The Global Evolution of Fandom: Inside ‘Come to Brasil’
Filmmaker Lina Abascal explores the intense, often misunderstood world of international pop fandom and the 'Come to Brasil' phenomenon.
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Taylor Swift Tweets Directly at Trump: âWe Will Vote You Out in Novemberâ
Taylor Swift has made her most direct comment on the 2020 election yet, addressing President Donald Trump and his recent violent threats aimed at protesters. âAfter stoking the fires of white supremacy and racism your entire presidency, you have the nerve to feign moral superiority before threatening violence? âWhen the looting starts the shooting startsâ???â […]
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Taylor Swift Announces TV Concert, Tossing You a Lover Tour Crumb
In the before times, if youâd wanted to see Taylor Swift perform songs off Lover, you wouldâve not only had to shell out hundreds for a stadium show, but also had to drive to Boston or L.A. for one of two Lover Fest dates. With those shows postponed due to the coronavirus, Swift is now […]
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Taylor Swift Calls Big Machine Greedy and Shameless in Musicâs Best Ongoing Feud
Taylor Swift knows you need something to distract from the monotony of self-isolation, so she has checked back in on the ongoing feud with her former label, Big Machine, which is now co-owned by her industry nemesis and Justin Bieberâs manager, Scooter Braun. Tonight the label plans to release a live album of a past […]
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Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, and Lizzo Are Your Weekend Piano Chanteuses
When youâre done with your Rolling Stones living room scavenger hunt exercise, come here for the sonic cool-down. On Saturday jam-packed One World: Together at Home special, in addition to the many other talented musicians who contributed a vignette for the occasion, Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, and Lizzo formed the ultimate pop soloist alliance: They all […]
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Taylor Swift Cancels Lover Concerts, Making It an Especially Cruel Summer
Those of us wondering what, exactly, Lover Fest was to be will have to wait another year. Taylor Swift is the latest, and one of the most prominent, musicians to cancel performances in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Sheâs canceling all of her 2020 performances, including the semi-mysterious two-day Lover Fest East and West […]
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Taylor Swift, Jennifer Lopez, Oprah Joining Lady Gagaâs Coronavirus Special
What canât Lady Gaga do? With ample free time after delaying new album Chromatica, the star put on her glasses to organize a star-studded first-of-its-kind coronavirus special, One World: Together at Home. Sheâs already brought together the three major late-night hosts to emcee and worked with Global Citizen to raise a nice $35 million for […]
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Now That No One Cares Anymore, Who Was Right in the Kanye-Taylor Feud?
I donât know if you noticed, but something amazing happened this week. Locked at home in a quarantine that shows no sign of ending any time soon, the nation was primed for a silly bit of celebrity gossip to distract us. And yet, when Taylor Swift and Kanye West reignited their now-decade-old feud, the response […]
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Kim Kardashian West Accuses Taylor Swift of Lying Over Kanye Call
At this rate, weâll be uploading this feud into our cyborg grandchildrenâs brains. But you? Youâll have to just read it. Earlier today, Taylor Swift proudly declared herself completely vindicated by a recently leaked extended video of her infamous 2016 phone call with Kanye West over the content of his song âFamous.â Now, Kim Kardashian […]
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Taylor Swift Wants You To Focus On Bigger Things, But Also Know She Was Right
Everyone has a lot on their plates right now, considering thereâs a global pandemic bringing the world economy to its knees, and Taylor Swift knows that. Which is exactly why she isnât going to take the time to comment on the full leaked audio of her infamous call with Kanye West in 2016 that lead […]
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Leaked Video From Infamous Kanye WestTaylor Swift Call Might Change Everything
Some feuds were built to stand the test of time. David and Goliath. Oli de Havilland and Joan Fontaine. And, obviously, Kanye West and Taylor Swift. In news that feels like it belongs in 2015, more footage of the infamous phone call between West and Swift has apparently leaked on YouTube. According to The Independent, […]
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Taylor Swift Adds Voice to Chorus Telling You to Keep Your (Social) Distance
Well, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the medical profession at large and pretty much everyone you follow on Twitter has been on you to please, for the love of God, physically isolate yourself as much as possible to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. However, if their concerns werenât enough to put the […]
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Glastonbury Festival Still a Go, With Kendrick Lamar Set to Headline
These are uncertain times for the music industry. Amidst growing fears regarding the coronavirus, which has now reached over 130,000 cases worldwide, many concerts and festivals have been canceled or postponed, including Coachella and SXSW. But Glastonbury, one of the largest outdoor festivals in the world, is still planning to go on as scheduled this […]
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Every Easter Egg in Taylor Swiftâs âThe Manâ Music Video
Taylor Swift has a new music video out which means all other work I had planned to do today is simply off the table as I bust out my internet magnifying glass and prepare to Harriet the Spy the shit out of this thing. The video for âThe Manâ runs 4 minutes, 14 seconds long […]
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Taylor Swift Is an Independent Woman Who Didnât Need a Man for âThe Manâ Video
Taylor Swift wanted her fans up bright and early to get this lesson on feminism. âThe Manâ music video dropped at seven oâclock in the morning this Thursday, before young Swifties head off to school and before adult Swifties have their morning coffee. Taylor Swift, in some award-worthy makeup, literally becomes the man in this […]
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Taylor Kissing Joe and Everything Else You Missed at the Chaotic 2020 NME Awards
The NME Awards are like the Grammysâ cheeky British cousin. This yearâs ceremony, the music publicationâs 67th, was a particularly chaotic event. Taylor Swift expressed awe at the irreverence of the show and was more open than ever with her boyfriend, Joe Alwyn, while punk rapper Slowthai got into a tussle with the crowd after […]
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Taylor Swift Writes Her Name on Blank Space, Inks Songwriting Deal
Fresh off the heels of her Netflix documentary, Miss Americana, Taylor Swift announced today she has inked an exclusive deal with Universal Music Publishing Group, parting ways with Sony/ATV where she first signed when she was 14. This deal specifically covers Swiftâs work as a songwriter. âAccording to two people briefed on the agreement, Swiftâs […]
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So, What Is Taylor Swiftâs New Netflix Doc Miss Americana About?
Put simply, Taylor Swiftâs new documentary Miss Americana is about one thing: cats. Totally kidding, but there is a smattering of cat propaganda, and I wouldâve liked some answers about her role in the movie CATS. This is not that movie (luckily). Miss Americana is a coming-of-age story. By now, we all know the tale […]
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I Own Taylor Swiftâs Cat Backpack. Itâs As Life-Changing As It Looks.
If youâre like me you greatly enjoyed the excellent scene in the Taylor Swift Netflix doc, Miss Americana, where Taylor has her cat, Oli, in a chic backpack carrier that any cat owner would be envious of. But if you are truly like me, you already own that exact cat backpack. Turns out another thing […]
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Taylor Swiftâs New Song âOnly the Youngâ Encourages Fans to Get Political
Taylor Swiftâs got her Shiv Roy political-consultant turtleneck on. Swift, famously, publicly apolitical until recently, urges you to get out there and participate in democracy on her new track âOnly the Young.â The song, which was written and released exclusively for her new Netflix documentary Miss Americana, encourages young people to get involved in politics. […]
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Taylor Swift Finally Invites You Into Her Narrative on Miss Americana
You canât control your reputation. You think you can by striving to do and be good, but people are hard to win over now, and with good reason. Hucksters are on a powerful tear. No one buys anyone elseâs story anymore. Come up too quickly, and you get called a grifter or an âindustry plant.â […]
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18 Things We Learn About Taylor Swift in Her Documentary Miss Americana
Before seeing the documentary Miss Americana, which had its second Sundance Film Festival screening on Friday night in Salt Lake City, youâd be forgiven for thinking Taylor Swift and filmmaker Lana Wilson unlikely bedfellows. Wilson is best known for After Tiller, a probing, no-holds-barred doc centering on the only doctors in America willing to perform […]
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Taylor Swift Reveals Her Struggle With Eating Disorder in Miss Americana
After years of being famously private, Taylor Swift is opening up in her new documentary, Miss Americana. In the Netflix doc, which premiered at Sundance Film Festival on Thursday, Taylor Swift reveals that sheâs struggled with her body image and an eating disorder. Variety reports that in a voiceover in the movie, Swift describes how […]
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Taylor Swift Wants History on Her Side With Miss Americana Trailer
Tired: Taylor Swift doing whatever the hell she was doing with digital fur technology in Cats. Wired: Taylor Swift pouring her heart out while wearing feline backpacks in Miss Americana. In the trailer for Swiftâs upcoming Netflix documentary, which was unexpectedly revealed during her public feud with Scooter Braun, the songstress gives us a very […]
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Taylor Swift Wrote a Song for Her Fellow Politically Disillusioned Millennials
She didnât get an Oscar nomination for the Cats song, but Taylor Swift is not giving up on that Best Original Song award. Taylor Swiftâs upcoming Netflix documentary, Miss Americana, chronicles her pivot to politics and shows Swift writing âan anthem for millennials who might have come away disillusioned with the political process,â Variety reports, […]
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Taylor Swift Has Gay Friends and Also a GLAAD Vanguard Award
Some people are born queer icons, others have queer iconicity thrust upon them. And then there are those who do the most to become one, including a surprise drop-in acoustic set at Stonewall Inn during pride month and a music video thatâs positively chockablock with queer-squad fuel from Hayley Kiyoko to âSame Partsâ poet laureate […]
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