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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

Nov. 30, 2011

Here’s Your First Look at Taylor Swift’s Les Miz Movie Poster(Vulture went ahead and made one.)

By Amanda Dobbins
clickables Nov. 20, 2011

See Cody Simpson’s Teeny-Bopper DollAlso: Gwen Stefani doll sets and guitar-equipped Taylor Swift.

By Andre Tartar

cmas Nov. 10, 2011

Taylor Swift Takes Home Top Award at CMAsThe Band Perry, Jason Aldean also win big.
clickables Oct. 31, 2011

Watch Taylor Swift Duet With Shawn ColvinSunny came home, and we rejoiced.

By Eliot Glazer
dance party!!! Oct. 27, 2011

A Comprehensive Guide to Taylor Swift’s Arm DancingWe salute you, Taylor.

By Amanda Dobbins
clickables Oct. 10, 2011

Watch Taylor Swift Perform ‘Airplanes’ With B.O.B.It’s her latest hip-hop cover collaboration.

By Kyle Buchanan
bff Oct. 3, 2011

Taylor Swift and Kanye West High-Five Each Other NowPeace.

By Willa Paskin
clickables Oct. 3, 2011

Watch T.I. Join Taylor Swift Onstage for ‘Live Your Life’T.I.’s Freedom Tour begins … at a Taylor Swift concert!

By Amanda Dobbins
clickables Aug. 24, 2011

Watch Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift Sing a ‘Baby’ DuetBieber does it again.

By Amanda Dobbins
hand-hearts Aug. 11, 2011

Taylor Swift, Excellent at Popularizing Commonplace Hand GesturesWithout Swift, would we still be living in a world with the “hand-heart”?

By Willa Paskin
out on the weekend July 25, 2011

This Weekend’s Concerts, From Theophilus London to Tony BennettPlus: Eels, MF Doom, Real Estate …

By Amos Barshad
love May 12, 2011

When Taylor Swift Dates Famous People, Everyone’s Going to Know About ItAnd with good reason!

By Amos Barshad

music May 9, 2011

Taylor Swift’s ‘Mean’ Video Makes Us Temporarily Pro-BullyMore “It Gets Better” pop.

By Kyle Buchanan
casting Mar. 17, 2011

Taylor Swift, Zac Efron Join The LoraxIt’s an adaptation of the classic Dr. Seuss story.

By Kyle Buchanan
love Mar. 16, 2011

Prepare Yourself, Taylor Swift: Solo Joe Jonas Is ComingUh-oh.

By Amos Barshad
clickables Mar. 2, 2011

See Video of Kanye’s Blue Note Freestyle, With Lupe Fiasco and Mos DefStill with the Swift business.

By Amanda Dobbins
clickables Feb. 4, 2011

Hear Taylor Swift Rap a Lyric From Nicki Minaj’s ‘Super Bass’No, this is a good thing.

By Amanda Dobbins
videology Jan. 13, 2011

Taylor Swift Makes a Boring Breakup Video Featuring Magic SnowSee the clip for “Back to December.”

By Amos Barshad
people’s choice awards Jan. 5, 2011

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, House, and Eminem Sweep People’s Choice AwardsEach won four awards.

By James Frankie Thomas
double dates Dec. 19, 2010

Gwyneth Paltrow Seems to Have Played a Key Role in the Union of Jake Gyllenhaal and Taylor Swift“Where is this coming from?”

By Mike Vilensky
clickables Dec. 2, 2010

Help Us Figure Out the Jake Gyllenhaal–Taylor Swift Cover of Us WeeklySeriously, we’ve been wondering about this all day.

By Kyle Buchanan
your tv ratings explained Dec. 1, 2010

Ratings: Thanksgiving Specials Tank, Zombies RulePlus: Bad news for Taylor Swift and Beyoncé.

By Josef Adalian

Nov. 24, 2010

Jay Leno Gives Credit Where Credit Is DueYesterday, I wrote about how Jay Leno used a Taylor Swift montage created by Rich Juzwiak and Kate Spencer without giving credit, even after a […]

By Adam Frucci
Nov. 23, 2010

‘Jay Leno Ripped Me Off’ Last night on The Tonight Show, Jay Leno showed a montage of clips of Taylor Swift acting surprised to Taylor Swift. Does that montage sound […]

By Adam Frucci
american music awards Nov. 22, 2010

Voting Public Crowns Justin Bieber Artist of the Year at the American Music AwardsThe people have spoken.

By Mike Vilensky
competition is none Nov. 19, 2010

Power-Hungry Taylor Swift Sets Sights on BeyoncéSwift has just announced a Thanksgiving special to rival Beyoncé’s own.

By Amos Barshad
beef Nov. 17, 2010

Susan Boyle Bumps Taylor Swift From No. 1SuBo!

By Amos Barshad
clickables Nov. 16, 2010

See a Montage of Taylor Swift Acting Surprised in PublicShe could use some “What?” lessons from Don Draper.

By Amanda Dobbins
beef Nov. 11, 2010

Round Two of Susan Boyle vs. Taylor Swift Starts Right NowWho’ll take Billboard’s No. 1 spot next week?

By Amos Barshad
money Nov. 4, 2010

Care for Another Measure of How Commercially Dominant Taylor Swift’s New Album Has Been?Every song on her album has already charted on the “Hot 100.”

By Amos Barshad
money Nov. 3, 2010

Taylor Swift Sold a Million Copies of Speak Now This WeekWow!

By Amos Barshad
fly away Oct. 28, 2010

On the Scene As Taylor Swift Serenades the JetBlue TerminalShe evoked the kind of screaming that usually summons Homeland Security.

By Chadwick Matlin

love Oct. 27, 2010

Let’s Make Up Lyrics for Taylor Swift’s Inevitable Jake Gyllenhaal Song“You take my hand and make ‘Prince of Persia’ jokes as the leaves crunch beneath our feet.”

By Amos Barshad
last night on late night Oct. 27, 2010

Last Night on Late Night: Taylor Swift Smells Like Expensive Wood to David LettermanPlus, Robert Downey Jr. wants to make it clear that he’s never done anything lewd to himself with a garden hose, on our regular late-night roundup.

By Dorsey Shaw
radio vulture Oct. 26, 2010

Taylor Swift: A Fan’s Best FriendThe singer hooked up a small group with a mean hot chocolate and some sisterly advice yesterday in New York.

By Nitsuh Abebe
money Oct. 26, 2010

Taylor Swift Might Sell a Million Copies of Speak Now This WeekWow!

By Amos Barshad
quote machine Oct. 26, 2010

Evan Rachel Wood Still an EnigmaPlus: Taylor Swift is just so wonderful.
quote machine Oct. 25, 2010

Semi-Incestuous Modern Family Crush Narrowly AvoidedPlus: Waiting 30 minutes to respond to texts doesn’t help Taylor Swift either.
vulture investigates Oct. 25, 2010

Who Is Each Song on the New Taylor Swift Album About?Joe Jonas is well-represented.

By Amos Barshad
quote machine Oct. 22, 2010

‘How Strange’ That Nobody Wants Wesley Snipes for a Blade SequelPlus: Universal to just call everything the “Bourne” something.
clickables Oct. 21, 2010

Listen to Taylor Swift Cover Coldplay’s ‘Viva La Vida’Finally, a Taylor song not about someone she dated! Unless there’s a guy out there named Viva.

By Brian Raftery
t swizzy Oct. 21, 2010

Taylor Swift to Ruin Everybody’s Travel PlansShe’s playing a show at a working airport terminal, because getting through security really did need to get more annoying.

By Willa Paskin

quote machine Oct. 20, 2010

Taylor Swift’s Boyfriends Were Warned About Her MeannessPlus: T-Pain gives nacho advice.
love Oct. 19, 2010

Taylor Swift Wrote a Song About John Mayer“Dear John/I see it all now that you’re gone/Don’t you think I was too young/To be messed with.”

By Amos Barshad
clickables Oct. 19, 2010

Hear Taylor Swift’s Latest Single, ‘Mean’Uh-oh, someone’s hurting Tay-tay’s feelings.

By Edith Zimmerman
clickables Oct. 12, 2010

Hear Taylor Swift’s New Single, ‘Back to December’Has a bit of a Shania Twain, “You’re Still the One” thing going on.

By Edith Zimmerman
the law Oct. 8, 2010

Will a New Taylor Swift Lawsuit Uncover Dark Truths?“You asked me to break both his legs, wrap him in chains and throw him in the lake. I did.”

By Amos Barshad
quote machine Oct. 6, 2010

Taylor Swift’s Personal Life a Roller-Coaster Ride of Names, Dates, TimesPlus: Martha Plimpton coins the phrase “beige trash.”
right-click Oct. 5, 2010

When, Exactly, Did Taylor Swift Break Up a Wedding?Hear Swift’s new single, “Speak Now.”

By Amos Barshad
clickables Oct. 5, 2010

Hear Taylor Swift’s New Single, ‘Speak Now’Taylor Swift: evil wedding crasher.

By Edith Zimmerman