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By Maggy DONALDSON Taylor Swift’s hotly anticipated “The Tortured Poets Department” is here along with a surprise second album — 31 tracks released Friday in which the megawatt star purges her inner turmoil while scorching former lovers. The first album was released as scheduled at midnight (0400 GMT) but two hours later, an additional 15 tracks appeared — giving legions of Swifties plenty to chew on. By Friday evening, Spotify declared the album its most-streamed […]
By Maggy DONALDSON NEW YORK, April 19, 2024 (AFP) – Taylor Swift released her highly anticipated record “The Tortured Poets Department” on Friday — the 11th studio album from the megastar who is already having a blockbuster year. “All’s fair in love and poetry… New album THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT. Out now,” she wrote on her Instagram account, ending the announcement with a heart emoji. Swift had revealed the album’s release at the Grammys in […]
By Mack Heard, with Lili Tisch-Bostock in Sydney Die-hard Taylor Swift fans flocked to a Melbourne stadium early Friday, snapping up merchandise hours before the first Australian date of her money-raking, two-year-long “Eras” tour. The 34-year-old megastar kicks off seven Australia shows in Melbourne on Friday, the first of three stadium gigs in the city, before heading to Sydney for four more sell-out dates. “The Eras Tour”, which takes fans through the Swift discography, is […]
By Rob Woollard With her Kansas City Chiefs jacket slung over her shoulder and her gold necklace bearing Travis Kelce’s number, 87, music megastar Taylor Swift brought a bevy of celebrity friends to cheer her beau on at the Super Bowl in Las Vegas on Sunday. The 34-year-old pop icon was the brightest in a galaxy of stars attending the game after making a trans-Pacific dash back to the United States on Saturday, after performing […]
By Maggy DONALDSON Her name is ubiquitous, her output prolific, her tour a golden goose, her every move a headline. And nearly two decades into her career, her star simply keeps rising. We’re talking, of course, about Taylor Swift. After a year of shattering records, including staging the first billion-dollar-tour ever, music’s reigning deity made history yet again Sunday, winning a fourth Grammy for Album of the Year, the most by any artist. In surpassing […]
By Maggy DONALDSON All eyes are on — who else? — Taylor Swift ahead of Sunday’s Grammys, when the megastar could break the record for most Album of the Year wins at a gala where women finally are taking center stage. SZA will arrive at the star-studded event in Los Angeles as the evening’s top nominee with nine, while Billie Eilish, Olivia Rodrigo and Miley Cyrus are also in the running for the show’s top […]
Some searches including the terms “Taylor Swift” on X turned up no results on Monday after the company, formerly known as Twitter, apparently moved to prevent the spread of AI-generated porn videos using the star’s likeness. Certain queries attempted by AFP that included the megastar’s name, such as “Taylor Swift AI,” triggered messages saying “something went wrong.” The Verge and other US media reported that X had put a temporary block on searches using Swift’s […]
Pop star Taylor Swift added fuel to rumors around her possible relationship with NFL star Travis Kelce when she was seen watching him in action alongside the Super Bowl winner’s mother on Sunday. Swift attended the Kansas City Chiefs’ home game against the Chicago Bears, sitting in a luxury box with the tight end’s mother, Donna. The 12-time Grammy winner, sporting a red and white Chiefs jacket, was treated to a 41-10 Chiefs romp and […]
By Thomas URBAIN She already rules music, so now it’s on to Tinseltown: Taylor Swift’s concert documentary is poised to dominate the fall movie season, challenging the hegemony of film studios and consecrating her business empire. Swift is taking a break from her wildly popular tour that began in March — performances will resume in November and run late into next year. But in the meantime, the 33-year-old is hitting the silver screen: “Taylor Swift: […]
By Maggy DONALDSON It’s rare for a news outlet to dedicate a reporter to one personality, but the publication USA Today has decided Taylor Swift and Beyonce are phenomena requiring their own beats. The recent announcement by Gannett, which owns USA Today, that it was seeking two journalists to cover the biggest names in music as if they were running for president triggered both excitement and eyerolls — and broader conversation about coverage priorities in […]
Didn’t score tickets for Taylor Swift’s “Eras” tour? Never fear — the culturally defining juggernaut will hit movie theaters with a concert film released on October 13. “The Eras Tour has been the most meaningful, electric experience of my life so far and I’m overjoyed to tell you that it’ll be coming to the big screen soon,” Swift said on social media Thursday. “Eras attire, friendship bracelets, singing and dancing encouraged.” The giant AMC movie […]
By Lucero Mendez and Ana Espinosa MEXICO CITY, Aug 22, 2023 (AFP) – Excitement is building among Taylor Swift fans in Latin America who have endured months-long queues, expensive tickets and, in one case, assault to realize their dream of seeing the pop superstar. The 33-year-old singer-songwriter, who holds the women’s record for most number one albums, will bring her “Eras” tour to the region from Thursday starting in Mexico, followed by Argentina and Brazil. […]
