Taylor Swift: Dreaming in Lyrics

Rebel Girls

Stories For Kids, Education For Kids, Kids & Family

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🗓️ 6 September 2022

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Pop star Taylor Swift has become famous for her powerful country and pop music beats. But her genius goes beyond the stage: since day one, Taylor's been challenging bullies and the music industry and changing the music world for the better. You can find Taylor in the new book Rebel Girls: 100 Inspiring Young Changemakers! We're celebrating all September long with two special Changemakers podcast episodes each week. Preorder Rebel Girls: 100 Inspiring Young Changemakers wherever books are sold to learn about how girls just like you are changing the world. This story was produced by Olivia Riçhard with sound design and mixing by Mumble Media. It was written by Frances Thomas and edited by Abby Sher. Our narrator was Anjali Kunapaneni. Thank you to the whole Rebel Girls team, who make this podcast possible. Stay rebel!

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0:00.0	Aloha Rebels! Are you ready to make this world a better place? Me too! My name is
0:07.0	Cassidy Crowley, I'm 13 years old and you can read all about me in the new book
0:12.5	Rebel Girls, 100 Inspiring Young Changemakers. Out now, it's full of amazing young
0:19.9	activists, artists, athletes and inventors who are making positive changes
0:25.6	around the world. Just go wherever books are sold to order Rebel Girls 100
0:31.7	Inspiring Young Changemakers. Here and now, Rebel Girls are changing the world
0:38.2	just like this.
0:41.7	Once upon a time, there was a girl who loved twinkling lights, chocolate milkshakes,
0:59.2	and karaoke machines. Her name was Taylor Swift. Taylor was born in 1989 and grew
1:16.3	up on a sprawling Christmas tree farm in rural Pennsylvania. Every year around
1:23.2	the holidays, the farm transformed into a bustling winter wonderland, draped in
1:30.5	lush green holly and mistletoe. Taylor loved to stroll through the snow-cap
1:37.1	pines and race down slick hills on her sled. But her favorite place to wander was
1:46.6	inside her mind. There, she dreamt up entirely new worlds full of magic.
2:02.0	One day, while rummaging through her parents' music collection, six-year-old Taylor
2:08.0	found an album cover with a lady on it who looked just like her. Long blonde hair,
2:15.3	bright, almond-shaped eyes. That woman was Leanne Rhymes, a country singer who
2:24.4	skyrocketed to stardom at age 13. Taylor put on the album and instantly fell in
2:32.3	love with Leanne's soaring vocals and dreamy lyrics. From that day on, Taylor only
2:41.2	wanted to listen to country music. Each song felt like a fabulous story full of
2:53.2	love and longing. With an opera singer for a grandmother, Taylor knew she had
2:59.7	music in her blood. Now, she dreamed of being a country singer, like Leanne.
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