I Think We All Knew You Were Trouble
Just about every teenage girl can relate to what Taylor Swift writes about...I know I can. On December 13, 2012, Taylor's music video for 'I Knew You Were Trouble' premiered on VEVO. The music video has 35,800,783 views and counting. Despite the fact that 'I Knew You Were Trouble' was released as a single on iTunes in October of 2012, the video reviews prove that Taylor's message through her song is being spread. On January 21, 2013 Taylor Swift tweeted "It's official--'I Knew You Were Trouble' is #1 on pop radio!! You guys are unbelievable. I'm smiling SO big right now." So far, this tweet has been retweeted 13,002 times and favorited 12,126 times. Taylor's audience obviously agrees with what 'I Knew Your Trouble' illustrates. If she was not reaching to people, she would not have all these views.
Taylor Swift's viewers and listeners have a connection with this song and video. With an edgy image, she states that "I don't know if you know who you are until you lose who you are." Girls know exactly what this means. This is like when you know a guy is "trouble" but you still go for him anyway, you change who you are, then he forgets about you. As stated in the lyrics of 'I Knew You Were Trouble,' that feeling is kind of like "now I'm lying on the cold, hard ground." From my friends and I being fans, we know exactly what Taylor is saying here. From the looks of her twitter, YouTube, Facebook, MySpace, and fanpage accounts' follwers, subscribers, and friends, plenty of other fans do too. Taylor clearly knows what she is doing.
'I Knew You Were Trouble' is on Taylor Swift's debut album, RED, which was number one on iTunes in over 30 countries and also number one under the Country genre. The single was also number one on iTunes and the Country genre. The 'I Knew You Were Trouble' music video is a perfect demonstration of everything listed.
