She’s the world’s biggest pop star, a master of narrative, and a woman who’s made vulnerability her brand – but who is the real Taylor Swift? That’s the question that Channel 4’s “landmark” two-part series, Taylor, attempts to answer.
Straight away, the documentary signals its intention to seriously interrogate her mythology. It opens with a youthful confession that echoes a long-standing public opinion – that Swift crafts her narrative as both victim and avenger. “For the first time I had the feeling that they could never really hurt me anymore, because I can write about it and I could dream about maybe somebody hearing it someday,” little Taylor is heard saying, over an image of her brandishing her weapon of choice, an acoustic guitar.
