Taylor Swift performed on BBC Radio 1’s Live Lounge. It includes a cover of Phil Colins “Can’t Stop Loving You.”
Taylor Swift Tops the Charts
Surprise! Taylor Swift has the number one album in the country:
Lover earned 867,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending Aug. 29, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 679,000 were in album sales. Both figures are the largest registered for any album in a single week since Swift’s reputation debuted with 1.238 million units in its first week, of which 1.216 million were in album sales (in the week ending Nov. 16, 2017).
The album accounted for 27% of all U.S. album sales last week.
Seems Like Taylor Swift Is Doing Well
According to a press release from Republic Records, Taylor Swift’s Lover has surpassed over 2 million global consumption in the first day and generated the year’s “biggest first-week US sales in just 24 hours.” The full press release can be found below.
Taylor Swift – “Lover” Video
Taylor Swift has released a video for “Lover.”
Apple Announce “Music Lab: Remix Taylor Swift”
Taylor Swift and Apple officially announced “Music Lab: Remix Taylor Swift” where fans are invited to visit their local Apple Store and learn how to create their own unique remix of Taylor’s global hit, “You Need To Calm Down.” The full press release can be found below.
Taylor Swift Performs on Good Morning America
Taylor Swift performed “Me!,” “You Need to Calm Down,” and “Shake It Off” on Good Morning America.
Taylor Swift – “Lover”
Taylor Swift has released the new song “Lover.”
Taylor Swift on Sexism, Scrutiny, and Standing Up for Herself
Abby Aguirre, writing for Vogue:
I ask her, why get louder about LGBTQ rights now? “Rights are being stripped from basically everyone who isn’t a straight white cisgender male,” she says. “I didn’t realize until recently that I could advocate for a community that I’m not a part of. It’s hard to know how to do that without being so fearful of making a mistake that you just freeze. Because my mistakes are very loud. When I make a mistake, it echoes through the canyons of the world. It’s clickbait, and it’s a part of my life story, and it’s a part of my career arc.”
Taylor Swift – “The Archer”
Taylor Swift has shared the new song “The Archer.”
Taylor Swift to Announce New Song “The Archer”
It looks like Taylor Swift will be releasing the new Jack Antonoff produced song, “The Archer,” sometime soon.
Taylor Swift Opens Up About Her Master Recordings Being Purchased
Taylor Swift has posted on Tumblr about her masters being sold to Scooter Braun:
For years I asked, pleaded for a chance to own my work. Instead I was given an opportunity to sign back up to Big Machine Records and ‘earn’ one album back at a time, one for every new one I turned in. I walked away because I knew once I signed that contract, Scott Borchetta would sell the label, thereby selling me and my future. I had to make the excruciating choice to leave behind my past. Music I wrote on my bedroom floor and videos I dreamed up and paid for from the money I earned playing in bars, then clubs, then arenas, then stadiums. […]
This is my worst case scenario. This is what happens when you sign a deal at fifteen to someone for whom the term ‘loyalty’ is clearly just a contractual concept. And when that man says ‘Music has value’, he means its value is beholden to men who had no part in creating it.
Capitalism is destructive to most industries, but it’s always felt specifically exploitative to me in the arts.
Taylor Swift Sets Apple Music Pre-Add Records
Taylor Swift’s Lover is the most pre-added album by a female artist ever. The full press release is below.
Taylor Swift – “You Need to Calm Down” Video
Taylor Swift has released a star studded video for “You Need to Calm Down.”
Taylor Swift – “You Need to Calm Down”
Taylor Swift has released the new song “You Need to Calm Down.”
Taylor Swift Announces ‘Lover’
Taylor Swift will release Lover on on August 23rd. The new album is 18 tracks and a new song called “You Need to Calm Down”” will be available tonight at midnight.