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Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. There’s a reason Taylor Swift is a billionaire. After closing out her record-breaking Eras Tour earlier this month, save a few additional dates she recently added, she’s now released the “Taylor’s Version” of “1989,” her fourth re-recorded album, complete with five never-before-heard vault tracks.

Imogen Heap has shared images taken during the recording sessions for Taylor Swift’s ‘1989 (Taylor’s Version)’.Heap first worked with Swift back in 2014 when the pop star was working on the original release of her ‘1989’ album – co-writing and co-producing the track ‘Clean’ with the singer.Now, to celebrate Swift re-releasing the album as ‘1989 (Taylor’s Version)’ – in a bid to regain control of her master recordings – the British musician has shared images from the studio sessions last year, where the two rejoined forces to re-record the song.“Today marks the release of ‘Taylor’s version’ of 1989 …the album originally released in 2014,” she wrote on Instagram on Friday (Oct. 27), sharing photos from the studio.

Taylor Swift sent her co-writer Diane Warren flowers and a thank you note for writing ‘1989‘ Vault track ‘Say Don’t Go’ with her.Swift’s latest ‘Taylor’s Version’ re-recording came out last week, which featured five new ‘From The Vault’ track of songs from the ‘1989’ era that didn’t make the original record.The second new track, ‘Say Don’t Go’, was co-penned with songwriter Diane Warren nine years ago.As the song has finally come to light, Swift shared her appreciation with the songwriter by sending her flowers and a thank you note.“Diane, It was a dream come true to write with you. I hope you love ‘Say Don’t Go’ as much as I do!! Sending the biggest hug to you! Love, Taylor,” Swift wrote in the message, posted to Warren’s Instagram on Sunday (October 29).A post shared by Diane Warren (@dianewarren)“Just got this from @taylorswift.

Taylor Swift has shared an appreciation post for her friend and collaborator Jack Antonoff, revealing in the process that their song ‘Sweeter Than Fiction’ has received the ‘Taylor’s Version’ treatment.Last night (October 29), Swift to social media to praise Antonoff, saying the song was the first they wrote together. “There you’ll stand ten feet tall, I will say ‘I knew it all along’.

Spotify has revealed that Taylor Swift has broken two new records on the streaming platform.The singer released her re-recording of ‘1989’ on Friday (October 27), the fourth album in a series of re-recordings. It follows an ongoing dispute between the superstar and Scooter Braun, former owner of her previous label Big Machine Records – read here for a refresher of the situation.Since ‘1989 (Taylor’s Version)’ was released, Spotify has said that Swift broke two new records.

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first place for two weekends in a row. The supernatural horror film, based on the video game franchise, raked in $39.46 million on its opening night, according to IMDB’s Box Office Mojo.It is slated to enjoy a $78 million opening weekend, according to the Hollywood Reporter.“Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” which held the top honor at the box office since its opening two weeks ago, fell to second, with earnings of $4.8 million.

Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” and even crafted a cowboy hat to wear for the occasion.Roger Stock, 74, grew up listening to the Doors, Cream, Jefferson Airplane, and the Grateful Dead — and is now a member of two Swift Facebook fan groups.A native of Wales who now lives in Cyprus, Stock began listening to Swift’s music in 2011 after he realized “she wrote almost a perfect story in the lines of a song” with “I Knew You Were Trouble.”When her album “Red” was released in 2012 and he heard “All Too Well,” the ballad Swift penned based on her short-lived relationship with Jake Gyllenhaal, he was hooked.“I bought ‘Red’ on CD and when she released her catalog on Spotify, I was well pleased,” Stock said. His wife is “not really” a Swiftie, and sometimes pokes fun at him.

Taylor Swift oozed glamour as she headed out to dinner with newlyweds Jack Antonoff and Margaret Qualley in New York City on Friday evening. The singer, 33, gave a masterclass in autumnal dressing as she modelled a metallic brown mini skirt with an oversized burnt orange leather blazer.Taylor sported a tight black top and a pair of statement burgundy platform boots, and added bright red lipstick to contrast her look along with light brown eyeshadow.

Taylor Swift, whose ultra-lucrative Eras Tour is still going, has officially become a billionaire.

Kendrick Lamar has re-recorded his verse on Taylor Swift‘s song ‘Bad Blood’ for the deluxe edition of ‘1989 (Taylor’s Version)‘.Swift took to her official Instagram account to share photos of her and Lamar from the original sessions back in 2013. In the caption of the post, she revealed that the Pulitzer Prize-winning rapper came back to re-record his famous verse on the track for her re-recording of the album.“Watching @kendricklamar create and record his verses on the ‘Bad Blood’ remix was one of the most inspiring experiences of my life.

Taylor Swift had on “1989” — including “Shake It Off,” “Blank Space,” “Style,” “Bad Blood” and “Wildest Dreams” — it’s tough to see how she could have any good stuff left over from that era.But with Friday’s release of “1989 (Taylor’s Version)” — her re-recording of her fifth studio LP, which won the Album of the Year Grammy in 2016 — Swift is the gift that keeps on giving with bonus material from the “1989” sessions.Here, we rank the five previously unreleased vault tracks, from worst to best.With her eternally girlish persona, Swift has never really given us a grown-and-sexy vibe. And wholesomeness is her whole brand.

1989.Screenshots of the prologue for “Taylor’s Version” of the beloved 2014 pop LP began circulating on X, formerly known as Twitter, on October 26, as and other outlets noted. The text of the prologue—which was later verified as authentic by —includes a reference to the intense speculation surrounding Swift’s mid-2010s friendships with women like model Karlie Kloss.“I swore off dating and decided to focus only on myself, my music, my growth, and my female friendships,” Swift wrote, referring to this period of her career.

screenshots leaked on TwitterThursday.Swift, who has recently been making waves attending NFL games to support her latest rumored beau, NFL star Travis Kelce, 33, has been romantically linked to a slew of men in the past, including Harry Styles, John Mayer, Jake Gyllenhaal, Tom Hiddleston and Joe Jonas. “I swore off dating and decided to focus only on myself, my music, my growth, and my female friendships.

Taylor Swift is officially a billionaire, according to new reports.The new announcement of the pop star’s wealth arose yesterday (October 26), with a new report from Bloomberg that broke down her estimated net worth.It comes as little surprise that Swift has broken into billionaire territory – with her string of new albums, live shows and recent concert film making countless headlines over the past year and breaking various records in the process.The publication describes Swift’s brand as “essentially a multinational conglomerate with the world’s most devoted customer base”, and reports her total net worth as being $1.1bn (£907m).No doubt, much of this fortune will come from the singer-songwriter’s string of re-recorded albums which she has made in a bid to regain control of her master recordings. The most recent of which was the re-release of her 2014 album ‘1989’, which arrived today (October 27) and is predicted to become one of the bestselling records of the year (via The Independent).Another huge source of revenue for the singer is her record-breaking run of live shows as part of her ongoing ‘Eras’ tour.The stadium-filling gigs – which kicked off in March and are set to run until late next year – are set to become the most lucrative in music history.

Taylor Swift has fuelled more speculation that she will appear in the upcoming Deadpool 3 film after she was spotted with the film’s director this week.It’s long been speculated that the singer will feature in the film as musical mutant Dazzler, a rumour that began all the way back in 2016 when Swift’s likeness was used for the character’s album cover in a scene from X-Men: Apocalypse.Swift’s involvement in the upcoming film has neither been confirmed nor denied, but the pop megastar was recently spotted at a Kansas City Chiefs versus New York Jets football game with Reynolds, Jackman and director Shawn Levy, sending speculation into overdrive.This week, Swift was spotted walking around New York City with the film’s director Shawn Levy, fuelling speculation that she will make an appearance in the long-anticipated sequel.Check out the image here:Taylor Swift spotted with ‘DEADPOOL 3’ director Shawn Levy. https://t.co/LhUuo4GjNc— Film Updates (@FilmUpdates) October 26, 2023In an interview with TheWrap recently, Levy was asked about the rumour, but the director remained tight-lipped.“They sure are loud,” Levy said of the rumours.

newest album, “1989 (Taylor’s Version).”The 33-year-old pop star dropped her fourth audio that she decided to re-record on Oct. 27.Aside from the 19 OG tracks from her 2014 “1989” album version, she also added five new songs that never made the original cut.Sharp-eared listeners have deduced that some of the new Easter eggs are about her split from Harry Styles.

Jack Black took it upon himself to raise the spirits of his fellow striking actors by stripping to his underwear and singing a Taylor Swift song at a fundraiser.Black was performing at the Give Back-ular Spectacular! Show on Wednesday (October 25) at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles, an event held to support members of the acting union SAG-AFTRA who are struggling due to the strikes.Black, who had been expected to perform a stand-up set, ripped his shirt off and walked through the crowd, asking for any song requests.Responding to one suggestion for Swift’s ‘Anti-Hero’, Black said, “I know that one. Everyone knows that fucking song!”Audience member Amrita Khalid shared the clip of the performance on X, formerly known as Twitter, adding, “Watching Jack Black strip and then serenade us with Taylor Swift wasn’t on my bingo card for 2023”.Watching Jack Black strip and then serenade us with Taylor Swift wasn’t on my bingo card for 2023.

revenue at Universal Music Group in the third quarter, the world’s largest record label said Wednesday.Total revenue was 2.75 billion euros ($2.9 billion) in the quarter, up 3.3%. Adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) stood at 581 million euros ($612 million), up 5.1%, the company reported.When adjusting for constant currency, revenue was up nearly 10% in the quarter and adjusted EBITDA rose 11.3%.EBITDA for the quarter fell 11.3% to 478 million euros, reflecting the impact of non-cash share-based compensation expenses of 103 million euros during the quarter.Recorded music sales totaled 2 billion euros, down 1.1% from a year ago.