An intimate look at the life and music of modern pop's most legendary figure Taylor Swift
from leading music journalist Rob Sheffield. A cultural phenomenon. A worldwide obsession. An
agent of emotional chaos. There's no parallel to Taylor Swift in history: a teenage girl who
turns into the world's favorite pop star songwriter storyteller guitar hero live performer
changing how music is made and heard. An all-time great on the level of The Beatles Prince or
David Bowie. Heartbreak Is the National Anthem: How Taylor Swift Reinvented Pop Music is the
first book that goes deep on the musical and cultural impact of Taylor Swift. Nobody can tell
the story like Rob Sheffield the bestselling and award-winning author of Dreaming the Beatles
On Bowie and Love Is a Mix Tape. The legendary Rolling Stone journalist is the writer who has
chronicled Taylor for every step of her long career from her early days to the Eras Tour.
Sheffield gets right to the heart of Swift and her music her lyrics her fan connection her
raw power. At once one of the most beloved music figures of the past two decades and one of the
most criticized Taylor Swift is known as much for her life beyond her music as she is for her
hits--the most public of stars yet also the weirdest and most mysterious. In the tradition of
Sheffield's Dreaming the Beatles Heartbreak Is the National Anthem will inform and delight a
legion of fans who hang on every word from Taylor and every word Rob writes on her.
