Taylor Swift has a giant popularity for being unstoppable, and the iHeartRadio Music Awards simply doubled down on that. She was offered with the Innovator Award on the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on March 27 and accepted the honour whereas on a break from her much-anticipated (and Ticketmaster-breaking) Eras tour.
Singer and Swift tourmate Phoebe Bridgers launched the honoree on Monday night time, smiling proudly as she instructed the viewers, “Taylor has all the time instructed the reality. She’s written songs from precisely the place she is . . . I am grateful that I’ve grown up in a world with Taylor Swift in it.” Following Bridgers’s speech, a video compilation of different stars from throughout Hollywood praising Swift’s artistry and talent was performed. A few of music’s greatest names, together with Dolly Parton, Justin Timberlake, Selena Gomez, and Ed Sheeran, had been featured. Stated Parton to Swift to conclude the clip, “Do not cease doing something you are doing . . . we wanna hold you round perpetually.”
“I am actually flattered by this award,” Swift mentioned when she took the stage. “I by no means, a single time, and thought, ‘You recognize what I am gonna do at present, I am gonna go innovate some stuff’ . . . however what I did do was attempt to make the proper determination for me on the time, whether or not or not it had been efficiently carried out earlier than.” The “Anti-Hero” singer mentioned that, generally, “Folks need an instance of one thing working earlier than, however I believe the good concepts . . . are new ones. Those that set a brand new precedent. I am very privileged as a result of my followers have backed me up.”
Swift closed out her speech with a message to her followers and dreamers all over the place. “I actually, really need everybody to know — particularly younger folks — that the a whole lot or 1000’s of dumb concepts that I’ve had are what led me to my good concepts,” she mentioned. “It’s a must to give your self permission to fail. I attempt as laborious as I can to not fail . . . however I do give myself permission to.”
Swift was additionally nominated in a number of classes on the 2023 iHeartRadio Music Awards, together with track of the yr, which she received, and greatest music video.
Hold scrolling for extra photographs of Swift on the iHeartRadio Music Awards and to look at her innovator acceptance speech.
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