17 years ago I tried out for @AmericanIdol and became the third runner up of the 7th season. What a time.
The road from the stage of American Idol to construction sites was not a typical one, but it's my journey. And I believe that my experience as a musician enriches my work as a builder. Both paths share the ultimate goal: to connect, inspire, and make an impact.
Creating music gave me the ability to transport listeners to different places and feelings through sound. Designing a home does the same. It creates a tangible space where people create memories and feel comfort. The passion that I put into music translates directly into the detail and attention I put into designing and constructing homes.
Every chord progression, every melody, every lyric of a song contributes to the overall experience of the listener. Similarly, every choice of materials, every architectural decision, every finishing touch in a home affects the experience of the inhabitants.
I used to use music to paint aural pictures, now I use blueprints to paint tangible ones. Every home I help build is like a song, designed to evoke emotions and tell stories.
Through music and home-building, I want to make a difference, to create something lasting and meaningful. It might seem like a jump from music to construction, but it's just two sides of the same coin. Both crafts are about translating vision into reality, creating an experience, and making a mark in the world.
Whether penning a new song or drafting plans for a house, the drive remains the same: to create something that matters, to contribute to people's lives, and to leave the world just a little bit better than I found it.
Um ok this is unreal?? I just wanted to say to anyone who listened to my music this year, anywhere in the world, thank you. Getting named Spotify’s Global Top Artist in 2023 is truly the best birthday/holiday gift you could’ve given me. We’ve seriously had THE MOST fun this year out there on tour and now this. Are you serious. So I was trying to think of a way to thank you, and a lot of you have been asking me to put “You’re Losing Me (From The Vault)” on streaming... so here you go! You can finally listen EVERYWHERE now 💋
https://t.co/pEpPzQMsM5
Surprise!! 1989 (Taylor’s Version) is on its way to you 🔜! The 1989 album changed my life in countless ways, and it fills me with such excitement to announce that my version of it will be out October 27th. To be perfectly honest, this is my most FAVORITE re-record I’ve ever done because the 5 From The Vault tracks are so insane. I can’t believe they were ever left behind. But not for long! Pre order 1989 (Taylor’s Version) at https://t.co/12bONe9FJA 🩵😎🩵
📷: Beth Garrabrant
Taylor Swift on the fireworks during Enchanted on Santa Clara Night 2 💜🥹
“You know why they did that? Because I’m mayor! It happened yesterday and I was kind of hoping it would happen tonight too, and it did!” #TSTheErasTour
If you have a “problem” with me but you’re telling everyone besides ME, then you don’t have a problem with me. You’re simply just a coward that wants attention.
According to song credits on Apple Music and Spotify,
ALL 6 ‘From The Vault’ tracks are solely written by Taylor Swift, continuing the milestone that #SpeakNowTaylorsVersion is a complete, self-written album just like the original she wrote from age 18-20, but this time she owns her work. 🥹💜✨
It’s here. It’s yours, it’s mine, it’s ours. It’s an album I wrote alone about the whims, fantasies, heartaches, dramas and tragedies I lived out as a young woman between 18 and 20. I remember making tracklist after tracklist, obsessing over the right way to tell the story. I had to be ruthless with my choices, and I left behind some songs I am still unfailingly proud of now. Therefore, you have 6 From The Vault tracks! I recorded this album when I was 32 (and still growing up, now) and the memories it brought back filled me with nostalgia and appreciation. For life, for you, for the fact that I get to reclaim my work. Thank you a million times, for the memories that break our fall. 💥🐉🏰 Speak Now (MY VERSION!) is out now.
https://t.co/m3KNl71qrY
📷: Beth Garrabrant
the fact that taylor invited all the journalists that shit-talked her on media to the reputation tour to make them hear themselves on the opening montage intro is the level of petty i aspire to be
Really can’t contain my excitement because… we’re adding 14 new shows to The Eras Tour. And I get to travel the world doing shows with @paramore!! Hayley and I have been friends since we were teens in Nashville and now we get to frolic around the UK/Europe next summer??? I’m screaming???