Taylor Swift is one of America's fastest rising stars. At only 19, Taylor has just released her second professional album, Fearless. Taylor began her career as a country artist, and her first self titled album, demonstrated this. Fearless shows the cross over from country to more mainstream pop, with every song on this album worthy of airplay.
Taylor has a hand in writing all of her songs, and although most of them are centered around teenage issues such as high school crushes, her music is diverse enough to appeal to more mature audiences. The first NZ single, “Love Story” tells of a Romeo & Juliet-esque forbidden romance, and has proven to be a smash hit on both the NZ and international charts. The upbeat country hit “Our Song” was written by Taylor when she was only 16 and was a single from her first album. “Forever & Always”, which Taylor wrote about her break up with Jonas Brothers member, Joe Jonas, is a personal favorite from the album, because of its upbeat chorus. Overall personal favourites on this album would be “Love Story”, “Hey Stephen” and “Our Song”. Fearless is a fantastic album, which will be enjoyed my many different music fans, especially those interested in country/pop, and is well worth a listen!