‘Heartbreak is the National Anthem:’ Read, Listen to Taylor Swift Book

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Taylor Swift has performed her final present on her record-breaking Eras Tour, however followers can nonetheless sustain with the singer — and look again on her outstanding profession so far — with a brand new ebook from Rolling Stone journalist Rob Sheffield.

Heartbreak Is the Nationwide Anthem was launched in November as a hardcover ebook, and you may also take heed to it now on Audible. The audiobook model has landed on Audible’s music bestsellers listing, simply behind books about Van Halen, R.E.M. and Bob Dylan.

Billed as an “intimate take a look at the life and music of contemporary pop’s most legendary determine,” the audiobook is learn by Sheffield, a well-respected music journalist who has lined Swift’s profession from the very starting. In actual fact, the expanded title of the ebook is “A Celebration of Taylor Swift‘s Musical Journey, Cultural Affect, and Reinvention of Pop Music for Swifties by a Swiftie.”

The brand new ebook chronicles not solely the singer’s rise to fame, but in addition her impression on the music trade and on popular culture as a complete. From her early days as a teenage nation singer, to changing into one of many greatest pop stars of the twenty first century, Heartbreak tracks the folks, milestones and experiences which have formed Swift’s journey.

The audiobook model is learn by Sheffield himself, with a run-time of 5 hours and 29 minutes. You should buy the audiobook for $21 proper now on Amazon or take heed to it for simply 99 cents with a brand new Audible deal, which will get you a three-month subscription for simply $3 whole. Often $14.99/month, the brand new promo saves you 93% off for a restricted time.

Heartbreak is the Nationwide Anthem was an prompt New York Occasions best-seller when it was launched, and reviewers have heaped reward on the ebook too, with a mean 4.3-star score (out of 5) on-line. One reviewer raves about Sheffield’s writing, noting that he “gives worthy reward, cultural evaluation, important commentary, and intelligent connections,” together with “tales, particulars and humor that Swifties will respect.”

One other calls the ebook a “love letter to Swift’s artistry, with Sheffield mixing private anecdotes alongside a considerate evaluation of her profession and the impression she’s had on music and her followers.”

Per writer Dey Road Books, Heartbreak is the Nationwide Anthem is “the primary ebook that goes deep on the musical and cultural impression of Taylor Swift.”

“Without delay probably the most beloved music figures of the previous twenty years and probably the most criticized, Taylor Swift is named a lot for her life past her music as she is for her hits—essentially the most public of stars, but additionally the weirdest and most mysterious,” reads the writer notes. “Heartbreak Is the Nationwide Anthem will inform and delight a legion of followers who dangle on each phrase from Taylor and each phrase Rob writes on her.”  

Buy the ebook on hardcover or take heed to it on Audible right here. You too can take a look at extra books about Taylor Swift right here.