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”

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
the industry Taylor Swift’s Chart Reign Might Finally Be Ending If Billie Eilish and Zach Bryan couldn’t break the streak, who can? By Justin Curto
my palette is dropping The Song of the Summer Is a Color How 12 recent rollouts made certain shades pop. By Justin Curto

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 are taking the Joe Alwyn breakup news as well as you’d expect. By Rachel Handler

All The Eras

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.

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Taylor Swift’s Catches, Arranged by Height A visual overview of the singer’s companions’ verticality.
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.
Coach Taylor Swift Lands at Travis Kelce’s Chiefs Opening Game Are they going to be using any of the plays she drew up?
The Kelce Brothers Pass New Heights to Wondery and Score $100M But can they finally get Taylor Swift on the show?
Looks Like Taylor Swift Renamed a Tortured Poets Song for Ye She released a live version of “thanK you aIMee” with a new stylization.
Taylor Swift Gave Ye His Karma on the Charts She blocked Vultures 2 from a No. 1 debut and broke the rapper’s long-running streak.
Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce’s Complete Relationship Timeline Travis Kelce helped Swift do a little burlesque routine at her last London show. So long, London, indeed.
What Surprise Songs Was Prince William Hoping For? He was caught in 4K grooving to “Shake It Off”; he’s probably in his 1989 era.

The Extended Taylorverse

tall girls Sept. 7, 2024

Megan Thee Stallion Would Love to Work With Fellow ‘Tall Girl’ Taylor Swift“She’s a stallion too.”

By Alejandra Gularte
the alchemy Sept. 5, 2024

Coach Taylor Swift Lands at Travis Kelce’s Chiefs Opening GameAre they going to be using any of the plays she drew up?

By Alejandra Gularte

crime Aug. 29, 2024

Everything We Know About the Thwarted Taylor Swift Terror PlotThe C.I.A. revealed that the terrorists were planning to kill “tens of thousands of people” at the concert.

By Justin Curto
naturally Aug. 27, 2024

The Swifties for Kamala Call Featured a Surprise SongCarole King sang part of “Shake It Off” during the event, which raised $122,000.

By Jennifer Zhan
touchdown! Aug. 27, 2024

The Kelce Brothers Pass New Heights to Wondery and Score $100MBut can they finally get Taylor Swift on the show?

By Justin Curto
review roundup Aug. 23, 2024

Taylor Swift Is ‘Blown Away’ By Zoë Kravitz’s Blink TwiceKravitz’s bestie loves the movie, but how are critics reacting to her directorial debut?

By Alejandra Gularte
the eras tour Aug. 21, 2024

Taylor Swift Says Canceling Vienna Shows Over Terror Plot Was ‘Devastating’Swift said the foiled terror plot left her with “a new sense of fear.”

By Bethy Squires
charts (taylor’s version) Aug. 20, 2024

Which Chart Records Could Taylor Swift Be Chasing?Here’s how close she is to breaking records held by the Beatles, Adele, and more.

By Jennifer Zhan
videology (taylor’s version) Aug. 20, 2024

Taylor Swift Can Make a Video With a Broken Heart TooThe “I Can Do It With a Broken Heart” visual is full of backstage footage.

By Justin Curto
artifacts Aug. 20, 2024

100 Pieces of Pop Culture That Defined ObamacoreYou know them when you see them — whether they were genius or, well, not.

By Nate Jones
charts (taylor’s version) Aug. 18, 2024

Taylor Swift and Chappell Roan Race to Top of Album ChartIt’s Swift’s 15th week at number one, and the highest Roan has gotten so far.

By Bethy Squires
sparkling Aug. 17, 2024

Hayley Williams Dedicates Song to Edward Cullen“He has the skin of a killer, Bella,” exclaimed Williams before she began playing “Decode.”

By Alejandra Gularte

ready for it Aug. 15, 2024

Looks Like Taylor Swift Renamed a Tortured Poets Song for YeShe released a live version of “thanK you aIMee” with a new stylization.

By Alejandra Gularte
vulture list Aug. 12, 2024

8 It Ends With Us Needle Drops, Ranked by How Distracting They AreEvery song choice in It Ends With Us is so on the nose that it might as well be a freckle.

By Coleman Spilde
where’s the beef? Aug. 12, 2024

Taylor Swift Gave Ye His Karma on the ChartsShe blocked Vultures 2 from a No. 1 debut and broke the rapper’s long-running streak.

By Justin Curto
xoxo Aug. 7, 2024

How Come No One’s Asked Blake Lively About ‘Go Piss Girl?’She’s the face of having to pee.

By Jason P. Frank
mother may i Aug. 6, 2024

Sabrina Carpenter Didn’t Ask Taylor Swift’s Permission to Star in Skims AdWho’s Taylor Swift? She’s sart of like a normal porson.

By Bethy Squires
vmas 2024 Aug. 6, 2024

Taylor Swift and Post Malone Lead MTV Video Music Awards NominationsSwift will go for a three-peat in Video of the Year.

By Justin Curto
tragedy July 30, 2024

Taylor Swift ‘Completely in Shock’ Over Southport Knife AttackThree children were killed during a themed dance class in England.

By Justin Curto
the industry July 15, 2024

Taylor Swift’s Chart Reign Might Finally Be EndingIf Billie Eilish and Zach Bryan couldn’t break the streak, who can?

By Justin Curto
my palette is dropping July 12, 2024

The Song of the Summer Is a ColorHow 12 recent rollouts made certain shades pop.

By Justin Curto
olympics 2024 July 1, 2024

Simone Biles Is Heading to Paris (Taylor’s Version)Biles will compete in her third Olympics after securing a spot during the US trials, where she performed to Taylor Swift’s “Ready for It.”

By Alejandra Gularte

respect the classics June 25, 2024

Peter Gabriel Becomes First Genesis Member to Attend the Eras TourAnd he didn’t have to sell England by the pound to get into the VIP tent.

By Devon Ivie
celeb feuds June 25, 2024

Why Is Dave Grohl Beefing With Taylor Swift?They’re not called the Foo Say Nice Things–ers but her last name is Swift.

By Bethy Squires
london girl June 24, 2024

Miss Americana Had a Good Run in LondonShe wasn’t the only royalty at the Eras Tour.

By Jason P. Frank
vulture sports June 23, 2024

Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce’s Complete Relationship TimelineTravis Kelce helped Swift do a little burlesque routine at her last London show. So long, London, indeed.

By Bethy Squires
london boy June 22, 2024

What Surprise Songs Was Prince William Hoping For?He was caught in 4K grooving to “Shake It Off”; he’s probably in his 1989 era.

By Alejandra Gularte
friend of a friend June 21, 2024

Joe Alwyn Is Still Taylor Swift–AdjacentHe’s “lucky to be close” to Swift’s BFF — and his Kinds of Kindness co-star — Emma Stone.

By Zoe Guy
just an idea June 18, 2024

Heed This: The End of the ‘Era’ Era Is NighIt’s the dawning of a new age of a better word.

By Anne Victoria Clark
breakups June 17, 2024

Everybody’s Getting Off the ScooterHe’s officially retired from music management after parting ways with Justin Bieber.

By Jason P. Frank and Justin Curto
don’t embarrass me June 17, 2024

Sabrina Carpenter Thinks Criticizing Jack Antonoff Is NonsenseThe sometimes-derided producer worked on half of her new album, Short n’ Sweet.

By Justin Curto
devil’s in the details June 15, 2024

Joe Alwyn Made His ‘Peace’ With the Taylor Swift Breakup“There is always going to be a gap between what is known and what is said. I have made my peace with that.”

By Alejandra Gularte

notes from the professor June 13, 2024

Taylor Swift Will End the Eras Tour During Her Birthday MonthSwifties will go back to December when thinking about the final shows.

By Alejandra Gularte
hoedown throwdown June 8, 2024

Taylor Swift’s Surprise Songs Just Got Even ‘Crazier’Turns out she didn’t forget about Hannah Montana: The Movie after all.

By Tom Smyth
where’s the beef? June 7, 2024

Sounds Like Charli XCX Wasn’t Rooting for Taylor and Matty“Don’t wanna see her backstage at my boyfriend’s show.”

By Justin Curto
role call June 6, 2024

Alyson Hannigan Answers All Our Questions About American PieOn her Buffy co-stars’ mixed reactions to the movie, frustrations with the casting director, and the shock of hearing Taylor Swift’s “So High School.”

By Mara Reinstein
rumors i’m pregnant? June 5, 2024

Taylor Swift and Lady Gaga Support Each Other’s Non-PregnanciesGaga has, however, come down with a case of election fever.

By Bethy Squires
the charts May 30, 2024

Benson Boone Can Be Your AnythingHis approach to songwriting won’t change pop music, but it is a recipe for sticking around.

By Justin Curto
chat room May 28, 2024

Should Charlie Puth Be a Bigger Artist? We Asked Charlie Puth.He says yes (but he promises it’s not to inflate his ego).

By Nate Sloan
ready for it? May 27, 2024

Taylor Swift Reunites with Her Cats Co-Star on the Eras TourMETTE, Griff, and Benson Boone will be opening on select dates at Wembley Stadium in June.

By Alejandra Gularte
charts (taylor’s version) May 26, 2024

The Tortured Poets Department Continues Its Tenure Atop the Billboard 200TTPD has its fifth week at number one, with Hit Me Hard and Soft debuting at number two.

By Bethy Squires
today in discourse May 22, 2024

Who’s Responsible for Apple’s Best-Albums List?Tim Cook, One Republic stan, did not appear to have any editorial input.

By Jason P. Frank

the charts May 21, 2024

The Winner of Pop-Music Spring Is … Post Malone?Well, he had some help.

By Justin Curto
gift guide May 21, 2024

Vulture’s 2024 Summer Pop-Culture Gift GuidePresents? For summer? Groundbreaking.

By Vulture Staff
rankings May 20, 2024

All 245 Taylor Swift Songs, RankedThere are at least ten stone-cold classics in her discography.

By Nate Jones
celebrity divorces May 15, 2024

Sophie Turner Dreams of a Merry Co-Parenting Christmas With Joe JonasPlus her “absolute hero” Taylor Swift.

By Bethy Squires
365 degrees! May 10, 2024

Paramore Burned Down the Eras TourAnd debuted their Talking Heads cover live.

By Justin Curto
first impressions May 9, 2024

72 Gut Reactions to Taylor Swift’s New Eras Tour Set List“It’s like relearning the English language.”

By Vulture Staff
celeb beefs May 5, 2024

Need Help Understanding the Kendrick/Drake Beef? TikTok Is Here for YouDon’t worry, WitckTok has weighed in.

By Bethy Squires
tortured puthets department May 4, 2024

Charlie Puth, a Should-Be-Bigger Artist, Announces New SingleHe claims that someone was giving him a “sign” to release a new song called “Hero.”

By Alejandra Gularte