Inside Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn's Private Romance -- And Why It 'Really Works'

Avril Lavigne released her "Love Sux" album last month, she received a beautiful congratulatory flower arrangement from none other than Taylor Swift. While chatting with Us Weekly, the "Sk8er Boi" artist discussed how much that meant gesture meant to her."I thought that was just, like, super stand-up, super classy of her to send me flowers, just as another woman supporting another woman in music," Avril told Us Weekly.

Mutual admiration! Avril Lavigne was thrilled when fellow musician Taylor Swift sent her a gift to celebrate her new album — and she hopes something more will come of the sweet gesture.

Taylor Swift is a proud cat lady and a big supporter of Zoë Kravitz’s Catwoman. The 32-year-old Grammy Award winner took to social media to praise her bestie for her performance as Selina Kyle in the newly premiered and record-breaking film The Batman.“@zoeisabellakravitz is the Catwoman of my dreams,” Swift wrote with an image of the 33-year-old actress.

Taylor Swift took to her Instagram Story on Sunday to rave about Zoë Kravitz's performance as Selina Kyle, a.k.a. Catwoman, in. "@zoeisabellakravitz is the Catwoman of my dreams," the 32-year-old singer wrote over a picture of Kravitz on the screen in a movie theater.

Taylor Swift has won Best Reissue at the BandLab NME Awards 2022 for the re-imagining of her 2012 pivotal album, ‘Red (Taylor’s Version)’.She beat out OutKast (‘ATLiens)’, Nirvana (‘Nevermind’), Radiohead (‘Kid Amnesiae’), and The Beatles (‘Let It Be’) for the prize.In a four-star review, NME said the album’s production is “a little sharper” than the original 2012 release, “with instrumentation being brought further into focus”, adding that Swift’s voice had matured “significantly in the intervening decade” since she released ‘Red’.The new version also featured fresh additions like the poignant charity single ‘Ronan’, ‘Better Man’ as song that was originally written for Little Big Town in 2016, and ‘Babe’, which long-time collaborator, producer, and this year’s Songwriter Award winner Jack Antonoff adds brass and ‘1989’-style shine to.In 2020, Swift picked up the NME award for Best Solo Act In The World, sharing that she was “honoured and very excited” about the award.“I want to say thank you so much to anyone who writes about music, who blogs about music, who tweets about music, who cares about music,” she said. “But most of all, I want to say thank you to the fans because they are the only reason that I get to do this.”She added: “Thank you to all of the artists that are here tonight, I am such a fan of all of you.

“The Dunk,” have taken to Twitter to lure the “Shake It Off” singer to the Big East matchup.pic.twitter.com/n2J6WKpYM6It’s unclear if Swift, 32, who has a house in Watch Hill, RI can even hit a lay up or knows the first thing about hoops, but she is something of a totem for the 11th ranked Friars.As the team — led by veteran players and Coach Ed Cooley, who is so awesome that when he split his pants during the 2018 Big East tournament final, he tucked a Gatorade towel in his trousers and kept coaching — have battled their way to a 23-3 record, Swift’s music has put some extra wind in their sails.Her 2009 hit, “You Belong with Me” has become the anthem for the squad and the raucous student section, as they’ve gone viral for belting it out in unison. The floor shaking interlude has helped create an electric atmosphere at the arena this season.

Phoebe Bridgers has recalled in a new interview the “total high” of talking to Taylor Swift for the first time in a text exchange.Last year, the pair collaborated on the song ‘Nothing New’, one of the “From The Vault” bonus tracks that appear on Swift’s re-recording of her 2012 fourth album, ‘Red (Taylor’s Version)’.During an interview on Late Night With Seth Meyers last November, Swift hailed Bridgers as “one of my favourite artists in the world”, adding: “If she sings it, I will listen to it. I just love her voice.” She also explained how her team-up with Bridgers came about, sharing that it started with a text message.Now, speaking to Billboard, Bridgers has given her side of the story, explaining that at first she thought the text was from The National‘s Aaron Dessner.“I got this random text from Aaron Dessner that was really weirdly worded for him,” she said.

BTS have been named IFPI's Global Recording Artist of the Year Award, beating the likes of Taylor Swift, Adele and Drake to the top spot.

Stevie Nicks had something to say to Katy Perry at the height of the complicated feud between the ‘Teenage Dream’ singer and Taylor Swift.The legendary artist detailed an encounter she had with Katy in London, where she decided to give her some advice about the way she should handle the situation and stay away from drama.“I always think of Katy Perry and I having this long talk at the Corinthia Hotel, in London,” Stevie shared, “This is probably 10 years ago, and she said, ‘So, Stevie, who are your rivals?‘” The 74-year-old singer responded, “I don’t have rivals,” adding that Katy’s “big blue eyes got bigger and bluer.’“No, Katy, I don’t, and neither do you. You are Katy Perry, you’re who you are, you do what you do and you’re great at it.

For years, fans have trolled Jake Gyllenhaal over Taylor Swift’s “All Too Well,” a song that many believe is about their whirlwind, three-month relationship back in 2010. When Swift released a re-recorded version of the track over a decade later in 2021, Gyllenhaal was making headlines yet again—and now, the actor is hitting back at the “cyberbullying” he faced from the singer’s fans.

Stevie Nicks gave Katy Perry some advice amid her feud with Taylor Swift.

In one of the few times since 2010, Jake Gyllenhaal, 41, is talking about Taylor Swift, 32. Three months after Taylor released the 10-minute version of “All Too Well,” one of the songs fans have speculated for years is about her brief relationship with Jake, the actor is revealing his reaction to Taylor’s music.

Jake Gyllenhaal is finally opening up about Taylor Swift's 2012 song, «All Too Well.» The 32-year-old singer, who dated Gyllenhaal for several months in 2010, brought their romance back into the spotlight last year with the re-release of, an album which features several songs widely thought to be about Gyllenhaal, including a 10-minute version of «All Too Well.»In a new profile for, the 41-year-oldactor reacts to Swift's lyrics, saying specifically of «All Too Well» that «it has nothing to do with me.»«It’s about her relationship with her fans. It is her expression,» he tells the magazine.

Stevie Nicks has said that she once advised Katy Perry to end her “ridiculous” feud with Taylor Swift. And Perry did eventually heed that advice. About six years later.

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DEALSUniversal’s Republic Records has expanded its partnership with K-pop company JYP Entertainment, they having worked together to launch girl group Twice in the US. “We are beyond delighted to move forward with Republic Records”, says JYP CEO Jimmy Jeong, so to develop a “major artist roster” together after “the successful kick-off Twice has brought”.————————————————–APPOINTMENTSUlf Zick has joined Utopia Music as Chief Marketing Officer.

Jack Antonoff has elaborated on his issues with Damon Albarn in a new interview, following the latter’s controversial comments about Taylor Swift two weeks ago.The producer and Bleachers frontman was recently a guest on The What, a podcast hosted by broadcaster Brad Steiner, to promote his upcoming appearance at the 2022 Bonnaroo Festival. During the conversation, however, the topic of Albarn was raised when Antonoff and Steiner got into a discussion on songwriting.Albarn, best known as the frontman of Blur and Gorillaz, was interviewed by The LA Times last month to promote his recent solo album ‘The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows’ and his upcoming shows in the city.During the interview, Albarn falsely claimed that Taylor Swift doesn’t write her own songs, and that co-writing “doesn’t count” towards being called a songwriter.“Obviously, it’s completely absurd and everyone knows that,” Antonoff said during the podcast with regards to Albarn’s comments.“You’re talking about one of the greatest songwriters of our generation who has her name as the only name on many songs.

Joe Alwyn is offering some rare insight into his relationship with Taylor Swift. The 30-year-old actor's comment came during the virtual Television Critics Association panel for Alwyn's new Hulu show,, on Tuesday.Alwyn is set to star as Nick Conway, a character who is in an open relationship, in the series, which is based on Sally Rooney's debut novel of the same name.