Music Taylor sends Cardi flowers As mentioned the other day in What Else, with Bodak Yellow, Cardi B became the first female solo rapper to hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 18 years, taking down Taylor Swift’s Look What You Made Me Do. And it’s worth a conversation because, obviously, Cardi By Lainey • Sep 27, 2017 10:39 am
Music The Old Taylor is still here The new era of Taylor Swift is far from over. It’s just beginning. Beyoncé help us. I was hoping I would never have to watch the Look What You Made Me Do video ever again because when I saw it the first time, the Old Kathleen almost died of By Kathleen • Sep 21, 2017 11:49 am
BFFs Jake knows about Taylor’s… music Stronger, starring Jake Gyllenhaal as Boston marathon bombing survivor Jeff Bauman, opens this weekend. Click here for my thoughts on the film after its TIFF world premiere. To promote Stronger, Jake and Jeff interviewed each other which turns into Jeff giving Jake sh-t, kinda like Zach Galifianakis’s Between Two By Lainey • Sep 19, 2017 10:54 am
Media Manipulation Taylor Matrix: the new commercial Up until about two or three weeks ago, Taylor Swift’s 2017 has been pretty quiet. Up until about two or three weeks ago, the conversation about Taylor Swift in 2017 has been about what she’s been up to, where she is when she goes underground, who she’s By Lainey • Sep 07, 2017 01:16 pm
Music Taylor Swift knocks out Taylor Swift Well. This is getting meta upon meta. Let’s start with Look What You Made Me Do, Taylor Swift’s first single off of the upcoming album, reputation – also, by the way, like mother!, styled in all lower case. Because it’s already not hard enough to avoid typos. LWYMMD By Lainey • Sep 05, 2017 05:08 pm
Game of Thrones Show Your Work: Taylor Swift is The Matrix Taylor Swift has been breaking all kinds of records with Look What You Made Me Do – on iTunes, on YouTube, on Spotify. So while the song may not be a hit with critics, it’s undeniable that she’s one of the most powerful forces in music. Which is why, By Lainey • Aug 28, 2017 03:34 pm
Music Taylor Swift vs Taylor Swifts Many of the world’s most famous popstars have practised reinvention. Some reinventions are more clever and more memorable than others. Back in 1990, George Michael burned his leather jacket, his guitar, and his jukebox in Freedom 90 video. He was torching the symbols that he created. And he did By Lainey • Aug 28, 2017 12:19 pm
Music Taylor Swift’s new images Taylor Swift’s website crashed last night following the release of Look What You Made Me Do. Because after dropping the song, she’s also partnered with Target for album collectibles – two magazines that include the upcoming new album and personal photos and artwork. Here’s the artwork: These images By Lainey • Aug 25, 2017 11:26 am
Girly Throw Downs The old Taylor is dead Duana and I are recording the final episode of the first season of our Show Your Work podcast tonight. Guess who the lead story is? Well who else could it be? And she was already just the lead two weeks ago. Taylor Swift, of course. Taylor Swift has given us By Lainey • Aug 25, 2017 10:08 am
Music Taylor Swift: approaching Snake hour As promised yesterday, Taylor Swift will be releasing the first single off her new album, Reputation, some time tonight. As I noted yesterday, I’m thinking it’ll be late. Late enough that it could technically be considered Friday. Not only to get the jump on the weekend and, possibly By Lainey • Aug 24, 2017 02:09 pm
Music Katy Perry’s air ball Katy Perry dropped the official video for Swish Swish this morning. In about 12 hours, Taylor Swift ushers in a new era. As much as I would like to, I can’t pretend that I don’t care about Taylor’s Reputation. Even if the cover art made me roll By Kathleen • Aug 24, 2017 01:34 pm
Music Taylor’s Reputation Earlier today, Taylor released a third snake video across her socials. Then, a couple of hours later, the announcement that the new single will be out tomorrow night – which goes along with earlier theories that the song would drop on Friday, because if it happens around midnight, she gets to By Lainey • Aug 23, 2017 04:33 pm
Music Taylor Snake Watch: Day 3 Taylor Swift’s socials have been updated for the third day in a row. Previously on Taylor Snake Watch, we saw the tail and then the Snake coiling in over itself. But we’ve yet to see her head. It is now time for the Snake Head. You ready? pic. By Lainey • Aug 23, 2017 10:54 am
Music Taylor Swift: Timeless Snake? Taylor Swift has posted another slithering snake video to her socials. A post shared by Taylor Swift (@taylorswift) onAug 22, 2017 at 8:00am PDT That’s clearly a snake, non? I say this because a few of you have been emailing with your theories – one theory, actually. About it By Lainey • Aug 22, 2017 12:59 pm
Music Taylor’s snake Taylor Swift and the eclipse are indeed connected. As you know, Taylor’s socials have been blacked out all weekend…until about an hour ago – because this just appeared on all her accounts: A post shared by Taylor Swift (@taylorswift) onAug 21, 2017 at 8:00am PDT It’s a By Lainey • Aug 21, 2017 11:57 am
Music Intro for August 21, 2017 Dear Gossips, You have your special glasses ready? Or did you make a pinhole? The total solar eclipse is happening at some point today, depending on where you live. And also, on a cruise ship called the Oasis of the Seas, Bonnie Tyler will be performing Total Eclipse Of The By Lainey • Aug 21, 2017 09:23 am
