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| | Taylor Swift got a personalized, handknitted sweater from a fan: creepy or cool? | | Added 9 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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For some reason, Taylor Swift is still winning at life. Our hopes for some kind of long-standing Swift backlash came to nothing. She just got, like, a week of bad press over the summer and then she was back to being on top. She still has crazy/amazing fans and she still appreciates them. Apparently, a Swiftlunatic sent her this hand-knitted sweater which features a detailed ?Polaroid? of Swifty (like her album cover). Swifty posted the photo on her Instagram with this message: ?Someone knitted this sweater for me of a Polaroid of myself and gave it to my mom tonight at the show. It has very quickly become my everything. Thank you, mysterious knitter.?
And if that wasn?t enough, Swifty also got some post-VMA flowers from her new best friend, Kanye West. She posted this Instagram with the message: ?Awwww Kanye sent me the coolest flowers!! #KanTay2020 #BFFs.?
Does Kanye have a special ?flower guy? who does those blocks/walls of flowers for him? Why does this look like the cube version of the flower-wall Kanye gave Kim? Where does one put a cube of flowers? Why does Kanye only give ladies white/cream roses? Did Kanye send a note to Tay-Tay with the flower cube? Does Kanye want to be part of Taylor?s squad? Can “KanTay” become a thing? So many questions.
And while you ponder all of that, take in the latest Instagrams of Taylor?s kitty Olivia Benson. I love the chair photo!!!! Taylor wrote: ?Detective Olivia Benson is sitting in her chair, thinking about her life.? That?s an amazing pic.
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| | Taylor Swift is so image-conscious, no one can watch her blow her nose | | Added 9 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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This is one of the dumbest controversies about Taylor Swift this week. Like, I could understand the conversation about her ?Wildest Dreams? video, I could even understand the conversation about ?what did Tay-Tay really think about Kanye/Miley/Ariana Grande?? But someone was trolling MTV?s backstage live-feed of the VMAs and they caught Taylor and her people acting slightly odd, and they jumped to the conclusion of ?Maybe Taylor Swift Snorted Cocaine Backstage at the VMAs?? You can see the video here at Gawker. Seriously, go and watch it!
It?s pretty clear that Taylor was blowing her nose. I would even suggest that the real conspiracy is that she had a crunchy boog and she really need to dig for it. But even beyond that, the REAL STORY is that Taylor is literally so image-conscious that she was hyper-aware of the fact that she was being recorded backstage and she had her people form a protective circle around her so that she wouldn?t be seen blowing her nose on camera. That?s some next-level image control. THAT says more about her than what she does recreationally. For the record, I doubt she?s doing coke in general. I think she enjoys some wine or some cocktails, but even then, she probably doesn?t partake all that much because alcohol = empty calories. She?s seriously so slender these days.
Now, if you told me Cara Delevingne was getting into something, yeah, I?d believe you.
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| | Taylor Swift dominated the VMAs, wore sparkly Ashish: cute or try-hard? | | Added 9 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Even though Taylor Swift came rolling up to the VMAs with her girl squad (I?ll cover their fashion in another post), the night was all about Taylor. Like always, everything is always #AllAboutSwifty. Taylor?s red carpet look was this Ashish two-piece which? it wasn?t very cute AND she seemed very uncomfortable in it. Throughout the evening, she kept readjusting herself and the pants and it just didn?t seem like she really liked the outfit all that much. In the past, she?s made a big deal about no one seeing her belly button, and the pants were so high-waisted, it seemed like they were specifically designed so that Taylor wouldn?t have to show her most intimate of body parts, her belly button. Blah. I?ll give her this ? I prefer this Ashish look to what she wore at last year?s VMAs.
So, let?s talk about all of Swifty?s moments. First, she joined Nicki Minaj during the opening and sang a little bit of ?Bad Blood.? Perhaps this was supposed to be a duet, I have no idea, but it was basically just Swifty stage-crashing Minaj and Minaj barely singing any of Swifty?s song. Still, they had a nice moment together and they are now ?fine.?
Taylor won two awards during the actual telecast. When she won Female Pop video or something, MTV cut to Kanye in the audience and it really seemed like everyone around him was like ?DO IT KANYE, go up there and say something!? But he didn?t. Still, it was funny. Then Taylor tried (and succeeded somewhat) by making Kanye?s Video Vanguard Award all about her. Then Taylor won Video of the Year for ?Bad Blood? and she brought her squad on stage with her.
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| | Taylor Swift made her godson cry when she tried to sing him a lullaby | | Added 9 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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When @maryjblige absolutely shut down @STAPLESCenter and played not one, but TWO songs. I love her so much. Unreal. pic.twitter.com/cL7Z8G2HNm
— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) August 23, 2015
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| | Taylor Swift Causes Mass Swooning on September 2015 Cover of Vanity Fair | | Added 9 years ago | Source: Celebrity Gossip |
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Nothing can stop the Taylor Swift train, and the ?Style? actress looks beautiful in black and white on the front of Vanity Fair's September 2015 edition.
The Grammy-winning pop star discusses her newfound friendship with Kanye West- "I feel like I wasn't ready to be friends with [West] until I felt like he had some sort of respect for me, and he wasn't ready to be friends with me until he had some sort of respect for me?so it was the same issue, and we both reached the same place at the same time. I became friends with Jay Z, and I think it was important, for Jay Z, for Kanye and me to get along. Kanye and I both reached a place where he would say really nice things about my music and what I've accomplished, and I could ask him how his kid's doing."
As for her battle with Apple Music, Taylor explains, ?I wrote the letter at around 4 a.m. The contracts had just gone out to my friends, and one of them sent me a screenshot of one of them. I read the term 'zero percent compensation to rights holders.' Sometimes I'll wake up in the middle of the night and I'll write a song and I can't sleep until I finish it, and it was like that with the letter. My fears were that I would be looked at as someone who just whines and rants about this thing that no one else is really ranting about."
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| | Has the Taylor Swift Backlash really begun & is it here to stay' (update) | | Added 9 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Update: Taylor Swift must have been feeling the heat, y’all. She just tweeted this:
I thought I was being called out. I missed the point, I misunderstood, then misspoke. I'm sorry, Nicki.
@NICKIMINAJ
— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) July 23, 2015
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| | Calvin Harris & Taylor Swift were loved up in Rhode Island for the holiday | | Added 9 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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In what has become an annual tradition for Taylor Swift, Tay-Tay hosted a giant party at her huge Rhode Island mansion for the 4th of July celebration. Taylor famously loves America?s Independence Day, and I think this is the third year (at least?) that she?s done a big shindig at her Rhode Island place. According to reports, Calvin Harris and Taylor arrived in Rhode Island on July 1, but I?m pretty sure Calvin had to work on the Fourth. But at least they got to have a few days to celebrate! Then Taylor?s girl squad came over, plus Ed Sheeran, and everybody got into the pool with some swan floaties.
Anyway, Calvin Harris & Taylor Swift have become increasingly more and more comfortable with putting their love all over social media. On July 2nd, Calvin posted the photo of Taylor at the grill with the message ?She cooks too.? Which is sweet (and slightly patronizing, but mostly cute). Then Swifty posted the photo of Calvin giving her a piggyback ride with the message ?Friendly relations between Scotland and America.? And of course Ed Sheeran was included on this Instagram extravaganza too ? he came to Rhode Island for the party wearing a bright red coat (get it, redcoat?) and Taylor wrote ?When Ed shows up in a red coat for the 4th of July because he just can’t let it go.?
So, is all of this impossibly cute? Of course. Does it make you want to be part of Swifty?s squad? Eh. I wouldn?t fit in with these people. I know that. But I do enjoy looking at the photos. I?m sort of surprised Kendrick Lamar wasn?t invited to Rhode Island this year.
Photos courtesy of Instagram.
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| | Taylor Swift Does It Live Good | | Added 9 years ago | Source: HollywoodTuna |
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Taylor Swift‘s been putting on leg shows in New York for weeks, but apparently now she’s taking those perfect stems of hers on a world tour, at least judging from these shots of her performing in London over the weekend. AndI’m gladto see she made sure to play all the hits. Just to be clear, […]
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| | Taylor Swift just single-handedly changed Apple Music's streaming policy | | Added 9 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Last week, Apple announced that they would be launching a free three-month trial period for Apple Music?s streaming service. The problem? Giving users three months of free music meant that for three months, musicians weren?t going to be paid by Apple. Taylor Swift took up the cause, because she?s been very outspoken about the need for streaming companies (like Spotify) to pay artists fairly for their music. Swifty ended up writing an open letter to Apple on her Tumblr, explaining why she would not be allowing Apple to include her album 1989 on Apple?s streaming service. Here?s part of what she wrote (you can read the full piece here):
I write this to explain why I?ll be holding back my album, 1989, from the new streaming service, Apple Music. I feel this deserves an explanation because Apple has been and will continue to be one of my best partners in selling music and creating ways for me to connect with my fans. I respect the company and the truly ingenious minds that have created a legacy based on innovation and pushing the right boundaries.
I?m sure you are aware that Apple Music will be offering a free 3 month trial to anyone who signs up for the service. I?m not sure you know that Apple Music will not be paying writers, producers, or artists for those three months. I find it to be shocking, disappointing, and completely unlike this historically progressive and generous company.
This is not about me. Thankfully I am on my fifth album and can support myself, my band, crew, and entire management team by playing live shows. This is about the new artist or band that has just released their first single and will not be paid for its success. This is about the young songwriter who just got his or her first cut and thought that the royalties from that would get them out of debt. This is about the producer who works tirelessly to innovate and create, just like the innovators and creators at Apple are pioneering in their field?but will not get paid for a quarter of a year?s worth of plays on his or her songs.
These are not the complaints of a spoiled, petulant child. These are the echoed sentiments of every artist, writer and producer in my social circles who are afraid to speak up publicly because we admire and respect Apple so much. We simply do not respect this particular call.
[From Taylor?s Tumblr]
And surprisingly ? or perhaps not so much ? Taylor is so powerful that with one Tumblr post, she was able to change Apple?s policy. Can you believe that? Apple executive Eddy Cue (senior vice president of internet services and software) tweeted to Swifty: ?Apple will always make sure that artist are paid #iTunes #AppleMusic? #AppleMusic will pay artist for streaming, even during customer?s free trial period? We hear you @taylorswift13 and indie artists. Love, Apple.?
Cue also did an interview with Billboard, saying that it was Swifty?s open letter that really changed his mind. Swifty also released a statement, saying: “I am elated and relieved. Thank you for your words of support today. They listened to us.”
For what it?s worth, I don?t think Swifty is being ?spoiled and petulant? here. She?s arguably the most powerful woman/person in music today and when it comes to how she handles the business side of her career, I have no shade. Yes, she?s motivated by self-interest and she genuinely wants to be paid, but as she says, most of her money is coming from touring anyway. She?s standing up for herself AND for lesser known artists who need whatever revenue they can find.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
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| | Taylor Swift says goodbye to her kitties as she heads to Europe: adorable? | | Added 9 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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At the airport about to leave for Europe, listening to 'See You Again' and thinking about how much I'll miss my cats. pic.twitter.com/3yDZo3TPLA
— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) June 17, 2015
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