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BTS av Mean musikvideo: 3 juli!
BIG MACHINE artist TAYLOR SWIFT takes fans behind the scenes of her video for the #1 Country single, “Mean,” as “ON THE SET WITH TAYLOR SWIFT: MEAN,” premieres on GAC-TV, this SUNDAY, JULY 3rd at pm (ET).
The video was shot at LA’s ORPHEUM THEATER, “It occurred to me after months of thinking about this video and having it keep me up at night, what if we did the entire video in a theater?’ That way we could show all these different story lines and create set pieces that would show these very distinctive performances, having all of these characters struggle and then thrive,” said SWIFT. “Set designers and art directors created a variety of sets including the wide open prairie tundra, a school bathroom and a fashion runway. The first time I saw these sets, I absolutely couldn’t believe it, I was in awe. I love the big city performance scene because just the wardrobe alone was fantastic. I got this awesome flapper dress and getting to work that dress and just the motion; every time you moved, the dress moved.”
Actors in the three video vignettes include 11-year old JOEY KING and MATILDA the goat. “It’s one of those moments of, like, ‘Really?’ I’m shooting a music video and we have a goat on the stage?’ She was pretty good at standing there, just blinking, just being a goat,” added SWIFT.
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Taylors parfym: "Wonderstruck"
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Taylor skriver på TaylorConnect
A Midsummer Night's BlogI'm writing you on a summer afternoon in Nashville. All the idealistic markers of a perfect day are presenting themselves right now in this moment. I mean, we're talking chirping birds, blinding sunshine, a just-the-right-amount breeze.. There's the distant sound of power washing from someone else's deck and my feet are up on the patio table. I just ate a really awesome sandwich. Such a simple, good day. And so I just wanted to say hi.
I go back on the road tonight and this weekend we'll play in Greensboro, Knoxville, and Louisville. And I guess I should just tell you up front that playing shows on this tour is the best time I've ever had onstage. The crowds we've been playing for have been so unbelievable.. The kind of crowds that jump up and down the entire show, making our view from the stage look like a giant ocean of dancing, jumping people. These are the kinds of crowds that sing the words louder and more passionately than I ever could've imagined. And to have a show that includes ballerinas and fireworks and entire scenery changes.. it's thrilling for me. My band and I have already come away with memories to last a lifetime, and it's not even halfway done yet! The other night, we were playing our first of two shows at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts. I'm all the way at the end of the stadium, playing "Fearless", and I swear as soon as I sang the words "With you I'd dance in a storm in my best dress, fearless"… I felt a drop of rain hit me. Then there was another one, then there was another. And then it turned into an absolute downpour. Everyone is soaking wet. And at this point in the show, about halfway through our set, this fear came over me that everyone was going to leave the concert. I tried to push it way back into the back of my mind and just kept playing, and to my surprise, the strangest thing happened. No one left. Instead, this ocean of people in front of us just started dancing even more, screaming even louder… And that night I actually got to dance in a storm with them. In my best dress. I'll never forget it.
Sometimes I get scared that there's got to be some balance to the way things work in the universe-- like you pay for good days by then having bad days, you pay for joy with pain.. Like if you have the most perfect week ever, watch out! It's about to get really awful! Some sort of minor or major tragedy is bound to strike! I hope that's not the way it all goes down. I really hope not. Because this has been a really beautiful summer so far. Lately, I've been writing a LOT. Like, all of a sudden, everything I've wanted to say, express, or just let out for the past several months has just recently become a song. I'm really excited about that. It's a freeing feeling when all of a sudden one day, you're able to verbalize exactly how you feel in a verse, chorus, verse, bridge, chorus pattern.
Hey so… thank you so much for the Teen Choice Award nominations!! Six whole nominations! Thank you. I'll be there this year and it will be my first time attending the TCA's!!! Thank you!
I want to thank you for the happiness I've felt so far this summer. I've learned to never take happiness for granted. It's the most precious, rare feeling. This summer, for me, it comes from you.. driving to the shows with "Speak Now" painted on your car windows or simply singing along when "Story of Us" comes on the radio. It comes from you, standing up in the last rows or the front ones, having taken the time to know every word I'll sing that night… Oh, and it also comes from an entire stadium that not only stuck with me through the rain, but celebrated it. Mostly it's from all the times you've made me feel like we're in this together. I hope you have a wonderful July 4th weekend and I hope you have a bunch of simply wonderful days this summer.
Taylor
Rolling Stone: #2 Queen Of Pop
Album Sales: 1. Taylor Swift
Digital Tracks: 2. Taylor Swift
Youtube: 7. Taylor Swift
Airplay: 2. Taylor Swift
Billboard Hot 100: 2. Taylor Swift
Social Networking: 5. Taylor Swift
Touring: 5. Taylor Swift
Awards: 1. Taylor Swift
Album Reviews: 1. Taylor Swift
MASTER RANKING: 2. Taylor Swift
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Taylor på Selena Gomez E! Special
Taylor på omslaget av Philadelphia Style
Taylor nominerad till 6 Teen Choice Awards
- Female Artist
- Country Female Artist
- Country Single (Mean)
- Love Song (Mine)
- Breakup Song (Back To December)
- Red Carpet Fashion Icon - Female
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Galan tar plats den 7 augusti, men jag tror inte att de sänder showen live. Förra året var det så att det spelades in en dag innan! Eftersom Taylor har konsert den 6 augusti kan det vara så att hon inte kommer att vara närvarande vid galan.
Grant ger shoutout till Sverige!
Like love from a drunken sky
Bekräftat: Sparks Fly är ny singel!
På omslaget av TEEN VOUGE
The multi-award-winning singer-songwriter has famously spun her earnest thoughts into gold—actually, make that three platinum records—along the way. One need only to attend a packed Taylor Swift concert to see fans from six to 60 belting out her catchy tunes. "I love getting ready: the makeup, the dresses. I write lyrics on my arm for every show," the 21-year-old says. In honor of a sure-to-sell-out summer tour in support of her newest album, Speak Now, we asked the global superstar to share some of her favorite things in her own words.
Teen Vogue: Your relationships with your close girlfriends are inspiring and seem very important to you. How do you make time to see them when you're so busy with your superstar schedule?
Taylor Swift: My friends all have different jobs — some I get to see at award shows, some I see when they're home from college, some are in my band! I'm so lucky to have so many people I love and trust.
Teen Vogue: If you could have dinner with any character from a movie, book, or TV show, who would you choose and why?
Taylor Swift: Detective Olivia Benson from Law & Order S.V.U. I sit in my apartment and watch hours of that show. So I sort of feel like me and Olivia are BFFs.
Teen Vogue: What are the top three songs that are inspiring you right now?
Taylor Swift: "She's So High" by Tal Bachman (the sweetest song !!), "You Learn" by Alanis Morissette, "Shot in the Dark" by Augustana.
Teen Vogue: What are your pop-culture guilty pleasures?
Taylor Swift: Teen Mom, 16 and Pregnant, 90's one-hit wonders, watching YouTube videos of kittens, the app CatPaint . . I CatPaint all my pictures. It's weird.
Teen Vogue: Do you ever get nervous before performing? How do you deal with it?
Taylor Swift: I do. But only if I'm not sure what the audience thinks of me, like at award shows. I never look down at the front row! My heroes watching = nerves!
Teen Vogue: Describe your favorite dress you've ever worn.
Taylor Swift: I get to wear it every night on tour at the end of the show when I'm singing "Love Story." It's long and sparkly (big surprise, right?) and a total princess dress.
Teen Vogue: If you weren't a singer-songwriter, what would you be?
Taylor Swift: I'd be doing something creative and idea-related—like coming up with ad campaigns or writing novels. Or I'd work with kids!
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WCKY 103.7 radiointervju
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BTS av Speak Now Help Now
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CMT Country Countdown USA intervju
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Reese och Taylor äter lunch (24 juni)
Fler bilder från konserten i regnet (25 jun)
Nya twitterbilder
@TaylorSwift13 21 juni: Someone just told me this show in Buffalo is our 13th show on the N American tour-check out my dressing room #! yfrog.com/khzzukj
@TaylorSwift13 18 hours ago: http://yfrog.com/kj71rzj
@TaylorSwift13 11 hours ago: Woah. yfrog.com/khzzukj
@TaylorSwift13 8 hours ago: The t-party hang after the show always provides for some very special gifts. yfrog.com/klvrmjj
Taylor sjunger i regnet (Gillette Stadium)
Nedan kan ni se några bilder från kvällen och även videos från Love Story, Haunted, Dear John, Enchanted och Long Live. När hon sjunger Long Live är det så starkt och man ser att hon menar varje ord hon sjunger till publiken vilket gör att hon har tårar i ögonen genom hela framträdandet! Jag ska försöka hitta en video av Fifteen för det verkar som om hon grät där med (se sista bilden)!
Videokälla: hittade lite varstans - twitter, youtube
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"When I was a little girl I used to read fairytales. In fairytales you meet Prince Charming and he's everything you ever wanted. In fairytales the bad guy is very easy to spot. The bad guy is always wearing a black cape so you always know who he is. Then you grow up and you realize that Prince Charming is not as easy to find as you thought. You realize that the bad guy is not wearing a black cape and he's not easy to spot; he's really funny and he makes you laugh, and he has perfect hair."
- Taylor Alison Swift
She said "I think I'll go to Boston"
Twittrar om Gillette Stadium konsert
Bilder eller videos har ännu inte dykt upp, men jag lägger upp det när det gör det!
Go Country 105 radiointervju
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Hot Tours: #2
2 TAYLOR SWIFT
$10,260,656 May 27-June 11 Qwest Center, Omaha Wells Fargo Arena, Des Moines, Iowa BankAtlantic Center, Sunrise, Fla. Amway Center, Orlando Nationwide Arena, Columbus, Ohio Bradley Center, Milwaukee, Wis. Ford Field, Detroit 152,537 (152,537)
Taylor Swift ranks second on the Hot Tours tally with the first totals reported from the North American leg of her Speak Now World Tour. With grosses totaling $10.2 million from nine performances, the total number of tickets purchased from these sold out concerts was 152,537.
Swift played two consecutive nights in two of the markets, Omaha (May 27-28) and Ft. Lauderdale (June 2-3), and performed at the first North American stadium on her 2011 schedule, Ford Field in Detroit. The sold out concert on June 11 grossed $3.4 million with 47,992 fans in attendance at the home stadium of the NFL's Detroit Lions.
The country artist performed at her first NFL venue, Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Mass., last year during the Fearless Tour. The June 5, 2010 concert drew 56,868 fans to the home stadium of the New England Patriots. This year she returns to the home of the New England Patriots for two nights, June 25th and 26th.
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US 99.5 radiointervju
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"Country's Night To Rock" - 7 aug. på ABC
"CMA Festival: Country's Night To Rock" kommer att sändas den 7 augusti på ABC och Taylors lilla konsert på festivalen kommer att vara med i specialen! Nedan kan ni läsa ett utdrag från pressreleasen.
This summer will heat up when ABC puts a spotlight on Nashville for the hottest music event of the year – "CMA Music Festival: Country's Night to Rock."Filmed June 9-12, today's most exciting Country Music stars hit the stage during a four-day party and celebration of America's music for a special that will air Sunday, Aug. 7 (8:00-11:00 PM/ET) on the ABC Television Network.
Lauren Alaina, Jason Aldean, Sara Evans, Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert, Martina McBride, Scotty McCreery, Brad Paisley, Rascal Flatts, Reba, Darius Rucker, Blake Shelton, Sugarland, Taylor Swift, Keith Urban, andZac Brown Band are among the artists who will perform on the special.
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Taylors måsten på turnén!
Country superstar Taylor Swift is always on the road, touring and performing for fans with three hit albums under her belt. The blonde beauty is known for her sparkling dresses, and has recently been named one of the new spokespeople for Cover Girl Cosmetics! So what can Taylor not live without on tour? She revealed to Lucky Magazine 10 things she must have with her this summer!
1. A Sharpie – “A Sharpie is one of my on-tour staples, because before every show, every night, I write the number 13 on my right hand (my strumming hand when I play guitar), since it is my lucky number. Also, sometimes when I’m bored I write lyrics on my arm!”
2. Covergirl Lipstick – “I keep Cover Girl’s red lipstick with me at all times! Even if I’m too lazy to put on any makeup in the morning, the one thing that I do like to do is have some lip color.”
3. Grammy Ring – “There is a ring that I wear every day on the middle finger of my left hand—it was a ring that I was going to borrow to wear to the Grammys last year, but after I won Album of the Year the diamond company said, ‘Go ahead and keep that ring!’ And so, I did! And I wear it every single day, and it reminds me of how lucky I was to have that moment and that memory.”
4. Knee-High Boots – “I’ve worn a lot of boots on stage, and the ones that I find that I like the best for performing and running around and jumping up and down on stage are these boots by a company called Everybody. They’re black and they come up to my knee, and there is no heel on them. They are, in my mind, perfect for performing!”
5. Covergirl Mascara – “I do my own makeup a lot, so I’m always trying new products. Right now, I’m really liking Nature Luxe Mousse Mascara. It has good volume and isn’t heavy.”
6. Saddle Bag Purse – “Lately I’ve been carrying this brown, saddle bag-looking purse with a shoulder strap and it looks really kind of vintage, and maybe it reminds me of when I was riding growing up. It’s made by Rugby by Ralph Lauren.”
7. Sundresses – “I’ve found some really awesome sundresses for summer and for touring at places like Urban Outfitters and Anthropologie. They seem to really have it covered in the sundress department.”
8. Dry Shampoo – “I really like to use any kind of dry shampoo. Just spray it on your hair and it gives it a lot of volume—whether it’s right before you’re getting ready and you’re doing your hair, or well, you know, if you find yourself on day two of not having time to wash it … it just makes it look great!”
9. Water Bottle – “Everybody around me knows that I am CONSTANTLY drinking water! I always have a bottle of water next to me. I think I started doing that when I started touring. I just noticed that it makes me feel a lot more energized and a lot healthier just to be constantly drinking water.”
10. Curling Iron – “I take a spiral curling iron on the road with me all the time; it’s the best thing if you really need to define your curls. It’s a definite go-to for getting ready before a show.”
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Taylors skönhetstips - Allure Magazine
Allure recently asked what beauty questions our Facebook friends would ask Swift, and you sure delivered. Now it's Swift's turn to deliver—check out her answers to some of our favorite posts.
Taylor, like you, I have naturally curly hair. What technique do you use to curl your hair into perfect ringlets? What are your favorite products and tools?—Amy Felts
"My hair is naturally curly, so some days I just let it be. But when I wake up and my hair looks like a mess, I curl my hair by wrapping the hair around the curling iron to create a spiral look. I don't use any hair products because I have this fear of putting too much mousse in it or something and my hair ending up feeling crunchy."
How do you get your red lipstick to stay on all day?—Olga Navarro Davis
"There are tricks I've learned from makeup artists on shoots. They put on the red lipstick, then blot it with a tissue, then they put powder over the tissue and sort of press it onto your lips. Then re-apply. It turns it into a stain that lasts much longer."
What kind of skin products do you use? Your skin always looks so healthy.—Steffany Mae-Rose Hutchings
"Thank you! I use whatever is around, really. I'll go to the drugstore and just get makeup removal pads, facial scrubs (that I always forget to use).The one thing I do daily is a put on night cream every morning before I put on my make up, and at night before I go to bed."
How do you keep your skin looking healthy and beautiful without resorting to tanning beds?—Mandy Viar
"I don't mind being pale. In high school, it seemed like everybody cared about being tan all year round, but I haven't really thought about it since then. I don't go to a tanning bed, and I get bored when I lay out. I put sunscreen on when I'm in the sun and sometimes I get tan, but I don't really think about it very much."
What is your nighttime beauty routine?—Sammi Jo
"I take my contacts out, wash my face, put on night cream, and put on my glasses so I can watch Friends. Sometimes I forget to wash off my makeup. Okay—almost all the time."
For a chance to have your beauty questions answered by the stars, friend Allure on Facebook today. And be sure to check our our game of "This or That" with Swift in the July issue, on newsstands right now!
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100.3 KILT - radiointervju
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96.3 och 93.7 radiointervju
Nedan kan ni lyssna på en intervju med 93.7 The Bull där hon bland annat ger oss en liten hint om att Sparks Fly kanske blir den nya singel (iiih)!
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I am just a dreamer, but you are just a dream
BTS av Europa tunrén
K-Frog 95.1 och WKLB - radiointervjuer
K-FROG 95.1 - gå in här för att lyssna på intervjun! I början är intervjun lite smårolig så, men slutar rätt dålig när radioprataren tar upp Jake Gyllenhaal. Men den är ändå väldigt värd att lyssna på, de pratar om Mean, turnén, Shania Twain och deras öppningsintro för CMT Awards!
WKLB: I denna intervju pratar de väldigt mycket om turnén och fansen på konserterna. En väldigt gullig intervju!
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American Greetings: summer collection
Ytterligare två radiointervjuer
K102: Ytterligare en väldigt bra radiointervju! Hon pratar om turnén, låten Mean och vad den kan stå för, vilka instrument hon spelar på konserterna (väldigt många haha!) och att hon har accepterat att hon hamnar i en social situation varje gång hon går ett steg utanför dörren. Här berättar hon även lite mer om Notre Dame besöket och varför 13 är hennes turnummer!
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Radiointervju - "Pittsburgh's Best Country"
Taylor ringde in till radiostation Y108 i Pittsburgh förra veckan och pratade några ord med Monty och Zeke! Hon pratar lite om när hon sjöng nationalsången för några år sedan i samma stat, att hon respekterar sina föräldrar och står med båda fötterna på jorden tack vare dem. Jag som har träffat Taylors mamma, Andrea Swift, måste säga att hon är verkligen en helt underbar människa och jag älskar att de står varandra så nära! ♥
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Twitterbild: soundcheck @ stadium show
@taylorswift13 Can't wait to play another stadium tonight- Heinz Field in Pittsburgh, PA! Here's a pic from sound check.
På konserten hade hon skrivit "Where I was born, where I was raised, where I keep all my yesterdays" (Montgomery Gentry - My Town) på sin arm och det är ganska uppenbart varför hon valde det citatet -- Pennsylvania är hennes hemstat, där hon växte upp och bodde tills hon var 14 år och flyttade till Hendersonville, Tenessee!
En ny bild från MET gala 2011
Taylor på Country Countdown 25-26 juni
"Our rights, our wrongs"
Ett fan spenderar en dag med Taylor
Adam Young pratar ut
From Fireflies to butterflies! After releasing his megasmash "Fireflies" in 2009, Owl City's Adam Young attracted a lot of attention. And then Taylor Swift got wind of him and you know how that went. Well, she wrote a song about him - "Enchanted" on her 2010 disc, Speak Now – and he responded with his own cover of it on Valentine's Day. So what really went down between the music superstars – and what was that Jake Gyllenhaal thing all about? I recently sat down with Young to discuss his third album, All Things Bright And Beautiful (released yesterday) and find out about his famed flirtation.
[...]
US: Is your cover of Taylor Swift's 'Enchanted' on the new album?
AY: It's not on the new record. That was such a fun thing to do. The plan was to surprise everybody and put that out for Valentine's Day. I had been planning it for a while. It's fun to see kids reactions. I never heard back from Taylor but I'm sure she's busy.
US: Do you think anything is going to ever happen between you two?
AY: I'm not sure. She's a great person, and I am so inspired by her music and the person herself, She is who her music makes her out to be. She's a superstar and I'm just this kid from a small town in the middle of nowhere, so I feel like that peasant in the midst of a princess and that whole classic story. But who knows? There's no telling.
US: Are you still single?
AY: Yes.
US: Were you surprised when the 'Enchanted' song came out and it was about you?
AY: Yeah I was! I bought her record at midnight when it came out and I was playing through it top to bottom. I love the classic adding up the letters in her lyrics. I got to that song and it added up to my name and I had to take a step back and decipher the code. We emailed back and forth for a while and she made some comment that I used the word 'Enchanted' and the word 'Wonderstruck' in an email and she said how she had never heard anyone really use that word before, so when that word was in the song, I was like this song has to be about me.
US: Did you also feel enchanted when you met her?
AY: Absolutely. I met her in New York and she came to one of my shows and after the show I was backstage in the green room and she was on her way up to meet me and that was the most nerve-racking few minutes of my life just waiting to meet Taylor Swift. When I met her she was glowing and I was too. It's hard to put into words, but I was definitely wonder-struck to meet her.
US: So if you guys were emailing, why do you think nothing ever happened?
AY: I don't know. I think I'm not the most romantic and eloquent guy in the world. She's just this endearing, wonderful girl and maybe I said something wrong, who knows. It went on for 3 or 4 months, something like that.
US: Were you shocked when she ended up with Jake Gyllenhaal?
AY: Not so much because we emailed back and forth just to say how you doing, nothing crazy serious. When I heard that it was cool. He's obviously a great guy, it's all good. Maybe I was a little heart broken but not too much.
US: Have you thought of emailing her again?
AY: I was hoping to work with her on this new record. I had this great song that I was dying to have her voice in so I tried to get it on there but she was in Europe or Australia somewhere, very busy which I totally get having been on this wild roller coaster myself for the past two years. I can't even imagine what she's up against so it didn't work out, but maybe the next record. It would be awesome to feature her on a song someday.
US: Do you have any other famous crushes in the meantime?
AY: Not really, she's only really been it. Something about her is just so innocent. In a way it is like a diamond in the rough. She's who she is and I love how she writes music to deal with life, to go about every bit of life's ins and outs, ups and downs, I love how she writes about those things that are so personal and you get to know her music and get to know her. I love how she blurs those two lines. She's very genuine. She's really only been it. I've really only had eyes for her in the industry.
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BTS av "The Target Experience" Pt. 3
Taylor Moments: "Glue gun accident"
Question: How did you get that tiny scar above your knee? I noticed it at the concert.
Taylor: ….wow! Okay…Okay, this is gonna… You’re gonna think I’m really nerdy now after I answer this. When I was thirteen years old I had… I had a hobby that is not… I don’t know. Everyday when I would get home from school, if I wasn’t writing songs or anything, I would make popsicle stick houses…and castles and mansions out of popsicle sticks. And I would glue gun them together with a glue gun and I had these little teeny tiny little felt bears that would live in these popsicle stick houses… And uh, one day I was making a popsicle stick house, it had a slide and everything, it was awesome, swing set, the whole deal. And um… I got a little too overzealous with the glue gun. Fell right on to my left leg and I’m like ‘oh, ouch’ pulled it off and ‘whoa! that’s gonna be a scar.’ ….Please don’t stop listening to my music because I told you that story.
Video here (4:30)
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Fler bilder från CMA Festival Press Room
Ny Cover Girl bild
Love has a thousand faces
Video: presskonferens CMA Festival
En kort video från konserten i Oslo
(och jag som är värsta stavningsfreaket:
det ska stå "in the pit" istället för "at the pit")
Jag är tillbaka!
Det kommer förmodligen behövas fler dagar då jag behöver hjälp och eftersom jag vet att det är fler som är intresserade av att hjälpa till i höst, får ni hålla ögonen öppna i sommar! Mejla gärna dock redan nu om ni är intresserade av att extrablogga i höst (även ni som skickade in till denna gång) så att jag kan få en uppfattning över hur många ni är.
Love ♥
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Taylor skänker pengar till välgörenhet
50.000 $ = 318.500kr
Taylor Swift just helped wrap up the 2011 CMA Music Festival, but the country/pop star’s big weekend wasn’t just about her. On Saturday, she joined with the Academy of Country Music‘s charitable arm ACM Lifting Lives to present St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital with a donation of $50,000.
The financial contribution comes as part of the ACM Lifting Lives Entertainer of the Year Matching Gift program. Lifting Lives teams up with the year’s reigning top entertainer — currently Swift — and doubles a gift that musician makes to the charity of their choice. Swift contributed $25,000, and Lifting Lives matched.
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CMA-fest
- Sparks Fly
- The Story of Us
- Our Song
- Mean
- (goes through crowd, sings on small stage)
- Fearless/I’m Yours
- Belong With Me (halfway goes through crowd back to main stage)
- Love Story
Hon hade även en presskonferens innan och hon är lika vacker som vanligt <3
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Remember me in ribbons and curls...
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Coloring in the dressing room
@taylorswift13
@caitlinbird, being wonderfully weird, coloring in the dressing room.
A spectacle worthy of the pandemonium
The Oakland Press
"Swift, meanwhile, delivered a spectacle worthy of the pandemonium. She is no longer the newbie country waif singing about "Tim McGraw" and adolescent romantic yearning. She's now a performer as ambitious and polished, if not as provocative, as Madonna or Britney Spears or Lady Gaga, using her music as the basis for a theatrically minded show that didn't miss a trick from ensemble dance numbers to ariel stunts to deftly executed set changes and carefully placed pyrotechnics."
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Detroit Free Press
"It was just the second stadium headlining show of the 21-year-old star's career, and she made the most of the occasion for a rosy cheeked, young crowd of 47,922 people, fitting two hours of sing-along, scream-along hits into a Broadway-inspired visual spectacle."
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Taylor twittrar från Ford Field, Detroit
Taylor twittrade just en bild från Detroit, Ford Field stadium där hon spelar ikväll. Både Taylor och resten av bandet twittrar om hur glada de är att spela på turnens första stadium.
@taylorswift13 Can't wait to play the first stadium of our tour in Detroit tonight!! Ford Field!
@GrantMickelson Detroit, you have NO idea how excited I am to play for you tonight!! 1st 'Speak Now' Stadium show, let's make it life-changing & memorable!!
Artikel om Taylors framgång
Taylor spelar på den slutsålda stadion Ford Field i Detroit ikväll, 11 juni.
"Stadium concerts these days are largely the province of blockbuster rockers and time-tested bands, the place for supersized festivals and daylong multi-band extravaganzas.
That's why Taylor Swift's Saturday show at Ford Field -- her second-ever stadium headlining date and first of several for her this summer -- is such a big deal. At 21, the country-pop starlet is venturing into territory typically reserved for artists many years her senior.
Ford Field is one of several football venues on Swift's summer tour, including Pittsburgh's Heinz Field, Philadelphia's Lincoln Financial Field and Massachusetts' Gillette Stadium, where she tested the stadium waters with a concert one year ago this week.
Swift just might be the youngest solo star ever to make the leap to stadium headliner status. Her Ford Field booking is an audacious display of star power -- and a firm reminder of just how much she has achieved at a young age."
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Hjälpbloggare: Emmy (10 juni-14 juni)
Emmy kommer att använda sig av denna ikon längst ner på sina inlägg:
(Alla som är intresserade av att extrablogga i höst kommer att få chansen att pröva på, så var inte ledsna för att det inte blev ni denna gång!)
Shania om hur det var att jobba med Taylor
Tonight you’re going to kick off the CMT Music Awards with Taylor Swift in a segment that pays tribute to “Thelma and Louise.” What was that like to work with Taylor?
She’s such a sweet person. Just very cool and I enjoyed the whole experience. No pressure. I barely do anything but drive and make a few faces. It was really nice being with her. It made me reflect a lot on how it felt for me when I was at her stage. I think there’s something like 25 years difference between us [Twain is 45 and Swift is 21] so you can imagine how that took me back being with her. It was almost surreal.
Did she ask you for any advice?
We were focusing on all the difficult lines we had and all the challenging acting! We didn’t get a chance to get to really talk. But we’d both really like to do that. We had some bathroom chat when nobody else was around. That was just girl talk. If she ever needs me, though, I’m there.
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Consert 4 NYC blev inställt
Scannbilder från USA Weekend
Video Of The Year på konsert
Fotograferad på Manhattan
Hjälpbloggare 10/6 - 14/6
- Du ska vara engagerad och vilja uppdatera!
- Du ska vara en swiftie, dvs ett väldigt stort fan av Taylor
- Du ska ha tid att uppdatera under dessa dagar, dvs inte ha några ursäkter till varför du inte kan
Mejladress: taylorswiftsweden@hotmail.com
Annina eller någon annan som har mitt mobilnummer!: Om det händer något jättestort som har med Taylor att göra - skicka iväg ett sms så jag själv är lite uppdaterad :) ♥
I slept in castles...
@TaylorSwift13 Getting ready to play tonight in Milwaukee :)
CMT Awards 2011
Hon förlorade då alltså tyvärr Female Video Of The Year och Best Web Video Of The Year.
Eftersom Taylor inte var närvarande vid galan skickade hon oss ett backstage meddelande från twitter! Se den nedan.
Live: CMT Awards 2011 inatt!
Jag kommer inte live-uppdatera från galan, utan planerar endast att stanna uppe första halvtimmen för att hjälpa er att hitta bra länkar och även kolla på öppningsintrot där Taylor är med! Hon kommer inte vara närvarande vid galan mer än via förinspelat material och vi får hålla tummarna att hon tar hem priserna. Glöm inte att skriva 13 på era händer ♥
Jag kommer uppdatera detta inlägg inatt.
Update: Att jag aldrig lyckas säga rätt tid! Tack Fredrik - det är alltså 02.00 som gäller :)
01:49: Har vi några länkar?
01:54: Galan har inte börjat än, men ni kan nu kolla via CMT.com [jag vet INTE om hela galan sänds, vi får vänta några minuter. Letar som en galning efter länkar].
02:04 CMT länken fungerar. Här ser ni hela galan. Hahaha, såg ni introt med Taylor? Sjukt roligt!
02:23 Rösta så många gånger ni kan här på Video Of The Year.
02:30 God natt på er! Vet inte riktigt hur många som är uppe vid tillfället, men om det nu är några så är det fritt fram att diskutera galan bland kommentarerna ♥ Lycka till nu Taylor!
Jordan har tittat in här!
One life, you've got to do what you should
Ännu fler bilder: CMT inspelning
HAHA "Superstars gone wild - Taylor and Shania". Jag dööör ♥
CMT Opening Skit: Thelma & Louise
Twittrar en bild på en sida ur sin dagbok
Chord twittrar en bild från CMT inspelning
Taylor som gäst på "Concert 4 NYC"
Taylor Swift to Perform with Black Eyed Peas
Taylor Swift has been confirmed as one of the Black Eyed Peas' many guests at their upcoming free benefit concert in Manhattan's Central Park on June 9th. The show, which will raise money for the poverty-fighting Robin Hood organization in New York City, will also include appearances by Carole King, MC Hammer, LL Cool J, Natasha Bedingfield, Debbie Harry and Whoopie Goldberg.
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Bilder från inspelningen inför CMT Awards
Jag fick även en fråga angående live-streaming av galan. Eftersom den inte sänds på svensk TV är alternativet att hitta en länk på nätet som fungerar. Jag kommer inte live-uppdatera då jag inte har någon egen dator vid tillfället! Taylor kommer inte närvara vid galan men förmodligen kommer det sändas footage som är förinspelat. Ni hittar allt om galan här på torsdag morgon :)
Filmar öppningsvideon för CMT Awards
M Street in Nashville got a bit more cheerful on Sunday night when cast members of the hit Fox show Glee — Cory Monteith (Finn), Mark Salling (Puck) and Nashville native Chord Overstreet (Sam) — strolled into Virago for dinner and then Whiskey Kitchen for a few cocktails.
And yes, even though they all play high school students, in real life, they are of legal drinking age.
The three stars — who are currently crossing the country on the 2011 Glee Live Tour — took a quick detour to Music City, and our inside sources at CMT confirmed that while in town, Overstreet taped a special segment with Taylor Swift, Shania Twain and a few other surprise celebrities to be used in the opening montage at the 2011 CMT Music Awards.
Sadly the Glee guys are not expected to be in attendance at the awards, as they have a tour date booked in Philadelphia on the same night.
Catch all the celebrities and the shenanigans when the 2011 CMT Music Awards air live on the network starting at 7 p.m. Central on Wednesday, June 8.
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Twitterbild: "Light up hair??? WHAT??!"
@TaylorSwift13: Tonight these awesome girls gave me some of their light up fiberoptic hair clips. Light up hair??? What??! http://yfrog.com/gzki5ixj
Text på arm: 3 & 4 juni (FLORIDA)
På konserten i Orlando, Florida den 4 juni hade hon "I guess we’re all one phone call from our knees" (Closer To Love av Mat Kearney) skrivet.
Taylor med hennes förband
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Elin Reutermo om Alla Taylors släppta låtar:
Nu kan jag inte undgå faktumet längre. Jag måste säga detta: du är galet duktig! Så mycket tid du lägger ner på denna sidan och att hitta alla information samt fakta, och på toppen av allt skall det bli intressant att läsa. Fantastiskt jobb! Jag är inne här dagligen, och upptäcker hur underbar Taylor är tack vare dig.
En fråga egentligen: hur hinner du med?
Svar: TACK! Jag önskar jag verkligen kan uttrycka mig tillräckligt mycket så att ni får veta hur mycket jag uppskattar er. Att ni även tittar in på sidan gör mig otroligt glad och när ni lämnar fina kommentarer gör det min dag! Så tack för de underbara ord och jag ger dig en bamsekram genom dataskärmen :) ♥
Anledningen till varför jag kommer avgå bloggen i höst när jag åker till USA för att jag inte hinner med det. Anledningen till varför jag har kunnat ha bloggen är för att jag i princip inte har haft något liv. Jag prioriterar inte skolarbete för jag är så sjukt skoltrött vid tillfället, så det är därför jag mycket hellre spenderar min tid till datorn än framför miljontals skolböcker.
Men egentligen hinner jag inte med. Det finns dagar då jag är så stressad att jag mår illa, på grund av att jag har skjutit upp skolarbete för att jag är här och att jag sedan får skuldkänslor för att jag inte uppdaterar när jag faktiskt tar tag i mina läxor. Jag har lärt mig att acceptera det, men det finns absolut dagar då jag inte förstår varför jag har den här sidan. Det går upp och ner (mest upp jag lovar) :)
Men jag älskar att uppdatera, jag älskar att jag har min lilla sida om Taylor där jag kan visa min hängivenhet och där jag kan skriva hur mycket jag älskar henne utan att någon kommentarar något negativt om det. Jag älskar att jag faktiskt har besökare som också uppskattar sidan, så det är något som motiverar mig för att fortsätta!
Jag kommer ihåg i början när jag startade sidan, jag hade bara varit ett fan i ett par månader och var liksom "ny". Jag brukar titta tillbaka nu på mina gamla inlägg och se hur oseriös jag var och bara såg sidan som en kul grej. Men jag som fan växte under 2010, sidan växte och den började bli en del av min vardag. Idag kan jag inte ens se mitt liv utan att uppdatera och ha bloggen vid min sida!
Därför kommer det vara väldigt svårt för mig att ge upp bloggen i höst när jag åker. Visst, ni kanske tycker, "men det är bara en blogg" - men bloggen har varit en del av mitt liv i ett och ett halvt år nu och den betyder så mycket för mig. Jag har sett fansidor som kommer och går, fansidor som är otrevliga mot sina läsare, fansidor som pratar skit om andra kändisar. Jag är i så fall hellre en fansida som inte är den snabbaste på att uppdatera istället för att vara en oseriös.
Jag ger tid till bloggen även när jag inte hinner, så därför vill jag ge ett tips till er som funderar på att "ansöka" som bloggare här på sidan när jag "avgår": fråga er själva - hinner jag detta? Vill jag ge upp så mycket tid av min lediga tid att göra detta?
Btw, jag älskar att varje gång jag bara får en enkel fråga där jag kan säga ja/nej, gör jag inlägget till en hel uppsats och håller mig inte ens till ämnet.
Love yoooouuu ♥
Alla Taylors släppta låtar
- Taylor Swift (debutalbum) (2006) - CDON.se 79 kr
- Sounds Of The Season: The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection (Christmas Album) (2007) (re-released 2009) - Går ej att köpa i Sverige, men finns i US Store (Tack Linnéa! - albumet finns i svenska iTunes!)
- Live From Soho: Taylor Swift (Live Album) (2008) - Släpptes som en exklusiv iTunes-EP och finns endast i amerikanska iTunes
- Beautiful Eyes EP (2008) - Släpptes i begränsat antal exklusivt för Wal-Mart och säljs inte längre
- Fearless (2008) - CDON.se 79 kr, ROCKS 69 kr (brukar finnas i de flesta musikaffärer också)
- Fearless Platinum (2009) - CDON.se 199 kr, ROCKS 170 kr (CD+DVD)
- Speak Now (2010) - CDON.se 149 kr, ROCKS 149 kr (brukar finnas i de flesta musikaffärer också)
- Speak Now Deluxe Edition (2010) - CDON.se 179 kr, ROCKS 170 kr
Man säger dock att hon har släppt tre album: Taylor Swift, Fearless & Speak Now
Låtar på iTunes man kan köpa:
- (Förut kunde man köpa Breathless men är ganska säker på att man inte kan göra det längre)
- Today Was A Fairytale
- Crazier
- Half Of My Heart (feat. john Mayer)
- Two Is Better Than One (feat. Boys Likes Girls)
Man kan även köpa låtar från Taylor Swift, Fearless och Speak Now på iTunes.
Låtar man inte kan köpa någonstans är:
Låtarna från hennes demoskiva (Lucky You, Smokey Black Nights, American Boy, Here You Come Again (cover), Hopelessly Devoted To You (cover), Am I Ready For Love?, Can I Go With You?, One Way Ticket (cover), There's Your Trouble (cover) och Star Spangled Banner (nationalsång)) - finns på youtube
Your Anything, Your Face (live) - finns på youtube
I'd Lie (live & studio) - finns på youtube
Permanent Marker (live+studio) - finns på youtube (tror studioversionen som finns på youtube är något pitchad, den originala ses som en "rare song") (Taylor gav bort rättigheterna till denna låten till en tjej som heter Mary Sarah - lyssna på hennes version av låten här)
Sparks Fly (live-version från 2007)
You Don't Have To Call - finns på youtube
What To Wear - finns på youtube
American Girl (cover av Tom Petty - studioversion) - släpptes exklusivt för Verizon, finns även som "musikvideo" - se den här
Thug Story (feat. T-Pain) - finns på youtube (gjordes i samband med CMT Awards 2009)
Sedan finns det låtar som Monolouge Song (SNL) och covers (ex. baby Don't You Break My Heart Slow, Our Last Night, Viva La Vida, Drive, Run, Irreplaceable, Take A Bow på random ställen (radiostationer, award shows, konserter osv) + liveversioner av låtar Taylor har gjort osv på youtube.
RARE SONGS: finns inte ute på nätet och ska förbli så - läs mer om dem här.
(Säg till om det är någon låt jag har glömt att skriva upp!)
Rösta på "Mean" - GAC TV
Gå in här för att se alla nomineringar, bli medlem på sidan och sedan för att rösta!
Ny MTV intervju i helgen
USA Weekend artikel
In a rehearsal space near downtown Nashville, Taylor Swift is working on songs for her summer tour. Dressed casually in a summery blue and tan dress with her hair pulled back in a single braid that hangs below her shoulders, she plays a crystal-studded guitar while she sings a sad waltz, then switches it out for a banjo as her band kicks into her latest country hit, Mean.
Now 21 and living on her own since moving out of her parents' house 20 miles away last June, Swift calls her midtown Nashville penthouse “a wonderland” of barn-wood floors, reclaimed brick walls and mismatched kitchen décor.
“The best thing about being on your own is having that sanctuary,” she says, settling her slender frame into a leather couch. “That place that's yours.”
This week, Swift lands in Columbus, Ohio, on the first leg of an ambitious, six-month North American tour that takes her to 30 states and Canada. And Wednesday, the country star is up for three awards at the CMT Music Awards.
Before she hit the road again, we asked the country sensation if she would answer some of the thousands of questions submitted online from USA WEEKEND readers.
Here's what she told us:
Now that you have moved out, what do you miss most about living with your mom?
— Ashleigh Soden, Sydney
I don't miss that much about it, honestly! We see each other all the time still.
Do you ever regret not going to college?
— Elsilyn Zeider, Plymouth, Ind.
No. In order to keep perspective and to not be the girl who wants one thing her whole life then gets it and complains, I'm cool with the path I've chosen.
When you write songs about your relationships with people, do you consider what their reaction will be?
— Amber Nichter, Crestwood, Ky.
The only thing I'm thinking about is the person I'm writing about. It's a little message in a bottle. Sometimes, the purpose of writing it in the first place is what the person will do when they hear it. The fact that other people come into the equation, that happens 50 steps down the line.
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Emma Stone pratar om Taylor
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Text på arm: 2 juni (FLORIDA)
På omslaget av USA Weekend
(Vet inte varför det blir ett stort mellanrum här)
As she launches her North American tour -- which includes a June 21 stop at HSBC Arena, Buffalo -- country sensation Taylor Swift, now 21, agreed to answer questions submitted online by USA WEEKEND readers. Here, she answers some of them, along with a few more from USA WEEKEND. For more of Swift's reader replies, see Saturday's edition of the magazine which will be available in print editions of The Daily News..
Who are your top three music idols?
- Lila Scher, 14, St. Paul, Minn.
Shania Twain, Faith Hill, Tom Petty - because they all are authentically who they are. It's just real authenticity to me, and I believe them when they sing.
If you could have any superpower in the world, what would it be?
- Alyson Gelinas, 20, Hanson, Mass.
Healing people. Being able to heal people would be an amazing superpower. You don't really need mind-reading. If you had mind-reading, you'd go crazy from what people actually think of you. That was what I thought of first, but I couldn't handle mind-reading. Nobody ever give me mind-reading!
What are the most-played songs in your iPhone right now?
- Andy Rose, 38, Cumberland, R.I.
A Little Bit Stronger, Sara Evans; Everybody, Ingrid Michaelson; Hands Down, Dashboard Confessional; Evening Kitchen, Band of Horses; Love Lost, Mindy Smith; Energy, Keri Hilson.
I am traveling to Nashville to see your tour on Sept. 16! What restaurant do you recommend?
- Lizzie Gregory, 15, Ridgewood, N.J.
Bricktop's.
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Vet du någon sida där man kan köpa taylor saker?
Svar: Merchandise (t-shirtar, armband, posters, skal till mobiler och datorer osv) kan ni hitta i hennes officiella webbutik: US Store / Europe/UK Store
Det finns ingen affär i Sverige som säljer saker, men ni kan alltid hitta hennes skivor i de flesta musikaffärer (dock säljer dem oftast bara Fearless och Speak Now). CDON.se säljer böcker om henne och alla skivor.
Billboard review av Speak Now Tour
In another era, it was enough for artists from Hank Williams to Randy Travis to show up in a city, unpack their gear and play.
Stage production for Willie Nelson was simply unfurling a Texas flag and launching into "Whiskey River."
But as country has moved to bigger venues in a high-tech world, the heft of tour productions and the volume of add-ons has increased. Brooks & Dunn drenched fans near the front with confetti, Kenny Chesney extended the length of his runways, Garth Brooks flew out over the audience, Reba McEntire incorporated dancers and elaborate costume changes, Brad Paisley designed his own cartoon backdrops and Carrie Underwood this past year sang from the back of a pickup that ran a loop suspended over the heads of floor patrons.
It's likely that all or most of those artists started their own concert-going experiences by attending more standard-variety country shows in their youth, then witnessing the growth in the genre's concert tech as artists from the Oak Ridge Boys to Shania Twain borrowed from pop and rock playbooks to create their visuals.
By the time Taylor Swift, born in 1989, came of concert-going age, large video screens and more sophisticated lighting systems were standard for arena-sized tours. As a result, she represents a new generation for whom massive-scale country concert productions are not just an add-on. They're a natural part of the country-arena experience.
Swift launched her Speak Now Tour in the U.S. this last weekend, playing Omaha May 27-28 and Des Moines May 29, and the two-hour production was an overwhelming experience. Lighted trees, pyrotechnics, dancers popping up from the stage, aerialists twirling above the eight-piece band, nine costume changes, multiple set changes, a floor-sweeping mime, confetti, a satellite stage and a small, gazebo-ish lift that took her over the crowd were just some of the details that turned an evening into a spectacle.
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Information om Göteborgsträffen!
När: 12.00
Var: Inne på centralstationen (Nils Ericson Terminalen) vid tågtidtabell-tavlan (mitt emot Burger King) (blanda inte ihop tågtavlan med busstavlan)
Vad gör vi: fikar i Haga (eller någon annanstans)
Beroende på hur många det är som inte bor i Göteborg och då även inte har möjlighet till busskort så får vi se om vi ska gå eller ta spårvagnen dit (det är inte jättelångt). Jag har mitt skolkort som jag använder, men även ett exta fritidskort om någon vill låna det! Eftersom jag inte bor i Göteborg utan 3 mil ifrån så är inte jag så bra på centrala stan, så om det är någon som har ett bättre förslag på vad vi kan göra så får ni gärna kommentera det. Det kan ju vara så att vi bestämmer något helt annat när vi ses!
Jag tycker det ska bli så himla roligt att träffa er! Jag har bara träffat Annina och Emmy som är läsare och då i Oslo, så det ska bli sjukt kul och hoppas vi blir ett par stycken i alla fall!
Jag fick även ett mejl från en tjej som undrade vilka åldrar som kommer träffas, så ni som har tänkt att komma på träffen kan väl kommentera inlägget om hur gamla ni är! Jag är 17 år (94).
Om det är någon som inte hittar oss eller kommer försent, så kommer jag ge ut mitt mobilnummer till de som är osäkra. Mejla mig om du vill ha det!
För att känna igen mig och min syster: två tjejer som ser likadana ut. Enklare kan det inte bli :)