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

kanye Sept. 14, 2009

Video: Kanye Apology Tour Hits The Jay Leno ShowKanye West somehow turned the first-ever episode of ‘The Jay Leno Show’ into raw, compelling television.

By Lane Brown
kanye Sept. 14, 2009

Obama Calls Kanye a ‘Jackass’“Pres. Obama just called Kanye West a ‘jackass’ for his outburst at VMAs when Taylor Swift won.”

By Lane Brown

mea culpas Sept. 14, 2009

Kanye West Turns Off Caps Lock for Latest Taylor Swift Apology“I feel like Ben Stiller in ‘Meet The Parents.’”

By Mark Graham
kanye Sept. 14, 2009

Kanye Was RightDoes his mission to acknowledge the greatness of contemporary musicians not amount to a worthy cause?

By Lane Brown
kanye Sept. 13, 2009

Kanye Soy-Bombs Taylor Swift’s VMA Moment, Apologizes“I’M SOOOOO SORRY TO TAYLOR SWIFT AND HER FANS AND HER MOM.”

By Lane Brown
earsores Aug. 26, 2009

MTV Attempts to Pay Tribute to West Side Story With Ill-Conceived VMA PromoLeonard Bernstein is probably rolling over in his grave this afternoon.

By Mark Graham
right-click June 17, 2009

No Riots Reported As Taylor Swift Raps With T-PainThey no longer need to make room for a white country girl to stand next to a black guy who raps.

By Nick Catucci
the industry Jan. 14, 2009

Jackie Chan: Man Who Catch Fly With Chopstick Can Accomplish AnythingChan is in negotiations to star as Mr. Miyagi in Columbia’s remake of ‘The Karate Kid’!

By Adam Raymond
triumphs Nov. 13, 2008

David Archuleta Headed for No. 2David Archuleta is on track to sell around 240,000 copies of his new album this week.

By Lane Brown
right-click Nov. 11, 2008

Is Taylor Swift Really All That?According to the New York ‘Times,’ Swift “has quickly established herself as the most remarkable country music breakthrough artist of the decade.”

By Nick Catucci
charts Nov. 11, 2008

David Archuleta vs. Taylor Swift: Who Is Better?We break it down, in chart form.

By Lane Brown
charts Nov. 11, 2008

David Archuleta vs. Taylor Swift: Who Is Better?We break it down, in chart form.

By Lane Brown

quote machine Nov. 7, 2008

For Taylor Swift, It’s All Downhill From HerePlus: ‘French people have really bad accents’!

By Tammy Oler
quote machine Oct. 27, 2008

New Taylor Swift Song Is Guaranteed Spoiler-FreePlus: Tom Jones fails to see what’s so funny about underpants.

By Stan Park

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