Taylor Swift’s version of “Look What You Made Me Do” appeared on a new episode of The Handmaid’s Tale.
Read More “Taylor Swift Shares New “Look What You Made Me Do” in ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’”Review: Taylor Swift – 1989
Can it really be your “first documented, official pop album” if you’ve already released three of the biggest pop albums in recent memory? 10 years ago this weekend, Taylor Swift delivered the answer to that question, and the answer was a decisive, resounding “Yes.”
From the vantage point of 2024, it’s almost difficult to remember any version of Taylor Swift that wasn’t a world-conquering, stadium-tour-dominating pop star. The past two years of Taylormania have so thoroughly dwarfed any other pop star achievement in my lifetime that it’s even a little difficult to think back to pre-COVID times, when it seemed like the Taylor Swift machine was maybe starting to run out of gas. As mid-decade lists pour out from every music publication out there, I expect plenty of debates about what was the quote-unquote “best song” or “best album” of the decade. When it comes to discussing the artist of the decade so far, though, there is simply no debate: it’s Taylor, then it’s 93 million miles, and then it’s everyone else.
But it wasn’t always that way, and in the Taylor Swift story, it’s album number five, 2014’s 1989, that serves as arguably the most important inflection point between phase one Taylor and the force of nature we know today. Per the narrative, Taylor Swift before 2014 was a country star who had crossed over to pop music success but never fully left her Nashville roots behind. 1989, in being her “first documented, official pop album” – the weird phrasing she used to describe the LP when she officially announced it in August 2014 – was the album that made the crossover complete, and solidified Taylor’s status as the world’s biggest musical star in the process.
Read More “Taylor Swift – 1989”Taylor Swift Announces ‘Eras’ Book
Taylor Swift will release a book “of photos and personal reflections” from the Eras Tour on November 29th via Target.
Taylor Swift – “I Can Do It With a Broken Heart” Video
Taylor Swift has shared a new video for “I Can Do It With a Broken Heart.”
Read More “Taylor Swift – “I Can Do It With a Broken Heart” Video”Taylor Swift and Hayley Williams Perform “Castles Crumbling”
Taylor Swift was joined by Hayley Williams for a performance of “Castles Crumbling.” Some fan-shot footage can be found below.
Read More “Taylor Swift and Hayley Williams Perform “Castles Crumbling””Taylor Swift Confirms End of Eras Tour in December
Taylor Swift mentioned on stage that “The Eras Tour” will end in December.
A lot of you are like, ‘How are you going to celebrate the 100th show?’ And for me, the celebration of the 100th show for me means this is the very first time I’ve ever acknowledged to myself and admitted that this tour is going to end in December, like that’s it.
Taylor Swift Dominates the Charts
Taylor Swift’s latest is the second biggest opening week in recorded history. The Tortured Poets Department racked up 2.61 million units in its first week, including 1.914 million physical sales.
Read More “Taylor Swift Dominates the Charts”“We Got Older, but We’re Still Young”
Someone on Reddit ran the numbers to see if there was any Taylor Swift bump for The Starting Line. The comparisons can be found below.
Read More ““We Got Older, but We’re Still Young””Taylor Swift ‘Tortured Poets’ Track-by Track
Taylor Swift has done a mini track-by-track breakdown of her new album for Amazon Music.
The Starting Line Thank Taylor Swift
The Starting Line have posted a thank you after the shoutout in Taylor Swift’s “The Black Dog.” And looking closely, it looks like the band is hinting at something more “on the way.”
Read More “The Starting Line Thank Taylor Swift”Aaron Dessner Shares Message About TTPD
Aaron Dessner has shared a message about Taylor Swift’s latest:
Read More “Aaron Dessner Shares Message About TTPD”We started working on these songs over two years ago and it feels like they have kept us company and evolved in beautiful and unexpected ways through so much life lived during this process. It’s hard to believe Taylor and I have now recorded over 60 songs together (17 across this anthology!!) in the 4 years since we began working together on Folklore in 2020. I am forever grateful to Taylor for sharing her insane talents with and trusting me with her music. I believe these songs are some of the most lyrically acute, intricate, vulnerable and cathartic Taylor has ever written and I am continually astonished by her skills as a songwriter and performer.
Taylor Swift – “Fortnight” Video
Taylor Swift has shared a video for “Fortnight.”
Read More “Taylor Swift – “Fortnight” Video”Taylor Swift Releases Surprise Double Album
Hey, did you hear that Taylor Swift’s album release on Friday was actually a double album of 31 songs?
Read More “Taylor Swift Releases Surprise Double Album”Taylor Swift’s ‘The Eras Tour’ Coming to Disney+
Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour concert film is coming to Disney+ on March 15th.
Taylor Swift Announces Track Listing
Taylor Swift has detailed the track listing for her new album.
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