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 -- Acknowledgments

"An intimate look at the life and music of modern pop's most legendary figure, Taylor Swift, from leading music journalist Rob Sheffield."--

"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. ... Rob Sheffield, the ... author of Dreaming the Beatles, On Bowie, and Love Is a Mix Tape ... 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, herfan connection, her raw power"--