Stereogum — Olivia Rodrigo and Chappell Roan go way back together. When Rodrigo launched her first tour in 2022, a then-unknown Roan opened the San Francisco show. Rodrigo and Roan share a primary collaborator, producer Dan Nigro, and Roan sang backup vocals ... more info

Stereogum — Earlier this year, Jeff Goldblum teamed up with American Idol finalist Haley Reinhart for a cover of Taylor Swift’s 2019 song “Lover.” Last week, the pair performed it live on Kimmel while Goldblum was serving as fill-in host. more info

Stereogum — Taylor Swift ended her Eras Tour’s European run at London’s Wembley Stadium tonight, and the show featured a live debut. “Florida!!!” from this year’s The Tortured Poets Department had not yet made its way into Swift’s setlist, but for... more info

Stereogum — Considering Taylor Swift’s outspokenness against Donald Trump and Swifties’ generally unyielding loyalty to her, I bet the majority of voting-age Swifties will not be casting a ballot for Trump this election. I know pro-Trump Swifties are out ... more info

Stereogum — Paramore, the most demure and mindful band in pop-punk, have been supporting Taylor Swift on the Eras Tour for a while now. The London shows also feature newly-added opening act Suki Waterhouse, who has a fun connection to Paramore: Waterhouse is ... more info

Stereogum — Taylor Swift is performing five nights at London’s Wembley Stadium, and tonight she played the first. The pop star brought out Ed Sheeran to sing a mashup of their 2012 duet “Everything Has Changed,” her 2017 song “End Game,” and his 201... more info

New York Post — Now might be the time to pounce, Swifties. more info

Stereogum — The MTV Video Music Awards used to be a major cultural event. They’re still a big enough deal that last year’s show featured the reunited *NSYNC presenting Taylor Swift with an award. But the VMAs are not a bigger deal than the upcoming presid... more info

Stereogum — Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department has now spent 14 nonconsecutive weeks at the top of the Billboard 200. But this week carries a bit more significance than the previous 13: Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign’s new collaborative album V... more info

Stereogum — A third suspect has been arrested in connection with a plot to “kill as many people as possible” outside a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna. Wednesday Austrian authorities arrested a 19-year-old who had sworn allegiance to the Islamic State and ... more info