Taylor Swift cried & gorged on fast food after she lost ‘Album of the Year’ Grammy

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I totally forgot how much I loved this Gucci gown on Taylor Swift at the 2014 Grammys. It was super-cute on her, and she looked really great that night. While Taylor has won seven Grammys in her career, the one she really, really wanted to win was Album of the Year in 2014. She was nominated for Red and she probably thought she had a good chance at it. But Album of the Year went to Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories. There was a big to-do after the 2014 Grammys because there was a cutaway shot of Taylor and her team gasping when they thought Red had won. Taylor recovered and immediately began clapping for Daft Punk, but people still teased her about it (which was somewhat unfair). Anyway, Taylor spoke to GrammyPro about that moment and how she cried when she didn’t win.

Pass the ketchup, please! Taylor Swift admitted that after she lost Album of the Year to Daft Punk at the 2014 Grammys, she immediately went home, cried, and “ate a lot.”

“When they announced the Album of the Year winner it was like, ‘And the album of the year goes to … Reeeeeandom Access Memories, Daft Punk!’ And they really dragged out the ‘reeee,” Swift, 25, recalled to Grammy Pro about her nominated album Red. “And for a second there, I kind of thought we had it, and we didn’t.” (In case you missed it, the pop star’s on-camera reaction went viral after she thought she’d won.)

“I remember not going to afterparties,” the 1989 songstress added. “I went home and I cried a little bit, and I got In-N-Out Burger and ate a lot.”

Swift said she got her hopes up after everyone around her was buzzing with excitement. “Going up to it, everybody comes up to you and they’re like, ‘Oh, you got this, you’re gonna win, you’re gonna win,’ and I wish they wouldn’t do that because you don’t know if you’re gonna win — and someone else could very well win — and someone else very well did.”

Calvin Harris’ girlfriend, who has made headlines and meme after meme for her “surprise face,” mused that there are multiple ways to react to a loss.

“You have a few options when you don’t win an award,” she said, before jokingly referring to her infamous moment with Kanye West at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards. “You can decide like, ‘Oh, they’re wrong, they all voted wrong.’ Second, you can be like, ‘I’m gonna go up on the stage and take the mic from whoever did win it’…Or third, you can say, ‘Maybe they’re right — maybe I did not make the record of my career.’ Maybe I need to fix the problem, which was that I have not been making sonically cohesive albums. I need to really think about whether I’m listening to a scared record label and what that’s doing to the art I’m making.”

[From Us Weekly]

Sigh… what do you think of this? I don’t fault her for her ambition. That’s one of my favorite parts about the industry that is Taylor Swift. She’s ambitious and proud and unapologetically so. She wanted to win Album of the Year and she’ll say that she thinks she should have won because she made “the record of my career.” I don’t even fault her for saying she was depressed afterwards. But at the end of the day… I just wonder why it means so much to her. She HAS seven Grammys already and to be honest, winning a Grammy really isn’t some huge deal. Even winning Album of the Year isn’t some huge deal – how many people would have remembered that Beck won Album of the Year if Kanye hadn’t thrown a hissy fit about the Grammys “not respecting art”? And that’s what this Taylor Swift thing reminds me of – this is a Kanye move, talking about how people perceive her art and playing the victim. I think that’s what bugs me.

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  1. ToodySezHey says:

    boo freaking hoo

    • Kitty28 says:

      LOL! ……Totally right?

    • Armenthrowup says:

      Quite! I just don’t understand why she thinks she should win ANYTHING! Her music is bland, bland, whiny passive-aggressive, poorly sung and god-awful! Even Britney had more depth. Just wish Tay-Tay would go away. Now. (Aaand breathe….:D)

      • HH says:

        Right?! She has some catchy tunes, but I wouldn’t consider her music (any of it) to be Grammy-worthy for Album of the Year. Also, awards only matter when you’re in “good company.” I mean, if Beck and Taylor Swift are winning the same award, then her music either substantially improved or the criteria isn’t that strict.

    • Shambles says:

      Right? Playing the victim isn’t a Kanye move, that’s copyrighted and trademarked Taylor Swift.

      • Shaunna says:

        Taylor is not playing a victim! She did not win, analyzed the WHY, and can choose how to make her next album.

    • knower says:

      if anybody wants to enjoy the reaction shot, it’s still around: https://instagram.com/p/jqL_xZNcmY/

      I think taylor’s people probably did their best to use the copyright excuse for taking it down on youtube. Not so fast on Vine though, girl! You’re not god.

      • Cinderella says:

        That was award show GOLD!

      • zinjojo says:

        I watched that about 5 times in a row. She was on the edge of her seat, waiting for it.

      • The Eternal Side-Eye says:

        Lol, she made a point of saying how they stretched out the R part or said it like it could have been like Red but the clip showed exactly none of that.

      • Crumpet says:

        It sounds to me like she started to say Red too, so I don’t blame Taylor for being jumpy for one split second there. Why is this being cackled over with such glee? People. 🙂

    • BRE says:

      Seriously? I get how she feels. When I have worked on a project for work for months, put in long hours, stress over it, feel passionate about it and then it gets rejected it hurts. You feel like you let your team members down and going home and laying around eating junk food and recounting the whole thing to my husband is pretty much the norm. There is nothing wrong with working hard for something and then being upset when you don’t get it!

      • MP says:

        Really? So you are saying she only makes albums to win awards, not to express herself musically or to give her fans something they’ll hopefully enjoy? It’s just about the Grammy and if she doesn’t win it it’s all been for nothing, she has failed?
        What about the millions of people who bought it and tell her non stop online how much they love it or come to her shows. They don’t mean anything because she didn’t win album of the year?
        No I don’t get it.

      • perplexed says:

        She is still well-compensated in terms of finances, fan adoration, media praise, and wins in other categories, though.

      • mytbean says:

        Yeah but I see Taylor Swift, I can’t help but think that she’s Tracy Flick in the movie Election.

    • Sarah says:

      You summed it up perfectly!

  2. Smoky says:

    What an egomaniac

    • MP says:

      Yeah, she never once says anything to compliment the daft punk album and how she understands that it won because it’s great and maybe actually better than hers.
      No, it’s “I’ve got to fix the problem in my music to make it win again.”
      You know Taylor, you can make the best album of your life and still somebody can make a better one.

      • lurker says:

        She does the same thing Lena Dunham does. It’s like everything they say is something they said in therapy or something their therapist told them or helped them realize. The self-obsession is boring.

      • pamspam says:

        She is a real life Tracy Flick.

      • Dr. Funkenstein says:

        Really good point. There’s only one winner in each of those categories, and hundreds (or even thousands) of possibilities. That’s an awful lot of talent and variety. A more mature musician would recognize that winning awards depends on many variables. I think if she stepped back and took a look at the list of winners for Album of the Year for the past fifty years she’d realize how fortunate she is to have ever ended up in that category even ONCE.

      • Zzzingara says:

        Good points all over the place. Eh, Taylor, ya win some, ya lose some. How many awards are enough awards?

        So, it was KWest who threw a hissy fit about the Grammys “not respecting art”? Why did he publicly declare that Beyoncé should have been given the award someone else won? Have I missed something?

  3. lurker says:

    “Going up to it, everybody comes up to you and they’re like, ‘Oh, you got this, you’re gonna win, you’re gonna win,’

    If people say this to her for a Grammy for Album of the Year(!), I’m guessing they do it for all the easier won awards too. And yet, mouth agape, she always acts like winning was unimaginable and came out of nowhere.

    Fodder for her next album: http://jezebel.com/taylor-swift-broke-up-with-calvin-harris-because-he-got-1736024532

    • Marrrrria says:

      1st of: The gif is everything! 😀
      If it’s true, I can’t help but shudder at the wave of immature Break up-Anthems coming up…

      • lurker says:

        Hahah, it is!

        If it’s true, I don’t know if I’m more excited for her oncoming display of immaturity or his.

        I feel like she kind of does need to break up with him now. She needs a few more guys in her life before the next album. If it’s only about him, she can’t use her dumb but profitable gimmick of leaving (very obvious) clues about her songs’ targets.

      • Marrrrria says:

        Well, obviously hers because she not only leaves these very obvious clues in her songs but also in her videos. I can picture it already: Taylor and her army of model-besties having a pool party and blowing up a guy that hints to be Harris.
        Do you think she ever thanked Justin Timberlake for the „Cry me a river“-esque video ideas? I don’t think so, imagine the ego fest. 😀
        But you’re right. She should date a few more guys and maybe along the way she’ll learn, that a break up doesn’t always need to be dramatized and milked to the max for her benefit. It’s one thing if a guy threads her like crap but to keep playing the victim card is just exhausting and like you said, a dumb but profitable gimmick of hers.

    • Lama Bean says:

      I was just about to comment on how we have not seen a Calvin Taylor pap stroll in a loooonnnnngggg time.

    • pleaseicu says:

      I don’t think they broke up. She’s apparently still liking/favoriting Taylor/Calvin=TrueLuv gushing posts on Tumblr, Twitter, and Instagram.

      I think publicity is very much a key component of their relationship and they want to be seen as the next power couple of the music industry. I think they simply changed PR tactics when they weren’t perceived as the next Bey and Jay but more the next Kim and Kanye after the PDA fests all over social media and in the press.

      I don’t think they’re forever but I see her pushing the relationship to last a year just to prove to everyone(the media) that she can have a relationship that lasts more than a few months.

  4. OSTONE says:

    She wants to be the best, all the time. I don’t fault her for being ambitious and working hard to always be the best, but it must be exhausting playing the game like she does it. I just hope she takes a LOOOONG break in 2016.

    • lurker says:

      I don’t think she really wants to be the best, speaking in terms of quality though. I think she wants to be the richest and most popular girl. I think she wants people to be deeply envious of her. There’s plenty of fault to find in that.

    • Liv says:

      I guess she was that disappointed because people kept telling her that she is going to win it. It’s like Michael Fassbender who started to believe the hype and wasn’t even nominated for the Oscar. I think all the yes-sayer are the biggest problem of celebritys.

      • WinnieCoopersMom says:

        I agree. I cant remember who said it recently, but some star was interviewed saying how you have to go into the awards shows like you wont win. Like, you have no shot of getting it, be happy you were even nominated. Then you aren’t disappointed and crying when you dont win, but if you do, it’s a pleasant surprise. I think that’s the most healthy, but least experienced outlook.

    • The Eternal Side-Eye says:

      This. I admire her ambition but she feels of that stage in most children’s lives where even if they’ve won something 15x they still feel cheated if they didn’t win 16.

  5. Katenotkatie says:

    Wait…she won album of the year in 2010 for Fearless. Why is she acting as if she’s never won a Grammy before?

    • perplexed says:

      Yeah, on Wikipedia it says she’s the youngest winner at age 20. I guess she’s not used to losing. I don’t get it either.

  6. vauvert says:

    I am not reading this as her a playing the victim. She is ambitious and likes to win and she believed that the people telling her she had it in the bag were right. She lost and was sad and admits it. How is that being the victim?

    • It'sJustBlance says:

      Agreed. I don’t think she has a great voice, but she’s an excellent entertainer. And I probably have a weak spot because I have an 8 year old who thinks she’s awesome and when you look at the alternatives out there for girls to listen to, well she’s like Julie Andrews compared to some of them. So more power to her. I feel like she was being honest.

      • Original T.C. says:

        This is something I never understand about Taylor’s fan base. Why would you have an 8year old listening to Taylor Swift when she sings about girls being better know for what “the do on the mattress”, talking about her intimate life with man after man and going after ex friends with videos showing guns? Swiftly is not raunchy but her tops are not appropriate for children under 16. Yet parents with 6-10 year olds have their kids listen to her music and brand her a role model.

        My parents would not only never buy me such adult music, I would be grounded if caught listening to that trash even at age 13! I was listening to Disney songs at 8 and musicals.

    • perplexed says:

      I don’t think it’s strange that she felt sad, but I think the way she expresses herself here comes off badly PR-wise. I think she’s having a normal human reaction, but it is one of those things some people could read and go “Oh, First World Problem.” And even among, first-world problems this one doesn’t seem too bad. Some people don’t even get nominated, and considering she’s not THAT talented, she’s lucky she gets nominated so many times. I think the incongruency between the number of times she’s been nominated and her talent does make the complaint that she hasn’t won all the more weird. I feel she should have some self-awareness that she’s a strong business-woman, but not necessarily THAT musically gifted — though I’m not sure if the Grammys award based on the latter, either.

      If she were more gifted and talented musically, I probably wouldn’t find her reaction that strange, but for someone who sings lyrics like “shake if off” or “handsome as hell” with a not-great voice that only sounds passable after a lot of production-work she should be thrilled that she even gets to be in the same company as all of the other artists nominated.

  7. LB says:

    It seems like she’s looking at validation from others, if her reaction to losing was she “needs to fix the problem,” instead of thinking about what an honor it was to be nominated and recognized for something she worked so hard on.

    Regardless of her “haters gonna hate” lyrics, I’ve noticed this attitude in other interviews as well – how she’s consistently looking for the approval and admiration of others. Even when she’s trying not to seem like she cares, it comes out. She needs all the friends, and all the fans, and all the praise. I can certainly sympathize with that but ultimately, it’s a fruitless life goal.

    • lurker says:

      Agreed. She seems like all her self worth comes from others telling her she has worth.

      People act like she’s such a great role model for kids because she’s not sexualized, but that desperation for others’ approval above all else isn’t admirable. I don’t think she’s a good role model. She’s just very rich.

  8. OTHER RENEE says:

    What’s sad is that she’s defining her product by whether or not it wins the Grammy for Record of the Year. How about “There are many artists out there making wonderful music and they can’t all win the Grammy or even be nominated for it. I’m honored to have won what I’ve won and I’m proud of my work regardless of whether or not it’s nominated for any awards.” That would be the non narcissistic and mature approach which at this point seems to be beyond her teenage grasp.

    • InvaderTak says:

      This. The Grammys aren’t the be all and end all of music. They focus on mainstream or almost mainstream music and reward people who have played the game. Agree with someone above that she’s not untested in art just products and popularity.

    • We Are All Made of Stars says:

      Beautifully and maturely stated!

  9. melodycalder says:

    Or maybe you did make the album of your career, it’s just that someone else’s album was still *gasp* better!!!!! Way to diminish someone else’s win, you won only because I didn’t do my best, not because you did Better than me. Rude. Rude. Rude.

  10. grabbyhands says:

    Priorities. Please re-assess yours.

  11. Marrrrria says:

    I respect that she’s ambitious as Kaiser pointed it out but does one Grammy less really depart her from her career goals? It’s not like she won’t have another chance at it. While I think her music is overrated and a huge part of her success is due to milking every connection and sympathy from her fans, it’s ok to feel disappointed about not winning this supposedly prestigious award. Although I can’t help it and see it as what it is: Poor popular Tay-Tay didn’t win the crown and keeps whining about it.

  12. Sisi says:

    Everything she said here made sense…. until the end of the last paragraph. That part wayyy too dramatic. They liked another album more, no need to lambaste yourself.

    Gotta be honest, I don’t even need a reason to stuff my face with fries and burgers *shugs*

  13. Angelica says:

    Even artists who have one particular “record of their career” may still lose Album of the Year at the Grammys. I mean, I understand ambition but pick an artist. Any artist. Now pick THE record of their career. Did they win Album of the Year? There’s a good chance that the answer is no.

    TL; DR Awards and award shows are faulty popularity contests. So who cares?

  14. Nev says:

    Nah can’t deal with this.

  15. wrinkled says:

    Yeah, I don’t see her “playing the victim,” at least in this excerpt. Seems like she’s acknowledging that her perception of her best work and how others view that work can be at odds and that’s just the way it is.

  16. Hannah says:

    Did she break up with Calvin after he visited that massage parlour place.

  17. Francesca says:

    She is a mediocre talent who has reached mega stardom for reasons which i do not understand but am depressed by.

  18. Guest says:

    I really don’t get it. What is so special about this girl? No one really cares about her in Europe. Is it because she is representing the all American way of becoming popular at a young age? She doesn’t have a good voice, she is not beautiful and she seems so…. So….So…. Boring? No offense, really… I am just curious why she is so big in America? No harm please…..

    • Grace says:

      Really? Because I was at her show in London, and in Dublin while she was playing there and people went NUTS. In the days leading up to her Hyde Park show, that’s all people talked about on the radio and it was packed.

      Also, to say she’s not beautiful is really quite unfair. Everyone’s taste varies. She definitely has the all American look, she’s not exotic, but that doesn’t make her not beautiful.

      • Guest says:

        @Grace
        I should have said it differently… Sorry. Beautiful to me…. And you are right with different tastes. I just don’t unterstand the hype. As for her concerts in London and Dublin. Could be…. What I meant with big is HYPE which I really don’t feel in Europe. Yes she is in the charts but whenever I check the internet I have the feeling people in America think as if she is the biggest superstar of all time…. Or is it just me? May be I am just stupid 🙁

      • Tiffany :) says:

        ” I have the feeling people in America think as if she is the biggest superstar of all time”

        Nope. She is the biggest pop star at the moment, in terms of sales and power, but not of all time.

      • V4Real says:

        @Guest You’re not the only one who doesn’t find her beautiful. I think she is average in looks. I also don’t think her music is great or memorable. People give her props for writing her songs but have you read the lyrics. It’s not like she’s writing about anything profound. It’s bubble gum pop at most. I will take a Christina or Britney any day over a Swift song. And I really hope people are not that naïve to think Taylor writes her songs by herself. She has cowriters just like Beyoncé who allows her to take all the credit.

      • Jessica says:

        @grace
        My friend was working at her gig in Hyde park. He said it was laughable, music for 12 year olds was his description. He was shocked there were adults without kids who bothers to go to this type of gig.

    • We Are All Made of Stars says:

      No, it’s not just you. She is propped up by an audience predominantly made of children and young teens. This sadly enough is considered the best audience in the US because they have all their parents’ money to spend on whatever nonsense they want. She was simply lucky enough to be blonde, blue, thin, white, and with parents rich enough to buy her opportunity. And you’re right, she is rather gawky and squirrely looking to boot.

      • Christin says:

        And she seems to be clinging to that very young audience, even as she chronologically ages.

  19. tacos and tv says:

    On one end I realize that even though these people are all rich and have the world at their feet, that they do work hard and do have a job and craft that they spend their lives working toward. So, on one end, sure, Taylor can feel upset or disappointed. But, and this is a Kim and khloe sized BUT, be gracious, realize there are others nominated and just because at this point you have the bigger following, you are not f**king owed anything. That’s when grace and class, IMO, come into play. “Sure, I wish I won, but it wasn’t my time and luckily I can keep trying” that would have been a great response!

  20. Lara K says:

    I think the Grammys have lost their shine more than a bit. Oscars still mean something but the Grammys?

    • Guest says:

      Since the moment Paltrow got one I don’t take those seriously either….. If the academy loves you, good for you…. If not, you are f*****

    • V4Real says:

      I think you might want to rethink your opinion on the Oscars as well. Most Oscars are brought and paid for. Paltrow was a good example used by @Guest. I like Jennifer Lawrence but that performance was not worthy of an Oscar. Harvey got her that trophy.

      Take a look at some of the past winners and the performances they won for. I like Kim Basinger but best supporting for LA Confidential, really? Great movie but her performance was just average. I just think they said it was her time to win. I think that’s what RDJ meant by one day they will just give him the Oscar. He’s basically just saying they some times give the award to a person that they feel it’s time to reward.

  21. Grace says:

    To be in the entertainment industry you have to be somewhat narcissistic. She’s not saying that daft punk was unworthy, that would be Kanye-like.

    Red was a very emotional album that took a lot more out of her than 1989 in my opinion. It spawned some big singles but all in all the lesser known ballads make that album. You go on the Jake G journey and when you put that much into something, you always hope to be rewarded for it. I don’t see the issue.

    • Meryl says:

      She was rewarded. With fans who bought the album and came to her shows. Are you saying that her and her only made an album that year worth being rewarded with Album of the Year? Did the other artists not also go on a journey and put a lot into their albums? And why should “going on a journey with Jake G” (a few month long journey) = she gets the most coveted Grammy? I don’t understand your logic here.

  22. Saphana says:

    hard to take someone serious that takes show business awards serious.

  23. The New Classic says:

    Can someone post a link to her Grammy win takeout moment? I need something to laugh about today.

  24. Tiffany says:

    Red was her first album that was pop ( why her other albums were under country was beyond me) and while it sold well was not very good.

    Taylor, you are a mediocre pop singer who has made gobs of money for reasons that cannot be explained. Just count your money and realized that you will not have it all and people will not like you and your doo doo will stink.

  25. workdog says:

    I just want to know when she’s going to ditch the bangs; it always looks like she’s trying to figure out what to do with them or considering growing them out and then BAM! cuts the irritating bastards again.

    Eh, she hits a certain sweet spot in music, much like many other talents that are considered “not that great” in varying circles. It’s kinda like the “get off my lawn” attitude…we all reach it at some point.;-)

    Brought to you by the obnoxious use of the punctuation mark.:-)

  26. The Eternal Side-Eye says:

    She’s that kid in HS who grits her teeth and claps politely when someone else wins an award she’s used to even if she’s won it a dozen times.

    • workdog says:

      I remember when my daughter was in HS and they were performing Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat; there was a girl who traditionally got the lead female part, always. A different girl tried out, one who performed outside of school and intended to go to college for music, and she was chosen to share the part of the Narrator, alternating performances. The first girl straight up declined. I found that to be a totally missed opportunity for a major life lesson.

      I actually found her comment on record labels telling; she’s been at this for 11 years, starting writing and publishing songs at 14. She’s been well supported by her labels but behind the scenes is always an interesting bag of douche-osity. Perhaps she’s becoming more self aware, mature, wanting to branch into a more adult sound and the pushback is strong. Or maybe she’s happy with what she does produce, thinking she IS putting out both commercial and in her mind, artistic work.

      Eh, she’ll always live higher on the hog than me.
      More power to her…but please do take a break…and take some of the others with you.:-)

      • The Eternal Side-Eye says:

        Sounds like someone I knew in HS, whenever someone got recognition for something she was used to be being praised for she would get the most annoyed expression and couldn’t even manage to hide her displeasure.

        It always amazes me that someone could win so many times and still find it intolerable that someone else might also be rewarded. What a way to go through life . Exactly to your last sentence, lol.

  27. sauvage says:

    I’m reading this completely differently. In my understanding, ” ‘Maybe they’re right — maybe I did not make the record of my career.’” means: “I guess my album wasn’t as great as I thought.”

    • perplexed says:

      I read it that way too, although I feel like she should have known this before she didn’t win. Like, I could she not know that there are tons of people out there considered way more talented than her?

  28. MSat says:

    Reading that old CB coverage of T-Swift, it certainly is interesting how the tide has changed on her. She was the girl everyone was rooting for, and now everyone hates her. Kind of sad.

    Meanwhile, it’s amusing to me that everyone is dumping on her because she takes award shows seriously, but everyone was rushing to defend Nicki Minaj after her social media tantrum for not getting what she felt was the proper amount of VMA nominations. Hmmm. Funny, that.

    How come guys don’t get this level of hate/backlash on everything they do? I mean, Ben Affleck is the worst kind of sleazeball and his Batman movie will probably break all box office records.

    • perplexed says:

      ” I mean, Ben Affleck is the worst kind of sleazeball and his Batman movie will probably break all box office records.”

      That’s because of Batman, the comic-book hero figure, not because of Ben Affleck.

      • The Eternal Side-Eye says:

        Pretty much, comic book heroes are built to be successful. Lots of people panned the new Superman movie but there was never any doubt it’d make a ton of money even with mixed reviews and little enthusiasm.

    • The Eternal Side-Eye says:

      Because Nicki Minaj was rightfully complaining about how a video extremely similar to hers was considered groundbreaking when hers wasn’t nominated and that if her body type or skin color had been different it wouldn’t have been an issue.

      But you already knew that.

      • MSat says:

        But still – she took the crummy VMAs sooo seriously and that’s ok, but this is bad?

        I think people just need to admit there’s a double standard here because it’s Taylor and everyone hates her now. She had the audacity to get really successful so no matter what, she’s wrong. She has crossed over into Beyonce territory. You get too rich, too famous, too successful, and everyone turns on you.

        IF you’re female, that is.

      • perplexed says:

        Nicki Minaj was talking about a certain history of discrimination against women of color in pop culture. That kind of discrimination ricochets beyond pop culture. Taylor Swift was simply talking about herself in reference to one award. I think there’s a big difference. I don’t think there’s any double standard going on.

        Taylor Swift expressed herself badly here from a PR standpoint, especially since she’s the youngest Grammy Award winner at age 20 for Album of the Year in 2010. She’s lamenting not winning when she’s already won before, and she’s the youngest ever!

    • MSat says:

      Ahh, ok, thanks for clarifying that it’s okay to act ungrateful for not winning enough awards under the guise of social justice. Maybe the next time Kanye walks up on an award stage to complain he just just yell out “Racism!” And then everyone will be on his side. Good to know.

  29. pleaseicu says:

    I applaud her unabashed ambition. I even get wanting recognition. But she seems like she craves external validation to a ridiculous degree. It’s not enough to be the best selling and best received album of the year. It’s not great until it gets all the grammys and awards for being the best of the best. If not, it’s not great or it’s somehow a failure that she needs to correct in order to win with her next album?

    That just seems like she’s setting impossible standards for herself to live up to. Because she cannot control the Grammy panels nor can she control that maybe there will be artists who put out equally great albums that the voting panel responds to more than hers. Doesn’t take away from what her album did though.

    Heck, there have been great albums and great legendary artists who were never nominated for Grammys let alone won one. Doesn’t take away from the critical and commercial success of those albums or those artists.

  30. Katija says:

    She reminds me of Britney in her prime. She’s doing NOTHING differently from the other girls, but there’s an “it factor” that just makes her stand out.

    People say how brilliant “1989” is – it’s really kinda *not* though. It’s no different from Selena Gomez’s album or Halsey’s album or any other album. But there’s just something about her and the album, this “can’t put my finger on it” spark.

  31. My two cents says:

    Problem with her music is it has always been geared to teenage love and breakups. She is quickly aging out of that kind of music so where does she go now? I don’t think she can compete in the adult music scene. Just like Britney she will be replaced by someone younger soon.

    • MSat says:

      Green Day are in their mid forties and still put out songs around teen angst and breakups! Same with Panic at the Disco and Fall Out Boy – they aren’t really boys anymore.

  32. feebee says:

    What? She ate her feelings? Who hasn’t!

  33. Kelly says:

    I don’t see how she is playing a victim here

  34. Mop top says:

    I thought everybody knew these were rigged?

  35. Norman Garza says:

    Then ask, take, beg, borrow, or steal Daft Punk’s Grammy album of the year already.

  36. K says:

    I don’t get why anyone would say anything negative here. She wants to be the best, if she is is debatable (I say no) but she wants to be. She is driven and Proud of her work. She wants to be rewarded for it, most people do. She felt she did the album of her career and it was the best of the year she wanted the award she didn’t win, was upset and tried to figure out why and make her next album better. This is something to admire not mock. If you do something, work hard at it, be proud of it, and always try to be better. Nothing about this is bad. Is is annoying at times but Taylor swift’s ambition and work ethic is something to held up as examples.

    • perplexed says:

      The thing is best album of one’s career is really different from being the best album among other talented nominees. Even at her most talented and working at her hardest, she’s still far from being superior musically to other acts out there. So I would just count my lucky stars I was even nominated and will probably be considered for consideration in the future multiple times for that same category if I had her limited talent.

      Also, music is subjective and this type of category is subject to a voting process. I can understand Roger Federer and Serena Williams getting agitated when they fail to “win” because they’re directly fighting another opponent and they’re in control of how they play, but the Grammy and Oscar process doesn’t work that way — you’re subject to other people deciding the outcome for you. So, I think on some level, you’d have to accept there’s always the possibility of losing even if you make the best album of all time. Having the work ethic to make a better album next time is something to admire, but having the general belief that you really are better than other musical acts out there strikes me as kind of strange and not so admirable when you sound like Taylor Swift live…or even on the radio after musical production has tweaked everything in your voice to sound passable. Maybe I feel like she has some kind of delusion going on if she really thinks she’s that talented musically; marketing yourself well is different from being gifted musically, but she seems to have confused the two.

      • K says:

        But what she clearly said was that she was upset by the loss that is human, and reacted privately. She also said she worked to get better so she could win. I’m not a fan but this isn’t a bad attitude she was up for an award and she lost she got upset reacted and instead of wallowing forever and saying it wasn’t fair they don’t know anything she looked at her work and others and said ok why didn’t I win and how can I improve to win next time. This is what YOU ARE SUPPOSE TO DO! You are always suppose to work to get better go to try to be the best and win even if you don’t. She isn’t whining or saying it isn’t fair, she is saying she looked at what she needed to do to make a better album.

      • perplexed says:

        True. Making a better album for next time is a good attitude to have. I think maybe I wouldn’t be as critical of her words if she were extremely talented. Given how terrible I think her voice sounds and how lame some of her lyrics are, I guess her believing that she should actually win at all times strikes me as kind of funny. I suppose what I’m laughing at her is her lack of self-awareness at how very lucky she is to be put in the same category as some of those other artists. That’s what grates on me anyway. A much more talented person crying that they lost probably wouldn’t get a “but you’re too untalented to even be nominated! So just be grateful you’ve gotten as many nominations as you have, because your’e really not that good…” I guess it’s that she really thinks she’s that good in terms of music is what I find a bit jarring. I think she’s a highly astute businesswoman, not a great artist so I’m somewhat shocked that she really thinks she’s on par with those other artists. And I think her delusion that she’s that gifted is what gets revealed in these quotes more than anything else. Although maybe like everybody else she doesn’t think the Grammys really mean anything anymore and that she would win based on that criteria…And she has won this same award before so I suppose it makes sense that she thought she could/should win. Still, even with a previous win in that category, she’s really not that good. And I’m surprised she’ll probably never wake up to that fact.