To her devoted ‘Swifties’, she has always been an icon, a woman who has overcome trauma, stood up for herself and taken on a world determined to dismiss her as a young girl simply there to be told to stand up and sing on cue.
And now Taylor Swift ’s appeal has become nothing short of global and Britain has well and truly woken up and embraced the glitter ball.
No longer that American country singer you might have sort of heard of, the 33-year-old has converted not just one but many generations of fans with her pop anthems and soul-baring ballads.