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Taylor Swift says music is like relationships

Taylor Swift has likened songs and albums to relationships.

The US star, who is famed for writing about failed romances, wrote in an essay for the Wall Street Journal that some music is like past relationships.

She said: "Some music is just for fun, a passing fling (the ones they dance to at clubs and parties for a month while the song is a huge radio hit, that they will soon forget they ever danced to).

"Some songs and albums represent seasons of our lives, like relationships that we hold dear in our memories but had their time and place in the past."

Speaking meanwhile about the enduring relationship she hopes to have with her fans, Swift added:

"As an artist, this is the dream bond we hope to establish with our fans. I think the future still holds the possibility for this kind of bond, the one my father has with the Beach Boys and the one my mother has with Carly Simon.

"I think forming a bond with fans in the future will come in the form of constantly providing them with the element of surprise. No, I did not say 'shock'; I said 'surprise'. I believe couples can stay in love for decades if they just continue to surprise each other, so why can't this love affair exist between an artist and their fans?"

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