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Maya Hawkehas bonded with her dadEthan Hawkeover some great music.
TheStranger Thingsstar, 24, took credit for converting her famous father, 51, into a Swiftie after she played himTaylor Swift’s 2010 single “Ours” from her third studio albumSpeak Now, while reflecting on her nine most formative songs for The Line of Best Fit.
“I remember that song very distinctly. My dad was such a powerful creative influence on me musically, he showed me so many songs and artists that I still listen to, and love and care about,” she explained. “It took me a long while to be able to show him something he didn’t already know about.
“‘Ours’ was the firstTaylor Swiftsong that I played for him on guitar. He was like, ‘Who wrote that?’, and I was like, ‘Taylor Swift!’ He told me he thought it was a really good song, and I was like, ‘Oh, my God, I just brought something to my dad that he didn’t know, and he likes – and I like!’ It made me feel so confident,” Maya recalled.
She and her dad ended up seeing Swift on herSpeak Nowtour, which she remembered as “such a happy moment, sharing an experience with someone who put so much energy into cultivating my taste.”
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“I got a text from him when Taylor announcedMidnight, andhe was like, ‘Oh, my God,Taylor Swiftalready has a new record coming out? I’m so excited! She re-releasedRed, and now there’sMidnight? How does she do it?'” Maya said.
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Maya, whose second albumMossdropped last month, previously spoke to PEOPLE about growing up with Ethan andUma Thurmanas her parents, noting that her dad is one of her best mentors.
“We’realways working together in one way or another,” she said. “Whether it’s me calling him being like, ‘How do I do this? I need help.’ Or him helping me with audition tapes. There’s a real network of communication there. I really see him as my teacher more than almost anything else.”
source: people.com
