Taylor Swift sends Don McLean flowers and note after breaking his chart record

nme.com:

Taylor Swift sent Don McLean flowers and a handwritten message after breaking the musician’s Hot 100 record.Swift recently took the title for the longest Number One entry on the Billboard Hot 100 to date with All Too Well’ (10 Minute Version)’, which appears on last month’s ‘Red (Taylor’s Version)’.In doing so, she dethroned the previous record-holder McLean, whose eight-minute track ‘American Pie (Parts I & II)’ held the top position for four weeks back in 1972.Speaking to Billboard after his defeat, the musician explained: “There is something to be said for a great song that has staying power. ‘American Pie’ remained on the top for 50 years and now Taylor Swift has unseated such a historic piece of artistry.“Let’s face it, nobody ever.