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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

beefin’ July 18, 2016

Taylor Swift Fires Back at Kim K and Kanye“I wanted to believe Kanye when he told me that I would love the song”

By Tolly Wright
where’s the beef? July 13, 2016

Yep, Taylor Swift Wrote Calvin Harris’s ‘TIWYCF’She came for his coins. He came for her life, via tweetstorm.

By Dee Lockett

hidden messages July 8, 2016

Listen to Calvin Harris’s Attempt to Out–Taylor Swift Taylor SwiftIt all hinges on whether you think “low-key” means “Loki.”

By Jackson McHenry
scorecards July 5, 2016

How Real Was Taylor Swift’s Fourth of July Party? An InvestigationIs this anything like anyone’s actual Fourth of July party? More importantly, is it fun?

By Jackson McHenry
famous July 1, 2016

Kanye West’s ‘Famous’ Is Now on YouTubeNo Tidal subscription necessary to bask in the NSFW glory.

By Tolly Wright
June 28, 2016

A Brief History of Taylor Swift and Kanye’s Ongoing FeudIt all started with four little words.

By Christine Nguyen and Cait Munro
bad blood June 24, 2016

All You Need to Know About Roadies Is That Taylor Swift Is a VillainRoadies, starry-eyed and flannel-clad as it is, has a villain, and that villain is Taylor Swift.

By Jackson McHenry
the more you know June 24, 2016

28 Things You Learn While Hanging Out With Tom Hiddleston“At a party I’ll be the first person on the dance floor and the last sweaty mess at the end of the night. I don’t even think I can dance particularly well.”

By Jada Yuan
storytime June 23, 2016

Dave Grohl Says Taylor Swift Was His ‘Batman’Humiliate yourself in front of a Beatle? Not if Taylor Swift can help it.

By Halle Kiefer
June 23, 2016

Tom Hiddleston Swears Taylor Swift — Oh, Never MindThis is what we get for trusting audio of dubious origin.

By Nate Jones
petitions June 20, 2016

Taylor Swift and the Music Industry Wage War on YouTube, AgainShe’s signed a growing petition urging Congress to rewrite the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

By Dee Lockett
where’s the beef? June 16, 2016

Kanye Has Taylor on Video Approving ‘Famous’“‘Don’t ever let that footage come out of me saying that. Destroy it.’”

By Dee Lockett

June 8, 2016

Simon Cowell Said This Girl Is the Next Taylor Swift (It Was a Compliment)This ukulele-strumming 12-year-old blew away all the judges on America’s Got Talent.

By Adam Banicki and Cait Munro
June 6, 2016

Taylor Swift Surprises Couple With Unannounced Wedding PerformanceTaylor Swift surprised a couple with an unannounced wedding performance.

By Eva Hill
apple music May 12, 2016

Taylor Swift Believes in a Thing Called Dancing Like a Fool for Apple MusicShout-out to the Darkness.

By Dee Lockett
May 11, 2016

Taylor Swift Was Just Awarded the Taylor Swift Award, and Everyone Feels AwkwardTaylor took it in stride.

By Lizzy Halberstadt and Cait Munro
money May 6, 2016

Taylor Swift Was Highest-Paid Musician in 2015Maybe her cats will think she’s cool now.

By Halle Kiefer
kanyeisms May 3, 2016

Kanye Says Taylor Interruption Was ActivismHe also teased a September tour.

By Dee Lockett
underneath the shade tree Apr. 18, 2016

Did You Catch That Taylor Swift Shade on Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt? “A special place in hell.”

By E. Alex Jung
coachella 2016 Apr. 18, 2016

Rihanna Surprised Coachella With Calvin HarrisA moment Taylor Swift will never forget.

By Dee Lockett
hiatuses Apr. 14, 2016

Taylor Swift Taking a Mini-Break From MusicDon’t worry, Lorde says it won’t last long.

By Dee Lockett
iheartradio music awards 2016 Apr. 4, 2016

What You Missed at the 2016 iHeartRadio Music AwardsBieber’s new dreads, Donald Trump shade, and tons of Taylor Swift-isms.

By Dee Lockett

new music Feb. 24, 2016

Kanye Debuted a New Song at 1 Oak Last NightHe also had more words for Taylor Swift and Amber Rose.

By Dee Lockett
the grammys Feb. 16, 2016

Kendrick Lamar Lost Album of the Year, But He Won the GrammysKendrick didn’t dilute his message to make it more palatable for the Grammy public — he poured gasoline all over it and fearlessly lit a match.

By Lindsay Zoladz
Feb. 16, 2016

Taylor Swift Shades Kanye in Grammys Speech“There are going to be people along the way who will try to undercut your success.”

By E. Alex Jung
grammys 2016 Feb. 15, 2016

Watch Taylor Swift Open Grammys PerformanceWish you could have been there, Harry.

By E. Alex Jung
grammys 2016 Feb. 15, 2016

Vulture’s Grammy Predictions for 2016Kendrick Lamar or Taylor Swift? Or both?!

By Dee Lockett
roundtables Feb. 12, 2016

Vulture Roundtable: Kanye West’s MSG EventTaylor, aux cords, “fuccbois” — oh my!

By Lindsay Zoladz, Dee Lockett, and Kevin Lincoln
beefs Feb. 12, 2016

Kanye Says It Was Taylor’s Idea to Call Herself a Bitch He Made FamousHe claims she joked about how she made him famous to an unnamed friend.

By Jackson McHenry
humor Feb. 12, 2016

Taylor Swift Does Not Approve of That Kanye LineWe have a new contender for the most awkward phone call in history.

By Jackson McHenry
celebrities and apps Feb. 4, 2016

Taylor Swift Is Working on a Mobile Game for Later This YearDo as the Kardashians do.

By Sean Fitz-Gerald
sacrifices Jan. 2, 2016

Taylor Swift ‘Suffered’ While Making Music VideoUp your game, DiCaprio.

By Jackson McHenry

videology Jan. 1, 2016

Watch Taylor Swift’s Very Elemental, Very Lupine ‘Out of the Woods’ Music VideoHas Taylor entered a Terrence Malick phase?

By Jackson McHenry and Sean Fitz-Gerald
arrests Dec. 29, 2015

Taylor’s ‘Teardrops’ Subject Arrested for AbuseHardwick inspired Taylor’s 2007 hit.

By Dee Lockett
Dec. 22, 2015

Taylor Swift’s ‘Out of the Woods’ Video Airs NYEPremiering on New Year’s Rockin’ Eve.

By Halle Kiefer
vulture quiz Dec. 18, 2015

Vulture’s Taylor Swift Welcome to the Stage QuizTaylor Swift exhausted the meaning of #squad this year, and here’s the quiz to prove it.

By Lauretta Charlton
in the clear yet? good Dec. 13, 2015

Taylor Swift’s 1989 Tour Going to Apple MusicOn December 20.

By Jackson McHenry
job opportunities Dec. 13, 2015

Congratulations, You Can Help Write a Book About Taylor SwiftI mean, if that’s not too much trouble? :)

By Jackson McHenry
1989 Dec. 12, 2015

Taylor Swift Wants to Trademark ‘Blank Space’ and ‘1989,’ Which Is a YearSwift is slowly but surely trying to trademark the entire English language.

By Greg Cwik
lawsuits Dec. 9, 2015

Jared Leto Sues TMZ Over Leaked Taylor Swift Critique VideoHe claims TMZ stole the video and has invaded his privacy.

By Dee Lockett
beefin’ Dec. 8, 2015

Jared Leto Apologizes for Awkward Critique of Taylor Swift“If I hurt her or her fans my sincerest apologies.”

By Halle Kiefer
last night on late night Dec. 8, 2015

A. Scott Didn’t Make the Cut for T-Swift’s Squad“My kids were kinda like, Daddy, WTF?”

By Sean Fitz-Gerald

Dec. 7, 2015

Taylor Swift Accidentally Reappeared on Spotify Under LostprophetsJust no.

By Lauretta Charlton
grammys 2016 Dec. 7, 2015

Here Are Your 2016 Grammy NominationsThe Weeknd also got major Grammy love.

By Dee Lockett
Nov. 30, 2015

Patrick Bateman Reviews Taylor Swift, by Olga Lexell You like Taylor Swift? Wait. Don’t speak. Why don’t you take a seat right here. Don’t mind the newspapers. Let me put on a record and see […]

By Brian Boone
taylor swift Nov. 30, 2015

A Taylor Swift Fan Got to Meet Her Idol Before Losing Her Hearing“She was very, very amazing and very pretty.”

By Jackson McHenry
international drama Nov. 29, 2015

Taylor Swift’s Film Crew Has Upset New Zealand ConservationistsIt’s all about those shake shake shaking vehicles.

By Jackson McHenry
last night on late night Nov. 26, 2015

Watch Uzo Aduba Explain What It’s Like to Be Onstage at a T-Swift Concert“You feel the radiating love from 13-year-olds coming.”

By Sean Fitz-Gerald
vulture lists Nov. 25, 2015

25 Songs and Albums That Inspired Adele’s 25By now you’ve undoubtedly heard 25. Here are 25 other works that we know or imagine contextualized its world.

By Fraser McAlpine
timelines Nov. 20, 2015

How Adele Favorite Tobias Jesso Jr. Became Pop’s Indie Boyfriend OvernightAs billboards in L.A. promised earlier this year, you can’t miss Tobias Jesso Jr. And not just because he’s six-foot-seven.

By Lauretta Charlton