Taylor Swift talks music, politics and life with Radio 1's Clara Amfo

[@Samira-rj4ke]

She said WELCOME TO NEW YORK

[@lllill]

It's been waiting for her.

[@KennyBky92]

It's a new Sound Track I can dance to this beat, forevermore

[@click2314]

Welcome to New York, it's been waiting for you!

[@rash8014]

Welcome to New York ! Welcome to New York !

[@TheOne_Zawan]

It's been waiting f- Oh

[@yasimt02]

Can we take a second to appreciate how good this interviewer is at her job

[@katttjordan]

mina kar right! she seems so genuine

[@stephaniehalvorson4021]

She is v nice but also has no idea she has a song called welcome to New York.... slightly awkward lol

[@mrmcnugget99]

mina kar and respectful, but still asking good questions. She is awesome!

[@giuliamattza7940]

She knew well how to lead the interview. Loved it.

[@fabialvarez13]

An awesome interviewer

[@rosemorad90]

"The worst kind of person is someone who makes someone feel bad, dumb or stupid for being excited about something."👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻💗

[@btslolita3859]

True! I always tell myself "do not rain on (insert name) parade"

[@blakeashley2625]

She is wise

[@Helamans]

PERIODT.

[@upscaleavenue]

I feel like that was intended for everyone who STILL criticizes her for being surprised when she wins awards.

[@carberriess]

This is so true. My mom always told me to never "ew" someone else's "wow" and it's such good advice to implement all of the time.

[@kkeshikasri]

"passive aggressive. petty! why did she do that? what's... why is she greeting us? who is she greeting? she greeted us too soon. she greeted us too late. she greeted us with a weird undertone." ~ literally how some of y'all sound like when you hate on her

[@lxmichxl]

Keshika Sri Karthikeyan that part is mindblowing like I Stan this woman I love this attitude.

[@ravenswood118]

taylor is the embodiment of passive aggression and pettiness though...like why you pretending

[@hushedtones7168]

you lack empathy if you can't understand how people might not like someone what they do or how they act. I think a few her last interviews were condescending or patronizing. This one seemed to come from more of a happy place and she seemed more centered and clear headed with no ego in the way of her answers. Everyone in the spotlight will be criticized a lot. Look now there's outrage about her Melbourne cup horse race gig (I think it's a reach for clickbaits). And I can at least understand that some people react immensely with outrage when they hear about animal cruelty and others may not. For me I was quite saddened by her capital one sponsorships and then a week after it was announced there was this massive security breach exposing millions of customer information. But there has been no backlash for that. The company used her. And she remained silent around the issue that affected her fans. She just takes the spotlight when she has something to profit or is receiving criticism I think it's opportunistic and self centered. Just like her Tumblr post was a devised free stunt to get publicity for her album release date. Love her music as long as she's not trying to shove her ideologies down my throat. Cheers & love you all xo

[@blakeashley2625]

@@hushedtones7168 why are you on every comment get a life loser 😂😂😂😂

[@ravenswood118]

@A C ??? I'm a woman. I certainly don't look at all women this way. Taylor is the definition of white feminism. She's one of the most successful people on the planet, but if you dare criticize anything she does, SEXIST. Please, child. Take some gender studies in college and learn about REAL feminism. Research why REAL feminists don't like her. Read about why she is a classist, privileged JOKE.

[@EllieJean]

Taylor swift is honestly at her best and this comes from a ten year swiftie

[@kendallroys]

BAYAR what part of her comment offended you

[@upscaleavenue]

@@bayar_ You're obviously a very miserable person. I feel sorry for you. I hope you receive the help that you need.

[@brookemckinley9044]

Ellie-Jean YES SHE IS!! And I’m so happy for her AND so happy for us swifties cause she gave us a bomb album bc of it!!

[@nasagrande3945]

I'm a 1 month swiftie 💗

[@nasagrande3945]

@@bayar_ you're pathetic. telling people to go kill themselves????? that's not ok at all. u srsly can get arrested for doing that, it's not funny. wow, you're so sick, shame on u.

[@laurabt1322]

The way Taylor speaks, her use of words and how she articulates and constructs sentences you can just tell how intelligent she is. I could listen to her talk forever. This was a great interview!

[@frankfuentealba]

YESSS she is so smart and it's a pleasure listening to her 😍

[@Annamarie40985]

I know, right? She uses words like “dichotomy” in regular interviews. I’d love to hear a lot of other people on television to sound as intelligent as her. She definitely knows exactly what to say and how to say it every time she speaks.

[@AviahWashington]

Laura yeah I will never forget how she speaks. And that’s on period.

[@brian7897]

She is obviously musically gifted and a decent person, but I have never seen her say anything brilliant. Admire her for music ability.. yes, but you will find better people to admire for intelligence like teachers, parents, coworkers, and friends.

[@augh4659]

@Brian Swift graduated high school with a 4.0 GPA and finished her last two years of high school in 12 months while being home-schooled so she could start her music career. Her former high school, Hendersonville High School in Tennessee, named its auditorium after her. (Source: simplemost.com)

[@reputationcardigan3175]

Taylor swift gave an oscar winning performance with the *hello* stuff

[@imaislam1949]

o.O

[@bigdogtabooya5426]

Bro your name's Karen

[@muhammedeminsahin4390]

Listen to my song dude

[@firedragonosis]

HELLO?

[@muhammedeminsahin4390]

@@firedragonosis kzbin.info/www/bejne/l2eql2erbKpsa6s

[@candelajordi7703]

'SHE GREETED US TOO SOON, SHE GREETED US TOO LATE' LMAO TAYLOR OMG

[@MissShootingStar5]

*TOO

[@cadilcolmac]

yeah

[@Wizard608]

'SHE GREETED US WITH A WEIRD UNDERTONE' 😭

[@lese91]

This interviewer is outstanding at her job

[@auntiesnixx5071]

“WeLcOmE tO nEw YoRk” 5 seconds into the video and we’re already getting 1989 throwbacks 😍😍

[@tekken4granted913]

When she said, "Holy Ground is a fan-favorite", I was screaaaaaaaaming! Holy Ground stans, where you at?

[@anisanurraudah8383]

Me!

[@ajsc11]

Present! Holy Ground is so underrated. ☹️

[@kimbluebayou]

i was reminiscing just the other day

[@zaggaz5563]

@Kim Blue Tarongoy while having coffee all alone and lord it took me away

[@SeanZraft]

Holy ground as rerecord single👁️👄👁️

[@anoushkapant8566]

No one: My mind: 🎶 welcome to New York it's been waiting for you🎶

[@galaxyocean9832]

ME!

[@Benlovescheese]

Well also me...shit

[@RyanStorey1231]

She totally did that on purpose. 😂

[@biologyhunter]

@@RyanStorey1231 agreeddd

[@cadilcolmac]

me too 🙋

[@ilovethemiddleages5915]

clara amfo seems like such a warm soul. her interactions with taylor were so genuine i couldn't help but smile :-)

[@cutiepatootie4286]

Fantastic host!! Loved her

[@archenforever7264]

true. and she has a bomb hairstyle. i love her now.

[@pkgadgvlogs]

I came to comment about how lovely she was, warm is the perfect word to describe her she just feels like hug. I'm a big fan now!

[@buthainahnassir6189]

1:30 “Some day I’ll be living in a big old city”, Said by Taylor Swift 8 years ago

[@tortuga8871]

Taylor Swift saying "Welcome To New York" is automatically an Easter egg of its own.

[@AmericanDreamer]

how?

[@folkwhore8322]

@@AmericanDreamer it's her song...

[@nikekatinka8412]

Wait... and with the whole grammy performance and Wildest Dreams as song for Spirit...😲

[@mindofmyown2514]

I can see how excited the interviewer was... A real swiftie! 😂😍

[@t_diggles]

she greeted us with five holes in the fence

[@Pi-gp5bz]

That was so aggressive 😂😂❤

[@maylightbewithyou]

Haha

[@blancalopez6887]

I feel so attacked😂😂😂

[@t_diggles]

I say it out of pure swiftie conspiracy theory love 😂💜

[@beeyoungkah_vip]

Tamara Sophie 🤣

[@magdalliee]

I was dying to win tickets for City of Lover concert in Paris, but guess what? On the day of concert i've rescued a little kitten 😍 I guess the spirit of Taylor gifted me with this instead of tickets. Now i hope you'll come to Poland girl.

[@blueskyblush]

madd_lena_de awwwwww soo cute.

[@TheSabrinamarie17]

Aww I love that for you. 😻😻😻

[@laurahos2001]

Taylor would be soooo proud of you

[@olgasommerfeld7982]

Hi, I'm Polish Swiftie too😊

[@jmeee]

oh wow this comment made me cry 💛💛💛

[@lauramarazzi1012]

This interviewer is the best! Love their chemistry!

[@ScarlettJ1221]

I'm absolutely loving Taylor's blouse it's super cute

[@theswiftiesroom960]

Don’t u die?

[@taylorswifttheerastour13]

It’s super expensive too 😂😭

[@betsosgeorgetym]

YSL Metallic star sheer button down shirt $2,590

[@blasangna3797]

Go to school Scarlett.

[@jasondaniels7612]

"I wasn't worried about backlash because at a certain point, it's about right and wrong" PERIODT.

[@chang873]

She has such a lovely personality.

[@JasonB95]

I've always noticed how sharp of a mind Taylor Swift has. She has the ability to string near-perfect lines that sound like they came directly from a pullitzer prize collection of novels and almost do it on cue. A perfect example of it is 6:51. When you really think about it, it is a real talent to, in a split second, be able to say what she did so smoothly and in a way that almost creates an image in your head of that type of person. Her music obviously shows off those poetic skills but it's in simple interviews like this that show just how innate it is for her. It is clear she was destined for this.

[@upscaleavenue]

She's very, very intelligent. She graduated from high school with a 4.0 GPA while simultaneously balancing a music career. Not to mention that she completed both her Junior and Senior years in only a few months. At 18, she wrote an entire album by herself. Her capacity as an intellectual showcases itself in her lyrics. And she doesn't get enough credit for it, if any at all.

[@nuclearcatbaby1131]

She doesn’t even need to go to college, she can teach herself. Going to college with her kind of fame wouldn’t be easy anyway.

[@ANKI7033]

I am so glad Holy Ground has been acknowledged as “ fan fav” by her☺️

[@darellgrant8753]

Honey cause none of them could EVER be saints and we've ALL loved in shades of wrong!

[@kimbluebayou]

isn't. that. state of grace?

[@epiphany5062]

@@kimbluebayou nahh it's all too well. Although I'd rather have Come back... be here and Treacherous.

[@kimbluebayou]

@@epiphany5062 hey i was actually talking about the comment above me. it's from state of grace not from holy ground hahaha and yeah i know that all too well but i honestly don't mind since red is my personal favorite album and treacherous is 💙💙💙

[@epiphany5062]

@@kimbluebayou oh sorry hahahaha.

[@dunnowhat2say566]

It’s so pleasant and easy to follow hearing her talk. She’s so smart, cool and well educated at the same time. Much love

[@arlo5607]

Wait so, if she re-records Red, does that mean it can get the “album of the year” Grammy?

[@estherlarson8568]

Whoa

[@ajsc11]

Mind-blown 😲😳

[@stephaniehalvorson4021]

😱 PLZ

[@scrapbookpavilion1721]

jules .c omg it better

[@rishikachaudhary512]

It will be a re-record so I don't think it will be nominated for Grammys.😣😣

[@rebeccaaira5045]

"rerecord all my music" YES PLEASE

[@jedkaro]

The "hello" part had me dying

[@bibibombibi]

11:40 how did she roll that word off her tongue so quickly Currently replaying on loop

[@liquidsmoothgrr]

The way she speaks and the use of her words is just ugh--- I love this iconic woman. 😩💞

[@cutiepatootie4286]

She's a very eloquent woman! I really enjoy listening to her talk

[@tanushreesharma5444]

@@cutiepatootie4286 what's meaning of eloquent

[@monseth7549]

Yah!! When she said "Reputation is such a wierd dichotomy" I'm like.. I'm sorry dyeco-what? 🤯

[@A.Spirited_Solivagant]

Having her as my English teacher would be wonderful! ❤

[@upscaleavenue]

Well, she did write an entire novel at the age of 12, and graduated high school with a 4.0 GPA, so that tells you something about her intelligence 👍

[@poppy7415]

"how much it means to the fans" Is there real tears in my eyes? YES

[@elliesalb9183]

Taylor: Welcome To New York! Me: It's been waiting for you 😂😍

[@eyachakroun8266]

Welcome to New York, welcome to new York

[@sofia2621]

@@eyachakroun8266 it's a new soundtrack I could dance to this beat...beat... forevermore

[@beyzanur4423]

The iterviewer seems a nice person :)

[@yesimenglish1]

Clara Amfo really is such a fabulous interviewer

[@cwilkins8]

Such a good interview, best one I’ve seen Taylor do, so well researched and knowledge on country music. Don’t usually comment but just had to praise, well done

[@beautifulworld7285]

Taylor - "Things are not going well ... in the world. Not saying that and not kind of having a call to action. Like for voting. Like I always want there to be a call to action. For people to educate themselves on our system of government. I wanted people to know, you do have to be registered by a certain date if you wanna vote on midterms. These werent elements of information that I thought were readily available to the people. So I though, Hey if I can stand with 121,000,000 million Instagram followers and say this, maybe this helps. Maybe this doesnt. But you gotta say it." - Interviewer - "Let's talk about London Boy" , -Taylor - "aaahaha (heart attack laugh she just interrupted me) Interviewer "sorry " ..... 💥💥💥💣(show's executive director-- Alert 💥💥 change the subject, dont educate the people)

[@cappuccino2703]

💕👑 femininity and strength are not mutually exclusive

[@upscaleavenue]

One of her best quotes yet. So astute.

[@akshitachander1]

That's why I love her!!!!

[@brieme33]

This was such a great interview! The interviewer asked such dynamic and engaging questions and Taylor answered with grace and thought. We luv to see it

[@tomasgarcia7499]

Gosh she’s so smart and beautiful! The total package

[@aluluthosongs4648]

Thank you for this BBC Radio 1. We've been waiting forever

[@satriaprimadana8436]

She just literally never explained any single word from Reputation .. that's why i love that era so much .

[@marisaw5685]

“I just wanna have a nice time. Periodt.”

[@supergirl2099]

Interviewer: “And he who shall not be named...” Me : VOLDEMORT!!!!

[@dracomalfoy3776]

I thought of that too😂

[@webcomiclulu9056]

" and I cut off my nose just to spite my face" a lyric from the archer😂

[@jingbinyu8136]

For a second... yeah I thought about that too lolllll

[@brooklyncherry8785]

She’s recording all the songs again? They are gonna sound so different I’m excited

[@pauislas11]

@Sabhyata Singh why

[@gm.8805]

stream fearless (taylor’s version) and red tv coming soon too, with all too well 10 minute version!

[@oldiesdm81]

idk if you’ll see this, but what were your thoughts on fearless (taylor’s version) and red (taylor’s version)?

[@taygeniused]

how do yall feel after speak now tv

[@rachelcranmer372]

Well done Clara for asking some great questions. A lot of people would have been afraid to ask a celebrity of Taylor’s stature these types of questions but you asked them in such a respectful way ❤️

[@taylorcookson8336]

shes so interesting and intelligent. her word usage 🥺.

[@mm61777]

THE INTERVIEWER IS THE BEST. ADORABLE, POLITE,SWEET!

[@ruthiemenzies6956]

This is such an articulate and interesting interview. Clara did a great job asking questions and leaving room for real and thoughtful answers it was so nice to hear. It makes me cringe so much when interviewers try to steer things to places they know Taylor doesn't want to go. She has much more to offer than redundant questions about boys.

[@floh2959]

She's really grown up in the last year or two

[@jalapeno1119]

She's always been classy

[@akilahhhhhh]

@@jalapeno1119 Exactly

[@ScarlettJ1221]

Seriously I can't wait for Taylor and Katy to collab and Taylor re-recording her own music is so freaking Epic

[@itsljcabrera]

she needs to rerecord Bad Blood with Katy

[@darraghcollins1374]

Interviewer- He who should not be named Also Interviewer- Scooter OML !!!

[@sarahshams8595]

It's lovely how Taylor is coming to more talk shows and making up to us for her reputation disappearances! Love you, queen! ❤❤❤

[@jalapeno1119]

She's not necessarily making up for anything. The rep era wasn't about interviews.

[@simolukas]

I don't understand why people think she was talking about visiting all the places in one night.

[@RachelOnAWhim]

Lukáš Šimo I know, I instantly assumed it was over the course of a long period of time. 😅

[@bunnysenpaimon6742]

IDk why either, so many "Londoners" were like "LOLOL IM A LONDONER AND I KNOW THATS IMPOSSIBLE TO DO IN ONE DAY TAYLOR IS A FAKE AMERICAN THAT KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT LONDON" and im like...she's been dating this boy for years now, maybe she's visited those places over a long time span??

[@bridgettmahoney1390]

@@bunnysenpaimon6742 And even before Joe, it isn't like she never spent any time in London... Just I imagine significantly less at time.

[@ashleychoo]

She's literally the best person ever!! She's sooo humble, kind and grateful!

[@sidgoesrawr]

The way Taylor tackles her answers 💯♥️

[@parastooabmaryam3445]

This woman owns my heart my life, I love her so much, she is so wise talented and kind I am proud that I took her as my role model

[@joanbookheimer4509]

Taylor is a bright lady indeed, ppl just need to focus on themselves & leave her be. She isn’t harming anyone , she is living her life! She has been doing her own thing for “13” years, 🥂Carry on Taylor! And who was that singer that told her “just keep doing it for 25 years and you will feel real good “ Well folks, she is half way there, .

[@eugenezapanta7725]

The only artist I know that is consistent of having a decency. That's why I love her with all my heart. 💗💗💗

[@reyganparina8886]

EXACTLY 💖💯

[@reakapur]

My babygirl is always changing and evolving, I love this girl more than anything

[@den22378]

The way she talk about music n stuff tells how smart n great thinker she is

[@user-lj6js1rd4b]

It seems every time she does a interview it just gets better and better it's just a pleasure to hear.🤩🤩🤩

[@sophiaswiftie3659]

Taylor is just so amazing and so outspoken and as well as a great inspiration. Ahhh love her 🥰😍😍😍😍

[@calimmoore]

i’m still shocked that taylor never even went to college & she still expresses herself better than most adults i know... her vocabulary is superb.

[@coneyisland5843]

That's the Artist of the Decade for ya

[@nuclearcatbaby1131]

Colleges are dumbed down anyway. She’s probably an accomplished autodidact (or would be anyway if she took more time off from touring... which she gets to do right now)

[@mariaperpetuadeguzman2314]

Of course she went to College. She was home school and Taylor was conferred a doctorate degree in NEw York University.

[@oceansky6207]

She grew up rich and they have great educations

[@Brettcooperandtaylorswift4life]

@@mariaperpetuadeguzman2314She didn’t go to college, she received an honorary doctorate which is different.

[@sunflowermouse307]

I couldn't figure out why she said "babes, don't threaten me with a good time" in the song because all I could recall is the P!ATD song and he isn't British. I learned something today!

[@canadascoolcovers8065]

Lol yeah. I'm a huge Brendon Urie fan and I was hoping that lyric was a reference to him, but turns out it wasn't. Oh well. 😂😂😂

[@therachellllcat4444]

This is the best thing to listen to on my way to class this morning 💕

[@jacobnewman4216]

Clara is literally the perfect interviewer - funny and personable yet doesn't stray away from the hard hitting questions. Queen.

[@ryandavis280]

her sense of humor is golden

[@annar7611]

I do not understand why people think that London Boy is supposed to be all in one day. It says “nights”...🤷🏼‍♀️

[@epiphany5062]

Finally someone said it.

[@awrestlingfan5085]

I will always love and support Taylor Swift. She is a wonderful person and a genius towards making music.

[@miriamsword7789]

I want her to be my English mentor. She's so eloquent and vocab is lit😘

[@loganjackson9742]

Honestly the best interviewer for Taylor yet, everyone else seems out of touch compared to this lovely lady who can ask tough questions and still be complimentary

[@snehachatterjee5729]

Taylor- God i love her English😂

[@8Clowny]

6:49 I am absolutely living for the 'hello' part! So quick witted and intelligent, Taylor's deserves to finally own her masterpieces and re-record the old hits.

[@lizzychan844]

This interview is really great. At some interviews you can tell Taylor isn't answering the questions directly because she's not comfortable but this one you can tell she's super genuine and Clara did a great job picking those questions as well.

[@elliesalb9183]

6:50 I can't with you Taylor!! 😂😍💕

[@omarib8867]

Taylor Swift is my favorite pop artist

[@smartalec1991]

Been waiting for this! I just love her so much. I could listen to her talk all day.

[@sanskritisukkal5230]

It feels so weird abt thinking of listening to all the songs from the first 3 albums in her mature yet awesome voice.... Like it sure is gonna be different but duh, who will regret this decision of hers? ❤🖤

[@Wizard608]

8:00 That's why Taylor will always succeed in her career, because she embraces changes in the music industry. From CD's and radio to streaming nowadays.

[@britneyharris5096]

no one: not a single soul: BBC Radio 1: "ONE" me: *turns volume all the way down*

[@ferflores3360]

Literally me:

[@SVETpadil]

"Just because something's cliche doesn't mean it's not something that's awesome" I like that..

[@Cj-ny8tf]

When she said “Welcome to New York” I got flashbacks.

[@gemmaodiamar4122]

One of my favorite interviews of Taylor Swift

[@しね-w7h]

her voice is the most calming thing

[@stephaniestrada84]

This is the first time I’m seeing Clara Amfo and she’s an excellent interviewer. Refreshing to see. :)

[@eliysha1387]

OBSESSED with this new era of Taylor!! I actually think this will be the best one yet. She is iconic xx

[@meganoconnor7914]

THIS INTERVIEWER IS AMAZING

[@littlemisslife]

She is the big sister I don’t have and I don’t understand why people don’t think she is the most intelligent, articulate and determined human being. Thank you Taylor xx

[@psiowa4076]

it has been 2 years and i still watch it💗

[@a.n.2316]

Taylor is so sweet!! I really loved the way she expressed her excitement about being in New York!!

[@Reputation-xo8zl]

She makes my day everyday!!! Taylor is wonderful!!!

[@abbyc9474]

sorry but can u guys PLS lower the intro volume by like 800% ?? my ears have been yeeted out of the galaxy damn-

[@TheSecretkay]

I can listen to Taylor Swift talk all day

[@hannahwe2308]

I LOVE THIS INTERVIEW! probably one of the best interviews I've ever seen lol

[@jyotisharan8664]

She speaks so well! I could never

[@melissaradcliffe7663]

She’s so gorgeous inside and out

[@loganr7108]

this video is reaffirming my belief that she is the best person ever in every way possible.

[@JSandwich13]

She's so articulate and well spoken. Her mind is incredible. Also published on the 13th ? Well played Radio 1

[@CamilleChaton]

Taylor, you recording again all your past albums is one of the most exciting thing. I can't wait to listen to it.

[@beeyoungkah_vip]

I can listen to her talk all day.

[@shakiibaa]

I canNOT stop smiling ear to ear when she talks oh my god