With Taylor Swift's new "1989" album, the songstress has dramatically made the switch from country music to pop. What does "The Queen of Country Pop" Shania Twain think of Swift's switch? Two thumbs up!
"I think that everybody should just follow their heart and do their artistic best, and just enjoy their creativity," Twain tells ET Canada.
"[Taylor]'s a singer-songwriter-performer, she does it all ... the world is her oyster," Twain told People. "She's young and she needs to just do whatever she's having fun at and I think everybody's loving it," said the singer, whose 1997 album, "Come On Over," became the best-selling studio album of all time by a female act in any genre, as well as the best-selling country album of all time.
The 49-year-old Twain took her own advice on following her heart and retired from performing in 2004, eventually immersing herself back into life onstage through her critically acclaimed show "Still the One" at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Twain's time there will draw to a close in December, and she'll concentrate on the album she's promised fans and made good headway on. Excitingly, she's also looking at touring!
Swift fans are eagerly anticipating the "Shake It Off" hitmaker's new "1989" album's Oct. 27 release date. She invited some of those fans to her pad in Los Angeles this last weekend to listen to the album, reports Music Times.
GossipCop claims there was not only a listening of the entire album, but also photos and homemade cookies.
Following the party, several of the fans took to social media to detail their experiences and praise Swift.
The night was filled with Polaroids of the event, which can be seen through the hashtag #1989SecretSessions. Of course, you could just head over to Swift's TSwift LA tumblr for all of the photos.
Journalist Chris Willman chronicled his experience listening to Swift's album on Twitter, hilariously writing, "Just heard @taylorswift13's album. It's not just 'more pop.' It's so gloriously pop, it makes 'I Knew You Were Trouble' sound like the Judds."
