![]() “Yeah, I have favorite words, like ‘elegies’ and ‘epiphany’ and ‘divorcée,’ and just words that I think sound beautiful, and I have lists and lists of them,” she says, with McCartney suggesting that “marzipan” should make it onto that list as well to Taylor’s delight. Swift says she found herself reading much more while recording Folklore, books such as Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca, as well as using “bigger, flowerier, prettier” words in songs and delighting in slipping things like “epiphany” into tracks that might make it to radio. They also get to brass tacks about lyrics and whether they write the words or music first, with McCartney saying it’s never the same, because as he and John Lennon realized in their Beatles days, once you hit upon a “formula” for songwriting, it’s time to “rip it up” and find a new one. And I just remembered thinking, ‘I’ve got to remember that,’ that you do that set list for your fans.” It had new stuff, but it had every hit we wanted to hear, every song we’d ever cried to, every song people had gotten married to, or been brokenhearted to. “It was completely geared toward what it would thrill us to hear. ![]() ![]() Because I went with my family to see you in concert in 2010 or 2011, and the thing I took away from the show most was that it was the most selfless set list I had ever seen,” Swift says. Pulling back the veil a bit, Swift finally admits that she has written under the name “ Nils Sjöberg” - which is a combo of the two most popular male Swedish names - and McCartney recalls writing songs for his pals in Peter and Gordon under the name Bernard Webb, as well as collaborating with producer Youth as Fireman on dance albums.”I think it’s so cool that you do projects that are just for you. Paul McCartney Releasing Third Album in Solo Career-Spanning Series, 'McCartney III' “There’s so much stress everywhere you turn that I kind of wanted to make an album that felt sort of like a hug, or like your favorite sweater that makes you feel like you want to put it on.” “Yeah, I definitely think about that as a goal,” she says. “I know it, it’s in C!” McCartney flexes.Īt one point, McCartney talks about how satisfying it is to have fans tell him that one of his songs helped them through an illness or a rough run of exams, assuming Swift has had a similar experience. I was going to ask you.” Not only was the Beatles legend going to extend his hand, he was planning on playing her hit “Shake It Off” with her. “Were you going to invite me?” Swift asks. The biggest revelation, though, comes near the end, when McCartney reveals that he had planned to ask Swift to join him on stage at this summer’s COVID-canceled Glastonbury festival. The pair then fall into easy conversation about the recording process of their recent albums, their shared love of numerology and performing under pseudonyms and their surprising reticence to jump up and perform at celeb-packed parties. Swift describes 78-year-old McCartney dancing around and singing to Motown hits during the shoot and indulging her request that he hand-write her favorite lyric of his and sign it, which she promises to cherish forever. Here Are the 10 Best Commercials Taylor Swift Has Been In
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