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Taylor Swift

Like a champion tennis player or a wizened clockmaker, Taylor Swift has been training all her life to be the artisan she is today. Maybe her progression from writing songs about storybook romances to songs about not fitting into antiquated gender roles went swimmingly because it dovetails with a larger ideological shift, from the dream of picket-fenced, pastoral living to a simpler fantasy: the desire to be truly free. — Craig Jenkins, “Midnights’ Moonlit Lessons”

grammys 2025 The Snubs and Surprises of the 2025 Grammy Nominations Beyoncé is finally country enough — but got abandoned in R&B. By Justin Curto
awards season Who Will Be Nominated at the 2025 Grammys? Taylor Swift versus Beyoncé is one of the least interesting narratives. By Justin Curto
artifacts 100 Pieces of Pop Culture That Defined Obamacore You know them when you see them — whether they were genius or, well, not. By Nate Jones

rankings

All 245 Taylor Swift Songs, Ranked

There are at least ten stone-cold classics in her discography. By Nate Jones

champagne problems ‘She Eats, She Pays, She Gets the F– Out’ Servers, bartenders, and owners explain what happens when Taylor Swift visits their NYC restaurants. By Rachel Handler
look what you made them do ‘It Made Me Believe That Love Wasn’t Real Anymore. And I Puked.’ Swifties on Cornelia Street took the Joe Alwyn breakup news as well as you’d expect. By Rachel Handler

All The Eras

The Performative Poets Department On her new album, Taylor Swift is restless, fed up, and a little too aware of what everyone wants.
132 Gut Reactions to Every Track on Taylor Swift’s Double Album “This woman puts the B in subtle.”
The Eras Tour Film Is Sequined Asset Management Taylor Swift’s big-screen adaptation is almost too much movie.
Midnights’ Moonlit Lessons Taylor Swift’s tenth album reveals a simpler fantasy: the desire to be truly free.
Taylor Swift Is Done Self-Mythologizing On evermore As folklore did, the stories in evermore ask us to consider what motivates women when they act desperately against their interests.
folklore Isn’t a Return to Taylor Swift’s Roots, But Somewhere She’s Never Been Her stories here are more purposeful, if a little less personal.
Taylor Swift Finally Invites You Into Her Narrative on Miss Americana Miss Americana peels away some of Taylor Swift’s complexities to reveal even more complexities.
The Old Taylor Is Back on Lover and the Best She’s Been in Years Lover finds Swift getting back to the business of writing aching, universal love songs, and business is good.
Taylor Swift’s Reputation Fixates on Big Enemies and Budding Romance She’s fighting for respect while trying to let her guard down, learning to trust again while working through feelings of betrayal.
Taylor Swift’s 1989 Is Her Most Conservative Album Yet If the past decade in pop has often felt like a dark, twisted, apocalyptic rager, Swift has been its designated driver.

Taylor Swift’s Red and the Art of Never Seeing It Coming After this, Taylor Swift retired her surprised face.
Speak Now Is a Peek Into Taylor Swift’s Future After a very public run-in with Kanye West, Taylor Swift pivoted toward pop music.
Taylor Swift’s Fearless Mined Teenage Angst in Real Time She was a real live teenager writing about the lives of other real live teenagers
On Her Self-Titled Debut, Taylor Swift Captured the Drama of Teenage Heartbreak It was also the first and last time Taylor was a believable underdog.

T(aylor)MZ

Taylor Swift’s Catches, Arranged by Height A visual overview of the singer’s companions’ verticality.
Jason Kelce Apologizes for ‘Greeting Hate with Hate’ in Phone Snatching Video “In that moment, I fell down to a level that I shouldn’t have.”
How Much Money Can Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce Add to Baseball? The MLB might’ve scored a new audience tonight with Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce in attendance.
The Grotesquerie Cast Has Nothing But Praise for Team Player Travis Kelce Even though he didn’t teach them anything about football.
Zach Bryan Ding-Dong-Ditched the Swifties “Don’t drink and tweet. Don’t drink and tweet!!”
Will Taylor Swift Be at Travis Kelce’s Next Game? And other burning football questions, answered.
Why Is Taylor Swift Hugging Brittany Mahomes Such a Big Deal? Patrick Mahomes reiterated that he won’t be making an endorsement “either way.”
Taylor Swift and Brittany Mahomes Meet Up on the Tennis Courts The two were on a double date at the U.S. Open on Sunday, days after Trump thanked Mahomes for her support.

The Extended Taylorverse

leaks July 18, 2013

Post-VMAs Kanye Tape Slams Taylor Swift, MTVIt was leaked to Gawker.

By Lindsey Weber
July 10, 2013

Watch Billy Eichner as Taylor Swift in the Music Video for ‘Glitter and […] Here’s a faux-Taylor Swift music video for a song called “Glitter and Ribs” made by Billy on the Street star Billy Eichner for Funny or Die. I […]

By Bradford Evans

duets June 4, 2013

Taylor Swift Begins Her Marianne Faithfull PhaseShe sang “As Tears Go By” with the Rolling Stones.

By Amanda Dobbins
May 15, 2013

‘New Girl’s Season Two Was Great, No Thanks to the ParentsNew Girl concluded their excellent second season by making one of the world’s most awful songs briefly profound. “Where do we come from? Where […]

By Roger Cormier
speak now May 15, 2013

Here Is Taylor Swift’s Non-Singing New Girl CameoIt did not involve “Speak Now.”

By Amanda Dobbins
in his words May 14, 2013

Max Greenfield’s Big Day With Taylor SwiftShooting her cameo for tonight’s finale: “I get up on the big morning and I think, You gotta compose yourself. You don’t want to push too much to impress.”

By Max Greenfield
chat room May 10, 2013

Game of Thrones’ Maisie Williams on Arya’s RageAlso, could Arya and Gendry get together? “I think it’s possible, definitely.”

By Denise Martin
humble faces Apr. 15, 2013

Is Emma Watson the Anti–Taylor Swift at Awards Shows?The art of appearing humble, even when it doesn’t matter.

By Lindsey Weber
guest stars Mar. 28, 2013

Taylor Swift Is Going to Be on New GirlTen bucks says it involves “Speak Now.”

By Amanda Dobbins
burn notice Mar. 14, 2013

See the Time Jeopardy Dissed Taylor SwiftWhat is a pretty good burn for a syndicated TV game show?

By Jesse David Fox
bad words Mar. 11, 2013

Tina Fey Told a Photographer to F*ck Off Because of Taylor SwiftTwice, actually.

By Amanda Dobbins
special places in hell Mar. 7, 2013

Taylor Swift Has a Framed Kanye-VMAs Photo in Her HousePlus, more Golden Globes quotes.

By Amanda Dobbins

Mar. 6, 2013

Amy Poehler Has a Classy Response to Taylor Swift Saying She’s Going to […]“Aw, I feel bad if [Taylor Swift] was upset. I am a feminist, and she is a young and talented girl. That being said, I do agree I am going to […]

By Bradford Evans
party chat Mar. 6, 2013

Tina Fey Would Be Up for Writing a Taylor Swift Song “I could do a whole song about it.”

By Jennifer Vineyard
quotables Mar. 6, 2013

Taylor Swift Doesn’t Want to Be ‘Awful and Intolerable’“My fears circle around me making the wrong choices and messing this up for myself.”

By Amanda Dobbins
quotables Mar. 5, 2013

Amy Poehler Responds to Taylor Swift in Typically Classy Manner [Updated]“I am a feminist and she is a young and talented girl.”

By Amanda Dobbins
quotables Mar. 5, 2013

Taylor Swift Unwisely Pits Herself Against Tina Fey and Amy Poehler [Updated]Uh-oh.

By Amanda Dobbins
revenge Feb. 22, 2013

Why Hasn’t Anyone Written a Breakup Song About Taylor Swift?“If I’m gonna write songs about my exes they can write songs about me.”

By Amanda Dobbins
clickables Feb. 21, 2013

Taylor Swift and a Goat Kinda Sing a Duet of ‘I Knew You Were Trouble’She knew he was trouble when he walked in (and was a goat).

By Jesse David Fox
bffs Feb. 21, 2013

Taylor Swift and Frank Ocean Are Totally Friends NowOr they danced together at the BRIT Awards, at least.

By Amanda Dobbins
the law Feb. 18, 2013

Taylor Swift Is Getting SuedBut for boring ticket stuff.

By Amanda Dobbins
grammys 2013 Feb. 11, 2013

The Best and Worst Performances at the 2013 GrammysFrank! Miguel! JT and more.

By Amanda Dobbins

taylor giffed Feb. 10, 2013

Your Taylor Swift/Mumford & Sons Unrequested-Duet GIFSing it, Taylor!

By Bobby Finger
infographics Feb. 8, 2013

The Grammys’ Record of the Year Nominees, Done As InfographicsBreaking down Frank Ocean’s “Thinkin Bout You,” fun.’s “We Are Young,” Kelly Clarkson’s “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You),” and the rest into pie charts and line graphs.

By Jesse David Fox
fame and fortune-telling Feb. 3, 2013

Fortune Teller Sees Hope for Taylor SwiftReuters has the mystical scoop of the year.

By Zach Dionne
quotables Jan. 18, 2013

Don’t Worry, Michael J. Fox and Taylor Swift Are Cool“Thank you for having my back.”

By Amanda Dobbins
party chat Jan. 17, 2013

Michael J. Fox Would Not Want Taylor Swift to Date His Son“Taylor Swift writes songs about everybody she goes out with, right?”

By Darla Murray
clickables Jan. 16, 2013

Listen to Samuel L. Jackson Sing Taylor SwiftOf course he has to throw some bad words in there.

By Vulture Editors
chat room Jan. 11, 2013

Lena Dunham on Girls, Black Republicans, and Taylor Swift“Anyone who tries to debate Taylor Swift with me, I’m like, ‘You are an uninformed consumer, and you will be shut down.’”

By Amanda Dobbins
the grammys Jan. 9, 2013

And Your 2013 Grammy Performers Are …Very famous pop stars!

By Amanda Dobbins
rumors Jan. 7, 2013

Taylor Swift and Harry Styles Had a Rough New Year’sAs in, they maybe broke up.

By Amanda Dobbins
romance Dec. 28, 2012

Bieber, Selena, Taylor, & Harry All Went SkiingNo, really.

By Amanda Dobbins

the charts Dec. 27, 2012

Taylor Swift Is America’s Most Popular Last-Minute Stocking StufferRed is still No. 1.

By Amanda Dobbins
the charts Dec. 19, 2012

Bruno Mars Is Almost As Popular As Taylor SwiftThis week, at least.

By Amanda Dobbins
warning signs Dec. 19, 2012

Uh-oh, Taylor Swift’s ‘Trouble’ Video Is Coming TrueThink this through, TSwift.

By Amanda Dobbins
videology Dec. 13, 2012

Watch T-Swift’s ‘I Knew You Were Trouble’ Video She’s stuck.

By Amanda Dobbins
the grammys Dec. 5, 2012

And the 2013 Grammy Nominees Are …Lots of Frank Ocean and fun.

By Zach Dionne
romance Dec. 3, 2012

Taylor Swift and Harry Styles Went Out in Public TogetherTo the Central Park Zoo.

By Amanda Dobbins
spectacles Nov. 19, 2012

American Music Awards: MC Hammer Knows About ‘Gangnam Style’Hammer Time, etc.

By Amanda Dobbins
love and gossip Nov. 17, 2012

It’s Officially Impossible to Keep Up With Pop Star RomancesJustin Bieber and Selena Gomez, Taylor Swift and One Direction’s Harry Styles, are all up to various craziness.

By Zach Dionne
the charts Nov. 14, 2012

Maroon 5 Now As Popular As Carly Rae Jepsen“One More Night” is still No. 1.

By Amanda Dobbins
kudos Nov. 12, 2012

European Teens Also Enjoy Taylor Swift, PsyAlso: Lana, Justin, and Carly.

By Amanda Dobbins

save the date Nov. 9, 2012

Taylor Swift Will Be on X-Factor Next WeekIn case you’ve missed every other show she’s been on.

By Amanda Dobbins
cheek by jowl Nov. 8, 2012

Red vs. R.E.D.: Taylor Swift and Ne-Yo Have a Lot in CommonWe made a chart to prove it.

By Amanda Dobbins
the charts Nov. 7, 2012

Taylor Swift Holds at No. 1She sold 344,000 more albums this week.

By Amanda Dobbins
shut outs Nov. 2, 2012

Taylor Swift Did Not Win Any Country Music Awards Last NightNashville: a true television show.

By Amanda Dobbins
records Oct. 30, 2012

Taylor Swift Sold 1.2 Million Copies of RedThe best sales week for an album since 2002.

By Zach Dionne
in treatment Oct. 26, 2012

Vulture Therapy: A Relationship Expert Advises Taylor SwiftLet’s learn from the pain.

By Amanda Dobbins
heartbreak Oct. 25, 2012

Taylor Swift and Conor Kennedy Are Done(Gasp.)

By Amanda Dobbins
videology Oct. 24, 2012

‘Begin Again’ Video: Taylor Swift Finds Someone Like YouIn Paris.

By Amanda Dobbins