Taylor Swift shared the story behind her song ‘Clara Bow,’ saying it’s a commentary on how women are taught to replace each other
Following the release of Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department on Friday, April 19, Amazon Music rolled out a new track-by-track experience with Swift, 34, offering insights into some of the songs on her 11th studio album. For fans to hear Swift’s insight into the new music, they merely need to say to their Alexa device, “I’m a member of The Tortured Poets Department.”
“I used to sit in record labels trying to get a record deal when I was a little kid,” she says. “And they’d say, ‘You know, you remind us of’ and then they’d name an artist, and then they’d kind of say something disparaging about her, ‘But you’re this, you’re so much better in this way or that way.’ And that’s how we teach women to see themselves, as like, ‘You could be the new replacement for this woman who’s done something great before you.
Bow died in 1965 at the age of 60. Before TTPD’s release, her great-granddaughter Brittany Grace Bell told TMZ that Clara would be thrilled that Swift introduced her to a new generation of fans. Bell also said that while Swift didn’t reach out to her family to preview the song, they’re happy for Swift to shed light on Bow’s legacy.
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