Taylor Swift has 2012 lined up to be a big year for herself. Just like she promised, the 22 year-old will follow up her other successful albums. Just because poeple don’t have a lot  of information on her next album, doesn’t mean it won’t be just as good- or maybe even better- than the others. Heartbreak and moving on from it is what she’s the best at writing about.
Swift told Ryan Seacrest that she was already 25 songs deep in her new album — with a year to go. At this point, it’s a safe bet that she’s taken at least enough of the melodies for a strong new album, and the rest will stay under lock and key. Perhaps the most shocking aspect of the fact that Swift is prepared to release a 2012 album with her extremely eventful agenda over the past year is that she even had time to sit down and write. She explained that her best ideas come late at night and demonstrating that as a powerful pop-country icon, she never sleeps. Supposedly Swift’s best album yet, according to father. 

In December, she released a song titled "Safe and Sound" with the Civil Wars, which appears on The Hunger Games movie soundtrack. The track is a bit different from the Swift songs fans are used to, and brings in a dark element, showing how she has matured as a songwriter. There is no way to tell whether or not "Safe and Sound" is representative of what’s to come on Swift’s own album, but the difference in sound is a change welcomed by many fans (as you can perceive by the popularity of the song), and fans are anxious to see how much of that direction will be reflected on her 2012 new album. The album is due in the later part of the year, which will give the young singer plenty of time to continue her Speak Now Tour overseas and maybe add a few more awards to her collection (she’s up for three 2012 Grammys). Fans are hoping that the country-star’s most anticipated album yet is worth waiting for.