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CASE SCENARIO.
>>> AND TAYLOR GETS GLAM.
SHE'S MUS MUSMUSIC'S GOLDEN SUP
SELLING CONCERTS AND HER NEW
SINGLE "WE'RE NEVER EVER GETTING
BACK TOGETHER."
WE GO BEHIND THE SCENES FOR HER
"GLAMOUR" COVER SHOOT.
TAYLOR SWIFT ON MONEY, MUSIC AND
LOVE.
>>> PLUS -- COVER GIRLS FROM
EMMA WATSON TO MILA KUNIS.
WHAT'S IT TAKE TO MAKE THE GOFR
OF THE BIGGEST-SELLINGDETROIT.
>> "CURIOSITY: PLANE CRASH" AIRS
SUNDAY ON THE DISCOVERY CHANNEL.
>>> SHE'S KNOWN FOR HER LOVE
SONGS LIKE "YOU BELONG WITH ME,"
COME BACKSTAGE WITH US AT
"GLAMOUR" COVER SHOOT WITH THE
ONE AND ONLY TAYLOR SWIFT.
>>> SHE WAS JUST 16 YEARS OLD
WHEN SHE TOOK THE COUNTRY MUSIC
WORLD BY STORM AND NOW, A MERE
SIX YEARS LATER, TAYLOR SWIFT IS
NOTHING SHORT OF A CROSSOVER
SUPERSTAR WITH A RAPID BREAKING
COLLECTION OF HITS AND MILLIONS
OF LOYAL FANS.
AND NOW, SHE'S GRACING HER THIRD
COVER OF "GLAMOUR" MAGAZINE.
THEY INVITED ME BEHIND THE
SCENES FOR AN EXCLUSIVE
INTERVIEW AND TO WRITE THEIR
NO-FLY COVER STORY.
IT WAS 100-PLUS DEGREES IN
NASHVILLE WHEN WE SAT DOWN TO
TALK ABOUT MONEY, FAME, HER NEW
ALBUM AND OF COURSE, LOVE.
♪
>> Reporter: SHE'S MUSIC'S
GOLDEN GIRL, SELLING ARENAS OUT
IN MINUTES AND DRIVING SOME FANS
TO NEAR HIS TIRIA.
BUT YOU'D NEVER KNOW IT ON A
BLISTERING AUGUST DAY IN
NASHVILLE.
>> HEY.
>> Reporter: TAYLOR SWIFT, SHOW
BIZ'S WEALTHIEST 20-SOMETHING.
ARRIVES ON TIME, ENTOURAGE-FREE.
>> LOOK AT ALL THESE THINGS.
OOH.
AMAZING.
>> Reporter: HERE TO SHOOT HER
THIRD COVER STORY FOR "GLAMOUR,"
NEWSTANDS, OCTOBER 9.
THE SET IS AN OLD TRAIN STATION
AND TAYLOR IS ALL ABOARD.
PHOTOGRAPHER ELLEN, AND
"GLAMOUR'S" CREATIVE TEAM SHOOT
HER IN OUTFIT AFTER OUTFIT, EACH
ENSEMBLE VYING FOR THE
ALL-IMPORTANT COVER SHOT.
WHEN DID YOU DECIDE YOU WANTED
TAYLOR SWIFT?
>> WE PRETTY MUCH DECIDED WE
WANTED HER THE MONTH AFTER WE
HAD ON OUR COVER LAST TIME.
>> Reporter: BAN BACH IN
"GLAMOUR" THE EDITOR IN CHIEF
KNOWS COVER GOLD WHEN SHE SEES
IT.
>> THIS IS HER FIRST "GLAMOUR"
COVER.
AUGUST 2009.
THIS IS TAYLOR NUMBER TWO.
>> Reporter: SHE'S GROWING UP.
WHAT WILL IT BE THIS TIME?
>> I USED TO BE PARTICULAR ABOUT
THINGS AND NOW I'M JUST, I WALK
IN AND I'M LIKE, WHATEVER YOU
WANT DO.
JUST PUT CLOTHES ON ME, I DON'T
CARE.
>> Reporter: FOR A YOUNG MOGUL
SWIFT AS THE RARECOMBINATION OF
LETTING THINGS ROLL OFF HER BACK
WITH WIDE-EYED ENTHUSIASM.
>> YOU FIGHT YOUR BATTLES.
>> Reporter: IT MAY LOOK LIKE A
YARD SALE, RACKS AND TABLES BUT
ALL VINTAGE AND DESIGNER DUDS
SELECTED WITH SWIFT IN MIND.
>> I'M SUPER TALL.
>> Reporter: YOU ARE TALL.
TALL.
NO HEELS.
BUT YOU HAVE ON KITTY SHOES.
>> THIS IS MY FAVORITE THING.
I LOVE THIS.
>> Reporter: THE REAL TAYLOR
SWIFT WOULD USE THESE.
>> I FOR REAL WILL STEAL THEM.
>> Reporter: I THINK YOU SHOULD.
>> AND KIND OF ACT LIKE DIDN'T
KNOW I WAS DOING IT.
>> Reporter: TRY IT.
MAKE A GETAWAY.
>> SORT OF LIKE, I JUST NEED A
BAG TO HOLD MY SANDWICH.
JUST NEEDED TO TAKE MY LUNCH
HOME.
>> Reporter: IN PERSON SHE'S
PLAYFUL AND EVEN A LITTLE GOOFY.
SHE'S TAKEN A BIT OF A ROUSING
FOR HER AW SHUCKS ENTHUSIASM.
IT WAS SPOOFD BY BLAKE SHELTON
AT THIS YEAR'S ACADEMY OF
COUNTRY MUSIC WARDS.
>> TAYLOR WILL HAVE HER OWN
PERFUME IT'S CALL ED -- I CAN'T
BELIEVE I SMELL THIS GOOD!
NOW.
>> NOW TAYLOR SWIFT IS HERE.
>> Reporter: EVEN BY KRISTEN
WIIG ON "SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE."
SO THAT LOOK THAT YOU GIVE, THAT
"I WON" LOOK.
>> PEOPLE MAKE SO NUCHB OF ME
FOR THAT.
I DON'T KNOW.
IT'S LIKE IF YOU WIN AN WARD
ISN'T THAT CRAZY?
ISN'T THAT CRAZY?
HOW DO YOU SIT THERE AND BE
LIKE, OH.
ANOTHER GRAMMY.
I GUESS I'LL GO GET THAT NOW.
>> Reporter: SO, YOU WERE NOT
BLASE?
>> I TRY TO BE SOMETHING BUT
IT'S JUST HARD WHEN YOU GET
EXCITED ABOUT STUFF.
>> Reporter: MANY SPECULATED
ABOUT HER LATEST ENTHUSIASM.
SO, AS YOU KNOW, THERE IS A LOT
OF TALK ABOUT YOU IN THE
KENNEDYS THESE DAYS.
>> IS THERE?
>> Reporter: THERE IS.
>> DO TELL.
>> Reporter: REPORTS THAT YOU'RE
DATING CONOR KENNEDY, TRUE?
>> I DON'T TALK ABOUT MY
PERSONAL LIFE IN THAT GREAT
DETAIL.
I WRITE BY THE ALL IN MY SONGS
BUT WHEN I GET IN AN INTERVIEW
IT'S JUST SORT OF FEELS -- IT'S
NOT AS MUCH WHAT I DO.
TALKING ABOUT IT.
>> Reporter: CONOR, SON OF
ROBERT KENNEDY, JR., IS AN
18-YEAR-OLD STUDENT.
ETH EL KENNEDY WAS ASKED WHAT
SHE WOULD THINK OF HAVING AS A
GRANDDAUGHTER-IN-LAW AND SHE
SAID, WE SHOULD BE SO LUCKY.
>> SHE'S FANTASTIC.
I LOVE HER.
I MET HER ABOUT A YEAR AGO AND
SHE JUST, SHE PUTS YOU AT EASE
WHEN YOU'RE AROUND HER AND SHE'S
JUST THE EMBODIMENT OF YOUTHFUL
ENERGY.
IT'S REALLY INSPIRING.
>> Reporter: SPEAKING OF
INSPIRATION, TAYLOR'S NEW ALBUM
"RED" RELEASED OCTOBER 22, IS
INSPIRED BY A FAMILIAR THEME.
LOVE.
SHE'S ALREADY RELEASED ONE
TRACK, A TAKE ON LOVE GONE WRONG
"WE ARE NEVER EVER GETTING BACK
TOGETHER."
♪ WE ARE NEVER EVER EVER GETTING
BACK TOGETHER ♪
>> Reporter: IT SHOT TO NUMBER
ONE ON I TUNES IN 32 COUNTRIES.
SETTING RECORDS ALONG THE WAY.
THIS MORNING ON "GMA" SHE
DEBUTED ANOTHER SONG.
>> THE SONG WE'RE RELEASING THIS
WEEK IS THE TITLE TRACK "RED."
♪
>> Reporter: YOU'RE THE NUMBER
ONE EARNING STAR 30 YEARS OLD OR
YOUNGER, BEATING JUSTIN BIEBER,
LADY GAGA, ALL OF THEM.
REPORTEDLY $56 MILLION LAST
YEAR.
THAT'S A LOT.
>> Reporter: DOES IT FEEL A
LITTLE INTIMIDATING SOMETIMES OR
NOT?
>> WHAT PART OF IT?
>> Reporter: IT'S BIG.
>> IT JUST DOESN'T FEEL THAT --
IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE A WEIGHT.
THERE ARE TIMES WHEN IT GETS
REALLY BUSY AND I GET
INTIMIDATED BY ALL OF IT BUT
MOST OF THE TIME I'M ABLE TO
REALLY GO BACK TO THAT PLACE
WHERE IT FEELS BALANCED.
>> Reporter: ARE YOU A WORRIER?
>> YES.
I WORRY ABOUT LIKE EVERYTHING.
LIKE, LIKE, EVERYTHING.
FUTURE, PAST, PRESENT, WHERE IS
THIS ALL GOING?
WHAT AM GUYING TO FEEL LIKE IN
20 YEARS, WHAT ABOUT IN 28
YEARS?
WHAT'S MY LIKE GOING TO BE LIKE?
WHERE AM GUYING TO LIVE?
WHERE AM GUYING TO SEND MY KIDS
TO SCHOOL AND THAT AND THAT AND
THAT, LITERALLY EVERYTHING.
>> Reporter: BACK IN THE
"GLAMOUR" SHOOT, EVEN TAYLOR
CAN'T FIND MUCH TO WORRY ABOUT.
>> OH, MY GOSH, I LOVE THAT!
>> YOU KILLED IT.
THAT'S SO AMAZING.
>> Reporter: TAYLOR THINKS SHE
KNOWS WHAT DRESS WILL MAKE THE
COVER.
THE PINK ONE.
WILL SHE BE RIGHT?
>> THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE
BUTTITE NOM SURE WE HAVE IT.
>> Reporter: WHEN WE RETURN.
>>> THE RACKS OF DESIGNER
CLOTHES, THE FLOWING HAIR, THE
PERFECT MAKEUP, WELL MAGAZINE
COVER SHOOTS MAY SEEM LIKE A
GLAMOROUS GAME OF DRESS-UP BUT
THE STAKES ARE ACTUALLY
SKY-HIGH.
IT MAY SURPRISE YOU TO FIND OUT
WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR.
FOR "GLAMOUR" NOTHING IS MORE
IMPORTANT THAN THE COVER SHOT.
WHETHER IT'S MILA KUNIS, CARRIE
UNDERWOOD, VICTORIA BECKHAM OR
EMMA WATSON.
ALMOST A FIFTH OF "GLAMOUR'S"
SALES HAPPEN AT THE NEWSSTAND
AND THAT'S WHERE TAYLOR SWIFT
COMES IN.
>> WHAT IS REALLY GOING TO SELL
MAGAZINES AND MAKE A WINNING
ISSUE IS THAT QUALITY THAT JUST
SAYS, I WANT TO SIT DOWN WITH
YOU, I WANT TO TALK WITH YOU, I
WANT TO BE YOUR GIRLFRIEND AND
TAYLOR HAS THAT.
PUT EVERY PAGE UP AS A DESIGN.
>> Reporter: A MONTH AFTER THE
SHOOT, WE VISITED "GLAMOUR'S"
OFFICES TO WITNESS THE DECISION
FOR THE NOVEMBER COVER IN
PERSON.
>> WHAT COMES DOWN TO IS JUST
THAT GUT MOMENT WHEN I LOOK AT
THAT COVER AND AM I HAPPY?
>> Reporter: AM I HAPPY?
>> AM I HAPPY.
IT'S INSTINCTUAL, THAT WOMAN AT
THE NEWSSTAND IS MAKING HER
DECISION IN LITERALLY THREE
SECONDS.
>> Reporter: WE GET DOWN TO IT.
>> I LOVE HOW HER HAIR LOOKS AND
THIS PIECE COMING OUT.
SHE LOOKS SO BEAUTIFUL BUT SHE
IS TURNED AWAY FROM ME A LITTLE
BIT.
>> SHE'S TURNED TO THE SIDE.
>> Reporter: YOU ARE FUSSY.
>> IT'S A BEAUTIFUL IMAGE BUT IS
SHE WELCOMING YOU?
>> Reporter: NOW THE PINK DRIS
TAYLOR THINKS MIGHT BE THE
WINNER.
WILL IT GET CHOSEN?
>> I THINK IT'S A BEAUTIFUL
DRESS AND IT'S A GREAT MOMENT
AND TAYLOR ALWAYS LOOKS
BEAUTIFUL.
BUT I'M NOT SURE IT'S COMMANDING
ENOUGH TO BE A COVER.
>> Reporter: THE NEXT ONE?
>> THE THIRD CHOICE.
>> OH.
>> Reporter: YOU LIKE.
>> WELL, THAT'S THE COVER.
I MEAN, THE COLOR IS INCREDIBLE.
YOU HAVE GOT THE RED THAT YOU
HAVE HERE BUT SHE'S FACING ME,
IT'S STRONG, IT'S CONFIDENT.
SHE LOOKS GORGEOUS.
>> Reporter: AM I GOING TO SEE
THAT ON THE NEWSSTAND ON
NOVEMBER?
>> I WANT THAT ON THE COVER.
YES.
YOU'LL SEE THAT ON THE NEWSSTAND
IN NOVEMBER.
ARE WE ALL AGREED.
>> Reporter: HERE IT IS.
NOT THE PINK ONE.
>> HOPE YOU LOVE IT, TAYLOR.
>> Reporter: BUT A WINNER