In a recent interview with The Guardian, Ryan Adams, pop musician and Taylor Swift cover artist, compared the blonde-mopped scribe of hits such as “Bad Blood” and “Our Song” to Shakespeare himself. This is sweet of him, and his comparison feels hyperbolic yet utterly genuine; he goes on to emphasize how much her music…
Tuesday morning, presidential candidate and Ken doll Martin O’Malley appeared on The View to promote his new album, Live From 1600 Penn. On the show, O’Malley explained that since Katy Perry was planning on stopping by an Iowa rally for one of his unnamed competitors this weekend, he felt it was necessary to respond…
Ryan Adams popped Taylor Swift’s “Bad Blood” in a microwave and warmed it up a bit so that it sounds more like a lo-fi-reminiscent record made for wrapping a blanket around yourself and pondering.
Nicki Minaj opened the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards show with her carnival anthem “Trini Dem Girls” in a mean red feathered costume ready for the road. Taylor Swift joined Minaj during her second number “The Night Is Still Young” and a blip of “Bad Blood,” putting an end to their Twitter disagreement by cuddling on…
Sam Elliott’s voice is very distinct in a way that you don’t know whether he’s going to read you a bedtime story or explain exactly why he’s about to execute you at point-blank range. That’s why the veteran actor and star of the upcoming Grandma is the perfect person to do a spoken word rendition of Taylor Swift’s…
Last night, as Taylor Swift pulled a classic derail on Nicki Minaj’s very important VMA tweets, Twitter user @chaelinfenty brought up an interesting point: “can we talk about how taylor’s video isn’t original and was copied from a group of four WOC, 2NE1,” she wrote, not a question but a declaration.
Alessia Cara is going to be a star. You can hear the 18-year-old Def Jam signee flex quietly in her first single “Here,” a track that drags and flutters like Amy Winehouse in a haze of suburban innocence; Alessia’s got a preternatural sense of a beat’s interstices and pockets, and a voice that’s all rough, silvery,…
Taylor Swift, the ambassador of zero chill, spent nine days advertising the debut of her music video for “Bad Blood,” which finally aired during Sunday night’s Billboard Music Awards. The song is the worst track from her chart-topping album, 1989; the new version is redeemed only by an appearance from young Taylor’s…
At last, Taylor Swift’s “Bad Blood” teaser posters have come to life in the form of an actual music video that debuted tonight at the Billboard Music Awards.
Taylor Swift released yet another teaser image for her upcoming video masterpiece “Bad Blood” today. Joining celebrities and Tay-BFFs like Lena Dunham, Hailee Steinfeld, Kendrick Lamar, Serayah, Ellie Goulding, Gigi Hadid, and Zendaya is... Ellen Pompeo?!?! Yes. Ellen Pompeo, star of Grey’s Anatomy, will be in the…
For the past few days, Taylor Swift has been teasing her upcoming “Bad Blood” music video through a series of what looks like Sin City inspired posters, which all feature one of her famous best friends. The video will not be worth all this trouble.
A seemingly run-of-the-mill restaurant review for the Guardian unearthed a tense disagreement between Gordon Ramsay and a female chef who apparently worked in several of his restaurants over a two-year period.
Scientists have developed a new tampon that reduces the risk of toxic shock syndrome. What the hell took them so long? The new 'pons contain a fiber finish — called glycerol monolaurate — which decreases the production of the toxin that causes TSS. Supposedly this new miracle tampon also makes for a healthier vagina…
