• Taylor Swift sends ‘Folklore’ cardigan to Kobe Bryant’s daughter Natalia

    Taylor Swift sends ‘Folklore’ cardigan to Kobe Bryant’s daughter Natalia

    Kobe Bryant’s daughter Natalia will no doubt be calling Taylor Swift’s “Folklore” cardigan her favorite. Following the release of her new surprise album “Folklore” on Friday, the 30-year-old musician sent Natalia a cardigan that matched the one she wears in the music video for “Cardigan,” the LP’s first single. The 17-year-old Swiftie shared her excitement …
  • Taylor Swift album ‘Folklore’ breaks Spotify, Apple Music streaming records

    Taylor Swift album ‘Folklore’ breaks Spotify, Apple Music streaming records

    Taylor Swift’s latest album “Folklore” is breaking the Internet. Since dropping last Thursday at midnight, “Folklore” was streamed 80.6 million times on Spotify, breaking the Swedish company’s record for first-day album streams by a female artist, it said. “Folklore” is also the most-streamed pop album on Apple Music in 24 hours with 35.5 million streams, …
  • Who is Rebekah Harkness, subject of Taylor Swift’s ‘Last Great American Dynasty’?

    Who is Rebekah Harkness, subject of Taylor Swift’s ‘Last Great American Dynasty’?

    While stuck at home in quarantine, Taylor Swift looked to a fitting source of inspiration for her new album “Folklore”: her house itself. One of her houses, anyway. Back in 2013, the 30-year-old singer-songwriter splashed out a reported $17 million for a stately oceanside mansion in Watch Hill, Rhode Island. Now, her home’s previous owner, …
  • Did Taylor Swift reveal Blake Lively’s baby’s name in new song ‘Betty’?

    Did Taylor Swift reveal Blake Lively’s baby’s name in new song ‘Betty’?

    The queen of pop might also be the queen of name drop. After Taylor Swift, 30, unveiled her newest album “Folklore” early Friday, it wasn’t long before superfans started circulating a theory that the song “Betty” is in fact named after Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively’s youngest daughter. Swift has long been friends with the …
  • Did Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn break up? Here’s what her lyrics suggest

    Did Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn break up? Here’s what her lyrics suggest

    Taylor Swift released her new album “Folklore” at midnight on Friday, and it’s packed with intimate, wistful lyrics and several breakup songs — leading some fans to worry about the status of the musician’s own relationship with Joe Alwyn, her boyfriend of more than three years. In opening track “The 1,” the 30-year-old pop phenom …
  • Taylor Swift’s radical ‘Folklore,’ recorded in quarantine, is ‘some new s–t’

    Taylor Swift’s radical ‘Folklore,’ recorded in quarantine, is ‘some new s–t’

    After their infamous entanglement at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, Taylor Swift has pulled a Beyoncé by releasing a surprise album. But “Folklore” — which the superstar teased on Thursday before dropping at midnight — is not the summer album to escape from your quarantine doldrums. There are no splashy summer smashes — such …
  • Katy Perry says she’s delivering her baby during ‘Looney Tunes times’

    Katy Perry says she’s delivering her baby during ‘Looney Tunes times’

    Katy Perry has been doing a media blitz to promote her album “Smile,” due Aug. 14. So, while much has been made of her historic feud and eventual reconciliation with Taylor Swift, Perry cannot be overjoyed with Swift releasing a secret new album overnight. Pregnant Perry, whose baby girl with Orlando Bloom is also due …
  • Taylor Swift’s ‘Folklore’ merchandise teases new album’s lyrics

    Taylor Swift’s ‘Folklore’ merchandise teases new album’s lyrics

    Summer just got a little less cruel. Taylor Swift surprised her fans Thursday morning by announcing her new album “Folklore,” which will drop Friday at midnight. The 30-year-old pop phenom’s eighth studio LP, “Folklore” includes 16 songs Swift said she’s “poured all of [her] whims, dreams, fears, and musings into” — along with a bonus …
  • Taylor Swift announces surprise album ‘Folklore’

    Taylor Swift announces surprise album ‘Folklore’

    Swifties, rejoice. Taylor Swift announced early Thursday that she will be dropping her eighth studio album, “Folklore,” at midnight. Swift, 30, described the album as “songs I’ve poured all of my whims, dreams, fears, and musings into.” In a statement posted to Twitter, the “Lover” singer added that she wrote the album “in isolation,” and …
  • Katy Perry, Taylor Swift ended feud publicly to be an ‘example of redemption’

    Katy Perry, Taylor Swift ended feud publicly to be an ‘example of redemption’

    Katy Perry said she and Taylor Swift intentionally chose to end their long-running feud publicly. While discussing her previously tumultuous relationship with the “Lover” songstress, 35-year-old Perry told Howard Stern that appearing in Swift’s “You Need to Calm Down” video provided young women with an “example of redemption.” “Gossip and lies, they take the elevator. …