Stereogum — Taylor Swift is embarrassing. Her greatest fans will concede that Taylor Swift is a fundamentally embarrassing person. Sometimes, it's part of the appeal. Sometimes, it's just something that you have to work through. Do you know how embarrassing it i... more info

Antimusic Rock — Former I Prevail frontman Brian Burkheiser has official launched his new solo venture, entitled Scatterbrain, with a cover of the Taylor Swift hit more info

Magnet Magazine — Think it’s impossible to draw a musical line from Pavement’s totemic Slanted And Enchanted to Taylor Swift’s Folklore? Well, in Such Great Heights: The Complete Cultural History Of The Indie Rock Explosion, author Chris DeVille makes a comprehe... more info

Stereogum — It was only last month that Taylor Swift released her new album The Life Of A Showgirl. Remember that? She shared a lot of variants, broke sales records, and occupied all top 10 slots on the Hot 100 chart. Yesterday she dropped more variants with thr... more info

Stereogum — Last year, Adele finished her latest Las Vegas residency and said that she was ready to take an "incredibly long" break as soon as those shows were done. This was expected. By any measure. Adele is one of the most popular singers on this planet we ca... more info

Stereogum — About a month ago, Taylor Swift released her new album The Life Of A Showgirl . It sold a bajillion copies right away, and then lots of people hated it. Not me, though. I thought it was good. What? Shut up. Like you don't like anything embarrassing.... more info

New York Post — The 68th annual Grammy Awards will air Feb. 1, 2026. more info

Stereogum — Last year, Ogbert The Nerd frontman Madison James locked down the URL for taylorswift.bandcamp.com and used to to release the kind of thrashy, discordant music that one does not necessarily associate with the name Taylor Swift. It makes sense to m... more info

New York Post — Prince Harry is Actually not interested. more info

Stereogum — Though our own Tom Breihan thought it was solid, a lot of people (myself included) think The Life Of A Showgirl is some of Taylor Swift’s most mediocre work to date. Nonetheless, the mixed public reception has done nothing to slow down the Taylo... more info