Today, Time magazine named Taylor Swift their 2023 Person of the Year—rightfully so, given it’s been a pretty phenomenal 12 months for the icon, who boosted city economies and home prices whenever her record-breaking Eras Tour rolled into town. The Pennsylvania-born pop powerhouse entered the billionaires club this year, and just yesterday Forbes placed her at number five on their list of the World’s Most Powerful Women, proclaiming the 12-time Grammy winner to be in her “power era.”
The extensive Time feature offers plenty to digest, but we at AD are particularly pleased to see a bit of what’s decorating the singer’s New York home. The publication states that the following objects are just “some things she loves in her apartment.”
A Stevie Nicks Barbie doll
It’s no surprise that Swift owns the official collector’s edition Stevie Nicks Barbie doll—and it’s no surprise that Nicks gifted it to Swift, either. The Fleetwood Mac singer calls Swift a friend and is a longtime admirer of the pop star, once saying in an interview: “This girl writes the songs that make the whole world sing.” Nicks also publicly thanked Swift at a concert for writing “You’re on Your Own, Kid.”
A framed note from Paul McCartney
Swift also has a framed note with the words “Take these broken wings and learn to fly” hanging in a bathroom in her apartment. The lyrics are taken from the Beatles song “Blackbird,” and of course Swift received the token from none other than Paul McCartney. McCartney is one of Swift’s idols, and the two appeared on a 2020 Rolling Stone cover together. Swift even tweeted when the interview was first published: “It only took one day to confirm what I had suspected for years: Paul McCartney is the loveliest person alive.” Swifties believe her song “Sweet Nothing” was inspired by McCartney and his first wife.
Parisian objets
It’s safe to say Swift has a love affair with the City of Lights. It’s the name of a song on her Midnights album, and her third live album was recorded there. Having a fireplace in her apartment surrounded by tiles she found while shopping in Paris seems like both a sentimental ode to the city and a very Taylor Swift thing to do.
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Family mementos
Swift’s family means a lot to her, so it makes sense that she’d have them represented all over her home. One object that stood out to the Time’s writer is Swift’s “striking photo of her grandmother Marjorie [Finlay].” The “Cruel Summer” singer seems to have been very close to her grandmother, who was an opera singer. Swift wrote a song dedicated to their relationship on the album Evermore and included clips of the two of them together in the official music video.