We are celebrating the 12-year anniversary of the release of Taylor Swift's self-titled debut album, and it has been an incredible 12 years to say the least. You know, there are so many songs on Taylor Swift's debut CD that people latched onto and related to, and it's probably because she was willing to open up and share her personal feelings about what she was going through, and so many people were in that exact same position, going through that exact situation when they were in school. And for Taylor, it was a very true and honest story. I wrote the song The Outside, and it was when I was going through some stuff in middle school. I wasn't accepted. I was kind of an outcast on the outside looking in, and I wrote that song about it, and I thought it was important to include it on the album because I wasn't always in this position. I didn't always have a lot of people around me, and I think it's important to remember where you came from and remember when you weren't on top of the world. Like so many of her songs, a lot of people turned to Taylor Swift's The Outside to help them navigate the waters when they didn't quite feel like they belonged.