As a lifestyle expert, I’ve noticed a fascinating connection between certain stars! It seems that whenever Hilary Duff reflects on pivotal, destiny-defining moments – those times when everything just lined up – Taylor Swift is always right there alongside her, sharing in those experiences.
Hilary wasn’t completely satisfied with her original recording of “Come Clean,” so she looked to the artist behind “Opalite” for inspiration. She then re-recorded the song and released it as “Come Clean (Mine).”
Hilary told Kylie Kelce on the May 14th episode of Not Gonna Lie that Taylor Swift really raised the standard for how celebrities handle public appearances and manage their image, setting a clear example of how things should be done.
When she played the original recording of “Metamorphosis,” which she made while with Disney’s Hollywood Records, she firmly stated, “No, it’s mine.”
Hilary recorded her own versions of songs like “Come Clean,” “What Dreams Are Made Of,” and “So Yesterday” for several reasons.
Hilary explained that she recorded those songs when she was only 14. Looking back, she admits she didn’t know what she was doing and lacked any real technique – something people still point out online.
When the 38-year-old singer—who has a 14-year-old son, Luca, with her ex-husband, Mike Comrie, and Banks, 7, Mae, 5, and Townes, 2, with her husband, Matthew Koma—decided to return to making music last year, she wanted to mark the occasion with something special.
Hilary explained that she felt like a changed person. She wanted to make the songs her own if she was going to perform them, ensuring they reflected her current voice and style. While she still sounds youthful, she acknowledged that time had naturally changed her voice.
In 2021, Taylor began re-recording her albums to regain ownership of her music. This decision came after she was unable to buy the original recordings when she departed from Big Machine Records in 2018.
Taylor Swift considered the sale of her master recordings to Scooter Braun’s Ithaca Holdings in 2019 her “worst case scenario.” Although they were later sold again to Shamrock Capital in November 2020, she felt much better about the situation after she was able to buy back her masters in 2025 and began re-recording her albums.
I’m really encouraged by the discussions my situation has sparked among artists and fans in the music industry,” Taylor wrote in a post on her website last year after regaining ownership of her original recordings. “Thank you for showing interest in a topic that was once considered too technical for general conversation.
As Taylor put it, “You’ll never know how much it means to me that you cared.”
Taylor Swift’s decision to re-record her albums is just one example of her impact on the music world. Here are some other interesting things to know about the award-winning artist…
Taylor Swift is a talented songwriter who writes all of her own songs. However, her album Speak Now is particularly special – she wrote it entirely on her own, without any collaborators. Released in October 2010, she was only 20 years old at the time.
She spent her childhood on a Christmas tree farm in Pennsylvania with her family, and that experience inspired her holiday song of the same name.
3. She’s named after James Taylor. That’s right, from one music legend to another.
Taylor Swift, like Channing Tatum, Jennifer Lawrence, Emma Roberts, and Ashton Kutcher, used to work as a model for Abercrombie & Fitch. She modeled for the company back in 2003.
Taylor Swift gifted Eric Church his first gold record. Back in 2006, she joined Rascal Flatts on tour after Church had been let go. Church recalled to the Arizona Daily Star that Swift called him after reading about his dismissal. She told him she admired his work. He jokingly predicted she’d owe him a gold record, and surprisingly, she delivered on that promise when she achieved the milestone. The record came with a handwritten note thanking him for his energetic performance on the Rascal Flatts tour.
Taylor Swift has unusually flexible elbows – she’s double-jointed. She revealed this quirky fact during a 2016 interview with Vogue, jokingly admitting it’s the only unusual skill she possesses.
7. Her drink of choice? Vodka and Diet Coke, as revealed in that same Vogue video.
She disabled comments on her social media accounts to avoid negativity. In an essay for Elle titled “30 Things I Learned Before Turning 30,” Taylor explained that while social media can be positive, it can also make you feel insecure by constantly showing you what you lack or what others are doing. To combat this, she turns off comments on her posts, allowing her to share updates with fans without needing their approval or praise.
Taylor Swift initially considered calling her seventh album Daylight, but she ultimately chose Lover. She felt Daylight was too obvious, considering the album was a follow-up to her darker reputation album. Once she wrote the song “Lover,” she knew that would be the perfect title.
Taylor Swift made history as the youngest solo artist to ever win Album of the Year. She was only 20 years old when she received the award in 2010 for her popular album, Fearless.
Taylor Swift made Grammy history in 2024 by becoming the first woman to win Album of the Year four times. She received the award for her albums Fearless, 1989, Folklore, and Midnights.
Taylor Swift’s album, Lover, quickly became a huge success, selling over one million copies in the U.S. within its first few months. According to Chart Data, it was the first album of 2019 to achieve this level of sales so quickly.
Taylor Swift made history at the 2019 American Music Awards! She won more awards than anyone else, breaking Michael Jackson’s previous record for the most AMAs won by any artist.
When Taylor was growing up, she dreamed of becoming a stockbroker, following in her father’s footsteps. However, she discovered her passion for music and eventually moved with her family from Pennsylvania to Tennessee to pursue it.
She started playing guitar at about 12 years old, picking it up after a computer technician showed her a few basic chords. Inspired, she soon wrote her first song, called “Lucky You.”
Taylor Swift is a big fan of Phoebe Waller-Bridge. She told Entertainment Weekly that Waller-Bridge’s show, Fleabag, is brilliant because it’s funny, surprising, and emotionally moving all at once. Interestingly, Taylor later appeared on Saturday Night Live during an episode hosted by the Fleabag star!
In 2009, Taylor Swift did something unusual for a guest on Saturday Night Live – she wrote her own monologue. The team was clearly impressed, especially by her song, “Monologue Song (La La La).”
Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez have been best friends ever since they both dated members of the Jonas Brothers. Back in 2008, Taylor dated Joe Jonas, and Selena was seeing his brother, Nick. They quickly bonded and have stayed close ever since – Selena even had Taylor’s support when she returned to SNL in November 2021 to perform a longer version of “All Too Well.” Taylor is so close to Selena that she’s offered to be a flower girl at her wedding to Benny Blanco.
Oh my gosh, you guys, remember Taylor’s song ‘Fifteen’ and that redhead she sings about, Abigail? Well, get this – they’re still best friends! It’s Abigail Anderson, and I totally knew it all along! She was even a bridesmaid at Abigail’s wedding back in 2017! It’s just so amazing to see their friendship last all these years, I’m seriously obsessed with them both!
I’m such a fan, and it’s so sweet to see how caring she is! She’s a godmother to so many adorable kids – little Leo Thames, Jaime King’s son, and she’s also godmother to Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds’ daughters, James, Inez, and Betty. It really shows how close she is to her friends!
Taylor Swift has indicated she might not ever perform her song “Soon You’ll Get Better,” which she wrote about her mother’s fight with cancer. She explained in an August 2019 interview with SiriusXM that the song was difficult to create, sing, and even listen to, acknowledging that some songs are simply painful to experience.
Taylor Swift doesn’t have the X app (formerly Twitter) on her phone. In an interview with Billboard, she explained that she often feels overwhelmed when using the platform, so she removed it. She prefers to limit her news intake to politics and avoids celebrity gossip and less important updates, saying her brain can only handle so much information.
Okay, so this is huge. Taylor actually said she’s never done therapy! Can you believe it? She told Rolling Stone that she basically spills everything to her mom because, and I quote, “My mom is the one who’s seen everything.” It’s just… she explained it like it takes so long for anyone to understand her whole life, all 29 years of it back then, but her mom already knows it all! It’s honestly so sweet and makes so much sense. She just trusts her mom with everything, and I totally get why. It’s just… perfect!
In an interview, she revealed her favorite lyrics from her album Lover are: “Ladies and gentlemen, will you please stand? / With every guitar string scar on my hand/I take this magnetic force of a man to be my lover.”
Taylor Swift has officially become a billionaire! Bloomberg reported in October 2024 that her incredibly successful Eras Tour, following over ten years of record-breaking achievements, pushed her net worth into the billions.
Taylor Swift was deeply moved by the 2019 Netflix film, Someone Great. She explained to Elvis Duran that she cried while watching it and for days afterward, she had vivid dreams where she was living through the movie’s events. These dreams sparked lyrical ideas based on the characters’ relationships, which she then developed into her song “Death By a Thousand Cuts” during a studio session with Jack Antonoff.
She consistently places her most heartfelt songs – like “All Too Well” and “The Archer” – as the fifth track on her albums. It’s a tradition for her to reserve that spot for a ballad.
Taylor Swift has stopped trying to avoid the paparazzi and is openly supporting her fiancé, Travis Kelce, at his NFL games since 2023. In an interview with Time magazine, she explained that being in a public relationship means they can freely support each other without hiding. She said they don’t worry about being seen together and are simply proud of one another, unlike couples who go to great lengths to keep their relationship secret.
When Taylor and Travis announced their engagement on Instagram in August 2025, it became a record-breaking moment for the platform. According to Billboard, using data from Meta, the post received over a million shares.
30. The engagement also helped inspire Cambridge Dictionary’s 2025 word of the year, “Parasocial.”
Taylor achieved a record-breaking feat when her album, The Life of a Showgirl, was released in October 2025. The Associated Press reported that it sold 2.7 million copies on its first day.
32. Oh, and the album went on to sell 4 million copies in its first week alone.
In her Disney+ docuseries, The End of an Era, Taylor Swift explained that The Eras Tour came about because of two main things: she lost control of the rights to her older songs, and the COVID-19 pandemic happened.
After a lengthy legal fight, Taylor announced in May 2025 that she had regained ownership of the original recordings of her first six albums.
Taylor Swift revealed on The Stephen Colbert Show on December 10th that she used the money earned from her Eras Tour to regain ownership of her music, explaining, “My fans are the reason I was able to do that.”
Taylor Swift and her band secretly practiced the surprise songs for each concert on the Eras Tour to keep them from being spoiled for fans outside the venues.
Taylor Swift gave bonuses to her tour crew after each leg of the Eras Tour, as revealed in her documentary series.
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