Updated
Updated · Variety · Jun 12
Taylor Swift Enters Songwriters Hall at 35 as Spielberg Likens Her to Lennon-McCartney
Updated
Updated · Variety · Jun 12

Taylor Swift Enters Songwriters Hall at 35 as Spielberg Likens Her to Lennon-McCartney

3 articles · Updated · Variety · Jun 12

Summary

  • Steven Spielberg inducted Taylor Swift into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, calling her the youngest female honoree and placing her cultural impact alongside Lennon-McCartney, Carole King and James Taylor.
  • Sombr performed “Cardigan” and “Dear John” before Swift’s 21-minute acceptance speech, where she praised his writing, called him “the future,” and said he proves artists “don’t need AI.”
  • Swift stayed through the nearly five-hour ceremony with Travis Kelce, her mother and collaborator Liz Rose, while unusually tight security curtailed the event’s usual mingling and pushed press to the balconies.
  • The broader ceremony also honored John Fogerty, Alanis Morissette, Kiss songwriters Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons, Kenny Loggins, Raye and others, underscoring the Hall’s mix of legacy stars and songwriter-rights advocacy.

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