Rush’s Alex Lifeson gives his opinion on Taylor Swift

The most successful artist in the world for several years now, Taylor Swift is truly a massive phenomenon with millions of fans worldwide. The magnitude of her success has transcended music genres, making many other famous artists from different styles take notice of her work. One of them is the Rush co-founder and guitarist Alex Lifeson. The musician talked about her in an interview with All Music

Rush’s Alex Lifeson gives his opinion on Taylor Swift

“I’m not familiar with her music – I know a few songs. I know a Taylor Swift song as soon as it comes on, which is great. But she’s a player, and she’s a writer, and the way she took care of her crew, like, what was it, $90 million in bonuses or something for her crew? (The figure was reported to be $197 million) A long tour – it was a couple of years. But she thinks like we always thought.”

“And again, I’m not a fan of that kind of music – I think it’s well done, and I give her credit for it. But I give her tons of credit for being the person that she is, and handling herself the way she does, and the enormous influence that she has. Very, very positive influence she has on her so loyal audience. It’s incredible. I have total respect for her,” Alex Lifeson said.

Born in West Reading, Pennsylvania, Taylor Swift is one of the best-selling artists of all time. She sold an estimated amount of more than 200 million records sold worldwide. Until 2024 she released 11 studio albums, 4 live albums and 4 re-recorded albums.

She is currently the solo artist with the most weeks at number one on the United States Billboard 200 chart and also the first billionaire to have music as the main source of income. In 2023 she was the most streamed artist in Spotify, with 26.1 billion streams.

Certainly there is no artist like her nowadays, who can generate this amount of ticket and record sales everywhere in the world.