How Def Leppard Discovered Country Music and Taylor Swift

By Jeremie

The band was Taylor Swift’s first choice when the opportunity arose to collaborate for an episode of CMT Crossroads. The 18-year-old singer-songwriter says she grew up listening to the band because her mother has always been a huge fan. Plus, she says, “The harmonies that they do on their songs are perfect for my range. When we initially started talking about it, I told [Elliott] my favorite lines from my favorite songs. And he said, ‘You can sing all of them. Whatever you want to sing, you can sing it.’ I was like a kid in a candy store! I was like, ‘You mean I can sing the first line of ‘Photograph’? What?!”

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