Taylor Swiftdidn’t have many friends growing up and made herschoolmatesroll their eyes at her confident claim that she would be a “star,” people who knew her as a child recently said. Others highlightedTaylor’s wealth, describing the singer as a“brat.” Additionally,Swift’s heightwas sometimes a point of commentary, as she stood out among her peers.
HighlightsTaylor Swift didn’t have many friends growing up and made her schoolmates roll their eyes at her claim that she would be a ‘star’.Taylor’s former teacher said she was a ‘little sunbeam who just bounced around’ and was always writing poetry, even in music class.Taylor reportedly started dating an older boy soon after enrolling in Hendersonville High School, adding to the school’s perception of her as a ‘brat’.
75-year-old Lois Hamilton, who lives next to the Swifts’ former holiday home in Stone Harbor, New Jersey,USA, said Taylor was “cute and confident” but that she didn’t have a lot of friends.
She toldThe Sunday Timesin an exposé on the music star’s early years published on Saturday (June 8): “She was more solitary, very happy in her own room.”
When she arrived at HendersonvilleHigh Schoolafter moving to Nashville, Tennessee, at the age of 14, Taylor reportedly made a notable entrance.
A former classmate toldThe Timesthat theCruel Summerhitmaker told people she was going to be a star.
Taylor Swift didn’t have many friends growing up and made her schoolmates roll their eyes at her claim that she would be a “star”
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The source said: “We kind of rolled our eyes because, being in Nashville, we hear that a lot.
“It was just such a strong statement for someone of that age.”
Almost immediately after enrolling in the Nashville school, Taylor reportedly started dating an “older boy.”
He was reportedly popular and had a “preppy look with a country flair” — he would fray the corners of his cap and stick a fishing hook through it.
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Within months, however, their relationship had ended,The Timesreported.
Many students thought the now-billionairemusician was “a bit of a brat,” from the moneyed side of town and modeling clothes for Abercrombie & Fitch.
The exposé touched on the ultra-popular songstress’ father, Scott Swift, a third-generation banker and former radio salesman who spent $10,000 building his daughter a recording studio in their home.
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By the age of 15, Taylor had a record deal with a company in which Scott had bought a 3 percent stake.
Moreover, the at-the-time teen music protégé was touring inCher’s former tour bus, which Scott had bought for her.
At the Swifts’ former home, Pine Ridge Farm, a former Christmas tree farm near Reading, Pennsylvania, a couple who now inhabits the location have been instructed to restrict their communication to a specific publication.
“We’re not supposed to talk to anybody butPeoplemagazine,” they toldThe Times, confirming “Swift’s team” had given the order.
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77-year-old Maureen Pemrick, Taylor’s first-grade teacher at private school Wyndcroft in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, told the British news outlet: “She was a little sunbeam who just bounced around.”
Barbara Kolvek, 78, a music teacher at Wyndcroft, recalled the time Taylor was given the part of Freddie Fasttalk in the playThe Runaway Snowman, noting: “She didn’t care that she had to play a boy.
“She wanted to do it. And so she did.”
At about nine years old, the Pennsylvania native moved schools to Wyomissing Area Junior/Senior High School in West Reading — teachers say to be closer to theatre rehearsals.
Some people highlighted Taylor’s wealth, describing the singer as a “brat”
He reportedly taught Taylor how to play guitar, tellingThe Times: “She was sweet and kind and eager.
“She was never a guitar virtuoso, but the idea was to teach her how to project into a microphone and play as if on autopilot — to allow her to perform.”
Taylor’s parents reportedly “made a fuss” over their daughter, who they called “T,” “Tay,” or “Tay-Tay.”
March 18, 2006:15 years ago todayPlaying at Wyndcroft school in her hometown of Reading, Pennsylvaniapic.twitter.com/osKZK6VgPD
— Taylor Swift History 🖤 (@OnThisTAY)March 18, 2021
Cremer recalled: “Scott was the cash guy.
“He could sell ice to the Eskimos. Andrea (Taylor’s mother) was the one who kept Taylor on point.
“She had her eye on the prize.”
Today, he reportedly claims to have been “written out” of the pop star’s biography.
Barbara Kolvek, who was Taylor’s teacher from first through fourth grade, said:“She was always writing poetry, always.”
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Two years ago, a woman named Jessica McLane went viral on TikTok for claiming to have been a classmate of Taylor’s and for sharing her negative experience with the songstress.
“When she first started becoming super successful (…) most people hated her,” the TikToker said.
taylor swift Abigail hendersonville highschoolpic.twitter.com/8AfS3pGXK6
— @taylorclipes backup (@taylorclipes2)May 4, 2022
“Keep in mind these are her peers,” the Hendersonville High alumni said. “You know this isn’t like just random people on the internet, she’s literally like what 16-17 leaving high school to pursue a career that people are telling her that she could never have, you know.”
Jessica continued: “Also the guys she was writing these songs about, they were still in school, you know, they were still there and now they have a hit song about them talking about what [kind of]boyfriend they are.”
She further revealed: “There were not a lot of people at [the] high school who had nice things to say about her.”
Jessica recalled: “That’s really cool but it was very random, like, we didn’t know why Taylor Swift was inviting us to the CMAs.
“As we all know 2009 is the year that she killed the game, Entertainer of the Year, Female Vocalist of the Year, Album of the Year, Music Video of the Year.”
The TikToker went on to highlight Taylor’s 2022Midnightalbum release onKim Kardashian’s birthday, which is when she started “learning about all the other petty things that Taylor has done over the years.”
Last month, Barbara Kolvek, who was Taylor’s teacherfrom first through fourth grade at Wyndcroft, toldCBS News:“She was always writing poetry, always.
“Even in music class, even when she shouldn’t.”
The recent revelations about Taylor’s younger years sparked divided reactions
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