{"id":271815,"date":"2019-04-23T20:40:45","date_gmt":"2019-04-24T02:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1035122"},"modified":"2019-04-23T20:40:45","modified_gmt":"2019-04-24T02:40:45","slug":"taylor-swift-says-she-uses-songwriting-as-protective-armor-at-time-100-gala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/taylor-swift-says-she-uses-songwriting-as-protective-armor-at-time-100-gala\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift Says She Uses Songwriting As &#8221;Protective Armor&#8221; at TIME 100 Gala"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"photo-txt-0\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"38.322082379863\">\n<div class=\"column post-content__image--left post-content__image\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"32\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image--full\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/2019323\/rs_634x1024-190423160924-634-taylor-swift-time-100.cl.042319.jpg?fit=inside|900:auto&amp;output-quality=90\" title=\"Taylor Swift, Time 100 Gala\" alt=\"Taylor Swift, Time 100 Gala\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"image__credits\">ANGELA WEISS\/AFP\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-photo-text\" readability=\"17.941943127962\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/taylor_swift\">Taylor Swift<\/a><\/strong> is fulfilling all of our &#8220;Wildest Dreams&#8221; on the TIME 100 stage.<\/p>\n<p>The musician is giving fans everything they&#8217;ve ever wanted with her performance&nbsp;at the TIME 100 Gala at the Lincoln Center in New York City. Dressed in a whimsical pink and yellow sleeveless dress designed by J. Mendel, the singer looks every bit like the pop goddess she is.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Unsurprisingly, Swift is once again one of TIME&#8217;s 100&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1033312\/taylor-swift-chrissy-teigen-and-ariana-grande-among-time-s-100-most-influential-people-for-2019\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">most influential people<\/a>, but this time around she was profiled by fellow musician&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/shawn_mendes\">Shawn Mendes<\/a><\/strong>. So, in honor of the accolade, the 29-year-old&nbsp;took to the stage at the Gala for an acoustic performance of the hit song &#8220;Style&#8221;&nbsp;&nbsp;from her album&nbsp;<em>1989<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The singer continued her big moment at the TIME 100 Gala by delivering a speech about the influence that songwriting has had on her ability to cope with the ups and downs of life.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-2\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"66\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"22\">\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve always known it was the main pillar of kind of my sanity as well, like I always looked at writing as sort of like a protective armor. Which is weird, because you think of writing about your life, that&#8217;s usually like a vulnerability, but I think that when you write about your life, it gives you the ability to process your life. I use it as a way of justifying things that have happened to me,&#8221; she told the audience. &#8220;Whether they&#8217;re good or bad.&nbsp; I like to honor the good times and really process the bad times when I write.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After her brief speech, the singer delivered another rousing acoustic performance&nbsp;with&nbsp;the song &#8220;Delicate.&#8221; She also sang the classic song &#8220;Love Story,&#8221; which had everyone in the crowd reminiscing about the summer of 2008. As for the grand finale, the singer sang &#8220;Shake It Off.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Some fans were hoping the artist would take to the stage to perform new music in light of all the Easter eggs she&#8217;s been dropping, but it looks like T. Swift is keeping her fans waiting.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"video-int-txt-3\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"34.722222222222\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-video-text\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"15.33189033189\">\n<p>While she builds anticipation for a big music release, the star is giving fans a lot of style inspo with her latest looks.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, the singer debuted a new hairdo that is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1034784\/taylor-swift-rocks-bright-pink-hair-days-before-her-rumored-new-music-release\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">absolutely pretty in pink<\/a>. Taylor&#8217;s blonde locks now flow down into pretty pink tresses, similar to the soft pink strands that softly accented her ponytail at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1022600\/taylor-swift-is-a-technicolor-dream-at-2019-iheart-radio-music-awards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the 2019 iHeartRadio Music Awards<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>She was later seen rocking the cute look at&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/gigi_hadid\">Gigi Hadid<\/a><\/strong>&#8216;s 24th birthday celebration. A source told E! News, &#8220;Taylor looked really happy. She was very relaxed but looked happy to be there. She was bopping her head to the music, dancing a bit.&nbsp;Gigi was super excited to see Taylor and they gave each other a huge long hug.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tune-in-4\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"33\">\n<p class=\"tune-in__text\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\">Don&#8217;t miss <em>E! News<\/em> every weeknight at 7, only on E!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1035122\/taylor-swift-says-she-uses-songwriting-as-protective-armor-at-time-100-gala?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&#038;utm_source=eonline&#038;utm_medium=rssfeeds&#038;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: E! Online<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANGELA WEISS\/AFP\/Getty Images Taylor Swift is fulfilling all of our &#8220;Wildest Dreams&#8221; on the TIME 100 stage. The musician is giving fans everything they&#8217;ve ever wanted with her performance&nbsp;at the TIME 100 Gala at the Lincoln Center in New York City. Dressed in a whimsical pink and yellow sleeveless dress designed by J. 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