On Thursday afternoon, Taylor Swift took a trip down memory lane.

The Lover singer shared an old photo of herself performing for a small crowd when she was just 16 years old.

The Pennsylvania native stated at the time that her only wish was for her achievement to last.The 29-year-old Grammy winner then shared another photo from an event that had just ended to a packed house.

Teen spirit: Taylor Swift took a trip down memory lane on Thursday afternoon. The Lover singer posted a flashback photo from when she was only 16-years-old and performing for a small group of people by a lakeOn Thursday afternoon, Taylor Swift reminisced about her teenage years. The singer of Lover shared a throwback shot of herself playing for a tiny crowd beside a lake when she was just 16 years old.

Ambition: Swift's caption was long and heartfelt. 'I said in an interview 13 years ago "I'm just hoping that I have a second album that does as well as the first and someday get to be a headliner, and always be the same person that I started out as"'

Swift wrote a long and emotional caption.

“I’m just hoping that I have a second album that does as well as the first and someday get to be a headliner, and always be the same person that I started out as,” I said in an interview when I was 13 years old.

“I want to thank you for making me feel everything today as I scrolled through your posts.”There was a second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh album because of you.

You've come a long way baby: Next, the 29-year-old Grammy winner shared another photo of a recent sold-out concert

You’ve come a long way, baby! The 29-year-old Grammy winner then shared another photo from an event that had just ended to a packed house.

She went on, ‘They all made it happen.

You made me the star of the show because you guys wanted to see me perform.

And because of your support over the years, I’ve been able to stay true to the young person I was when I started out.

Taylor Swift’s hashtag was “13 years.”

With 50 million CDs sold, she is one of the most successful performers of all time.


At We Can Survive, Swift—the main act of the music festival—was the biggest star. She gave a late-night performance at the Hollywood Bowl on Saturday.

The blonde celebrity published her first album in 2006, followed by Fearless, her second album, in 2008.

Red was published in 2012 after Speak Now in 2010. 2014 saw the release of 1989, her sixth album.

Reputation, her sixth album, was released in 2017. She released her seventh album, Lover, this year.

Only a few days prior, late on Saturday night, the Red singer sold out the seventh annual We Can Survive music festival presented by Radio.com at the Hollywood Bowl.

During her passionate performance, the Shake It Off hitmaker, 29, looked amazing in a black sequined romper.

A smaller crowd: She sang and played her guitar for an NPR stop for Lover