When you name an award after a person, it honors the distinctive qualities that the person exhibits. However, giving that award to the person it was named after causes all sorts of confusion.
Taylor Swift accepted the inaugural “Taylor Swift Award” at the 2016 BMI Pop Awards in Los Angeles. Remarkably, this marked only the second instance in BMI’s history where an award was named after an individual.
She joined the legendary Michael Jackson as the only artist to have received such a prestigious honor.
Taylor Swift accepted an award bearing her own name at the 64th Annual BMI Pop Awards 2016 held at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel in Los Angeles on May 10, 2016 (Credit: Adriana M. Barraza / WENN)
The eponymous award recognizes Swift’s “artistic talent and influence.”
During the ceremony, the 26-year-old singer expressed her appreciation, saying, “If they had chosen someone else to give the Taylor Swift Award to, I’d be kind of bummed about it.”
“My favorite part is when I’m in the middle of a conversation with my friends, and my eyes glaze over, and I awkwardly run over to a corner,” she added in another speech as she accepted another award – Pop Songwriter of the Year.
“I have to explain to them that I have this issue called: ‘I love song-writing so much that it interrupts my daily life.’”
Taylor Swift slips into the Stuart Weitzman “Sultry” sandals for the night (Credit: Adriana M. Barraza / WENN)
Taylor wore a leopard and floral printed dress by bridal wear designer Monique Lhuillier, the darkest and most uncharacteristic we’ve seen the brand go.
The pop singer styled her look with a pair of Borgioni pyramid stud earrings, a Bavna Sophia ring, a Le Vian diamond band, a green packet-like clutch from Anya Hindmarch, and a pair of Stuart Weitzman “Sultry” sandals.
Taylor Swift dons an uncharacteristically dark Monique Lhuillier dress (Credit: Adriana M. Barraza / WENN)
While we have no doubts about her songwriting capabilities, Taylor Swift receiving the “Taylor Swift Award” was seriously redundant and left us wondering what the whole point of creating the award was.
But then again, maybe Taylor is so good that they couldn’t bear to give the award to someone else.
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