Superstar's mum in 1960s S'pore school yearbook

American superstar Taylor Swift's mother Andrea spent her childhood in Singapore and was a student at the Singapore American School.

- Sherlyn Sim

The international school told The Straits Times that Mrs Swift, now 66, studied at its King's Road campus between 1968 and 1969.

A yearbook photograph seen by ST shows 10-year-old Andrea Finlay - Mrs Swift's maiden name - seated in the front row of her fourth-grade class in 1968. She is also seen in a picture of her fifth grade class in the 1969 yearbook.

Mrs Swift is widely applauded as a brilliant "momager" - a portmanteau of mother and manager - who played a big part in using her marketing smarts to help propel her daughter to superstardom.

There has been keen interest in Swift's maternal lineage after the 34-year-old told fans during her March 2 concert at the National Stadium that her mother spent a lot of her childhood in Singapore with her parents and sister.

"A lot of the time when we came here on tour, my mum would take me and drive me past her old house and where she used to go to school. So, I've been hearing about Singapore my whole life," the singer said after performing Marjorie, an emotional track inspired by her maternal grandmother Marjorie Finlay, who died in 2003.