If there is any artist out there right now owing their fans a big thank you, it's country-pop darling and this year's Grammys queen Taylor Swift. The young star has had an incredible ride with her latest Multi-Platinum sophomore album, the chart-topping "Fearless." She's currently working on the set's follow-up but before things completely die down with this project, she dropped a brand new music video on CMT for the album's title track.The Todd Cassety directed video plays out like a video journal/documentary, showcasing a collection of performance and backstage footage from Country princess's wildly successful 2009 Fearless Tour across the world. It really shows off her passion for her fans and how connected she is to them. Swift loves her fans, and she always makes sure to give props to those who have helped make her the award-winning superstar she is today. So it seems fitting that when she put together the video for her song "Fearless," she made sure to give her fans a front-row seat and an inside view of pop star's life on the road and what Swift says is the best experience of her entire life. The video captures that attitude and the experience of what she brings to her fans each and every night she steps onstage. She's definitely been the source of some unforgettable moments and wonderful experiences. Although the song is a love letter to the perfect first date, the video is really Swift's love letter to her fans. It ends with the singer waving goodbye to them as she makes her way off the stage.
The 20-year-old explained earlier the song is about "the fearlessness of falling in love". She wrote on her label's website, "No matter how many break up songs you write, no matter how many times you get hurt, you will always fall in love again. When I wrote 'Fearless,' I wasn't dating anyone. I wasn't even in the beginning stages of dating anybody. I really was all by myself out on tour and I got this idea for a song about the best first date. I think sometimes when you're writing love songs, you don't write them about what you're going through at the moment, you write about what you wish you had. So, this song is about the best first date I haven't had yet." She told MTV News "I really thought about what that word ['fearless'] means to me, and I guess, to me, fearless doesn't mean you're completely unafraid and it doesn't mean that you're bulletproof. It means that you have a lot of fears, but you jump anyway."
Although her Grammy performance has been widely criticized, Swift really does know how to put on a great live show, and need some convincing. Although she sings of being bold and brave when it comes to finding a sweetheart, this young woman has proven she's fearless in more than just love. She's also a road warrior. With all of her colossal and exhilarating success, no wonder she's telling herself, "I don't know how it gets better than this." It feels like every artist under the sun eventually slaps together a lazy candid-backstage-and-performance clip job video instead of coming up with a clever new concept, but at least Swift has great timing: she's about to embark on a huge U.S. arena tour, and this video may send her fans straight to Ticketmaster to nab tix to her live show.
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