[ Taylor Swift had a surprise at the 2024 Grammys that even the most investigative Swifties couldn’t uncover in advance. After winning Best Pop Solo Album for 2022’s Midnights, she announced that her next album, The Tortured Poets Department, arrives on April 19. Fans went into overdrive looking for Easter eggs about her 11th album, … Read more
[ Anyone But You is now streaming on Netflix, which means soon millions of Netflix subscribers will be watching Sydney Sweeney tenderly serenading Glen Powell’s butthole, to the tune of “Unwritten” by Natasha Bedingfield. Isn’t that beautiful? Directed by Will Gluck (Easy A, Friends with Benefits), who also co-wrote the screenplay with Ilana Wolpert, Anyone … Read more
[ STOCKHOLM: Spotify’s quarterly gross profit topped 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) for the first time after it reined in marketing spending, although that meant the music streaming giant missed its forecast for monthly active users. The Swedish company has been growing its user base for years by offering promotions and investing in podcasts and … Read more
[ Is the Venn diagram of Gilmore Girls fans and Swifties a circle? It can certainly feel like one, especially in the days following the release of Swift’s latest album, The Tortured Poets Department. TikTok edits of Rory and Jess set to the album’s moodiest, bad-boy lyrics appeared on my FYP immediately. Elite Daily dubbed … Read more
[ Hip-Hop and The White House (now streaming on Hulu) is the first documentary from &360, an anthology series produced by Andscape, the rebranded identity of ESPN and Disney’s The Undefeated. Written and directed by Jesse Washington, the documentary traces the history of hip-hop as the art form celebrates its 50th anniversary, and specifically how … Read more
[ As soon as Taylor Swift released her 11th studio album, The Tortured Poets Department, her fans started working to decode every possible clue she left about her love life. Though many Swifties expected the album to focus on her breakup with Joe Alwyn after six years together, her brief romance with Matty Healy in … Read more
[ Taylor Swift is known for her starry squads, and for The Tortured Poets Department, she’s assembled her biggest, most eclectic group yet. Modern musicians, historical figures, and curious pseudonyms are all scattered among the titles and lyrics of the new album. We’re long past the simple days of “Hey Stephen” or Bobby on the … Read more
[ The Tortured Poets Department looks different than expected. On Friday evening, Taylor Swift released the music video for “Fortnight,” giving fans the first visual glimpse of her new album. And naturally, the collaboration with Post Malone is chock-full of Easter eggs from eras past and present. The video, written and directed by Swift, begins … Read more
[ Taylor Swift promised “tortured poetry” when she released The Tortured Poets Department, and she delivered. Her new work is an emotional breakup album that includes several songs ready-made for her fans’ heartbreak playlists. But a breakup is different when you’re Taylor Swift, and if there’s one song on the anthology’s surprise Part 2 that … Read more
[ On Thursday, Taylor Swift did a very Taylor Swift thing: She posted an Instagram story with a link to buy “Fortnight,” the first single off of her new album, The Tortured Poets Department. It was cute, maybe even unnecessary. Taylor Swift is one of the biggest recording artists in the world. She announced TTPD … Read more
