These days, it's an objective fact that Taylor Swift is a phenomenon. There’s no question that she’s a big deal. When you consider all of Swift’s projects, both past and present, her megahit Eras Tour, her box office-busting Eras concert film and her gargantuan footprint on pop culture, it’s hard to imagine a time when she wasn’t one. However, right when she was getting started, not everyone knew who she’d become, but Reba McEntire did, and she recalled the moment she realized it. Let’s just say, I’m in awe over this story.
As part of the current panel of The Voice’s coaches, Reba McEntire was walking the carpet for the show, and she was asked about Taylor Swift – since many of the songs performed in that given episode on the 2023 TV schedule were by the pop star. Of course, since the Eras Tour frontwoman’s career started in country, she and Reba ended up in a lot of the same rooms, including the 2007 CMA Awards. That night, the pop star performed “Tim McGraw” in front of Tim McGraw, and McEntire was astonished, as she said in an interview for NBC’s TikTok:
