When TikTok star (and unabashed Swiftie) Chris Olsen walked into Argentina’s Estadio Monumental to watch Taylor Swift‘s Eras tour, he immediately felt a “palpable energy” from the crowd after Travis Kelce was spotted in the audience. Throughout the show on Saturday, Swift had a grin from ear to ear as …
Read More »'Willow' Cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto Didn't Know Taylor Swift Had a New Album, Either
When award-winning cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto started working on the video for “Willow” with Taylor Swift in November, he didn’t know that it was a part of her new surprise album, Evermore. “I thought maybe it was a video for the previous album,” he tellsRolling Stone. “I didn’t even know what …
Read More »Jimmy Fallon Spoofs Taylor Swift's 'Folklore' Doc With the Roots, Chris Martin
Jimmy Fallon tapped the Roots and Coldplay’s Chris Martin for a parody of Taylor Swift’s new film, Folklore: The Long Studio Pond. In the bit — dubbed, Fallonlore: The 30 Rock Sessions — Fallon pretended that, back in May, he started writing an album in quarantine and that he enlisted …
Read More »500 Greatest Albums: Taylor Swift Looks Back on Her 'Only True Breakup Album' 'Red'
As part of our newly updated survey of the500 Greatest Albums of All Time, we’re publishing a series of pieces on the making and impact of key records from the list. Taylor Swift‘s Red came in at number 99. Hear Swift reflect on the album in the second episode of …
Read More »Taylor Swift Made an Album. Now She's Going to Sell Thousands of Cardigans
This sweater song doesn’t come undone. Of all the tracks of Taylor Swift‘s surprise album Folklore, the one sitting at Number One on the Spotify US Top 50 is “Cardigan” — a song where Swift likens herself to, you guessed it, a cardigan. In a music video accompanying the critically …
Read More »Taylor Swift Has Been Working Toward 'Folklore' All Along
“I’m on some new shit,” Taylor Swift sings in the opening lines of Folklore, announcing with a smile and a wink that the many Taylor Swifts of her previous seven albums — even the not-quite-year-old Taylor of Lover — can’t come to the phone right now. Swift has always conceived …
Read More »Taylor Swift Allowed to Perform Old Songs at AMAs, Says Former Label
UPDATE (11/18): Dick Clark Productions has shared a statement to Rolling Stone denying they were involved with the one issued earlier by Big Machine. “At no time did Dick Clark Productions agree to create, authorize or distribute a statement in partnership with Big Machine Label Group regarding Taylor Swift’s performance …
Read More »Elizabeth Warren Comes to Taylor Swift's Defense
Senator and presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren came to the defense of songstress Taylor Swift, who is engaged in a bitter battle with her former record label headed by Scooter Braun and Scott Borchetta over ownership and rights to her old albums. Swift released a statement earlier this week saying the …
Read More »Hear Taylor Swift's New 'Cats' Soundtrack Song 'Beautiful Ghosts'
Taylor Swift gets cinematic on the wistful new ballad “Beautiful Ghosts,” which highlights the soundtrack for the upcoming film adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s classic musical Cats. The Tom Hooper-directed feature hits theaters December 20th. “Follow me home if you dare to/I wouldn’t know where to lead you,” Swift sings …
Read More »See Taylor Swift, Andrew Lloyd Webber Talk 'Cats' New Original Song, Hear Snippet
Taylor Swift is serving double duty in the forthcoming new film version of Cats. In addition to her role as Bombalurina, Swift collaborated with lauded composer Andrew Lloyd Webber for a new song called “Beautiful Ghosts.” In a video about the song, Swift, Lloyd Webber and director-screenwriter Tom Hooper discuss …
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