Taylor Swift wants a federal judge to dump his recent ruling allowing a copyright infringement lawsuit over her hit song “Shake It Off” to proceed to trial. The singer argues in a new court filing that U.S. District Judge Michael Fitzgerald failed to properly apply the “extrinsic test” when he …
Read More »Grab Your Red Scarves: Taylor Swift Teases 'All Too Well' Short Film
Taylor Swift‘s “All Too Well,” a fan favorite and Rob Sheffield’s Number One Swift song, is getting a short film out Nov. 12. Swift dropped a teaser of the film on Good Morning America on Friday, revealing she’ll direct and star alongside Stranger Thing‘s Sadie Sink and Dylan O’Brien. The news …
Read More »Taylor Swift Teases Phoebe Bridgers Collab in New 'Red' Vault Video
Taylor Swift will be dropping herRedre-recording on November 19th, and as she did with Fearless (Taylor’s Version), she’s now released a special “vault video” containing a hidden message about the album for her fans. The code looks to be some kind of word search puzzle, featuring the names of bonus …
Read More »Is Olivia Rodrigo Saving Rock, Pop, and Teen Angst?
Few 18-year-olds anywhere are having a better summer than Olivia Rodrigo, who’s so far spent the season bringing rock guitars back to the top of the charts with the killer single “Good 4 U,” and hanging out with Joe Biden and Anthony Fauci at the White House while encouraging young …
Read More »RS Charts: Morgan Wallen's 'Dangerous' Is Number One Again Amid Controversy
Morgan Wallen spent his fourth consecutive week at Number One on the Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums chart. Once again, he did not face a serious challenger: His 30-song set Dangerous earned 144,200 album-equivalent units, far more than Lil Durk‘s deluxe edition of The Voice, which earned the Number Two …
Read More »Lana Del Rey, Hayley Williams, and More Join Jack Antonoff for Twitch Talent Show
A bevy of stars joined Jack Antonoff, his sister Rachel, and the Ally Coalition Monday night for their seventh annual talent show — streamed for free via Twitch with all donations supporting homeless LGBTQ youth. Hayley Williams donned a bathrobe to cover Massive Attack’s “Teardrop,” Lana Del Rey sang “Silent …
Read More »Taylor Swift Starts Frenzy at Indie Record Stores With Surprise Signed 'Folklore' CDs
Taylor Swift is keeping things indie. On Thursday morning, a multitude of independently owned record stores across America took to social media to share that signed Folklore CDs “just showed up” — as Chicago’s Reckless Records put it — at the door. Fans were instructed that the supply was limited …
Read More »RS Charts: Taylor Swift's 'Folklore' Tops the RS 200 For A Second Week
After seeing the biggest debut of 2020, Taylor Swift‘s Folklore spends a second week atop the Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums chart, pulling in 139,700 units the week of July 31st through August 6th. Unlike in Folklore‘s first week, when it saw over 600,000 album sales, most of its second-week …
Read More »Paul McCartney, Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga Lead 79-track 'Together at Home' Album
Paul McCartney, Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, the Rolling Stones, Stevie Wonder and Billie Eilish are among the many artists who appear on Global Citizen’s newly released soundtrack, One World: Together at Home via Universal Music Group. Titled after last weekend’s livestream event, the massive 79-song album compiles all the performances …
Read More »The Dixie Chicks Return to Country Radio, Prompting Angry Calls
On September 4th, Mike Chase and Amy Faust — morning show hosts for the country station KWJJ in Portland, Oregon — cued up Taylor Swift‘s “Soon You’ll Get Better,” a quietly resilient acoustic ballad featuring the Dixie Chicks. “It’s a song about her own mother struggling with cancer,” Chase explains. …
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