Reputation (album): Difference between revisions

[[File:Taylor swift preforming at reputation stadium tour.jpg|alt=Taylor Swift performing while dressed in a black dress|left|thumb|Swift performing at the [[Reputation Stadium Tour]] in 2018]]

Although Swift had actively promoted albums with extensive press interviews and television appearances, she opted out of such a campaign for ''Reputation''.<ref name="Coscarelli">{{Cite web |last=Coscarelli |first=Joe |date=November 9, 2017 |title=How Taylor Swift Is Using Tumblr to Create a Safe Space with Her Fans |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/taylor-swift-tumblr-safe-space-fans-posts-reputation-album-release-social-media-a8045511.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=January 1, 2023 |website=[[The Independent]] |archive-date=February 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190204001728/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/taylor-swift-tumblr-safe-space-fans-posts-reputation-album-release-social-media-a8045511.html |url-status=live }}</ref> She instead held exclusive secret album-listening sessions within one month in advance for fans selected from social media by herself, hosting them at her homes in [[Rhode Island]], Los Angeles, London, and Nashville.<ref name="Coscarelli" /> The secret sessions were reserved for 500 fans in total; behind-the-scenes footage was released on ''[[Good Morning America]]'' on November 7, 2017.<ref name="secsess">{{cite news |last=Thorbecke |first=Catherine |date=November 7, 2017 |title=Exclusive 1st Look Inside Taylor Swift's Secret Sessions for ''Reputation'' |publisher=[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] |url=https://abcnews.go.com/story?id=50973344 |url-status=dead |access-date=November 7, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107221308/http://abcnews.go.com/story?id=50973344 |archive-date=November 7, 2017}}</ref> She appeared on the cover for ''[[British Vogue]]'', for which she appointed her own photographers and published a self-written poem instead of giving an interview.<ref name="Martinson">{{Cite web |last=Martinson |first=Jane |author-link=Jane Martinson |date=December 10, 2017 |title=Take Back Control: Taylor Swift Shows the Media How It's Done |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/media-blog/2017/dec/10/take-back-control-taylor-swift-shows-the-media-how-its-done |access-date=January 3, 2023 |website=[[The Guardian]] |archive-date=December 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221210034646/https://www.theguardian.com/media/media-blog/2017/dec/10/take-back-control-taylor-swift-shows-the-media-how-its-done |url-status=live }}</ref> In an interview with [[Zane Lowe]] for [[Apple Music]] in May 2019, Swift said she turned down interviews because she felt no need to explain the album and used music as the only medium to convey her thoughts and feelings.<ref>{{cite news |last=Lindsay |first=Kathryn |date=May 2, 2019 |title=Taylor Swift's Low-Key Days Are Officially Over |magazine=[[Refinery29]] |url=https://www.refinery29.com/amp/en-us/2019/05/231504/taylor-swift-explains-reputation-silence |url-status=live |access-date=January 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191010090244/https://www.refinery29.com/amp/en-us/2019/05/231504/taylor-swift-explains-reputation-silence |archive-date=October 10, 2019}}</ref> On the title's [[all lowercase]] styling, she said it was because the album "wasn't unapologetically commercial"—that it "took the most amount of explanation, and yet it's the one [she] didn't talk about".<ref name="Hiatt" />

Within ''Reputation''<nowiki/>'s first release week, Swift performed on ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' ("...Ready for It?", "Call It What You Want") and ''[[Late Night with Jimmy Fallon]]'' ("New Year's Day").<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Stubblebine |first=Allison |date=December 18, 2017 |title=Taylor Swift's 2017: The Timeline |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/taylor-swift-2017-timeline-8070261/ |access-date=January 25, 2023 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-date=January 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230125122513/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/taylor-swift-2017-timeline-8070261/ |url-status=live }}</ref> She embarked on the [[Reputation Stadium Tour]], which kicked off on May 8, 2018, in [[Glendale, Arizona]] and featured supporting acts such as [[Charli XCX]] and [[Camila Cabello]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Enos |first=Morgan |date=May 7, 2018 |title=A Rough Guide to Taylor Swift's Tours to Date |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/taylor-swift-tour-guide-reputation-8454592/ |access-date=January 24, 2023 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-date=September 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220929072259/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/taylor-swift-tour-guide-reputation-8454592/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The tour's visual and stage settings incorporated prominent snakes imagery.<ref name="Netflix">{{Cite magazine |last=Sheffield |first=Rob |author-link=Rob Sheffield |date=December 31, 2018 |title=Taylor Swift's ''Reputation'' Film Shows Why She's One of the All-Time Greats |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-features/taylor-swift-reputation-movie-netflix-773838/ |url-access=limited |access-date=January 25, 2023 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-date=January 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127202337/https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-features/taylor-swift-reputation-movie-netflix-773838/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It encompassed 53 shows across four continents and wrapped up on November 21, 2018, in Tokyo, Japan.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Roth |first=Madeline |date=November 21, 2018 |title=Taylor Swift Gets Emotional As She Says Goodbye to Her Reputation Tour |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/z8fi63/taylor-swift-ends-reputation-tour-tokyo-speeches |access-date=January 24, 2023 |publisher=[[MTV News]] |archive-date=January 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230124163444/https://www.mtv.com/news/z8fi63/taylor-swift-ends-reputation-tour-tokyo-speeches |url-status=dead }}</ref> The track "Getaway Car" was released as an Australasia-exclusive single to support the Oceanic leg of the Reputation tour in October and November.<ref name="musicnetwork">{{cite web |date=September 10, 2018 |title=Uncharted: Taylor Swift Prepares for Aus Tour with Next Radio Single |url=https://themusicnetwork.com/uncharted-taylor-swift-prepares-for-aus-tour-with-next-radio-single/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190723170231/https://themusicnetwork.com/uncharted-taylor-swift-prepares-for-aus-tour-with-next-radio-single/ |archive-date=July 23, 2019 |access-date=May 7, 2019 |work=[[The Music Network]]}}</ref> On completion of its 38-show North American leg, with $266.1&nbsp;million grosed, it surpassed [[the Rolling Stones]]' 70-show US leg of their [[A Bigger Bang Tour]] ($245&nbsp;million; 2005–2007) to become the all-time highest-grossing North American tour.<ref>{{cite news |last=Frankenburg |first=Eric |date=November 30, 2018 |title=Taylor Swift's Reputation Stadium Tour Breaks Record for Highest-Grossing U.S. Tour |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8487606/taylor-swift-reputation-stadium-tour-breaks-record-highest-grossing-us-tour |access-date=February 15, 2020 |archive-date=December 1, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181201062855/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8487606/taylor-swift-reputation-stadium-tour-breaks-record-highest-grossing-us-tour |url-status=live }}</ref> In total, the Reputation Stadium Tour grossed $345.7&nbsp;million, according to ''Billboard'' Boxscore.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Frankenberg |first=Eric |date=December 6, 2018 |title=Taylor Swift Closes Reputation Stadium Tour with $345 Million |url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/taylor-swift-reputation-stadium-tour-345-million/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=January 25, 2023 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-date=January 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230125055955/https://www.billboard.com/pro/taylor-swift-reputation-stadium-tour-345-million/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The second show at [[AT&T Stadium]] in [[Arlington, Texas]], was recorded and released as a [[Netflix]] exclusive on December 31, 2018.<ref name="Netflix" />