Fifteen (Commentary)

Thanks for listening to Big Machine Radio
As we celebrate the 10th Anniversary
Of Taylor Swift's Fearless album
And perhaps one of the most poignant songs
On this album
And I think one that affected so many young people
Is Fifteen

It's a song that I wrote about
My freshman year of high school
And, that was the one of the most life-changing years for me
Because, I had my first boyfriend
And I had, all these experiences
Like I met my bestfriend
We met in English Class
In our freshman year of high school, on the first day

And uhm, it just really kinda chronicles
Exactly what happened that year
And how we both kinda grew up
In different ways
I grew up when I realized
That I didn't really wanna spend as much time
With my boyfriend
And I wanted to be writing songs
And going on the road and trying to be a singer

She grew up
Because she got her heart absolutely broken
Into pieces
And it's like
That song
I'm just really glad that
I was able to put those feelings
And that story into words

And it's really, it's an emotional song for me
I kinda, I broke down while I was singing the last chorus
And that's on the record, like
You can kinda hear it in my voice
That I'm really really shaken up