Taylor Swift reveals all about taking a break from music and her besties. Photo / Getty
Taylor Swift reveals all about taking a break from music and her besties. Photo / Getty
Taylor Swift talks openly about having some time off making music.
The self-aware singer thinks that people may start to get Swift-overload following the onslaught she has made on charts and in the news since releasing her hit album 1989.
"I'll need to give people a certain breather from me because at a certain point they're going to get a little sick of hearing about me, so then I'll need to go away for a while and then depending on my gauge on how sick of me they are I'll decide when to put out the next album," Swift told Vogue Australia.
The singer won't just be shaking it off for the sake of the public - it sounds like she needs to give herself a well earned rest too.
Her energetic stage show has been touring the world since May.
"There are days when I am so physically exhausted like if I'm playing a bunch of shows and dancing around in high heels for two hours. But my mind rarely gets tired of this whole exciting adventure that I get to be a part of," she told the magazine.
No matter how exhausted Swift still finds a reason to keep going when it comes to music, even when the haters hate.
"I think that enthusiasm is key to continuing to move forward in this business because even if you get knocked back a peg, or you put out something that people don't like, or you have people saying stuff about you that's negative, if you're an enthusiastic person by nature you take that hit, you feel it, but then you think of a new idea and run towards it," she said.
"Then, that new idea is all you think about, and you're just fuelled by this relentless enthusiasm disguised as focus."
Swift sees herself still working well into the future but perhaps from behind the scenes when she hits the age of 40.
"Writing is always going to be something I need to do in order to stay happy, but you never know what's going to change," she said.
Taylor Swift says having friends like Selena Gomez helps her to stay grounded. Photo / Getty
"We're people pleasers, that's why we became entertainers, so if people don't want you to be on stage anymore in sparkly dresses singing songs to teenagers when I'm 40 then I'm just not going to do it."
The singer is famous for her entourage, including the band Haim, model Karlie Kloss and singer Selena Gomez, and explains that it's this band of super famous people that actually help keep her grounded.
"My friends have all solidified themselves in their own careers and so if they think that I shouldn't put out a certain single as a first single, they're going to tell me ... and I'm going to respect that opinion.
"I think it works both ways; your friends have to be confident in your friendship in order to be honest with you, and then you have to be humble enough to accept honesty," she told the magazine.
Even though Swift had the top selling album of last year and a massive world tour, the music superstar does have a weakness.
"I always have to work on being easier on myself because I overthink things ... like when something doesn't work out you think 'it's my fault', or that 'I shouldn't have done this or shouldn't have done that.' Overthinking is my greatest adversary," she said.
