Tim McGraw Was Surprised by Taylor Swift’s First Single

By Brian Michel on January 21, 2021

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – SEPTEMBER 16: (EDITORIAL ONLY. NOT RELEASED. NO COVER USAGE.) In this screengrab, Taylor Swift performs onstage during the 55th Academy of Country Music Awards at the Grand Ole Opry on September 16, 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee. The ACM Awards airs on September 16, 2020 with some live and some prerecorded segments. (Photo by ACMA2020/Getty Images for ACM)

Tim McGraw was a bit thrown off the very first time he heard Taylor Swift’s 2006 self-titled debut album …mainly because she named a song after him.  McGraw thought, “have i gotten to that age now to where they’re singing songs about me? Is everything still cool?”  He later found out that she wrote the song in the seventh grade and so that didn’t make him feel too old.