Sis literally did a whole TED Talk

i like how she introduced herself like she’s not taylor swift

This is not a speech. This is the journey of a female artist in the music industry.

“I would tour constantly. I would work on my vocals every day and perfect my stamina in a live show”. And 4 years later, we have the greatest stadium tour of all time. We did it, Taylor 🥺

She's so classy even when shading her enemies

doing whatever the hell i want in 2020 because taylor swift said so

This is a badass power move. Every single word is a fact and delivered so beautifully

they couldn’t believe she was calling them out by NAME. she KILLED it!!! love her

“lately I’ve been focusing less on doing what they say I can’t do and more on doing whatever the hell I want.” *drops a folk album with less than a day’s notice*

Life’s to short to pretend you don’t like Taylor Swift

"Somewhere right now, your future woman of the year is probably sitting in a piano lesson or in a girls choir. And today right now, we need to take care of her"

Not only was she great in the 2010's, but she is also amazing in the 2020's. Folklore, Evermore, Midnights, the re-recordings. If she keeps it up, she can win two woman of the decade awards back-to-back.

Dude she forgot to mention how they blamed her for being “skinny “ and when her body changed a little bit they started calling her “fat “ .....

What Taylor said is really correct. History is repeating, Billie is getting a lot of hate, cause she achieved success beyond people's comfort level.

I cried. This speech was so well thought out & presented. Taylor spoke nothing but facts.

"focusing more on doing whatever I want" *Taylor now dropping Wildest Dreams out of nowhere* she really is doing whatever she wants

This speech is literally mirrorball.

She protects She attacks But most of all She spills the facts

I truly don’t think there’s anyone more qualified to talk about this subject than Taylor. And no one more deserving of this award. My forever inspiration😌

So glad that Tahani come back to the earth just to hold Taylor’s award.. She’s such a good bf, deserves be in the good place!

As a wise person once said, "Life is too short to pretend you don't like TAYLOR SWIFT ". periodt.

Everyone is talking about how the audience is so silent, but I think that's actually more respectful, they're actually listening to what she has to say. This is not a concert, it's a speech.

this speech is so empowering and optimistic. i CRIED when she mentioned how the next woman of the year is probably at a piano lesson or a girls choir. it gives us so much hope and strength to keep going with passions and dreams.

She speaks with a level of confidence and class that’s so inspiring

i love that she still introduces herself even when she is WOMAN OF THE DECADE

“Of course he’s nice to you, if you’re in this room you’ve got something he needs”

Taylor is definitely the representation of women in the music industry. The way that she has reinvented her self so many times during the years is incredible and I couldn't be more proud of some like her who's taking her experience and is using it to empower women. Taylor deserves everything, all the love and support from her fans and for sure should be able to be the one and only owner of her records. As long as Taylor keeps singing there will be a voice for all women in the music industry.

9:59 the pain in her voice when she talked about her music being sold without her consent and now in 2023 she own three out of the six stolen versions. I AM SO SO SO PROUD OF HER. WE LOVE YOU TAYLOR

If taylor stays silent people says she's a coward and now that she's addressing all the important issues and how she's been treated people says she's dramatic.

Can we take a moment and appreciate Jameela Jamil for standing next to Taylor and held her award for about 15 minutes long. 👏🏻

I'm a metalhead by nature, but Taylor Swift is my guilty pleasure. 'Shake It Off' is pure pop perfection. She is one very smart individual and deserves every ounce of her success.

She's gonna be relevant even after 200 years.

“Of course he likes you. If you’re in this room, you have something he needs.” Truth has been spoken.

She's the one receiving award yet she compliments so many other artists in her own award acceptance. I just love her so much.

i love how she starts by introducing herself as just taylor, like shes nobody special, shes so humble

I really like her. She really matured so well before she turned 30. She's smarter, stronger, and more socially aware so fights for her beliefs. She's a well-rounded artist and as she said, smart businesswoman. All the best to TS and hope she finds the person that makes her happy and greatest version of herself.

"Her name is Billie" *Cuts to Billie hiding herself behind sunglasses and smiling* Big mood

“Of course he is nice to you. If you are in this room, you’ve got something he needs.” If you have ever had a Scooter Braun in your life, you know what she means.

She definitely deserves all of it . All of what she said and made concerns about was absolutely correct . Too good and full support .

I’m watching this in 2023 and it’s still so empowering and inspiring by a female artist who’s been hated by people in the past two decades. She’s proven that female artists can create things in the music industry. After she dropped Midnights I started listening to the album and I fell in love with the creative process and visuals in the songs and music videos. She isn’t only the women of the decade she IS the music industry and won’t be stopped for creating and producing music that us Swifties will continue to support her!!!

Taylor: wins woman of the decade Also Taylor: continues to shout out other female artists 💅🏼

I hope she starts her own label someday and mentors the younger artists through their own success and careers all while she continues to contribute through her songwriting. I feel like she would be great at that.

This is one of the most beautiful, brave, and piercing speeches ever - but then again, this is one of the best writers ever too. As a little girl back when she started, until now that I’m a woman myself, I always drew strength from her music, and many other women’s - and I take pride and comfort in knowing that the woman I just blindly supported and loved as a child for her music, is also a woman that as a thinking and feeling adult, I now identify with and choose to support for what she stands for, and would choose to do so for all time. P.S. I love Jameela Jamil’s presence on that stage too - one of the biggest feminists and advocates ever. I already know she supports everything Taylor said.

when she said "woahh this is going great so far" i genuinely cracked up like that was SO savage yet so subtle😂😂she really deserves every bit of the recognition she gets

When Taylor mentioned Lana & the other female artists making me more proud of her.

She held the mic and said "This is going so well so far" The VMA incident 😂

AHHHHH taylor is so extremely well spoken. everything she said was pure gold she is and always will be the moment

Taylor literally predict the future lol In 2020 Billie won Album of the Year and she gets so much hate from social media and people always said that Finneas is the reason of her success and she still gets so much hate now

Did the room not listen to her words properly. She’s saying all the right things and the audience are giving her nothing. That should be the best award she ever receives and replied with a powerful speech and the room isn’t getting it or supporting her enough

"And now I realize that this is just what happens to a woman in music if she achieves success or power beyond people's comfort level."

Taylor has always been far smarter, savvier, and tougher than she gets credit for. She's also a class act who uses her power and fame and money for good in the world. Some of her music I really like, some I don't so much, but I love her and I cheer whenever I see she's broken a new record with tour attendance numbers or weeks on the charts (that week when all top 10 songs were hers - wow). This speech is fire. Even when she knows she'll face criticism or worse - invalidation - she fights back.

I love the fact that Taylor is so frank and frontal…that’s rare and valuable and I stand by her and support her, they did her wrong and she should still continue to speak loudly defending her rights

I can't believe the audience didn't get the reference "I will never ever forget it ....*like ever*".....duhh

"It was the end of the decade but the start of an age." - Long Live by Taylor Swift

Her work , her dedication , her sacrifices , her songs , HER SUCCESS. Period And obv the people who worked with her and who stood by her side, like her parents, selena, jack, Joe,etc

This is why she’s my favorite artist. She makes good music, and she’s a good person.

Sorry, can someone explain why this audience is so dead? How excruciating for her to carry on giving such amazing insight with barely any support.

Is noone gonna mention how great of a public speaker she is? She just pulled out a 15 minute speech and spoke fluently off by heart and it was awesome!

Taylor is living out "Be the change you wish you see in the world." How could anyone not love her?❤

Oh my gosh, i remember the opening scenes in her documentary -- Miss Americana, and how she is able to entertain people at such a young age as a great speaker and now she didn't expect to have people from the country pubs and events would get bigger and bigger and now she is the woman of the decade

She is incredibly intelligent and so well aware. I stan the right artist.

Everyone’s dying over the “like, ever” reference, but what about that BIG quote from 22 at the end?!

She's strong, smart, well spoken, and talented. Insecure people hates that. I love her speech.

Two years and still such a powerful speech🥺❤️👏👏

Those references tho. "like ever" "happy free confused, and lonely" "golden"

“I decided I would be what they said I couldn’t be.” “I decided I would be what they said I couldn’t be.” "I decided I would be what they said I couldn’t be.”

I love what she said about Reputation. “Oh im being cast as a villian to you? Heres an album called reputation there are snakes EVERYWHERE” The way she dropped the album and finally gave the people who wanted her to change the finger and fed into the title to show people how little she cared will never not be iconic

I was a Taylor Swift fan back in her country music days and I was always hoping for her success. I was one of those who was saddened when she went completely pop, but who knew that was only the beginning of her struggle behind the scenes as she grew. It's wonderful to see how much she has achieved and it's amazing that she is speaking out about such important things about her industry experience. This speech was so special and it needed to be said. Well done Taylor 👏

Taylor always introduces herself. She never presumes someone just knows who she is. When you meet someone knew you introduce yourself.. because that's what normal human beings do. And she's just a normal human being. It grounds her and shows how humble she is.

imagine this popping in your recommended in like 10 years. crazy

this makes me cry every time

I've watched this so many times, Taylor brings me to tears when she speaks because she is such a genuine human and even after everything is so so kind.

I cant believe she just ended the media and scooter and scott

If you came here to complain about why she's the WOTD and not your fave, you've missed the entire point of what she said and what this event is about.

Taylor Swift is such a beautiful soul. She really has changed a lot in the industry that people don't even know about. That I'm just finding out about now. I just love how she is herself and she Embraces her flaws. I've seen videos of her during her concerts when something didn't go right or she didn't sing the song the right way and she'll stop and tell everyone her mistake and she'll do it over again instead of just pretending like it didn't happen. She laughed that herself which we all should do because none of us are perfect. I just think that she's just a incredible woman. No I'm not a Swifty like a bazillion people are. I do enjoy her music but I do appreciate how real she is and she doesn't take her fame or her money to her head and think that she's better than anyone else. She Embraces her flaws like I said and a lot of people with the type of Fame that she has will try and look perfect. So Taylor Swift you totally deserve this award you are a Class Act a beautiful woman and you have such a beautiful heart. I know you're on your concert for right now and I heard that in every city that you play in you give so much money to the agencies in the city to stock up the food bank for at least a year. And I heard that the bonuses that you give your employees that are touring with you are humongous. There really needs to be more people like you in this world. You have so much money and so much Fame yet you use that to help stock up food banks in the cities that you have your concert in and that just is so heartfelt. I just don't understand how people like Kanye West and Kim Kardashian and all these other haters have come at you with negativity when they cannot even compete to be the type of person that you are. So ignore the haters and continue to be a beautiful, kind-hearted and generous person that you are. Congratulations

You realise that no matter how many concerts she does and the fact that the world knows her, in this speech she's human, down to earth and even a little nervous to share what she has in her heart and yet maintains grace and dignity while talking. She's just like all of us and that's what makes her special ❤❤❤

Jameela was looking like she wish she brought a chair

Taylor's speech longer than a ted talk. Here for it.

I love how much she namechecks her songs and albums in the speech and how she talked a lot about the music and not just her experience with fame, which I think shows that she really is an artist who's about the music and not just a celebrity who's all about fame!

I'm a man and even I feel empowered. What a queen!

Nobody talked about Jameela jamil and her standing on the stage for 15 minute, she's gorgeous.

shoutout to the woman patiently holding her award behind her for 15 minutes and 16 seconds

I have always appreciated her music but I have never truly realized her strength, eloquence, grace, and intelligence before this past year. Taylor Swift is a true inspiration to all who will give her the time of day. This speech was beyond necessarily in formulating the message that women have always been and continue to be refused the chance that men have in the music industry. Music is art. And people only criticize art because they cannot understand it. They won’t. This is such a beautiful display of women uplifting women regardless of the way our patriarchal society measures women against each other on the basis of beauty, talent, status, and wealth. For too long women have been told that their worth can be and is only measured by their beauty and politeness which is code for “humbly accepting and allowing the continuation of the stereotype that men deserve success and women must prove themselves worthy of it.” Throughout her years as a public figure, she has experienced criticism, shame, unprovoked slander, and outright bullying, and has become the thing impotent men have feared the most. An icon. She has powered through the abuse and has risen from the ashes of pure hate as a phoenix. She is the woman of the decade. And yet, she still manages to recognize the achievements of her “competitors.” Taylor has always been an inspiration since the age of 16 and has never lost her humility, intelligence, grace, or eloquence. Us women are more than our status and beauty. She has proven that time and time again. Hopefully now people will listen.

loved this woman since her debut album and i’m SO proud of everything she has done and accomplished. she will be owning 4 out of her six stolen albums come October and i couldn’t be more happier and proud of her for fighting for her art.

“As your resident loud person” to “there goes the loudest woman this town has ever seen”

Who else noticed the way she incorporated her lyrics in the speech? 😂

She is so badass. But pure. Love her. Get it girl.

This was her best speech, advice, ever! I’m a huge fan and I just found out my niece is too. I’m glad she has someone like Taylor, that inspires her. I love everything she stands for, especially women’s empowerment. She is an inspiration. I’ve probably watched this 20 times or more

She speaks more educated and respectfully than the president of the united states

*Taylor Swift talking about Billie is like a big sister talking about her younger sister. ❤*

She's gonna absolutely slay the nyu graduation commencement speech

taylor is such an amazing artist vocally , lyrically and literally just everything she stands for is just something i have to agree with

Tay's vocabulary is so deep, even scooter braun would get himself drowned

I thought she was about to announce her run for president

She’s so intelligent, brilliant and wonderful. I’m glad she’s been my #1 role model since I was a kid

I love how thankful she is to everyone and is very positive about what the future holds with the new artists. ❤️

Wow, i didnt realise how much she proved people wrong every time she was criticised. People still use the same insults like, she dates a lot, even though shes been with the same guy for 3 years. I LOVE that she's embraced the fact that she can't please everyone and not everyone will be fair with her. So she's just going to keep being a boss, breaking all the records, making the most money and doing her thing! Congrats to her for ALL her insane accomplishments in the last decade. Regardless of your opinion, you cant deny the facts. She's has topped and changed the music industry, being at the top of her game for a WHOLE decade. That is impressive!

Loved how she talked and mentioned about Billie Eilish.

I’ve always loved Taylor and I’ll never stop loving her. Truly authentic.

Taylor is an inspiration, I am so proud of being her fan ❤️