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Taylor Swift's Political Post Has Really, Really Upset Conservative Men


Last night, Taylor Swift made a rare political statement on Instagram. In it, she endorsed the Democratic candidate for Tennessee’s congressional race, Phil Bredesen, and, in turn, denounced the Republican candidate, Marsha Blackburn. Unsurprisingly, it’s a move that’s upset many conservative men.

“What I used to love about Taylor Swift is she stayed away from politics,” Charlie Kirk, the founder and president of Turning Point USA, said on Fox & Friends today, before suggesting that Swift didn’t actually write her Bredesen endorsement and that she had been fed false information. And according to The Daily Beast, members of conservative 4chan chatrooms are calling Swift’s pro-Bredesen statement “traitorous” and posting disturbing memes of the singer burning.

Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee (R) is also giving his two-cents—particularly about Swift’s fans, who he seems to think are all under the age of 13. “So @taylorswift13 has every right to be political but it won’t impact election unless we allow 13 yr old girls to vote,” he wrote on Monday morning. “Still with #MarshaBlackburn.”

Huckabee has since received a flurry of responses taking him to task for his comment, including from Paramore’s Hayley Williams.

“And here we have a man in power mocking a woman’s value and impact out of what i can only assume is fear. not fear of an election result but fear of a powerful woman who’s power he now realizes he can not benefit from,” Williams wrote. “and who in their right mind underestimates a 13 year old girl anyway?!! who publicly mocks a woman’s political standings by dubbing an entire generation powerless? you don’t know the impact you have with your words… what fires you’ll start. use ‘em wisely.”

Some Twitter users, like Williams, criticized Huckabee for mocking 13-year-old girls. Others pointed out that, with Swift having debuted her first album in 2006, many of her fans are well within voting age.

Swift posted her message about the upcoming midterm elections on Sunday night, saying that she’s choosing to break her silence on politics due to “several events in my life and in the world in the past two years.”

“I believe in the fight for LGBTQ rights, and that any form of discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender is WRONG,” Swift wrote, in part. “I believe that the systemic racism we still see in this country towards people of color is terrifying, sickening and prevalent. I cannot vote for someone who will not be willing to fight for dignity for ALL Americans, no matter their skin color, gender or who they love.”

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Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds Had the Best Reaction to Their Daughter's Cameo at Taylor Swift's Concert


Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds are up there with their friends Chrissy Teigen and John Legend when it comes to bringing us normals parenting and relationship hilarity. Last night, Lively and Reynolds were spotted on a date night that involved heading to a Taylor Swift concert in Foxborough, Massachusetts, to watch their good friend shake it off on stage—but they also had another reason for being there.

Lively and Reynolds’ daughter, James, makes a cameo during T.Swift’s “Gorgeous”—specifically, the 3-year-old says “gorgeous” during the intro—and when the big moment came, the two parents freaked the freak out. Lively, in true proud-mom style, whips out her phone and begins recording the big moment. She films her and Reynolds’ reactions to their daughter’s appearance on the track for posterity, too—and let’s just say we’re beyond excited for when a teenage James finds this recording.

One fan caught the whole moment going down, and it’s honestly adorable:

But Lively and Reynolds didn’t share a date night alone: The cool mom and dad arrived with their good friend Gigi Hadid (no big deal) and hung out together in the VIP section.

Lively and Hadid were also spotted having the best time while Swift sang “Style.”

Honestly, this whole situation is #friendshipgoals—but it’s Lively and Reynolds’ proud parent moment that was the true highlight of the show.

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Here's Photographic Proof That Taylor Swift's Squad Is Back in Action


Taylor Swift‘s squad is back in action: A crew of T.Swift’s best friends convened over the weekend for a few days of squad love and music, and it’s just like old times again.

Gigi Hadid, Victoria’s Secret model Martha Hunt, and Este Haim flew to Pennsylvania to see Swift’s Reputation tour show in Philadelphia on Friday night (the singer also performed there on Saturday). Although it’s been a while since updates about T.Swift’s squad activities made the news daily (and we weren’t blessed with one of Swift’s iconic friend-filled Fourth of July parties this year), we’re still keeping up with her friendships. Swift cooked dinner for Tiffany Haddish after they filmed SNL together late last year, and it seems that her and Selena Gomez, as well as Karlie Kloss, are still kicking it together.

Back to the present: “If I could find the words, I would explain how happy it makes me to watch you perform @taylorswift,” Hadid wrote on a photo she posted at Swift’s concert on Friday to her Instagram. “I’m so proud to experience this celebration of clarity & strength with you. WHAT A SHOW. You did it again. Love you to the moon.”

PHOTO: Instagram

A fan posted videos of Hadid fangirling during Swift’s set, and it pretty much is all of us when we’re proud of our besties:

Hunt also shared a cute shot of her with Haim, and Swift’s other friends, Ashley Avignone and Kennedy Rayé Black, who also attended the concert:

Before traveling to the show, Swift and her girls hung out at her New York City apartment—and, according to EW, after leaving NYC, they also made a pit stop in Swift’s hometown of Reading, where they took a pretty adorable photo in her childhood bedroom. “Take pictures in your mind of your childhood room…” Swift captioned it.

We’re here for all of this—T.Swift, just let us know when the next baking party is. We’ll clear our cals.

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Taylor Swift's Backup Dancer Reportedly Fired After Posting Sexist Things on Instagram


A Taylor Swift backup dancer is coming under fire for reportedly posting a series of sexist and problematic Instagram Stories. The music news Twitter account Pop Crave captured screen shots that it claims came from Swift’s longtime background dancer, Kim “Toshi” Davidson.

The contents are offensive, to say the least: One suggests the Australia women’s soccer team should go “back to the kitchen” because they had a losing season. Another has the caption “every girl’s weakness,” alongside pictures of chloroform, a dish cloth, a forest, and a black van. The third photo makes a “joke” about sexual assault, which is disgusting, full stop, but even more deplorable because Swift herself is a survivor. (Swift recently won a lawsuit against a radio DJ who groped her at a meet-and-greet in 2013.)

According to the Daily Mail, Swift is “livid” over these posts and has fired Toshi as a result. (We reached out to Swift’s rep for confirmation and will update if we hear back.) Toshi, interestingly, was not at Swift’s latest Reputation Stadium Tour stop over the weekend. The two have worked together for years; in 2015 Swift even donated $50,000 to Toshi’s GoFundMe for his infant nephew, who had cancer.

Naturally, Swift’s fans are supporting her—as they always do in times like these.

Swift’s next concert date is this Friday, June 1. Stay tuned to see whether Toshi makes an appearance.

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Taylor Swift's 'Reputation' Tour Opening Night: All the Moments You Need to See


Taylor Swift kicked off her Reputation Stadium Tour last night (May 8) in Glendale, Arizona, and it was a spectacle. Choreography, pyrotechnics, killer live vocals—Swift delivered roughly two hours of pure pop bliss, and her legion of fans lived for it.

They’re also living for a few moments that happened in between the songs, too—like Swift calling out Kim Kardashian or her pointing to boyfriend Joe Alwyn in the crowd. It wouldn’t be a Taylor Swift concert without some juicy tidbits, right? And the Reputation Stadium Tour opening night had plenty. Here are all the ones you need to see.

A quick refresher on that drama: Swift claimed two years ago that she hadn’t approved certain lyrics Kanye West wrote about her in his song “Famous,” though a Snapchat video Kardashian leaked suggested otherwise. Swift doubled-down on her stance, though, which prompted Kardashian—and basically all of social media—to brand her with the snake emoji.

Swift gave a short but poignant speech about all this last night. “A couple of years ago, someone called me a snake on social media and it caught on,” Swift said. “And then a lot of people called me a lot of names on social media. And I went through some really low times for a while because of it. I went through some times when I didn’t know if I was gonna get to do this anymore and I guess the snakes… I wanted to send a message to you guys that if someone uses name-calling to bully you on social media and even if a lot of people jump on board with it, that doesn’t have to beat you. It can strengthen you instead.”

Not in real life, but Swift recruited her to say the classic, “The old Taylor can’t come to the phone right now” line in a video projection during “Look What You Made Me Do.” Haddish revealed last year she had dinner at Swift’s house after they did Saturday Night Live together and became friends.

Well, I guess that confirms who the song’s about. Eagle-eyed fans caught Alwyn in a baseball cap bopping along in the audience to “Gorgeous.” At the end of the song, Swift literally pointed at him, causing the already-lit crowd to lose their minds even more.

Which is a pretty huge deal for Swfities. The Red deep cut is considered by many to be Swift’s best song, and some fans thought an extended version of it would appear on Reputation. (The original song is apparently eight minutes long.) Unfortunately, that didn’t happen, but Swift made up for that by adding an acoustic version of the song to her set. Naturally, it’s stunning.

Taking cues from Madonna—who’s famous for reinventing her hit songs in concert—Swift included many of her staples in the Reputation Stadium Tour set list, but gave them a twist. She performed “Bad Blood” with elements of “Should’ve Said No”; a medley of “Style,” “Love Story,” and “You Belong with Me”; and a piano moment that blended “Long Live” and “New Year’s Day.”

This might’ve been the most fun performance of the night. Both Cabello and Charli XCX sang verses of Swift’s hit 2014 song, and they all joined in bombastically for the chorus. Pop star friendships!

If the Reputation Stadium Tour‘s opening night is any indication, we’re in for a very fun next couple of months. Are you ready for it?

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Taylor Swift's Fans Are Living for Her New Country Song With Sugarland


The synth-heavy beats of Taylor Swift’s latest album Reputation might make you forget she was, at one point, a country artist. And not just a country artist: the country artist. Swift’s first four albums—Taylor Swift, Fearless, Speak Now, and Red—were all best-sellers and heavily acoustic in their DNA. The light production of the songs compelled listeners to really zero in on the lyrics that have defined Swift’s career.

Of course, the lyrics on her last two pop efforts—1989 and Reputation—are smart too, but they’re sometimes lost in the albums’ glossy hooks. It’s difficult to focus on the lyrical poignancy of “Out of the Woods” when all you want to do is dance. That’s why “New Year’s Day,” the only ballad on Reputation, was one of the album’s breakout hits. It harkened back to Swift’s older days, when her music felt much more intimate, more personal.

And she just gave fans another taste of that era via a song she wrote dropped by country music duo Sugarland today (April 20). Called “Babe,” the song is lovely: an acoustic, midtempo delight with a sugary-sweet chorus. If that sounds like classic Taylor Swift to you, that’s because it is: “Babe” was originally intended for Swift’s 2012 album Red, but she left it on the cutting room floor. Several years later, Sugarland reunited and started working on a record—and Swift offered them the song.

Check out the song, below:

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“She was excited that we were getting back together. She said, ‘Hey, I have a song…’ and we said ‘Yep!’” Jennifer Nettles from Sugarland told reporters backstage at the Academy of Country Music Awards on Sunday (April 15), according to People.

The song, naturally, is sending Swift fans into a tailspin for many reasons. First and foremost, it’s a friendly reminder that Swift is arguably at her strongest when she’s country. (No shade to 1989 and Reputation, which are great.) “Babe” is taking fans back to Red, specifically, which many consider to be one of her best but wasn’t received as enthusiastically as her other albums. It’s difficult to forget Swift’s face when Red lost the Album of the Year Grammy in 2014, an incident that, in many ways, led to Swift’s pop reinvention. “Babe” is giving Red the shine it deserved.

And here’s what fans are saying about it:

The “Old Taylor” may be dead, but “Country Taylor” certainly is not.

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