The Maine have shared their cover of Taylor Swift’s “Cruel Summer.”
Read More “The Maine Cover “Cruel Summer””Taylor Swift Breaks Record
Taylor Swift has broken the record for most number one albums by a female artist:
Taylor Swift’s third re-recorded album, Speak Now (Taylor’s Version), blasts in at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated July 22), launching with the year’s biggest week for any album, and gives Swift her 12th No. 1, surpassing Barbra Streisand for the most No. 1 albums among women.
Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) bows with 716,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending July 13, according to Luminate, of which 507,000 are in traditional album sales. Both figures represent the largest week for any album in 2023 and the best since Swift’s last studio album, Midnights, debuted with 1.58 million units, of which 1.14 million were in album sales, last year (week ending Oct. 27, 2022; as reflected on the Nov. 5-dated Billboard 200).
Taylor Swift – “I Can See You” Video
Taylor Swift has shared a video for “I Can See You.”
Read More “Taylor Swift – “I Can See You” Video”Taylor Swift’s Emo Phase
Taylor Swift’s Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) is now out. It features “Electric Touch” featuring Fall Out Boy and “Castles Crumbling” with Hayley Williams of Paramore.
Read More “Taylor Swift’s Emo Phase”Paramore to Join Taylor Swift in Europe
Paramore will be opening for all 48 dates of Taylor Swift’s European tour.
Read More “Paramore to Join Taylor Swift in Europe”The Eras Tour: Taylor Swift’s Greatest Love Song
The cynical view of Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour goes something like this: let’s take a cash grab tour of her past lovers and public debacles through songs that may have changed genres two or three times, but all sound the same. (They don’t.)
The critical view goes something like this: after mastering country, pop, and indie, are we looking at the next all-time great? (Ignoring the fact that, if she were a man, she’d already be lauded as being there.)
The delusion fan view goes something like this: Is this algebraic formula an Easter egg? (No.) Taylor Swift is for the girls, gays, and theys and straight men shouldn’t be allowed at the tour. (This is exhausting.) I bought all four versions so I could have a clock. (Okay, this one is more on Taylor’s incredible mind for capitalism; but, c’mon folks, it’s the same record. You only need one copy.) Etc.
Somewhere in the middle of this wild and inaccurate Venn diagram of discourse is the truth: we are witnessing something not quite before seen in history. Taylor has achieved something not seen in decades: monoculture. She’s the zeitgeist. Everyone seemingly has something to say about it. Including me.
Read More “The Eras Tour: Taylor Swift’s Greatest Love Song”Taylor Swift Announces International Dates
Taylor Swift has announced some international tour dates.
Read More “Taylor Swift Announces International Dates”‘Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)’ Track Listing
Taylor Swift has announced the track listing for her Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) and it includes guest spots from Paramore and Fall Out Boy.
Read More “‘Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)’ Track Listing”Blink-182 Cover Taylor Swift
Blink-182 tossed in a little of Taylor Swift’s “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” during “Dammit” the other night. Some fan shot footage can be found below.
Read More “Blink-182 Cover Taylor Swift”Taylor Swift Releases Acoustic “Lavender Haze”
Taylor Swift has released an acoustic version of “Lavender Haze.”
Read More “Taylor Swift Releases Acoustic “Lavender Haze””Taylor Swift to Release Four Songs Tonight
Taylor Swift has announced on Instagram she’ll be releasing four songs tonight.
Read More “Taylor Swift to Release Four Songs Tonight”Taylor Swift – “Lavender Haze” Video
Taylor Swift has released a video for “Lavender Haze.”
Read More “Taylor Swift – “Lavender Haze” Video”Taylor Swift Debuts “Anti-Hero” Live
Taylor Swift debuted “Anti-Hero” live at The 1975’s London concert. Some fan-shot footage can be found below.
Read More “Taylor Swift Debuts “Anti-Hero” Live”Taylor Swift Sells a Lot of Vinyl
Swift loomed so large on vinyl in 2022, nearly one of every 25 vinyl LPs sold last year in the U.S. was a Swift album (1.695 million of 43.46 million total vinyl albums sold by all artists).
Swift’s latest release, Midnights, was the top-selling vinyl album of 2022 in the U.S., with 945,000 copies sold across all of its vinyl variants and editions. The album has the largest yearly sales total for a vinyl album since Luminate began tracking sales in 1991.
Taylor Swift Has “Shake It Off” Lawsuit Dismissed
The “Shake It Off” copyright infringement lawsuit has been dismissed.
A copyright infringement lawsuit against Taylor Swift has been dismissed with prejudice, meaning the plaintiffs cannot refile the same complaint in the same court. The suit had been filed in a California federal court in 2017 by songwriters Sean Hall and Nathan Butler, who claimed that Swift who took lyrics from 3LW’s “Playas Gon’ Play” for her 1989 single “Shake It Off.”