Paramore gave their cover of Talking Heads‘ ‘Burning Down The House’ its live debut while opening for Taylor Swift in Paris last night (May 9). Watch the footage and see the full setlist below.Hayley Williams and co.
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Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic When Taylor Swift has just introduced 31 brand new songs to the world, as she did in April with the deluxe double-album that is “The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology,” it may be a fool’s errand to immediately assess where where all that fresh grist fits into the overall scope of her catalog. Foolish, and also irresistible.
Angels roll their eyes, but anyone who considers her one of pop history’s great songwriters — on top of being one of the most prolific — can’t help getting a quick start on contextualizing where brilliant new songs like “The Black Dog,” “How Did It End?,” “loml,” “Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me” and “Down Bad” will ultimately be seen as sitting alongside “Dear John,” “Clean,” “Cardigan” and “New Romantics.” So never mind if it took the world a few years to catch on en masse to the classic that is “Cruel Summer” and finally chart-certify its greatness. She’s the kind of artist who makes you want to certify new classic in the moment.
With that in mind, I’m updating my previous list of Taylor Swift’s 50 Best Songs, first published shortly after the release of “Midnights” in late 2022, to expand the ranking to 75, including 11 of the 31 songs from “Tortured Poets Department” and tossing in a few oldies that were previously left out besides. I haven’t messed with the order of the previously included songs too much; that is to say, I haven’t given in to the peer pressure to make “All Too Well (10-Minute Version)” No.
1, even though docking it even as far down as No. 2 is just asking to get pilloried.
Paramore gave their cover of Talking Heads‘ ‘Burning Down The House’ its live debut while opening for Taylor Swift in Paris last night (May 9). Watch the footage and see the full setlist below.Hayley Williams and co.
The Tortured Poets Department has officially been added to Taylor Swift‘s The Eras Tour and we have all the details of what you can expect from the set!
Taylor Swift — aka Time Magazine’s 2023 Person of the Year — is kicking off a four-night ‘Eras Tour’ stint at Nanterre’s Paris La Defense Arena with special guest Paramore.And if you’ve held out to buy tickets until the last minute, you just might be in luck.Based on our findings, prices have dropped for a handful of the shows.When we last reported on ticket prices a mere 72 hours ago, they started at $246 before fees on Vivid Seats for the La Defense Arena ‘Eras Tour’ shows.Now, last-minute seats can be scooped up for as low as $205 before fees.Compared to how much tickets cost to see Tay Tay live in the U.S. last year, prices won’t get much better than this.Still on the fence about clicking that buy button?We’re here to help.Our team has everything you need to know and more about Taylor Swift’s four Paris concerts below.All prices listed above are subject to fluctuation.A complete calendar including all ‘Eras Tour’ Paris La Defense Arena concert dates and links to the cheapest tickets available can be found here:(Note: The New York Post confirmed all above prices at the publication time. All prices are in US dollars, subject to fluctuation and include additional fees at checkout.)Vivid Seats is a verified secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand.
You would think finding out your dad is in a music video with Taylor Swift would be the coolest thing ever! However, Ethan Hawke’s youngest daughters weren’t as hyped after all…
Taylor Swift fans have been reacting after Lana Del Rey and Kim Kardashian posed for photos together at the 2024 Met Gala.The ‘Midnights’ singer was absent from this year’s edition of the fashion event, and reportedly skipped the event due to her busy schedule and upcoming run of ‘Eras Tour’ dates set to kick off in Paris later this week.While the singer was absent from the Met Gala, her close friend and collaborator Lana Del Rey attended, and sparked a variety of responses after she was seen posing alongside reality star Kim Kardashian. This comes after Swift and Kardashian have been involved in a very public feud over recent years.In a video shared by Daily Mail on Instagram, Kardashian and Del Rey were seen engaging in a conversation on the red carpet, and standing together to take pictures.A post shared by Daily Mail (@dailymail)Swift and Kardashian’s relationship has been a topic of public scrutiny since 2016, when Kardashian defended her then-husband Kanye West’s mention of Swift in his track ‘Famous’, in which he claimed he “made that bitch famous”.She then insisted that Swift had given him permission to include her in the song and released footage of a phone call between Swift and West about the inclusion of similar lyrics to those that were released, which Swift has since said was recorded “illegally” and “edited”.Swift addressed the situation again in her December 2023 Time Person of the Year interview.
Taylor Swift will be The City of Light’s main attraction when she swoops into the Paris La Defense Arena for four huge back-to-back-to-back-to-back ‘Eras Tour’ concerts along with special guest Paramore.And if you want to be there, last-minute tickets are available for all shows.Better yet, they’re significantly cheaper than they were when the New York Post last reported on Taylor Swift ticket prices on April 26.On that date, prices to see the “The Tortured Poets Department” singer live started at $425 USD before fees on Vivid Seats.At the time of publication, tickets can now be scooped up for as low as $246 USD before fees.That’s nearly $200 (!) in savings.Sometimes “all of this silence and patience, pining in anticipation” as Tay Tay sings in “Dress,” really does pay off.Want a closer look at how much tickets cost for Swift’s four shows in one of the world’s most romantic cities?Keep scrolling, Swifties.We’ve got everything you need to know and more below about Taylor’s Paris ‘Era’ below.All prices listed below are subject to fluctuation.A complete calendar including all ‘Eras Tour’ Paris La Defense Arena concert dates and links to the cheapest tickets available can be found here:(Note: The New York Post confirmed all above prices at the publication time. All prices are in US dollars, subject to fluctuation and include additional fees at checkout.)Vivid Seats is a verified secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand.
Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Taylor Swift‘s “The Tortured Poets Department” registered 439,000 album-equivalent units to return as the No. 1 album in the U.S. in its second week out, according to data from Luminate first reported in Billboard.
Ryan Gosling‘s new action comedy The Fall Guy has revealed how Taylor Swift‘s song ‘All Too Well’ appeared in the film.Directed by David Leitch (Bullet Train), the film follows a stuntman (Gosling) who is working on his ex-girlfriend’s (Emily Blunt) directorial debut, only to find himself involved in a conspiracy connected to the film’s leading man.In the film, it is revealed that Gosling’s character Colt Seavers ghosted Blunt’s Jody Moreno 18 months prior after he sustained a devastating injury to his back and pushed everyone around him away.After their difficult first day filming together, Colt ends up crying to ‘All Too Well’ in his car. Jody then sees him and taps on his window, asking: “Have you been crying to Taylor Swift?”“Doesn’t everyone?” he replies.“We were at a test screening, and a major Swiftie raised her hand and said, ‘That was the perfect use of a Taylor cue.
Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic One of the buzziest — or should that be tipsiest? — performances at this past weekend’s Stagecoach came from an artist who wasn’t even listed on the poster art. Late-breaking sensation Shaboozey was squeezed into the festival as a performer in the Bud Light Backyard tent, where there was other squeezing going on as Sunday’s festivalgoers stood in line to get a glimpse of the artist whose “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” has proven to be a straight-out-of-the-box smash among both country and hip-hop fans. Shaboozey isn’t coming to stardom himself in any kind of overnight way; the 28-year-old, Virginia-born singer-rapper put out his first single 10 years ago, and he’s about to release his third major-label album.
Taylor Swift has celebrated the ongoing success of ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ by sharing a series of photographs of her with collaborators Post Malone and Florence Welch. Check them out below.The polaroids were shared by the pop icon on Instagram last night (April 28), as she celebrated the new album debuting at Number One on the Billboard 200 chart, and selling over 2.6million units in America.“My mind is blown.
Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Taylor Swift‘s “The Tortured Poets Department” has lived up to its blockbuster potential and then some. Billboard reported Sunday that, per data provided by Luminate, the new release racked up 2.61 million album-equivalent units in its first week out — the best one-week figure for any album in nine years. The last album to debut with a higher figure was Adele’s “25,” which bowed with 3.482 million in 2015, a number that is considered unrepeatable with the changes that have occurred in consumption since then.
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s relationship — and one milestone bettors can put money on is when the power couple will announce they’re tying the knot.There is a 75% chance that the pop princess and the football star will make their engagement public before the NFL season kicks off Sept. 5, according to a report this week by the online sports betting community OLBG.“People will bet on them, especially with the rise of Swift being on television a lot with the NFL,” Jake Ashton, OLBG senior news editor, told The Post.“The markets now for each of Kelce’s games, they all have Taylor Swift specials in there because there has been an increase in men watching it with their partners who have shown interest in Swift.
The fifth track on all of Taylor Swift‘s albums are some of the most buzzed-about songs of her career as fans know they’re always the most devastating ones.
Trying to figure out what Taylor Swift‘s song “Down Bad” is about? Well she’s publicly spoken out to reveal some details already!
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, a pairing that intrigues fans and media alike, recently enjoyed a getaway in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. But they weren’t alone in their beachside escapade; Hollywood heartthrob Bradley Cooper and supermodel Gigi Hadid joined them.
Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Spotify announced Wednesday that Taylor Swift‘s “The Tortured Poets Department” has become the first album in the app’s history to pick up a billion streams in a single week. And it did that with still a couple of days left to go in the seven-day period in question. The previous high-water mark for most album streams in a week belonged to Swift’s last all-new release, “Midnights,” in October 2022.
Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic There’s no golden ticket quite like the golden ticket of finding your name in the lyrics of a Taylor Swift song. It’s one thing if you’re Charlie Puth, and already on a list of Spotify’s 150 top monthly artists. But for another musical artist name-checked in Swift’s album “The Tortured Poets Department,” the impact stands to be much more impactful.
One of the most-talked about songs off of The Tortured Poets Department so far is the track “Florida!!!” and we’ve learned that Taylor Swift enlisted a famous friend to help write the song.
Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic If we had the ability to assess who is the most beloved figure in music — not in overall numbers, but sheer adoration, per capita and per peer — it likely wouldn’t be Taylor or Beyoncé but Mavis Staples, who has been taking us there since the late ’60s. There being the smile that crosses anyone’s face when fortunate enough to be in the same room, or even in just giving a passing thought to that voice, that presence, and all the different ways in which Staples embodies righteousness.
Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Taylor Swift can’t quit breaking her own records. After Spotify revealed Friday that “The Tortured Poets Department” had become the first album in the DSP’s history to amass 200 million streams in a single day, the service updated that news early Saturday, to report that first-day streams actually surpassed 300 million, when all was said and done and counted.