"Person of the year" Why everyone loves Taylor Swift

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3.7.2024 - 08:20

Time" describes superstar Taylor Swift as "a source of light". According to the US magazine, she is the person who has changed the world the most in the last twelve months.

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Pop star Taylor Swift has been named Person of the Year by US magazine "Time". "In a divided world where too many institutions are failing, Taylor Swift has found a way to push boundaries and be a source of light," said Time magazine. "No one else on the planet today can move so many people so well."

Swift, who has been on a major tour this year, among other things, gave the magazine one of her very rare interviews. "I've never felt so proud and happy before, so creatively content and free."

Swift on her relationship with Kelce

Swift has spoken in detail for the first time about her relationship with football star Travis Kelce. Swift told "Time" magazine that it had started earlier, before the public had even realized it.

After Volodymyr Selenskyj, Taylor Swift was named "Person of the Year".
After Volodymyr Selenskyj, Taylor Swift was named "Person of the Year".
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After the football star, who plays for the Kansas City Chiefs, spoke about her on his podcast in the summer, they initially met without the public knowing about it. "So we actually had quite a long time that nobody knew about. I'm grateful for that, because it allowed us to get to know each other. When I went to his first game, we were a couple." They are "very proud of each other", Swift continued.

Barbie, Putin and King Charles III.

Earlier this week, Time had already published the final round of contenders for the title: Swift beat off competition from Hollywood strikers, Chinese President Xi Jinping, AI entrepreneur Sam Altman, the prosecutors who brought ex-President Donald Trump to justice, Barbie, Russian President Vladimir Putin, King Charles III and US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell.

Last year, the magazine named Ukrainian President Volodymyr Selensky as Person of the Year. For almost a century, "Time" has traditionally chosen the "Person of the Year" every year - the person who has changed the world the most in the previous twelve months.

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