Tim McGraw is talking about how he really felt when Taylor Swift named his debut single after him.
It was 2006 when Swift released “Tim McGraw”, which was inspired by the country singer. The song, which was featured on her self-titled album, became a huge success, leading to the 31-year-old singer’s rise to stardom.
Almost 15 years later, McGraw, 53, admitted that he was “a little apprehensive” with the track when he first heard it.
“I thought, did I get to that age now where are they singing songs about me?” McGraw recalled in a recent interview with Apple Music Country for Apple Music Essentials.
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“Does that mean I jumped a little bit on the shark?” the star shared her conversation with presenter Alecia Davis. “Is everything still okay? And then I realized that someone had told me that she was in her seventh-grade math class when she wrote the song, so it made me feel a little better about it, because she was so young writing. So I didn’t feel terribly old. “
In 2007, Swift presented a live version of the song at the Country Music Academy’s 42nd Annual Award. It was during the ceremony when Swift first met McGraw.
“It’s a pleasure to meet you,” said Swift as he greeted the singer and his wife Faith Hill.
In 2013, McGraw and Swift collaborated on an original song entitled “Highway Don’t Care”, which was released as the third single from their album “Two Lanes of Freedom”, People magazine reported. The track also featured Keith Urban on guitar.
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Then, in 2018, McGraw and Hill, 53, reunited with Swift on stage during their “Reputation World Tour” to present their hit single from 2006 as a trio.
McGraw revealed that he knew Swift better when she opened for him and Hill on the couple’s “Soul2Soul” tour, which took place between 2017 and 2018.
“It was incredible,” he said. “It was just her and her guitar and someone else. Just two people, she and another guy playing.”
McGraw insisted that he is now “a huge Taylor fan”.
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Singers Taylor Swift and Tim McGraw perform during the 2013 CMA Music Festival on June 6, 2013 in Nashville, Tennessee.
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“I think she has a unique way of connecting with her audience and her writing skills and intuition are so incredible,” he explained.
“And I just think she is one of the greatest artists in a long time,” he added.