Chapter 654： 2 hot topics

On December 13, Taylor's 15th birthday, her eponymous album "Taylor Swift" was officially released.

This is Taylor Swift’s moment. Ryan and others did not appear on the viewing platform of the Empire State Building. Instead, they prepared a grand party in the banquet hall of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel. The small celebration party is also her birthday party.

Of course, there is no shortage of superstars in her album debut. In order to fulfill her promise, Leonardo DiCaprio made a gorgeous appearance as a dancer.

This debut ceremony not only gathered a large number of media, but also broadcast live to the United States through Disney TV.

"Why is your face always ugly?"

Walking to the corner of the banquet hall, Drew Barrymore sat next to Ryan and deliberately said, "Is there any problem that I need to solve for you? Or is there anything I need to convey?"

"Drew!" Ryan made a threatening gesture of wiping her throat, and the other side shrugged indifferently, "You are still so boring, I'll go to Gwynne."

This is one of the most critical moments in Taylor’s life. Almost all people in Ryan’s circle have arrived, Melanie Sloan and Scarlett Johansson, Julius Stewart and Kristen Stewart, Scott The Swifts, Pie Kingsley and her new boyfriends, Drew Barrymore and Gwyneth Paltrow, sisters Paris Hilton, James Cameron...

Also, as a person who loves Taylor, Nicole will definitely not be absent.

In addition, not only Charlize Theron, who was busy opening a shop on Fifth Avenue, came, but even Natalie, who was busy preparing for "The Dilemma of Life and Death," also appeared in the banquet hall.

They are one of the people who have the best relationship with Taylor.

However, the three people had no communication as before.

It was not appropriate to stand on either side, Ryan simply sat in this corner alone, watching Taylor, who was shining brightly on the TV.

Although "Safe&" was rated as the most beautiful ballad by the famous music critic Jody Rosen of "Rolling Stone" magazine, Taylor includes most of his songs including "ry" and "My Season". Obviously more popular.

"Hi, Ryan."

"Hi, Gwyneth."

Drew pulled Gwyneth Paltrow back again, and Ryan pointed to the chair across the table. "Just sit down."

"Where is Apple?" Ryan asked about her and Chris Martin's daughter, the Miss Apple.

"In the room, it is looked after by a nanny."

When Gwyneth had just finished speaking, Drew stabbed her and teased, "You are the winner of life now. Your husband, daughter, and family are all enviable."

"Then when will you marry yourself again?" Gwyneth counterattacked unceremoniously.

"I didn't think about it." Drew picked up the wine glass and took a sip. "Now I think it's nice to be alone, so I don't need to think about it. All my energy can be devoted to career."

"By the way, Drew." Ryan suddenly remembered the movie he had handed over to Flower Pictures, "How is Ann Lee's progress?"

"Take Heath Ledger and Jack Gyllenhaal two cowboys to Montana."

Seeing Ryan nodding, she said to Gwyneth Paltrow, "I heard that you signed a long-term contract with Marvel?"

"Signed six contracts."

Here are my own people. Gwyneth Paltrow didn't have any evasions, and said directly, "Three "Iron Man" and three more to be determined. If nothing else, it will be "The Avengers" that Ryan said."

"Pepper Potts?" Drew put down his glass and asked Ryan, "When will the shooting start?"

"After the New Year." Ryan's gaze was collected from the three women who had no intersection in the distance. "We are waiting for Jon Feiru to finish our current job."

The director impressed Ryan too deeply. In his previous life, he also played a guest role as Tony Stark’s bodyguard, Harpy.

As for Pepper, Ryan’s initial candidate was Charlize, but unfortunately she only wanted to keep shooting one film a year in order to focus more on the fashion business, so she agreed with Gwyneth Pat, who was finalized in surprise. Luo.

"What about you. Drew."

When talking about work, Ryan took a lot of seriousness, "I heard that your persuasion work has made progress?"

"Sylvester Stallone promised that if I can persuade others, he will cut his salary and act as the director." Drew squeezed his eyebrows, and seemed to have a headache. "Arnold Schwarzenegger's guest appearance is not a big problem, but others are more troublesome. Bruce Willis also has an appointment for Die Hard. Jeter Lee insists on a 15 million US dollar salary... "

"What do you want to do?" Gwyneth asked curiously.

"Gather all the veteran action superstars together." Ryan made a fist and gestured in a free-fighting posture, "make a super action blockbuster."

"You two are crazy..."

"Taylor is back."

Drew, who was sitting facing the door, reminded that Ryan and the others got up and walked over there.

The six-foot-ten-inch girl was dressed up in beautiful costumes, as eye-catching as an elf. After entering the banquet hall, she hugged her relatives and friends one by one and accepted their blessings.

"My dear, we are proud of you."

Ryan gave her a light hug, "Perfect starter."

This kind of moment should belong to Taylor and her parents. Ryan quickly stepped aside and watched the girl excitedly embrace her father, mother and younger brother.

"Alison has grown up."

Nicole's voice came from beside her, and she said emotionally, "She is about to spread her wings and fly into the sky."

"Isn't this something we have been looking forward to?"

Maybe it just originated from evil tastes at first, but people are affectionate. After more than ten years of getting along, Ryan has long regarded her as a relative.

After Taylor over there hugged Austin Swift, he suddenly turned and walked over. First, he hugged Ryan hard, and then went into Nicole's arms as he did when he was a child, and said loudly, "I love you! "

"My dear, we love you too!"

The party did not last long. Tyler, who had finished the album release, was obviously a little tired. In addition, he would embark on a national publicity tour tomorrow. After more than half an hour, everyone dispersed.

In the end, Ryan left Tyler.

"Alison..." Ryan solemnly made the final instructions, "Nicole said, her Boeing plane is temporarily for you to use, and Pat will accompany you in the first few stations of the promotion. Ask her if you have any questions. ."

"My dear brother Ryan." Sitting on the sofa with his arms folded, Tyler rolled his eyes, "You are really old, you are more verbose than before."

"Because you have grown up." Ryan walked over and rubbed her blonde hair. "I won't have a chance to be wordy in the future."

"And..." Ryan said seriously after she lost her faint feelings. "You are not allowed to leave the bodyguard's sight when you go out. I contacted you. After the first week of record sales is announced, Time Magazine will have a cover interview. When I returned to Los Angeles, there was also Anne’s talk show."

"Yeah~" The girl nodded hard, "I remember!"

"Okay, go and rest now."

Ryan pulled her up from the chair, walked out of the banquet hall together, through the special elevator, to the suite on the top floor.

"go to sleep."

After getting out of the elevator, Ryan patted her on the back. Taylor hesitated and said, "I'll go to Scarlett first. She just said she was looking for me."

"Don't make it too late!"

The two girls grew up arguing and grew up, and sometimes it was lawless to play.

On the second day, starting from Times Square, Taylor embarked on a national publicity journey that is essential for every singer to release records. The Disney Group, which dominates the youth market, invested a lot of media resources in her, and every time she arrived In one place, there will always be a heavyweight to help her out.

Scarlett Johansson, Natalie Portman, Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, Drew Barrymore and others have appeared at her signing events in different cities, even Los Angeles. At that station, Ryan personally appeared on the stage to accompany her, although there were a few missing sounds in the middle, it caused a sensation.

Although some media say sour words, the treatment that Taylor enjoys is never seen in the history of pop music by a rookie singer.

These have also brought about the sales of record horror.

"Taylor Swift" sold 1.287 million copies in the first week, becoming the second highest-selling solo album of a female singer in the first week of all time. It was praised and recommended by most music critics, among which Rolling Stone magazine gave it A high rating of four and a half stars or nine points.

Although the album sales dropped to more than 400,000 copies in the second week, it has to be said that this is a miracle in today's rapid decline in the recording industry.

"Vanity Fair", "Time", "Annie Talk Show", "Good Morning America" ​​and other famous programs, followed by Taylor's figure This young girl, with a fresh and beautiful image and tactful and smart Singing has swept North America in just a few weeks.

Of course, her huge network of connections was also exposed, and it is inevitable that some people will start to say that Taylor Swift's rapid popularity is all because of having a good family...

However, there is a question that cannot be avoided. If Taylor's music is not good enough, can she be so popular among teenagers in the United States?

In the second half of 2004, two hot topics swept the United States.

One is because of the Iran incident triggered by "Argo", and the other is the popularity of the album "Taylor Swift".

"When she was eight years old, she began to practice guitar hard, for at least four hours a day, she often played her fingers and bleeds. She began to try composing at the age of eleven, determined to enter the music scene, and sold two songs when she was 13. Before joining Hollywood Records, when she was trained at Warner Records, she actually showed a talent that surpassed all her peers."

The music director of Warner Records, in an interview, talked about Taylor, his tone was full of pity, such an excellent singer eventually did not stay at Warner Records. ()