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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

vulture previews Sept. 22, 2010

Vulture’s Exclusive Track-by-Track Preview of the New Taylor Swift AlbumWhat specific personal experiences Taylor will be singing about on ‘Speak Now’? Vulture investigates.

By Amos Barshad
kanye west Sept. 15, 2010

Kanye West Spills Ink On… Yep, Taylor Swift“Where I messed up is, at the end of the day, it’s your show, Taylor. It’s your show, MTV.”

By Josh Duboff

ratings Sept. 13, 2010

Ratings for VMAs Best in Eight YearsAll that Kanye-Taylor tension paid off.

By Josef Adalian
vmas 2010 Sept. 12, 2010

Watch Taylor Swift Sing About Kanyegate“Who you are is not where you’ve been.”

By Josh Duboff
beef Sept. 11, 2010

Will Kanye West and Taylor Swift Interact at the VMAs?Will they be cold? Hug? Even show up?

By Mike Vilensky
kanye west Sept. 4, 2010

Kanye West Wrote a ‘Beautiful’ Song for Taylor SwiftHe still wears his scars from last year’s VMAS, he tweeted.

By Mike Vilensky
kanye west Aug. 11, 2010

Kanye West Reportedly Set To Perform At VMAsWill he be interrupted?

By Josh Duboff
Aug. 8, 2010

Taylor Swift in Talks for an Equally Adorable Valentine’s Day SequelShe’ll play a college student.

By Mike Vilensky
music Aug. 4, 2010

Hear Taylor Swift’s New Single, ‘Mine’You can basically hear each “i” being dotted with a heart.

By Edith Zimmerman
beef July 22, 2010

Susan Boyle vs. Taylor Swift: It’s On Again!They’ll be competing for the sales crown of the year, once again.

By Amos Barshad
taylor swift July 20, 2010

Taylor Swift Reveals Title, Release Date For Third Album“Track by track, each song is a different confession to a different person.”

By Josh Duboff
quote machine June 18, 2010

Seth Rogen Recognized Everywhere He GoesPlus: Robyn to burn down your house.

kanye May 28, 2010

Why Is Kanye Mad at SNL?Three possibilities!

By Lane Brown
slideshow May 25, 2010

May’s Best and Worst Celeb PhotosSee Tracy Morgan in tightie-whities, Sarah Jessica Parker in ‘Vogue,’ Christina Hendricks sucking watermelon, and more.

By Amy Odell and Jillian Goodman
taylor swift May 6, 2010

Taylor Swift Not Messing With Winning Formula on Third AlbumMore songs about “boys and love” await us.

By Josh Duboff
party chat May 5, 2010

Taylor Swift Surprised!“That’s so funny!” she says, laughing heartily and looking flabbergasted.

By Jada Yuan
kudos Apr. 19, 2010

Underwood, Lady Antebellum Take Top Honors at ACMsTaylor Swift shut out.

By Josh Duboff
surprises Mar. 2, 2010

Taylor Swift to Win More AwardsTaylor Swift has until the night April 18 to come up with five new surprised-looking facial expressions.

By Lane Brown
music Feb. 17, 2010

Taylor Swift’s ‘Fearless’ Music Video: She Wants You to Know Just How Much Her Fans Love HerMakes the “aw-shucks” stuff fall a little flat.

By Edith Zimmerman
Feb. 11, 2010

See Taylor Swift’s New Line of Greeting CardsSay it with Taylor.

By Edith Zimmerman
taylor swift Feb. 8, 2010

Taylor Swift’s Acting As Bad As Her Singing?“Swift seems entirely undirected, as she jumps around, makes faces and jabbers on inanely.”

By Lane Brown
taylor swift Feb. 4, 2010

Clarkson Blasts Swift’s Label PrezShe’s written an angry blog post.

By Lane Brown

backlash Feb. 4, 2010

Record Label Chief Addresses Taylor Swift Backlash“It’s not about that technically perfect performance.”

By Mark Graham
copycats Feb. 1, 2010

The Grammys: Five Months Behind the VMAsBeyoncé, Lady Gaga, Green Day, P!nk, and Taylor Swift performed at both ceremonies.

By Mark Graham
party lines Jan. 28, 2010

Taylor Swift Talks Grammys at Evening GalaEven though she’s won practically every big award this year.

By Susan Hornik
are you ready for some football? Jan. 28, 2010

Super Bowl Snubs Swift For UnderwoodThankfully, no one in the NFL has ever heard of Ke$ha.

By Mark Graham
quote machine Jan. 26, 2010

Finally, There Is Someone More Handsome Than Jude LawPlus: Amanda Seyfried on how much she hates Los Angeles.

By Edith Zimmerman
right-click Jan. 21, 2010

Taylor Swift Leads a Charmed LifeCheck out her new single, “Today Was a Fairy Tale.”

By Amos Barshad
stats Jan. 6, 2010

A Winner Is Crowned in the Susan Boyle Versus Taylor Swift Sell-OffIt was so close!

By Amos Barshad
revenge Dec. 30, 2009

Susan Boyle Gaining on Mean Country SingerBoyle can still top Swift for best-selling artist of 2009.

By Amos Barshad
taylor’s Dec. 29, 2009

Taylor Lautner Reportedly Dumped by Cruel Person Also Named TaylorOh, vicious 2009, how much more misery must you inflict!

By Lane Brown
kudos Dec. 21, 2009

The AP Loves Taylor SwiftAnd why not!

By Adam K. Raymond

trailer mix Dec. 19, 2009

Make it Easy on Yourselves and Just Surrender to Valentine’s DayJust go gently into that gimmicky night.

By Lindsay Robertson
kudos Dec. 10, 2009

Billboard Declares Taylor Swift the Artist of the YearWhat hasn’t she won?

By Adam K. Raymond
quote machine Nov. 12, 2009

Taylor Swift Basically Over, Says Wynonna JuddPlus: Kristen Stewart exactly like Jodie Foster.

By Emma Pearse
quote machine Nov. 5, 2009

Natalie Portman Got Those Letters You SentPlus: Bradley Cooper on finally getting to kill people.

By Emma Pearse
quote machine Oct. 27, 2009

Rod Stewart to Spare Us More Rod Stewart SongsPlus: Taylor Swift makes funny noises.

By Emma Pearse
taylor’s Oct. 27, 2009

Taylor Hearts TaylorEat your heart out, Joe Jonas!

By Mark Graham
quote machine Oct. 26, 2009

Matthew Weiner Has You Pretty Much Figured OutPlus: Taylor Swift on screening her boyfriends.

By Emma Pearse
quote machine Oct. 15, 2009

Michael Sheen Meets His Second-Favorite BeatlePlus: Taylor Swift not too concerned about hurting other peoples’ feelings.

By Emma Pearse
america’s sweetheart Oct. 15, 2009

Who Will Upstage Taylor Swift When She Hosts SNL?Kanye? Daniel Craig? Lil Mama?

By Mark Graham
photobomb Oct. 14, 2009

Daniel Craig Bombs Taylor Swift’s PhotoMan and his mustache invade little girl’s picture.

By Adam K. Raymond

kanye Oct. 14, 2009

Kanye Goes to IndiaLike the Beatles before him, Kanye West will chill out in an India for a while.

By Lane Brown
quote machine Sept. 29, 2009

Eddie Vedder to Go Around Wielding ChainsawPlus: Olivia Wilde compares self to Robert Pattinson, frog.

By Emma Pearse
bffs Sept. 18, 2009

Jay-Z Is Still on Team Kanye“He didn’t kill anybody.”

By Mark Graham
kanye Sept. 17, 2009

Kanye Has Done His Penance, Says Jimmy CarterHe says the rapper’s behavior “completely uncalled for” and his “punishment was to appear on the new Jay Leno show.”

By Lane Brown
kanye Sept. 16, 2009

Now See Obama Call Kanye a ‘Jackass’You’ve read the transcript and heard the audio, now you can watch Obama chastising Kanye in an off-the-record interview.

By Lane Brown
beef Sept. 15, 2009

50 Cent Declares Himself on Team Swift, Threatens to Give Kanye a Black EyeThem’s fightin’ words!

By Mark Graham
kanye Sept. 15, 2009

Obama’s ‘Jackass’ Tape Released“The young lady sees like a perfectly nice person … He’s a jackass.”

By Lane Brown
kanye Sept. 15, 2009

Taylor Swift Demands, Receives Another Apology on The ViewSwift: “He hasn’t personally reached out, but if he wanted to say hi … “

By Lane Brown