7 Artists Who Name Taylor Swift as Their Musical Inspiration
With such an industry-altering career, it's no surprise that many people call Taylor Swift one of their inspirations. She's done so much in the past three decades, from proving that artists can be genre-fluid to showcasing that female musicians don't have an expiration date—and that's only scratching the surface of what she's achieved.
Below, discover seven stars, veterans and newcomers, who name Taylor as one of their biggest influences.
Camila Cabello
Camila Cabello and Taylor go way back. In 2015, she said the Midnights singer's music was "the soundtrack to my life." A few years later, Camila got the opportunity of a lifetime, supporting Taylor on the Reputation World Tour alongside Charli XCX. The pair are still good friends—before dropping Familia in 2021, Camila told Bustle, "Taylor has always been so kind and supportive and also goes out of her way to give you artist advice."
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Sabrina Carpenter
Sabrina Carpenter is living every Swiftie's dream life. She went from covering "Picture to Burn" on YouTube and tweeting that she hoped to "have a world tour like hers" one day. Over a decade later, Sabrina is opening on what will arguably be the biggest tour of Taylor's career, the Eras Tour.
Conan Gray
Conan Gray has been such a huge Taylor Swift fan that Seventeen did an exclusive Swiftie Lyric Challenge with him. He revealed "Teardrops on My Guitar" was the first YouTube video he ever watched and said she's his "No. 1 lyricist." He and his bestie, Olivia Rodrigo, posted videos of Fearless (Taylor's Version) on Instagram and TikTok when it premiered last April.
Huh Yunjin
LE SSERAFIM's Huh Yunjin has been vocal about her appreciation for Taylor since her debut in 2022. Shortly after the premiere of FEARLESS, Yunjin went on the Korean show "Who Are You," where she used "All Too Well" to represent an artist who influenced her. She later called herself "a big fan of Taylor Swift" when we caught up with the group earlier this year! According to an interview with Vanity Fair, she's been a Swiftie since second grade.
Olivia Rodrigo
Does anyone miss the era when we would get constant interactions between Taylor and Olivia? When "Driver's License" topped the iTunes charts next to Taylor's single, Taylor responded by calling Olivia her "baby" and gifting her a Red ring. That May, Olivia paid her respects to Taylor by interpolating "New Year's Day" on her groundbreaking album, SOUR. Here's to hoping the duo reunite in 2024!
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Hayley Williams
Hayley Williams and Taylor are each other's inspirations, and we're living for it. On Instagram, Hayley said Taylor was her "first industry friend" and praised her for "crossing genres and bleeding over into other aspects of pop culture." Meanwhile, Taylor told Billboard, "Hayley is such a riveting performer." It only made sense for the two to collaborate for Speak Now (Taylor's Version) on "Castles Crumbling."
NIKI
We are manifesting an interaction between NIKI and Taylor. The Indonesian songstress won a contest to open for Taylor in 2014. In a conversation with Harper's Bazaar, she said the experience helped her realize she "can do this. I actually like doing this." Today, she still calls Taylor one of her inspirations: "The first artist I fell in love with was Taylor Swift," she said in an interview with NME.
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