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Taylor Swift Lists Her Relationship 'Red Flags'

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To add to her endless list of mind-boggling career accomplishments, Taylor Swift is the first-ever country artist to appear on the cover of Vogue magazine. Wearing a floppy hat over her shiny, stick-straight locks, the 22-year-old graces the February issue's exterior with her natural beauty and its interior with her down-home charm. In an article titled 'Taylor Swift: The Single Life,' the multi-Grammy-winning superstar opens up about everything from her childhood summers at the Jersey Shore (not where the racy reality show is filmed, but rather a "cute little harbor town") to her planning meetings for 2013 ... already!

Currently hard at work on her fourth studio album, Taylor is once again wearing her heart on her musical sleeve. "There's just been this earth-shattering, not recent, but absolute crash-and-burn heartbreak, and that will turn out to be what the next album is about," the singer-songwriter reveals to Vogue. "The only way that I can feel better about myself -- pull myself out of that awful pain of losing someone -- is writing songs about it to get some sort of clarity."

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She'll have to rely on past heartache for musical inspiration these days, as Taylor insists she's happily single. "I got nothing going on!" she says. "I just don't really feel like dating. I really have this great life right now."

When she does start to feel like dating again, Taylor is armed with some great life lessons, some of which she's learned the hard way. "I have red flags now," she says, listing four of those "flags" for Vogue. Take note, gentlemen:

1. "If someone doesn't seem to want to get to know me as a person but instead seems to have kind of bought into the whole idea of me and he approves of my Wikipedia page? And falls in love based on zero hours spent with me? That's maybe something to be aware of. That will fade fast. You can't be in love with a Google search."

2. "If a dude is threatened by the fact that I need security, if they make me feel like I am some sort of princessy diva -- that's a bad sign. I don't have security to make myself look cool, or like I have an entourage. I have security because there's a file of stalkers who want to take me home and chain me to a pipe in their basement."

3. "If you need to put me down a lot in order to level the playing field or something? If you are threatened by some part of what I do and want to cut me down to size in order to make it even? That won't work either."

4. "Also, I can't deal with someone who's obsessed with privacy. People kind of care if there are two famous people dating. But no one cares that much. If you care about privacy to the point where we need to dig a tunnel under this restaurant so that we can leave? I can't do that."

Other highlights of the insightful Vogue article include Taylor's memories of her "awkward" junior high school years and how she finally learned to stop worrying about what was cool. She also talks about how her parents' opposite personalities help balance out her own life, and how she always tries to be self-aware, despite all of her record-breaking achievements. So while walking out on stage in front of 65,000 people may not intimidate the multi-platinum-selling superstar, the reality of it often brings her to tears.

"This is what I've wanted to do my whole life," says Taylor. "It never freaks me out. Never ... But you know what does freak me out? When is the other shoe going to drop? I am so happy right now. So I am always living in fear. This can't be real, right? This can't really be my life."

Read the full Vogue article here.

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Rubielou Regalado

yeah.. right..

January 22 2012 at 2:25 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
reedequine

This girl really has a brain in that head

January 20 2012 at 5:29 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
rural.juror

Wow. What kind of jerk was she dating that he needed to put her down to "level the playing field", and thought she was being a diva because of the need for security?

I don't understand some people. :/

January 20 2012 at 12:51 PM Report abuse +1 rate up rate down Reply
Ahinoam

taylor is beautiful in everyway and is so worth that list

January 19 2012 at 2:39 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Rei Tep

tay is my role model....... FOREVER!!!!!!
keep up the great work taylor !!!!!!!!!!!!
she is a great person!!!!

January 18 2012 at 5:57 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
bofalaska

Taylor planned her life from twelve years old, and it's all coming true. No wonder she can't quite belive it hasn't stopped, but there are those rare souls who combine talent, beauty and vast intelligence (yes!) who continue to grow in spite of the impotent blows of the envious and lame. Her accomplishments are getting too vast to list anymore at twenty-two, but the world takes notice. The world can't help it.

January 18 2012 at 5:47 PM Report abuse +1 rate up rate down Reply
aprilglamourgirl

I love Taylor because she is already wise about the opposite sex (you go, Taylor!) and loves herself enough not to settle. In addition to being kind, intelligent, and talented, she is also classy. She always carries herself like a lady. I believe she is as beautiful on the inside and she is on the outside!

January 18 2012 at 2:59 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
kmicucci23

I love her and she is beautiful and talented!

January 18 2012 at 2:14 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
ZoeyTaylor13

love u Taylor :) thanks for the story :) thats just another reason why everyone loves u.your honesty and openness :)

January 18 2012 at 2:08 PM Report abuse +3 rate up rate down Reply
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Don Murphy

Everyone does NOT love Taylor Swift I assure you. While certainly very talented, she often represents a kind, sweet and gentle world that, for the most part, simply does not exist in reality. She almost strikes one as a character from some childish fairy tale at times, but then there are indeed many emotionally-stunted adults who are still very attached to childish fairy tales. Nothing wrong with liking the woman as long as you realize that she's a fluff artist whose material and brand are geared largely toward the too-soft and the naive.

January 18 2012 at 4:03 PM Report abuse -1 rate up rate down Reply
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soundandscreen

Sad to see your take on TS. She's representing as best as possible what she takes to be a good way to live... a kind, gentle, thoughtful world that most certainly does exist. However it would be true to say that not enough people try to live their lives that way. The blessing that TS brings to the stage is that she shows the world a way to be - that's a benefit to all who follow. So many entertainers display a lack of concern for their followers and a disdain for what is truly good in life. She is far from a fluff artist --- that would Katy Perry and the ilk. TS is a trooper by any standard - well known for being one of the hardest working players in the game... and believe me... it's a tough game.
Furthermore her material and "brand" are specifically geared largely towards the too hardened, to give them real evidence of a path to a better way of life. Don't let your life experiences harden you... she hasn't. Would you rather come home to her or Miranda Lambert - that's right - Miranda is the one who's gonna "pull the trigger"... do you really prefer that way of life?

January 18 2012 at 9:20 PM Report abuse +1 rate up rate down
pmkeepsakes

Can't stand the ugly bitch.

January 18 2012 at 2:04 PM Report abuse -2 rate up rate down Reply
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bofalaska

Sick, mean little rodent in thy hole, why for art thou such a soul? Taylor flies above you, troll...

January 18 2012 at 5:43 PM Report abuse +1 rate up rate down Reply