10 Times Taylor Swift ‘Shook it Off’

Some might say it’s been a difficult year for Taylor Swift, having to endure 2 breakups and a few very public spats with other celebrities. Anyone would think she’d be exhausted but not our Taylor; she is just getting on with life and having a laugh with her buddies. It has always been her mantra not to sweat the small stuff – she even wrote a song about it – and not letting the haters get her down must have become something of a fine art after all these years. So here are just a few of our favourite Taylor Swift ‘Shake It Off’ moments…

1. That Kanye West VMAs Incident.

Oh yes, this is where it all began. After Taylor was awarded the ‘Best Female Video’ award at the 2009 VMAs, Kanye infamously rushed the stage to state that he thought Beyoncé should be the one taking home the award. But don’t worry about Taylor, her calm and collected manner won the hearts of the nation who all felt very sorry for her.

10 Times Taylor Swift Shook it Off

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2. The Harry Styles Breakup.

It was never going to be easy dating a member of One Direction but Taylor had a particularly hard time from the fans, especially when they eventually broke up in January 2013, with people stating that she was bitter and ‘playing the victim’. But Taylor didn’t let this bother her and remained tight-lipped about the whole thing (apart from possibly writing the odd ambiguous song about it here and there).

10 Times Taylor Swift Shook it Off

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3. Going up against Spotify.

By 2014 it appeared as though Taylor Swift was fed up of people thinking they could walk all over her and henceforth decided to withdraw all of her music from the world-famous streaming service Spotify. After penning a statement in the Wall Street Journal she declared that music should be considered art and therefore worth a certain value. In other words, it didn’t look like Spotify were prepared to pay her enough and she had the selling power to take a stand.

10 Times Taylor Swift Shook it Off

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4. Then going up against Apple Music.

After the success of standing up to Spotify, Taylor was able to once again go up against the big guns at Apple Music when it transpired that they would not be paying artists during the service’s free 3 month trial. Thankfully, Apple Music saw the power of Taylor and changed their policy almost immediately after she released a statement.

10 Times Taylor Swift Shook it Off

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5. The ‘Bad Blood’ Video.

After enduring years of bad press concerning her fallout with Katy Perry, Taylor decided to gather every one of her gal pals and make a music video basically declaring war on anyone who tries to double-cross her. And it certainly looked like they were all having a whale of a time in the process.

10 Times Taylor Swift Shook it Off

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6. The Diplo ‘Booty’ comment.

Diplo has openly rued the day he made the comment on Twitter: “someone should make a kickstarter to get taylor swift a booty”, not least because of the army of ‘Swifties’ that went on to make his life a misery for months. There was also that comment from Taylor’s friend, pop-sensation Lorde, who implied that he should look at his own problems in that department… This was celebrity feud gold and the great thing was that Taylor didn’t have to say a word!

10 Times Taylor Swift Shook it Off

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7. Her 2016 Grammy acceptance speech.

After in transpired that Kanye West had penned the song ‘Famous’ with derogatory comments about Taylor, she wasn’t having any of it. Consequently, her Grammy acceptance speech in February 2016 consisted of Taylor telling her female fans never to let people take credit for their accomplishments.

10 Times Taylor Swift Shook it Off

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8. Her response to Kim Kardashian’s ‘take-down’.

After what some would describe as an epic take-down by Kim Kardashian, who released a video of her husband Kanye West on the phone to Taylor telling her about the lyrics he was planning to use in his song ‘Famous’, things might have looked pretty dark for Taylor. However, after this came out she remained calm and released a statement of her own stating that her main problem was being referred to as “that b*tch”, which is a derogatory term no woman should have to endure.

10 Times Taylor Swift Shook it Off

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9. Her post-breakup appearance at Gigi Hadid’s Tommy Hilfiger show.

After a high-profile breakup it must be tempting (especially if you’re a celebrity) to hide under your duvet indefinitely until the world is set to rights. However, when a friend is releasing her debut fashion line it is imperative that you’re there to support her. This was very much the case for Taylor Swift in September 2016 when her best pal Gigi Hadid launched her new collaboration with Tommy Hilfiger at New York Fashion Week and she made sure she was there with bells on. Good on you, Taylor.

10 Times Taylor Swift Shook it Off

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10. Her performance of ‘This Is What You Came For’ at the 2016 American Grand Prix.

Another feud that Taylor Swift had to deal with in 2016 was between her and her ex-boyfriend Calvin Harris about his hit song ‘This Is What You Came For’, which she originally wrote under pseudonym Nils Sjöberg, before it was leaked that it was her. However, after Calvin initially being furious that he was made out to be the one that wanted it kept secret it made a lot of people very happy to find out that they were able to put their differences behind them when she performed the song at the 2016 American Grand Prix.

10 Times Taylor Swift Shook it Off

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