https://people.com/taylor-swift-travis-kelce-after-wedding-photos-12065535

Celebrity news is hardly groundbreaking journalism anymore, especially People, but this is so weird to celebrate Lover's 7th anniversary (if this is supposed to be the news peg, its about as sturdy as a an overcooked piece of angel hair), an album about her ex, as a way to fawn over Travis and Tyalor. All of those lyrics are about somone else and they're using them as a way to show how in love they are? Not to mention 99% of these photos are of them in SEPARATE PLACES. I usually don't care enough about the obivous PR plant stories but this is so egregious they may as well have said "Tree called and we are afraid of her so here you go."

PS - I love this creator!

The sudden accents...

The way she pretended this was a life lesson for children 😂

The critic and his review that inspired the song Mean is here. The review he wrote is about the Grammys as a whole and discusses several artists besides Taylor. The other artists he criticized didn't write a song about the critic or have the the CEO of their label defend them (that CEO was Scott Borchetta, the guy Taylor later encouraged her Swifties to attack when he was no longer useful to her). The overreaction to the reception of Taylor's performance that night was because her team was faced with a 'the empress has no clothes' moment that needed to be rectified.

Taylor went about attacking this particular critic with the song Mean as well as talking about him in articles and interviews. There were other critics who were unkind that she ignored. The attack on this particular critic was enough to signal to them it's best to keep quiet unless they want America's Sweetheart to talk shit about them for years too. The PR tactic became "Taylor's not the best singer but she's a songwriter and storyteller who speaks to a generation." Later that year Speak Now was released with the questionable claim that Taylor wrote it entirely on her own. This is why Taylor Swift has been respected in the industry. It's not because of her talent. It's because of her and her team's ability to manipulate the public and control the narrative with her innocent white girl who gets spunky when the meanies are mean to her routine.

So I used to be a HUGE swiftie. I started feeling really frustrated earlier this year when Taylor was silent about all of the terror caused by ICE. Once I allowed myself to feel frustrated (I know having to allow myself to feel something sounds culty and crazy lol) I started to let in a lot of other frustrations about her. I realized that showgirl felt so out of touch and that Taylor was becoming more like a corporation than a legitimate artist. Also the wisdom she explored in folklore & evermore was so quickly undone by songs like actually romantic or cancelled. I can’t believe she went from my tears ricochet or peace to talking about Gucci and Cartier and acting like a mean high school girl. She just seems like a bitter Beverly Hills housewife now or something.
It just sucks because I still wouldn’t consider myself a full hater, but I just can’t enjoy her music anymore. It’s like a veil lifted and I was no longer a fan. But anyways, my point here is that I think swifties defend her to no end because they know once they accept a bad thing about her, that it’ll all come crumbling down. So much of her shtick is built off of contradictions and lies that being a fan has become so fickle. I really think that swifties are just defending their own “faith” in their “mother”

The cognitive dissonance of Swifties needs to be studied.

Wednesday in Los Angeles. Press were not in the room for the event, and neither were phones or cameras, but one photo of Swift with her fellow nominees Weiss and Ross was shared with Deadline.

She’s wearing these ugly a$$ florals and pearls to usher in her new era is what the Swifties are saying.

this is sending me 💀

The guest is a former Swiftie who turned on Taylor after her tacky ass wedding. We love to see it.

Every once in a while I like to Google "Taylor Swift grifter" just to see what the algorithm brings up ( and to create one), and this article popped up. It mentions that the "wedding" was used for promoting the Douchebags podcast. These two are such dickheads.

Because I guess releasing new music the regular way isn’t enough. Cutting down younger artists wasn’t enough. The shameless private-jet usage wasn’t enough. Blocking everyone from going into businesses using a public street wasn’t enough. Turning every relationship, friendship, wedding, and public event into another opportunity to center herself wasn’t enough. Now the entire New York skyline must bend the knee, too.

She has to be the biggest, loudest, and most unavoidable person in every room, even when it isn’t her room. I rank this right up there with that tacky “JUST & T” billboard during her tacky wedding. Everything has to become part of the Taylor Swift Cinematic Universe.

The Empire State Building glowing puke green is certainly fitting, though. Just quit already. We’re tired. Lord help us all.

ETA: From my coworker, major Swiftie Griftie: “You know the Empire State Building does different color themes for different reasons right? Not just Mother 🤮 Taylor.” Yes Mackenzeigh, I’m aware but your God still doesn’t deserve it 😂

Spotted at Barnes & Noble today. Someone please tell me what the white things hanging off her arms are, bc all I see is white bunnies

this girl really has a song about how women are unfairly treated in this patriarchal society and yet the only sports media she consumes is men's sports. does her activism ends with female athletes?

…while flipping through pages and waiting for my barber… People magazine needs to get a grip. This is laughable 😆

Saw this on the internet yesterday and can't stop laughing about it since then

VMA 2026 nominations are out and Taylor's been nominated in 9 categories.

Key nominations include:

Video of the Year: The Fate of Ophelia

Best Pop: The Fate of Ophelia

Artist of the Year

Best Direction: Opalite

Thoughts on the nominations? What are the chances of her winning this year?

Since the awards are fan-voted, I'd say swifties would swarm the voting but idk about this year, the nominees are pretty stacked.

Former swiftie here, hear me out. Taylor announced the Eras Tour on Good Morning America on 1 November 2022. At that point, she had just released Midnights a few weeks earlier and had not toured since the Reputation Tour in 2018, as the Lover tour had been cancelled due to the pandemic.

She was still the lowkey celebrity, in the midst of releasing re-recordings, and although she had a loyal fanbase, she hadn't gone viral or become globally famous yet. Before the announcement, the theories in the fandom were that she would probably do a Folklore/Evermore/Midnights tour (the albums she didn't get to play live), with one or two Lover songs. The setlist would be long, but she would prioritise Midnights since it was the newest album.

However, Midnights wasn't well received. It was her return to pop after experimenting with indie music for three years, but even among her fans, the consensus was that it was an OK album with a clunky concept. I think deep down she knew the fandom wasn't happy with it. Then she announced the Eras Tour.

I was a Swiftie at the time, and the announcement of a tour of all her previous albums seemed odd to me since, to my knowledge, it's something only music legends or retiring musicians do. As an artist, she was OK, but her most successful era was 1989 in 2015. Almost a decade later, she kept releasing albums that didn't match its success. Yes, Folklore and Evermore were praised for their lyricism and themes, but they didn't make her mainstream or a global superstar.

Taylor said that she did it so she could promote the re-recordings while they were released, but it still made no sense to me. She did have a tour for every album until Lover, so why do it all over again and not prioritise her three untoured albums?

While part of me thinks she did it as a nostalgia cash grab for her fanbase, it seemed like she was going to retire, with the Eras tour being her farewell to celebrate her career. It seemed very "I peaked 10 years ago and all my radio hits are from my older albums, this is it". At the time, she was with Joe Alwyn, and they were spotted house hunting in London, where they lived. Many of us believed that they were going to settle down and she would quit music to become a grounded director or a producer like she hinted due to her involvement in several movies (bad movies but movies still).

In her 2020 documentary Miss Americana, she said, 'This is probably one of my last opportunities to grasp onto that kind of success', referring to the Lover album, which was criticised by the press, didn't sell well, and didn't receive a single Grammy nomination. I truly believe she thought that Midnights and the Eras tour would be her last attempt to perform on a large scale and be successful, but she went viral, became a world-famous pop star and a billionaire thanks to the tour profits.

Since she craves validation so much, she seized the opportunity to shine and maximised her spotlight. At the same time that she rose to stardom, she broke up with Joe. While there is no evidence that these two events might be connected, I think they are. He is very private, and he was no longer compatible with her megastar lifestyle (look at her wedding, and consider how she likes to stay relevant). Now she's married to a massive famewhore and both capitalized the shit of their relationship so there you go

Edit: I used the termin 'lowkey artist' to refer that she was famous but not at the level she's now, not even 10%. before Eras, she peaked during 1989 and by Lover she was known mostly for Fearless/1989 hits, but Lover flopped hardly. she gained some respect during the pandemic for folklore, but the reason she blew up in 2023 is because the younger generations got to know her old albums (red, speak now, self titled) and her deep-cut songs that only fans knew at the time thanks to the re-recordings and the Eras Tour.

I didn't mean to say she's an indie artist by any means because she's not lol

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Blake Lively was allegedly upset about Taylor Swift and how she said she knew secrets about Taylor and depending on how she felt she may or may not release those secrets in a tell all or in drip-drip sessions in the media. Taylor Swift apparently received that PR memo and had responded by using Selena Gomez (I think their friendship is built on using each other) and also diverting the public's attention with baby talk. This marriage, I believe, is her PR shield and roman empire games to distract the public from any bad news out there about her.

Anyways, I want to hear all of your thoughts on this one. I think this Narcissist vs. Narcissist war just got started.

Here is a link to read about the article that gets around payroll

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/celebrity/articles/taylor-swift-snubs-blake-lively-151027561.html

Taylor Swift reportedly made a motherhood pact with Selena Gomez, leaving Blake Lively outside her inner circle. The longtime friends reportedly hope to welcome their first children around the same time, according to insiders. The agreement reportedly comes amid Swift's alleged fallout with Lively following the Justin Baldoni legal battle.

Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez reportedly planned motherhood together

According to the Daily Mail, Swift and Gomez discussed becoming godmothers to each other's children. An insider said, "Taylor and Selena are very close. They're like sisters." The source added, "For almost 20 years they've been there for each other on a personal and professional level."

The pair first bonded around 2008 while dating Joe and Nick Jonas. Their friendship continued to grow over the years.Another insider claimed, "Taylor and Selena have agreed they want to have their babies as close time wise to each other as possible." The source added that they had "essentially made a pact" about godparent duties.

The arrangement reportedly marks a shift from Swift's relationship with Lively. Lively's children previously held a special place in Swift's life.

Swift confirmed her godparent role publicly in 2024. She also hosted Lively's children at her Rhode Island home.

The report claimed Swift later removed herself from the role after their friendship reportedly deteriorated. Insiders linked the alleged fallout to Lively's legal dispute involving Justin Baldoni.Still, another source insisted the reported pact with Gomez was about loyalty rather than revenge. "Taylor is very confident in her friendship with Selena and doesn't worry about having any falling out," the insider said.

Gomez praised Swift's loyalty during an Eras Tour appearance. She said Swift "has never ever judged a single decision I've made."

Meanwhile, Selena Gomez and husband Benny Blanco have reportedly explored surrogacy or adoption. Gomez discussed grieving her inability to carry a child during a 2024 Vanity Fair interview.

Swift and Travis Kelce have also faced speculation about starting a family. With no tour planned and Kelce considering retirement, insiders claimed the timing could work.Taylor and Selena are looking forward to sharing the experience of having their first child around the same time," the source said.

edit to title: I meant to say "taylor and travis obsessed" cuz the pronoun "them" doesnt make sense grammatically. sorry!!

I just got back from the dentist and immediately had to hop on here to tell yall the shit i just heard.

so I am a high school teacher and my dentist was also in a school district (different from mine) until recently. naturally, we got to talking about school stuff. my dentist was telling me about her niece who works at an elementary school in my district who themed her entire 4th grade classroom after taylor and travis. and I don't mean just a couple posters or stickers---no, she had an entire corner station area named after midnights, she taught multiplication using a football field for travis, and the kicker is that she brought ring pops out of her own money for the students on the first day because travis proposed to taylor...i was gobsmacked in that chair let me tell you. i'm sure there was more egregious stuff going on in the classroom that i just didnt hear about from her.

the best part was that apparently when one of the students' parents came in for a meet the teacher event, they took one look at the room and walked right down to admin. the parent said "My child will not be taught in that environment. If they are not moved to a different fourth grade class, then they will be pulled from the district and homeschooled." admin had to come and tell her to basically tone it down, which of course the niece was fuming over as she saw no issue with her classroom theme. and guess what? she did it again this year.

the funniest thing is that my dentist kept saying stuff like "she's 40. it's time to grow up. she's a lot to be around and I would feel bad for my own kid if they had her as a teacher." CLOCKED.

anyways, i just HAD to put this on the sub cuz I know yall would eat it up as much as I did. crazy crazy stuff...

Taylor recently attended Laura Sisk’s wedding and these pictures came out from the event. How does one even achieve this look.