One of the biggest celebrity feuds in 2016 is Kim Kardashian versus Taylor Swift: Snapchat Gate. Snapchat Gate gave a worldwide audience an answer to the infamous question- did Taylor Swift give Kanye West permission to use the two lines referencing her in his song “Famous”? The answer to the question is an inconclusive “sort of,” however the repercussions of these snapchat videos provide an interesting peek into the social culture of the United States and how social media is used as a new rhetorical device. The feud between Kim Kardashian and Taylor Swift would be nothing without the context of the feud between Taylor Swift and Kanye West. The “feud” between Kanye West and Taylor Swift began in 2009 at the MTV Video Music Awards. During the VMA’s, Swift won Best Female Video for her song “You Belong with Me.” When Swift went up on stage to accept her award, she was interrupted by West who grabbed a mic and said, “Yo, Taylor, I 'm really happy for you and I 'mma let you finish, but Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all time.” Swift’s response to West’s impromptu mini speech was a look of shock and embarrassment, an immediate appeal to pathos. The backlash from this incident painted West as a…
Outline Our hot topic research assignment is about the Kim Kardashian West and Taylor Swift Incident that occurred on July 18th, 2016. Kanye West, Taylor Swift, and Kim Kardashian West were involved during the event. The controversy impacted the three’s social circle and fans. Background of Controversy Both Taylor Swift and Kanye West have had a bumpy relationship together over the past couple years which led to this controversy. On September 13th, 2009, Kanye West interrupts Taylor Swift…
Seven time Grammy winner Taylor Swift has dominated the music industry the past few years. 2014 was even dubbed 'The year of Taylor Swift ' because of all she did. Swift came from being bullied in high school to now playing sold out arenas and stadiums. She has done things in music that have never been done before. Taylor Alison Swift was born on December 13, 1989 in Reading, Pennsylvania. She spent her early years in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania on her family 's Christmas tree farm. Her first…
Taylor Swift Wins iHeartMusic Awards for Best Tour, Pours out Heart in Thanksgiving Speech Taylor Swift is on a roll. After winning the Grammy two months back, the pop queen is again in the news. She has won the award for best tour at the 2016 ihearts Music Awards which was held on Sunday in Los Angeles. The 26-year-old bagged the award for her super successful 1989 world tour. She also won the trophy for female artist of the year, beating her bestie Selena Gomez, Adele and other popular names.…
Taylor Swift’s Journey to Fearless For my extra credit opportunity I watched the documentary Taylor Swift’s Journey to Fearless. I am going to summarize what the film is about, how popstar Taylor Swift was changed and developed since the film was released, and critique the producers of the documentary. Taylor Swift’s Journey to Fearless was released in 2010 by Hasbro Studios. By the time the movie was released, Swift had just finished her world tour Fearless. The tour was filled with countless…
lives for it, is in the same relation of antecedence to his works as a father to his child. ” The ideology presented by Barthes furthers the total idea of how Taylor Swift has maintained a successful career and that is through…
Although there are many famous celebrities, if my school came together and chose a celebrity to speak at my school I would chose Taylor Swift. Not only is she humble, she is very selfless and talented. My lifelong dream has been to attend a Taylor Swift concert, so for her to visit my school would be the best day of my life. For a year's salary, Taylor Swift currently makes 170,000,000 dollars a year. In 2008, she donated 100,000 dollars the the Red Cross foundation to help the victims of the…
Singer and Songwriter: Taylor Swift Let the world see you for who you really are…Why is it we as people have to make up rumors about a person that are not true? Luckily this woman does not let those rumors bring her down. Furthermore, Taylor Swift is devoted to what she does, benevolent to everyone, and most of all humorous. This lovely lady enjoys what she does for a living. Every two years she tries to release a new album. In 2006 she released Taylor Swift, in 2008 Fearless, 2010 Speak…
I was introduced to taylor swift by a friend about four years ago. I got her first album that year (2010) and tried to learn all of the songs on it. It was a karaoke disk so I didn’t really know some of the songs, just the lyrics. I knew “our song” from hearing it on the radio and fell in love with “picture to burn”, “Mary’s song”, and “should’ve said no” as soon as I heard them. I got her christmas album the same time I got her first album and I listened to her version of “santa baby” and…
Abby Harrison Pope English 1-7 11 April 2016 Current Events Taylor Swift a Surprise to Fans at Ryan’s studio In the big music town of Nashville Tennesse, Taylor Swift and Ryan Seacrest are starting their day by opening Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital studio. A big day for Ryan as this will be one of the many studios he has opened for children. Ryan invited Taylor to come and surprise and talk to fans at the hospital. Taylor gladly accepted the invite “What I saw when I went there was an…