Taylor Swift is on the cover of Billboard‘s Women in Music issue, out on newsstands on Saturday (December 14).
Here’s what the “Look What You Made Me Do” singer-songwriter had to say…
On advocating for artists’ rights: “New artists and producers and writers need work, and they need to be likable and get booked in sessions, and they can’t make noise — but if I can, then I’m going to… I know that it seems like I’m very loud about this, but it’s because someone has to be.”
On her focus this past year: “I’ve spent a lot of time recalibrating my life to make it feel manageable. Because there were some years there where I felt like I didn’t quite know what exactly to give people and what to hold back, what to share and what to protect.”
On why she plans to re-record her music: “The reason I’m rerecording my music next year is because I do want my music to live on. I do want it to be in movies, I do want it to be in commercials. But I only want that if I own it.”
On the expectations she’s faced: “I’ve had several upheavals of somehow not being what I should be. And this happens to women in music way more than men.”
For more from Taylor Swift, head to Billboard.com.
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