Taylor Swift Accepts Woman of the Decade Award | Women In Music 

Sis literally did a whole TED Talk

Dude she forgot to mention how they blamed her for being “skinny “ and when her body changed a little bit they started calling her “fat “ .....

This is not a speech. This is the journey of a female artist in the music industry.

“I would tour constantly. I would work on my vocals every day and perfect my stamina in a live show”. And 4 years later, we have the greatest stadium tour of all time. We did it, Taylor 🥺

i like how she introduced herself like she’s not taylor swift

“lately I’ve been focusing less on doing what they say I can’t do and more on doing whatever the hell I want.” *drops a folk album with less than a day’s notice*

they couldn’t believe she was calling them out by NAME. she KILLED it!!! love her

"Somewhere right now, your future woman of the year is probably sitting in a piano lesson or in a girls choir. And today right now, we need to take care of her"

This speech is literally mirrorball.

She's so classy even when shading her enemies

This is a badass power move. Every single word is a fact and delivered so beautifully

Not only was she great in the 2010's, but she is also amazing in the 2020's. Folklore, Evermore, Midnights, the re-recordings. If she keeps it up, she can win two woman of the decade awards back-to-back.

"Her name is Billie" *Cuts to Billie hiding herself behind sunglasses and smiling* Big mood

Life’s to short to pretend you don’t like Taylor Swift

this speech is so empowering and optimistic. i CRIED when she mentioned how the next woman of the year is probably at a piano lesson or a girls choir. it gives us so much hope and strength to keep going with passions and dreams.

"focusing more on doing whatever I want" *Taylor now dropping Wildest Dreams out of nowhere* she really is doing whatever she wants

As a wise person once said, "Life is too short to pretend you don't like TAYLOR SWIFT ". periodt.

Can we take a moment and appreciate Jameela Jamil for standing next to Taylor and held her award for about 15 minutes long. 👏🏻

9:59 the pain in her voice when she talked about her music being sold without her consent and now in 2023 she own three out of the six stolen versions. I AM SO SO SO PROUD OF HER. WE LOVE YOU TAYLOR

I truly don’t think there’s anyone more qualified to talk about this subject than Taylor. And no one more deserving of this award. My forever inspiration😌

doing whatever the hell i want in 2020 because taylor swift said so

She protects She attacks But most of all She spills the facts

She speaks with a level of confidence and class that’s so inspiring

I cried. This speech was so well thought out & presented. Taylor spoke nothing but facts.

i love that she still introduces herself even when she is WOMAN OF THE DECADE

Taylor: wins woman of the decade Also Taylor: continues to shout out other female artists 💅🏼

So glad that Tahani come back to the earth just to hold Taylor’s award.. She’s such a good bf, deserves be in the good place!

I'm a metalhead by nature, but Taylor Swift is my guilty pleasure. 'Shake It Off' is pure pop perfection. She is one very smart individual and deserves every ounce of her success.

“Of course he’s nice to you, if you’re in this room you’ve got something he needs”

Jameela was looking like she wish she brought a chair

Taylor is definitely the representation of women in the music industry. The way that she has reinvented her self so many times during the years is incredible and I couldn't be more proud of some like her who's taking her experience and is using it to empower women. Taylor deserves everything, all the love and support from her fans and for sure should be able to be the one and only owner of her records. As long as Taylor keeps singing there will be a voice for all women in the music industry.

I really like her. She really matured so well before she turned 30. She's smarter, stronger, and more socially aware so fights for her beliefs. She's a well-rounded artist and as she said, smart businesswoman. All the best to TS and hope she finds the person that makes her happy and greatest version of herself.

Everyone is talking about how the audience is so silent, but I think that's actually more respectful, they're actually listening to what she has to say. This is not a concert, it's a speech.

If you came here to complain about why she's the WOTD and not your fave, you've missed the entire point of what she said and what this event is about.

She definitely deserves all of it . All of what she said and made concerns about was absolutely correct . Too good and full support .

i love how she starts by introducing herself as just taylor, like shes nobody special, shes so humble

“Of course he is nice to you. If you are in this room, you’ve got something he needs.” If you have ever had a Scooter Braun in your life, you know what she means.

Did the room not listen to her words properly. She’s saying all the right things and the audience are giving her nothing. That should be the best award she ever receives and replied with a powerful speech and the room isn’t getting it or supporting her enough

I’m watching this in 2023 and it’s still so empowering and inspiring by a female artist who’s been hated by people in the past two decades. She’s proven that female artists can create things in the music industry. After she dropped Midnights I started listening to the album and I fell in love with the creative process and visuals in the songs and music videos. She isn’t only the women of the decade she IS the music industry and won’t be stopped for creating and producing music that us Swifties will continue to support her!!!

She's gonna be relevant even after 200 years.

If taylor stays silent people says she's a coward and now that she's addressing all the important issues and how she's been treated people says she's dramatic.

I can't believe the audience didn't get the reference "I will never ever forget it ....*like ever*".....duhh

Taylor literally predict the future lol In 2020 Billie won Album of the Year and she gets so much hate from social media and people always said that Finneas is the reason of her success and she still gets so much hate now

AHHHHH taylor is so extremely well spoken. everything she said was pure gold she is and always will be the moment

*Taylor Swift talking about Billie is like a big sister talking about her younger sister. ❤*

She's the one receiving award yet she compliments so many other artists in her own award acceptance. I just love her so much.

Taylor has always been far smarter, savvier, and tougher than she gets credit for. She's also a class act who uses her power and fame and money for good in the world. Some of her music I really like, some I don't so much, but I love her and I cheer whenever I see she's broken a new record with tour attendance numbers or weeks on the charts (that week when all top 10 songs were hers - wow). This speech is fire. Even when she knows she'll face criticism or worse - invalidation - she fights back.

Her work , her dedication , her sacrifices , her songs , HER SUCCESS. Period And obv the people who worked with her and who stood by her side, like her parents, selena, jack, Joe,etc

“Of course he likes you. If you’re in this room, you have something he needs.” Truth has been spoken.

Everyone’s dying over the “like, ever” reference, but what about that BIG quote from 22 at the end?!

I love what she said about Reputation. “Oh im being cast as a villian to you? Heres an album called reputation there are snakes EVERYWHERE” The way she dropped the album and finally gave the people who wanted her to change the finger and fed into the title to show people how little she cared will never not be iconic

Oh my gosh, i remember the opening scenes in her documentary -- Miss Americana, and how she is able to entertain people at such a young age as a great speaker and now she didn't expect to have people from the country pubs and events would get bigger and bigger and now she is the woman of the decade

"And now I realize that this is just what happens to a woman in music if she achieves success or power beyond people's comfort level."

She held the mic and said "This is going so well so far" The VMA incident 😂

She's strong, smart, well spoken, and talented. Insecure people hates that. I love her speech.

I love the fact that Taylor is so frank and frontal…that’s rare and valuable and I stand by her and support her, they did her wrong and she should still continue to speak loudly defending her rights

Nobody talked about Jameela jamil and her standing on the stage for 15 minute, she's gorgeous.

“As your resident loud person” to “there goes the loudest woman this town has ever seen”

Taylor is living out "Be the change you wish you see in the world." How could anyone not love her?❤

This is why she’s my favorite artist. She makes good music, and she’s a good person.

When Taylor mentioned Lana & the other female artists making me more proud of her.

What Taylor said is really correct. History is repeating, Billie is getting a lot of hate, cause she achieved success beyond people's comfort level.

I love how much she namechecks her songs and albums in the speech and how she talked a lot about the music and not just her experience with fame, which I think shows that she really is an artist who's about the music and not just a celebrity who's all about fame!

Two years and still such a powerful speech🥺❤️👏👏

imagine this popping in your recommended in like 10 years. crazy

Is noone gonna mention how great of a public speaker she is? She just pulled out a 15 minute speech and spoke fluently off by heart and it was awesome!

Taylor Swift is such a beautiful soul. She really has changed a lot in the industry that people don't even know about. That I'm just finding out about now. I just love how she is herself and she Embraces her flaws. I've seen videos of her during her concerts when something didn't go right or she didn't sing the song the right way and she'll stop and tell everyone her mistake and she'll do it over again instead of just pretending like it didn't happen. She laughed that herself which we all should do because none of us are perfect. I just think that she's just a incredible woman. No I'm not a Swifty like a bazillion people are. I do enjoy her music but I do appreciate how real she is and she doesn't take her fame or her money to her head and think that she's better than anyone else. She Embraces her flaws like I said and a lot of people with the type of Fame that she has will try and look perfect. So Taylor Swift you totally deserve this award you are a Class Act a beautiful woman and you have such a beautiful heart. I know you're on your concert for right now and I heard that in every city that you play in you give so much money to the agencies in the city to stock up the food bank for at least a year. And I heard that the bonuses that you give your employees that are touring with you are humongous. There really needs to be more people like you in this world. You have so much money and so much Fame yet you use that to help stock up food banks in the cities that you have your concert in and that just is so heartfelt. I just don't understand how people like Kanye West and Kim Kardashian and all these other haters have come at you with negativity when they cannot even compete to be the type of person that you are. So ignore the haters and continue to be a beautiful, kind-hearted and generous person that you are. Congratulations

You realise that no matter how many concerts she does and the fact that the world knows her, in this speech she's human, down to earth and even a little nervous to share what she has in her heart and yet maintains grace and dignity while talking. She's just like all of us and that's what makes her special ❤❤❤

She speaks more educated and respectfully than the president of the united states

Tay's vocabulary is so deep, even scooter braun would get himself drowned

She's gonna absolutely slay the nyu graduation commencement speech

I was a Taylor Swift fan back in her country music days and I was always hoping for her success. I was one of those who was saddened when she went completely pop, but who knew that was only the beginning of her struggle behind the scenes as she grew. It's wonderful to see how much she has achieved and it's amazing that she is speaking out about such important things about her industry experience. This speech was so special and it needed to be said. Well done Taylor 👏

I love how Taylor is so chill and casual with her speech. She just laughs at her mess ups and ignores the awkward moments. This is the kind of celebrity we need now.

I hope she starts her own label someday and mentors the younger artists through their own success and careers all while she continues to contribute through her songwriting. I feel like she would be great at that.

I have always appreciated her music but I have never truly realized her strength, eloquence, grace, and intelligence before this past year. Taylor Swift is a true inspiration to all who will give her the time of day. This speech was beyond necessarily in formulating the message that women have always been and continue to be refused the chance that men have in the music industry. Music is art. And people only criticize art because they cannot understand it. They won’t. This is such a beautiful display of women uplifting women regardless of the way our patriarchal society measures women against each other on the basis of beauty, talent, status, and wealth. For too long women have been told that their worth can be and is only measured by their beauty and politeness which is code for “humbly accepting and allowing the continuation of the stereotype that men deserve success and women must prove themselves worthy of it.” Throughout her years as a public figure, she has experienced criticism, shame, unprovoked slander, and outright bullying, and has become the thing impotent men have feared the most. An icon. She has powered through the abuse and has risen from the ashes of pure hate as a phoenix. She is the woman of the decade. And yet, she still manages to recognize the achievements of her “competitors.” Taylor has always been an inspiration since the age of 16 and has never lost her humility, intelligence, grace, or eloquence. Us women are more than our status and beauty. She has proven that time and time again. Hopefully now people will listen.

To all those critics,,,it’s simple, you fear her. You fear her because she is CORRECT and you’re not, and you know it. Thank you to Taylor Swift for her talent, and honesty, and bravery, all those little girls will walk in confidence.

“I decided I would be what they said I couldn’t be.” “I decided I would be what they said I couldn’t be.” "I decided I would be what they said I couldn’t be.”

shoutout to the woman patiently holding her award behind her for 15 minutes and 16 seconds

I can understand some people not liking her music, just like how some people don’t like rap or metal. I will never understand how anyone can dislike Taylor Swift as a person. I mean, seriously. You never hear anything bad about her, ever. Whenever you read or hear stories from people who have met her, there’s nothing but great stories of how nice she is. She is very authentic, she doesn’t put on an act, and you can tell. Even before I was a swiftie, years and years ago, I see her interviews and she seemed very real, very nice and humble. I’ll always love Taylor.

I think it’s incredible how she actively includes the audience in every sentence. She’s looking at them, and almost expecting them to respond. And hence, they do. Even during the awkward silences, she doesn’t back down. That is why she is who she is. Woman of the decade, a leader, she was born to inspire. There’s truly not that many people in music that can command a crowd with that kind of leadership.

My friend is a sound engineer for this event, when someone was speaking they didn’t play the role audio, only the audio from the mic was picked up. That’s why when she pauses you can’t hear anything, the entire crowd has to react in order to hear it. So the audience wasn’t being disrespectful, they were listening. Also, Taylor usually gives speeches at award shows where she has tons of fans who laugh and clap nearly every sentence, this is why she is pausing, she’s used to it. It’s not because she is thinking everyone should clap or expecting it, it’s just habit.

Those references tho. "like ever" "happy free confused, and lonely" "golden"

She’s so intelligent, brilliant and wonderful. I’m glad she’s been my #1 role model since I was a kid

loved this woman since her debut album and i’m SO proud of everything she has done and accomplished. she will be owning 4 out of her six stolen albums come October and i couldn’t be more happier and proud of her for fighting for her art.

Taylor's speech longer than a ted talk. Here for it.

Taylor always introduces herself. She never presumes someone just knows who she is. When you meet someone knew you introduce yourself.. because that's what normal human beings do. And she's just a normal human being. It grounds her and shows how humble she is.

I've watched this so many times, Taylor brings me to tears when she speaks because she is such a genuine human and even after everything is so so kind.

I loved how the audiences were just silent. It's sort of a way for them to make her feel like they were listening. And 2 years later, this speech is still relevant for everything that's happening in the industry.

Her speech really said “I’d be the man”

Sorry, can someone explain why this audience is so dead? How excruciating for her to carry on giving such amazing insight with barely any support.

She's telling her story and how she got to this point. Like her or not, she has earned every award she's received. She's strong, smart and beautiful and so talented!! Best to You, Taylor Swift!

I'm a man and even I feel empowered. What a queen!

The way she narrated all of the choices she made to accommodate those who had negative things to say about her. I'd never thought of the way she's done that her entire career. And the way that years ago she'd already started thinking of the next generation of artists because of her own experiences. So sad and so emotional.

Imagine having Taylor Swift give you a shout out during her woman of the year speech

She is so badass. But pure. Love her. Get it girl.

"I decided to be what they said I couldn´t be." and that´s why she´s the queen of the world

She is incredibly intelligent and so well aware. I stan the right artist.

TAYLOR SWIFT TALKING ABOUT LANA DEL REY IS EVERYTHING

This is a phenomenal speech that covers her career, criticism, women in music, how music changes, ect. While maintaining positivity. The ICONIC Taylor Swift has done it again.

"Its a short speech" 15 min SPEECH but I love every minute of it