Taylor Swift collaborator says ‘very down-to-earth and hardworking’ superstar cooks meals for her guests at her home
One of Taylor Swift’s most prominent creative collaborators talks about how the superstar singer stays afloat despite her unprecedented success in the music industry.
Musician and songwriter Aaron Dessner, 47, talks to People on Tuesday, when the singer covered the magazine’s issue of the year’s most intriguing people.
Dessner told the magazine, “I spent a lot of time with her and never saw anyone waiting for her.” When I visited her at home, Taylor cooked everyone’s breakfast and dinner herself.
“She’s really just a very practical and hard-working person.”
Dessner called the 33-year-old Grammy winner “the hardest working artist he has ever encountered” as she is “involved in every aspect of the writing and production of her songs and has an incredible focus and attention to detail.”
One of Taylor Swift’s most prominent creative collaborators, Aaron Dessner, 47, talks about how the superstar singer stays afloat despite her unprecedented success in the music industry. Swift, 33, and Dessner were photographed on stage in April of this year in Florida.
The Shake It Off singer “never really stops writing songs,” according to Dessner, a member of the rock band The National, who began working with Swift more than three years ago.
Dessner praised Swift for her stage presence during her wildly successful The Eras Tour.
“The world saw her perform 44 songs a night on tour, performing for over three hours,” Dessner said. “She makes it look easy, but in reality it is a feat of incredible endurance.
“It’s hard to think of an example of someone who would match those results, except maybe Bruce Springsteen, but he doesn’t have to cover as many ground as Taylor.”
Dessner said he expects Swift to “keep writing better and better songs and experimenting stylistically” because she “has so many stories to tell.”
The musician said: “Sometimes she jokes that she likes to literally change what she writes her songs with, sometimes it’s ink or a glitter pen, but for me it’s often more like a 19th century pen.
“I think she will continue to invent new ways and methods of writing and continue to expand this magical universe that she herself has created for us all to enjoy.”
Dessner told the publication about the “completely surreal” way he came to work with Swift during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“When Taylor first messaged me about texting her remotely during the pandemic, I almost didn’t believe it was her at first,” he said. “Taylor never made me feel a shadow of her previous work or success. There was no pressure at all.”
Dessner, a member of the rock band The National, began working with Swift more than three years ago. Pictured on stage in Madrid, Spain.
Dessner praised Swift for her stage presence during her wildly successful The Eras Tour. She was photographed last month in Brazil.
Swift, Jack Antonoff and Dessner were photographed accepting the Album of the Year award at the 2021 Grammy Awards.
He continued: “It was like we were just making an album for ourselves and passing time during the pandemic. It felt like we were on our own personal creative life raft and just writing songs to soothe our souls and get us through such an uncertain and difficult time.”
Earlier this week, Swift became the first living music artist in history to simultaneously have five albums in the magazine’s top 10. Billboard 200According to the publication, for the week of December 9.
Swift is the first live artist to achieve this feat since the chart was combined into a single list of mono and stereo albums in August 1963, more than 60 years ago.
The top 10 includes Swift’s 1989 albums (Taylor’s Version); Midnight is in third place; Folklore is in fifth place; Lover is in sixth place and Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) is in 10th place.
The hugely successful singer first released the album 1989 (Taylor’s Version) in October last year; Speak Now (Taylor’s version) this July; Midnight in 2022; Folklore in 2020; and Lover in 2019.
Prince is the only artist to have five albums chart in the week of May 14, 2016, less than a month after his death at age 57.
At the time, The Very Best of Prince was in second place; the soundtrack to Prince’s Purple Rain and Revolution came in third; The Hits/The B-Sides ended up in fourth place; Ultimate ended up in sixth place; and 1999 was in seventh place.
Swift’s “1989” (Taylor’s Version) spent its third overall week at No. 1 on the chart.
This week, Swift became the first living music artist in history to have five albums simultaneously enter the top 10 on the Billboard 200 for the week of December 9, according to the publication. Pictured last month in London
This week, the singer-songwriter became the first living music artist in history to simultaneously have five albums in the top 10 on the Billboard 200, pictured last month in Brazil.
Prince is the only artist to have five albums chart in the week of May 14, 2016, less than a month after his death at age 57. Pictured: in his native Minnesota, 1990.
It initially debuted at number one on the chart on November 11 and remained there for the week of November 18. It spent the next two weeks at number two on the chart before returning to number one this week.
Part of Swift’s sales growth for the week was due to Black Friday retail promotions. according to the outlet.
According to the publication, 1989 (Taylor’s Version), which spent three weeks at number one, spent the longest time at number one of the four albums Swift released after re-recording them.
Fearless and Speak Now each spent two weeks at number one, while Red spent a week at number one.
In total, Swift’s 13 albums spent 66 weeks at number one, the second-longest for a solo artist and just one behind Elvis Presley’s 67 weeks. The Beatles hold the overall title with 132 weeks.