--- title: Taylor Swift Hit Songs as Lullabies: Listen description: Hear hits like 'Shake It Off' and '22' composed as gentle lullabies canonical: https://time.com/4094821/taylor-swift-lullabies/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-10-30T19:25:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:58.675Z og:title: Taylor Swift Songs Sound Incredibly Soothing as Lullabies og:description: Hear twinkly, dreamy versions of 'Bad Blood,' 'I Knew You Were Trouble' and more og:url: https://time.com/4094821/taylor-swift-lullabies/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt035c167ee8b4ab73/698857fc35ba6f92d6c0de35/gettyimages-460394670.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Z100's Jingle Ball 2014 Presented By Goldfish Puffs - Show og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Taylor Swift Songs Sound Incredibly Soothing as Lullabies twitter:description: Hear twinkly, dreamy versions of 'Bad Blood,' 'I Knew You Were Trouble' and more twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt035c167ee8b4ab73/698857fc35ba6f92d6c0de35/gettyimages-460394670.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Taylor Swift Songs Sound Incredibly Soothing as Lullabies > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. ## Video: 25 Iconic Taylor Swift Instagrams in 25 Seconds [Watch (HLS stream): 25 Iconic Taylor Swift Instagrams in 25 Seconds](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/I8WlXTNY.m3u8) (0:35)  _Published 2014-12-11. 25 Iconic Taylor Swift Instagrams in 25 Seconds_ by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Oct 30, 2015 7:25 PM UTC  Taylor Swift performs onstage during iHeartRadio Jingle Ball 2014, hosted by Z100 New York and presented by Goldfish Puffs at Madison Square Garden on December 12, 2014 in New York City. Taylor Swift performs onstage during iHeartRadio Jingle Ball 2014, hosted by Z100 New York and presented by Goldfish Puffs at Madison Square Garden on December 12, 2014 in New York City. Jamie McCarthy—2014 Getty Images by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Oct 30, 2015 7:25 PM UTC Not quite ready to introduce your infant to Taylor Swift? Then ease them into Swiftie-hood with these lullaby versions of her greatest hits, brought you to by [Rockabye Baby!](http://www.rockabyebabymusic.com/) The album (which is [available for purchase](https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/lullaby-renditions-taylor/id1037160939) on iTunes) offers gentle, twinkly, super-soothing versions of recent hits like “Bad Blood” and “Blank Space” along with old classics like “Love Story” and “You Belong With Me.” You’ll hear the melodies you know and love reimagined with xylophones, bells and wood blocks. If you don’t have an infant you need to lure to sleep, we recommend just listening on your own. The songs will make great background music to keep you calm while you work or try to figure out how your health insurance works. Check it out: _Read next:_ [_Taylor Swift Shared the Perfect Throwback Halloween Photo_](http://time.com/4092674/taylor-swift-halloween-instagram/) ## Transcript [ MUSIC ] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4094821/taylor-swift-lullabies/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4094821/taylor-swift-lullabies/"},"headline":"Taylor Swift Songs Sound Incredibly Soothing as Lullabies","datePublished":"2015-10-30T19:25:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:47:58.675Z","description":"Hear twinkly, dreamy little versions of 'Bad Blood,' 'I Knew You Were Trouble' and more","url":"https://time.com/4094821/taylor-swift-lullabies/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Music"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt035c167ee8b4ab73/698857fc35ba6f92d6c0de35/gettyimages-460394670.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt035c167ee8b4ab73/698857fc35ba6f92d6c0de35/gettyimages-460394670.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Z100's Jingle Ball 2014 Presented By Goldfish Puffs - Show","caption":"Z100's Jingle Ball 2014 Presented By Goldfish Puffs - Show","creditText":"Jamie McCarthy—2014 Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4094821/taylor-swift-lullabies/","name":"Taylor Swift Songs Sound Incredibly Soothing as Lullabies"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"25 Iconic Taylor Swift Instagrams in 25 Seconds","description":"25 Iconic Taylor Swift Instagrams in 25 Seconds","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/I8WlXTNY/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-12-11T16:58:18.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/I8WlXTNY.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4094821/taylor-swift-lullabies/","duration":"PT35S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4094821/taylor-swift-lullabies/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```