Taylor Swift

### Occupation

Singer-songwriter, record producer, music video director, actress, businesswoman

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**Taylor Alison Swift**(born December 13, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter and one of the world's leading contemporary recording artists. Swift is one of the world's best-selling music artists and the highest-earning female musician of the 2010s.

She is friends with Halsey and the two performed together at the 2019 American Music Awards. Moreover, Halsey is an open supporter of Swift.

### Involvement with Halsey

Swift and Halsey have been friends for a longer time and have been frequently spotted together at events.

On November 14, 2019 Swift shared a post in which she explained that Big Machine, Swift's former record label, was purchased by music manager Scooter Braun, including the masters for her first six albums. Swift voiced her displeasure in a Tumblr post, saying she had been trying to buy the masters for years and describing Braun as an "incessant, manipulative bully" as he is not willing to give her an opportunity to purchase her music and has been abusing his power over Swift. Halsey became one of the first major artists to support and speak up in favor of Swift. Halsey shared her posted this statement to her Instagram:

"*Not only are we looking at an awful business move, (because one would be incentivized to allow Taylor to perform her songs seeing as it would direct to rediscovery of a catalog they currently profit off of?) but this is just mean. This is punishment. This is hoping to silence her from speaking about things by dangling this over her head. These people are protected because they inspire complicity with fear. Banking on the illusion that people will not stand up for her. That the world will say she is over reacting. You’re barking up the wrong tree. It is her grace and patience in these moments that make her Artist of the Decade.*"
—Halsey voicing her support for Swift

She then went on to post a video of her singing along to Swift's song "Mean".

At the American Music Awards on November 24, 2019 Halsey and Camila Cabello joined Swift to perform Swift's song "Shake It Off" during a medley of Swift's biggest hits to celebrate Swift being named Artist of the Decade.

During her acceptance speech for being named Woman of the Decade at the 2019 Billboard Women In Music Awards Swift named Halsey one of the women who don't "let obstacles like criticism slow down the creative force" within her.

Swift also expressed her liking of Halsey's song "Finally // Beautiful Stranger". "These lyrics just WOW," she wrote about the song on her Instagram story and also called it "absolutely stunning."

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *YouTube* - "Taylor Swift - Live at the 2019 American Music Awards"
2. ↑ *Twitter* - @swiftsupdates - "Taylor and @halseyin the #BBMAs audience!"
3. ↑ *Instagram* - Halsey's Instagram Story 11/15/19
4. ↑ *Instagram* via *Twitter* - @falsegodtae - "halsey popping off on taylor’s behalf and then singing along to mean, the big dick energy this has #IStandWithTaylor"
5. ↑ *AltPress* - "HALSEY JOINS TAYLOR SWIFT IN HIGHLY-ANTICIPATED AMAS MEDLEY PERFORMANCE"
6. ↑ *YouTube* - "Taylor Swift Accepts Woman of the Decade Award | Women In Music"
7. ↑ *Billboard* - "Taylor Swift Is Just as Stoked as You for Halsey & Camila Cabello's New Music"