EXCLUSIVE: A Taylor Swift documentary series is officially coming to Channel 4.
The network will explore the “global phenomenon” of the world’s highest-grossing music performer via the two-parter, it said, confirming reports from several months back.
Taylor [working title] will dig deep across the musician’s 20-year career, a period that has seen her transcend the realm of pop star to become a cultural icon. Through interviews with high-profile commentators, industry insiders and fans, the documentary examines the forces that have shaped her trajectory and the devoted community she inspires. Channel 4 said “rare archive” will reveal fresh insights into Swift and her story, as the series charts her journey from ambitious teen with towering dreams to one of the most influential and scrutinized figures of our time.
Swift needs no introduction but the singer has generated mind-bending press coverage over the past few years and has an enormous global fanbase. She is the first billionaire with music as their main income. The Channel 4 doc follows her near-two-year-long Eras tour and before that a Netflix special titled Miss Americana.
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Director Guy King said: “Taylor Swift is an unprecedentedly powerful 21st century voice for women and young people. Under the microscope of social media since the earliest days of MySpace and Tumblr, she came of age during a new feminist wave. With her fame came controversy, which she so skilfully wrestled to the floor. We’re excited to tell her story.”
A Deadly American Marriage producer Sandpaper Films is behind the doc and King (The Fall, Bombing Brighton) is directing. Producer is Jessica Brady and archive producer is Lina Caicedo. Susannah Price and Henry Singer from Sandpaper are EPs. The series is edited by BAFTA-winner Martin Thompson. Blue Ant is overseeing international sales.