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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

pranks Nov. 19, 2015

Ellen DeGeneres, Human Monster, Releases a Montage of Celebrity ScaresEllen DeGeneres is a monster and hates celebrities, apparently.

By Emma Barrie
taylor swift Nov. 19, 2015

Taylor Swift Has Gone Full Older Sister“Were you really at the world’s worst party?”

By Jackson McHenry

lawsuits Nov. 12, 2015

Taylor Swift Shakes Off That Copyright LawsuitHonorable Gail J. Standish, you win.

By Dee Lockett
shake it off Nov. 1, 2015

T. Swift Being Sued For ‘Shake It Off’ LyricsAn R&B musician claims he invented the phrase “Haters gonna hate” and Swift stole it. Um … OK.

By Greg Cwik
baby now we got lullabies Oct. 29, 2015

Taylor Swift’s Songs Are Lullabies NowTwinkle twinkle, little Swift.

By Ira Madison III
lawsuits Oct. 29, 2015

Taylor Swift Sues Radio Host for Groping HerDenver radio host Jackson Mueller recently sued Swift for allegedly making a false accusation that got him fired.

By Dee Lockett
williamsburg Oct. 28, 2015

Hipster Taylor Swift Liked Teletubbies Before They Were a ThingShe’s cooler than you.

By Ira Madison III
right-click Oct. 27, 2015

T.Swift Celebrated 1989’s Birthday With a SongClassic.

By Sean Fitz-Gerald
Oct. 20, 2015

9 Best New Songs of the WeekSome exes write songs about each other, some exes write songs with each other.

By Vulture Editors
taylor swift Oct. 19, 2015

Taylor Swift and Ryan Adams Had a Polite Little Chitchat About 1989So many chuckles.

By Nate Jones
right-click Oct. 16, 2015

Here’s 1D’s Ode to One-Night Stands, ‘Perfect’Let’s speculate!

By Dee Lockett
taylor swift Oct. 8, 2015

Taylor Swift Thinks People Need a Break From HerTired Swift.

By Ira Madison III

where’s the beef? Oct. 8, 2015

Taylor Swift Will Only Beef With Other Pop Stars Through Texts From Now OnShe’s done with Twitter arguing.

By Dee Lockett
squad goals Oct. 7, 2015

T. Swift Has the Most Popular Instagram AccountKim Kardashian is a close second.

By Sean Fitz-Gerald
roll clip! Oct. 5, 2015

T.Swift Did a ‘Boom Clap’ Duet With Charli XCXSNL was right. RIP, world.

By Sean Fitz-Gerald
saturday night live Oct. 4, 2015

Taylor Swift’s Ever-Growing Squad Is Actually the End of the World“First it was the models, then the athletes …”

By Greg Cwik
last night on late night Oct. 2, 2015

Ryan Adams Performed His Taylor Swift Covers on The Daily ShowTaylor finally made it on TDS.

By Dee Lockett
album review Sept. 22, 2015

Ryan Adams’s 1989 Is a Decent Breakup Album, Not a Poptimist ManifestoRyan wins some battles, Taylor wins some battles — but do poptimists really win the war here?

By Jillian Mapes
Sept. 21, 2015

Father John Misty Gives 1989 the VU TreatmentAn act of one-upmanship or shade?

By Lauretta Charlton
Sept. 21, 2015

Taylor Swift Crashed Ryan Adams’s Zane Lowe InterviewHer faves right now are “Blank Space” and “How You Get the Girl.”

By Dee Lockett
albums Sept. 21, 2015

Yep, Ryan Adams’s Cover-tastic 1989 Is Now AvailableNice.

By Sean Fitz-Gerald
tiny feuds Sept. 18, 2015

Does Rihanna Want to Be in Taylor Swift’s Squad? An FAQ“I don’t think our brands are the same.”

By Nate Jones

1989 Sept. 17, 2015

Ryan Adams Is Releasing His 1989 Covers AlbumIt’s been waiting for you.

By Nate Jones
emmys 2015 Sept. 10, 2015

Taylor Swift Just Won an Emmy; Start Setting Your EGOT WatchShe had no idea she won.

By Dee Lockett
know your enemies Sept. 4, 2015

Take a Breath — the ‘Wildest Dreams’ Video Isn’t Racist — Now ExhaleKnow your enemies.

By Lauretta Charlton
vmas 2015 Aug. 31, 2015

These Were the Truman Show VMAsNothing was real, except Bieber’s tears, Nicki Minaj’s swipes at Miley, and Kanye’s speech.

By Lindsay Zoladz
vmas 2015 Aug. 30, 2015

Watch Kanye West Announce a Run for President#Kanye2020.

By Dee Lockett
vmas 2015 Aug. 30, 2015

Watch Nicki Minaj and Taylor Swift Open the 2015 VMAs TogetherThe night is still young to reconcile.

By Dee Lockett
videology Aug. 30, 2015

Here’s Taylor Swift’s ‘Wildest Dreams’ VideoIt premiered during the VMAs.

By Sean Fitz-Gerald
party chats Aug. 27, 2015

Uzo Aduba Felt the ‘Love’ With Taylor Swift“If love were a tangible thing, I think I could have touched it that night.”

By Kat Ward
friends Aug. 27, 2015

Watch T. Swift and Lisa Kudrow Sing ‘Smelly Cat’Meow.

By Sean Fitz-Gerald
friends of taylor swift Aug. 26, 2015

T. Swift, Beck, St. Vincent Rock Out to ‘Dreams’Swift went full indie last night.

By Greg Cwik

duets Aug. 25, 2015

Taylor Swift Sings ‘You Oughta Know’ With AlanisOf course!

By E. Alex Jung
summer of beef Aug. 18, 2015

Calvin Harris and Zayn Malik Beef [Update]Where will it end?

By Lauretta Charlton
parodies Aug. 17, 2015

What If Taylor Swift Brought Out Every Woman?“Please welcome to the stage the ashes of the victims of the Salem witch trials!”

By Nate Jones
bad blood Aug. 10, 2015

Miley Cyrus Has Some Bad Blood With Taylor Swift’s ‘Bad Blood’ Video“That’s supposed to be a good example?”

By Dee Lockett
fine cooking Aug. 10, 2015

Let’s Watch T. Swift Cook Pies With Fetty WapIt’s lit, you guys.

By Sean Fitz-Gerald
Aug. 6, 2015

Taylor Swift Superfan Ryan Adams Is Recording a 1989 Cover Album“Badass tunes, Taylor.”

By Nate Jones
song of summer Aug. 5, 2015

And the 2015 Song of Summer Goes to …There’s a twist involved.

By Lauretta Charlton
no more bad blood Aug. 4, 2015

How Taylor Swift and Kanye West Became FriendsIt’s all thanks to Jay Z.

By Dee Lockett
the sports section July 27, 2015

Astros Force Taylor Swift to Resched Houston GigIt avoids a conflict with a potential playoff game.

By Joe DeLessio
beefin’ July 27, 2015

Taylor Swift Got Pranked With a Shark During ‘Bad Blood’ [Updated]#NeverForget.

By E. Alex Jung

July 27, 2015

Clarkson Covers ‘Blank Space,’ Taylor Loves ItAt a concert in Toronto this weekend.

By Sean Fitz-Gerald
music July 24, 2015

Nicki Minaj Says She’d Be Down to Collaborate With Taylor Swift, HmmJoin us aboard the truther train.

By Nate Jones
apologies July 23, 2015

Blare the Trumpets, Release the Doves: Taylor Swift Apologized to Nicki MinajNo more “Bad Blood.”

By Nate Jones
twitter beef July 22, 2015

Swift Takes Minaj’s Twitter Storm PersonallyKaty Perry has also weighed in.

By E. Alex Jung
and the nominees are July 21, 2015

Here Are Your Nominees for the 2015 VMAsTaylor Swift leads all nominees.

By Nate Jones
squad goals July 17, 2015

McKellen, Stewart Recite Taylor Swift LyricsTaylor’s down!

By Dee Lockett
live from the vulture studio July 14, 2015

Hear a Bluesy Acoustic Version of Alessia Cara’s Superb Single ‘Here’You need to have this one on your radar.

By Lauretta Charlton
concert review July 11, 2015

Live Review: Taylor Swift Is the Cheer Captain of the UniverseThe Jumbotron was made for her.

By Lindsay Zoladz