Taylor Swift is on the cover of this weekend’s T Magazine style issue. The multiple-Grammy nominee is currently in LA bonding with her Valentine’s Day costar Taylor Lautner , but she had time to do a screen test for the New York Times - check out the video . Taylor also opened up in an accompanying interview about what her classmates thought of her music, being an outsider, and using real people’s names in her songs. She said: On what her classmates thought of her music: “I didn’t really have that many friends at school. Kids would heckle me: ‘Go sing that county beep .’ It just dawned on me that I had to love being different or else I was going to end up being dark and angry and frustrated by school. Sometimes I felt like I was some sort of spy because I would go to school during the day, and then, after school, I had this life that was completely different. I definitely was more nervous walking into my first day of freshman year in high school than I was walking up to record labels and handing them my CD. In school, I learned to stop talking about music because they didn’t like it when I did. I led a double life. I kind of started to live in fear when

I would sing the national anthem at the 76ers game. If there was a write-up about it the next day in our local paper, I knew it was gonna be a bad day at school for me.” On her music as a response to being an outsider: “I would sit on the edge of class and watch people interact with each other. I’d watch guys flirt with cool girls and I would watch best friends talk, and I would go home and write about it. If you listen to my albums, it’s like reading my diary.” On using people’s real names: “I don’t hesitate - people who have no idea that I have a crush on them won’t find out through me telling them, but they will find out when they hear their name in a song. There was this guy who opened a couple of shows for me on tour and I talked to him a couple of times, but he never knew that I liked him. So I wrote this song called “Hey Stephen,” and when my album came out, I sent him a text message: ‘Hey, Track 5.’ It was so funny. He sent me back a long email saying, ‘Oh, my God!’” View 5 Photos ›

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Taylor Swift Gets Dolled Up For the New York Times