanson when she was younger. In fact, she still does, stating that she would love to do a duet with him.
6. She loves perfumes and often sprays different fragrances that she used to wear to bring back old memories. Abercrombie 8 brings back nostalgic memories of her freshman year of high school and her first boyfriend.
5. She is good friends with ‘Zombieland’ actress Emma Stone. The pair met at an awards show a couple of years ago and have stayed in touch ever since.
4. After she won a Grammy for Album of the Year, she celebrated backstage by jumping up and down ecstatically with her producer and the Black Eyed Peas.
3. She “lives for [tear-aways],” and loves using these kinds of outfits when she is performing. Once she ripped off a track suit at the CMAs to reveal an LBD (little black dress).
2. She was the first host to ever write her own monologue on ‘Saturday Night Live.’ You'll find it here.
1. She absolutely loves crime TV shows and would pursue a career as a forensic detective if she wasn’t a musician. She even guest starred on a 2008 episode of the television show ‘CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.’
