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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.

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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

album review July 27, 2020

folklore Isn’t a Return to Taylor Swift’s Roots, But Somewhere She’s Never BeenHer stories here are more purposeful, if a little less personal.

By Craig Jenkins
as told to July 27, 2020

The Story Behind Every Song on Taylor Swift’s folkloreThe National’s Aaron Dessner walks us through the surprise record, how his songs compare to Jack Antonoff’s, and the mysterious William Bowery.

By Brady Gerber

way too close reads July 24, 2020

What Is Every Song on Taylor Swift’s Folklore Actually About?A lowercase girl album, like a lowercase girl, signifies ambivalence, nonchalance, and unfortunately, a Trojan horse of emotional terrorism.

By Jill Gutowitz
history lessons July 24, 2020

Everything You Need to Know About the Heiress Who Inspired a Taylor Swift SongSwift purchased Rebekah Harkness’s infamous Rhode Island mansion in 2013.

By Madison Malone Kircher
the inside track July 24, 2020

Taylor Swift and Bon Iver Find Perfect Harmony on ‘exile’This isn’t the indie record that’s much cooler than hers. This is what she makes after she’s listened to that record.

By Justin Curto
way too close reads July 24, 2020

Taylor Swift’s ‘betty’ Is Queer Canon. I Don’t Make the Rules.Longing. Unrequited love. Skateboards. Gender bending. Rumors. A harmonica! Everything about this song screams queer.

By Madison Malone Kircher
new music July 24, 2020

Folks, It’s Folkin’ Time to Listen to Taylor Swift’s New Album, folkloreThe entire album was written in isolation, in case you weren’t already feeling bad about being lazy in quarantine.

By Madison Malone Kircher
my single is dropping July 24, 2020

Wrap Yourself Up in Taylor Swift’s ‘cardigan’ Music VideoSwift wrote and directed the video and everyone on set wore masks.

By Madison Malone Kircher
kaylor forever July 23, 2020

Karlie Kloss, You Trying to Tell Us Something?We are most definitely not out of the woods yet.

By Madison Malone Kircher
woman of the woods July 23, 2020

How to Gird Your Loins for Taylor Swift’s FolkloreJust a few ways to prepare for the gravely intense cabin-core that awaits.

By Jill Gutowitz
deluxe editions July 23, 2020

Which of Taylor Swift’s 8 Folklore Covers Are You?Are you Taylor in this field of grass or Taylor in that field of grass?

By Zoe Haylock
yarn July 23, 2020

Taylor Swift Wants to Sell You a ‘Cardigan’ CardiganAnd of course she modeled it herself.

By Jackson McHenry

my album is dropping July 23, 2020

Surprise! Taylor Swift Is Dropping a Quarantine Album TonightAnd a music video.

By Zoe Haylock
last night on late night July 22, 2020

The Chicks Don’t Blame Taylor Swift for Taking Time to Get Political“It’s good to see her as she becomes her own woman.”

By Justin Curto
politics June 12, 2020

Tennessean Taylor Swift Won’t Stand for Racist Monuments in Her Home State“It makes me sick that there are monuments standing in our state that celebrate racist historical figures who did evil things.”

By Justin Curto
black lives matter June 9, 2020

Taylor Swift Tweets in Support of Black Lives Matter, Calls for Policy Change“We need to elect people who will fight against police brutality and racism of any kind.”

By Justin Curto
2020 election May 29, 2020

Taylor Swift Tweets Directly at Trump: ‘We Will Vote You Out in November’She @ mentioned him!

By Justin Curto
nils sjöberg May 25, 2020

Listen to This ‘Look What You Made Me Do’ Cover Maybe Sung by Taylor Swift’s BroWelcome back, Nils.

By Chris Murphy
not such a cruel summer May 8, 2020

Taylor Swift Announces TV Concert, Tossing You a Lover Tour CrumbIt airs May 17 on ABC.

By Justin Curto
feuds Apr. 23, 2020

Taylor Swift Calls Big Machine Greedy and Shameless in Music’s Best Ongoing FeudHer former label is now releasing an “album” of a performance from her teens.

By Jordan Crucchiola
roll the clips! Apr. 19, 2020

Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, and Lizzo Are Your Weekend Piano ChanteusesBasically the modern versions of Chopin, Bach, and Brahms.

By Devon Ivie
cancelations Apr. 17, 2020

Taylor Swift Cancels Lover Concerts, Making It an Especially Cruel SummerLover Fest will be back in 2021.

By Justin Curto

so special Apr. 14, 2020

Taylor Swift, Jennifer Lopez, Oprah Joining Lady Gaga’s Coronavirus SpecialThere will also be a six-hour livestream beforehand.

By Justin Curto
vulture investigates Mar. 28, 2020

Now That No One Cares Anymore, Who Was Right in the Kanye-Taylor Feud?The fact that this feud no longer arouses any emotion whatsoever makes now the perfect time to relitigate it once and for all.

By Nate Jones
meanwhile Mar. 24, 2020

Kim Kardashian West Accuses Taylor Swift of Lying Over Kanye CallWe’re going to have to teach our children’s children about this feud, aren’t we?

By Halle Kiefer
time loop Mar. 23, 2020

Taylor Swift Wants You To Focus On Bigger Things, But Also Know She Was RightShe would rather you donate to pandemic relief than talk about how she was absolutely telling the truth about that video.

By Jordan Crucchiola
feuds Mar. 21, 2020

Leaked Video From Infamous Kanye West–Taylor Swift Call Might Change EverythingAre we going to have to watch this video every few years for the rest of our natural lives?

By Chris Murphy
coronavirus Mar. 16, 2020

Taylor Swift Adds Voice to Chorus Telling You to Keep Your (Social) DistanceIf the CDC’s warnings don’t hit home, maybe your favorite pop star’s will?

By Halle Kiefer
the show goes on Mar. 12, 2020

Glastonbury Festival Still a Go, With Kendrick Lamar Set to HeadlinePaul McCartney, Taylor Swift, and Diana Ross will also perform at the five-day U.K. festival that’s meant to happen in June.

By Amanda Gordon
easter eggs Feb. 27, 2020

Every Easter Egg in Taylor Swift’s ‘The Man’ Music VideoPrepare to Harriet the Spy the crap out of this thing.

By Madison Malone Kircher
introducing tyler swift Feb. 27, 2020

Taylor Swift Is an Independent Woman Who Didn’t Need a Man for ‘The Man’ VideoBe the man you wish to see in the world.

By Zoe Haylock
nme awards 2020 Feb. 13, 2020

Taylor Kissing Joe and Everything Else You Missed at the Chaotic 2020 NME AwardsJust, y’know, some casual PDA and misogyny.

By Amanda Gordon

pen click sound Feb. 6, 2020

Taylor Swift Writes Her Name on Blank Space, Inks Songwriting DealThis deal is specifically for Swift’s songwriting, which is separate from her recording contract.

By Madison Malone Kircher
close reads Jan. 31, 2020

So, What Is Taylor Swift’s New Netflix Doc Miss Americana About?Cats! And so so so much more.

By Jill Gutowitz
cat backpack Jan. 31, 2020

I Own Taylor Swift’s Cat Backpack. It’s As Life-Changing As It Looks.But does that really come as a surprise to you?

By Devon Sherer
glaring omissions Jan. 31, 2020

Here’s What You Won’t See in Taylor Swift’s Miss AmericanaThe new documentary gives a great glimpse into how Swift writes songs but avoids talking about some of her more dramatic life moments.

By Madison Malone Kircher
miss americana Jan. 31, 2020

We Must Protect Andrea Swift at All CostsTaylor Swift’s mom is the low-key star of Miss Americana.

By Madison Malone Kircher
my single is dropping Jan. 31, 2020

Taylor Swift’s New Song ‘Only the Young’ Encourages Fans to Get PoliticalHer single from the Miss Americana soundtrack is out now.

By Zoe Haylock
miss americana Jan. 31, 2020

Taylor Swift, Please Release an Acoustic “ME!”Her Netflix documentary reveals how Lover’s lead single could’ve sounded if they left it alone.

By Madison Malone Kircher
miss americana Jan. 31, 2020

Here’s the Exact Moment Taylor Swift Decided to Get PoliticalA tearful fight with her dad.

By Madison Malone Kircher
miss americana Jan. 31, 2020

18 Things We Learn About Taylor Swift in Her Documentary Miss AmericanaThe superstar’s new doc, directed by Lana Wilson, reveals a lot: An eating disorder, the story behind her political awakening, and a cat backpack.

By Rachel Handler
miss americana Jan. 31, 2020

All the Mysterious Forms Joe Alwyn Takes in Taylor Swift’s DocumentaryA severed hand. A shadow. Hmmmm.

By Madison Malone Kircher

radio vulture Jan. 30, 2020

Taylor Swift Finally Invites You Into Her Narrative on Miss AmericanaMiss Americana peels away some of Taylor Swift’s complexities to reveal even more complexities.

By Craig Jenkins
sundance 2020 Jan. 25, 2020

Miss Americana Did Have to Leave Out Some Taylor Swift DetailsI mean they only had so much time.

By Anne Victoria Clark
grammys 2020 Jan. 24, 2020

Former Grammys Darling Taylor Swift Snubs the GrammysShe wants to be excluded from this narrative.

By Amanda Gordon
miss americana Jan. 24, 2020

Taylor Swift Reveals Her Struggle With Eating Disorder in Miss Americana“I think I’ve never really wanted to talk about that before.”

By Zoe Haylock
trailer mix Jan. 22, 2020

Taylor Swift Wants History on Her Side With Miss Americana TrailerComing later this month to Netflix.

By Devon Ivie
only the young Jan. 21, 2020

Taylor Swift Wrote a Song for Her Fellow Politically Disillusioned MillennialsNew Taylor Swift! Alert your 13-year-old cousins!

By Zoe Haylock
grammys Jan. 20, 2020

The Greatest Grammys Snubs of All TimeAll the times the award show got it wrong.

By Vulture Editors
swiftiverse Jan. 14, 2020

Netflix Crowns Taylor Swift’s Miss Americana With Release DateSwifties, assemble.

By Charu Sinha