Taylor Swift: Speak Now

So it's been a couple weeks since the release of the CD, but Taylor Swift, teen country-pop singer, has released a new album titled "Speak Now." You know what that means, teenage girls are going to constantly be referencing her lyrics and how Taylor "writes about their lives." Because let's face it, who else can relate to (the majority of) her songs besides teenage girls? Teenage boys? Nope. I'm sure they don't care about kissing in the rain and waiting for that "special someone" they just met to knock on their door, telling them they were enchanted to meet them. Don't get me wrong, I love Taylor Swift's music just as much as any other teenage girl out there, but that's because her audience is (most likely) 95% females between the ages of 12 and 25.
The coming of a new Taylor Swift album also means that someone new that broke her heart is going to get called out via song. This time's hit: John Mayer. With lyrics such as "And I lived in your chess game but you changed the rules everyday, wonderin’ which version of you I might get on the phone, tonight" and "And you'll add my name to your long list of traitors who don't understand and I'll look back in regret how I ignored when they said
 'run as fast as you can’" no one can deny that this girl can write a song that cuts to the core.
So what have we learned so far? That you should never break Taylor Swift's heart because she will write a song about you and that her primary fan base is teenage girls. But strictly talking about her music, I can't help but admit that I've heard these songs before. Every album has the same topics: falling in love, heartbreak, getting revenge, growing up, and living in a fairy tale. Her newest album, however, deals with more mature topics than past ones, such as moving out, marriage, and paying bills. But one can't help but think if she acts too wise for her age. After all, she is only 20 years old. She sings "It's okay, life is a tough crowd, 32 and still growin' up now, who you are is not what you did, you're still an innocent," but what does she know about being 32 years old? Perhaps I'm just reading too far into this, but I hope I'm not the only one that thinks she isn't in the best position to be doling out this advice.
To get one thing straight: I am a Taylor Swift fan. I know it may not seem like it in this entry, but I am. She manages to sing about (relatively) the same topics over and over again yet still produce music that will stick in your head for weeks. It's been 2 weeks since the album was released, and I've probably listened to it 20 times. So what does that say about Taylor Swift as an artist? She has a sound that is her own and she stays true to that. What does that mean for her future? Are we going to look forward to her next few albums to be strikingly similar to her previous ones? I say as long as she can produce catchy songs that people will fawn over, the more power to her.