Taylor Swift seems to have it all: Talent. Beauty. Hot guys. Grammy Awards. You'd hate her guts if she wasn't so darn awesome.
While Taylor can come across as a little milky — white, wholesome, kind of bland — she blitzed Sydney's Acer Arena on February 6, revealing a charming feistiness as she raced through tracks from her chart-topping album Fearless. Unlike a certain pop starlet who recently mimed her way around Australia, Taylor sang live, strummed at her guitar and plinked at her piano, proving she's worthy of her superstardom.
But the 20-year-old's true talent isn't just singing. It isn't even tossing her hair around, though she's really, really good at that. Taylor is best at working a crowd, and she had the kids eating out of her hand (which, for some reason, had a "13" inked on the back).
She endeared herself to the audience by playing up her multiple heartbreaks. (Boys are mean!) She unexpectedly popped up in the middle of the arena, wading through hordes of screaming fans. And she spent almost half of the two-hour show pulling her very best "Aww shucks, I'm so grateful!" expression in response to the crowd's wild cheering.
"I can't express how in love with you I am at this moment, Sydney," she breathed at the climax of one such moment (I bet she says that to all the cities), tears twinkling in her eyes.
There's no doubt that Taylor's living her dream — but she knows exactly what she's doing when she's up there on stage. Every move is carefully calculated to win over her audience.
But you know what? It works. Even her nemesis Kanye West would have to admit that she rocks.
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