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“A lot of musicians didn’t want to travel or be in a room with a lot of people. “The planning was tricky,” says senior music editor Patrick Doyle, who oversaw the package, which features 10 pairings of artists, some meeting in person and others over Zoom.

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This was the reality of Musicians on Musicians 2020, a year that brought live music to a full stop, and forced artists - like all of us - into isolation. “I have favorite words, like ‘elegies’ and ‘epiphany’ and ‘divorcée’ . . . that I think sound beautiful.” “I was using words I always wanted to use - bigger, flowerier, pretty words,” Taylor says in one exchange.

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They talked about songwriting, how to keep a semblance of normal life as a celebrity, and the risk-taking albums they both made during lockdown. Taylor came armed with questions Paul was loose and relaxed, singing to Motown songs and sharing personal stories, like the time he made veggie burgers for Quincy Jones in his kitchen. (Appropriately, Taylor chose to wear clothes designed by Paul’s daughter Stella McCartney for the occasion.) For most of the day it was just Taylor and Paul, along with Paul’s daughter Mary McCartney, a photographer, in what turned out to be a revelatory meeting of megastars from across the generations. Swift’s interview concluded with her stating that the number one most influential factor in her life was cats.When Taylor Swift walked into Paul McCartney’s MPL Studios office in London, in early October, for this issue’s cover story, she arrived without assistants or stylists or even a makeup person.

Was Swift sincere though? Who knows? Ever the public relations person Swift can often come off as a little cloying, but then again doesn’t Paul? Paul, who has performed with Swift, also holds the singer in high regard, stating that when it comes to pop albums people like Swift and Beyonce “ had that kind of thing covered,” while in conversation with late-night talk show host Jimmy Fallon last year. “ I like his new music too” she shared, hinting that she held his latest run of albums, the most recent of which was Egypt Station, in high regard. It seems also that swift unlike many McCartney fans is more forgiving of his post Beatles solo work. The pop star, it seems respects the former Beatles’ generosity in favouring demands from fans for older hits over preferencing his newer work, perhaps referencing similar demands she may be facing approaching the middle point of her own career. “ He’s always been known to be kind to people, respectful, and also really selfless as performed” Swift went on. ( George Harrison was stabbed by an unbalanced fan in 1999 and John Lennon was tragically of all shot dead by another in 1980).

There are more than a few parallels between Swift’s numerous stalkers and those Paul and his fellow bandmates had to endure at the height of Beatlemania and well after. It’s not an altogether out of the ballpark comparison. “ probably been faced with more pressure than most people,” she continued, no doubt likening Paul’s experience to her own issues with stalking and intense fandom. It also seems that Swift finds an affinity for Paul as a result of the intense public scrutiny and obsession he’s endured as a result of fame. “ I look at Paul McCartney and he’s had just this amazing career. “ I’m also very influenced by having a role model to look up to,” she said.

Talking with Time, pop heavyweight Taylor Swift has cited Paul McCartney as her second greatest influence. Graphic by Paul McCartney and Wings 'The Mess'