Maybe it was the loneliness. Maybe it was the boredom. Maybe it was to drown out the noise of our parents. But something happened during lockdown that made a load of people become die hard Taylor Swift stans for the first time.
Personally, I’m somewhere in the middle. Certainly always was a huge fan of the singles, obsessed over the 80s synthpop joy of 1989, fell out with her for years for removing her back catalogue from Spotify, believed the tabloids blindly about her and the Kardashian dramas and then, eventually, accepted I did rather enjoy her.
This last year though, it all changed. Moderately enjoying Taylor evolved to obsession. I needed to lap up everything she’d ever written, ever sang, ever said. I was hooked. These days, as far as I’m concerned, she’s the best writer to put pen to paper since Shakespeare. End of. I will be streaming I Knew You Were Trouble on my death bed.
Taylor Swift looked blissful as she announced the release of the vinyl edition of her second surprise 2020 album, Evermore. The superstar, 31, shared a post with her followers on Friday.
By Stacey Lynn
Apr 22, 2021
This band, now known as “Push Baby” steadily earned a large YouTube following from their own takes on other people’s songs, including Taylor Swift s I Knew You Were Trouble, and Chris Brown s Don t Wake Me Up, They eventually caught he ear of Justin Bieber s manager, and Taylor Swift’s ARCH ENEMY, Scooter Braun.
After signing with Braun s School Boy Records, this band released a video for their own song Make Out, which quickly racked up over one million YouTube views. That song, which consisted of parodies of popular songs at the time, was never released as a single. Today’s song, their first actual single, wasn’t released until early 2014.
Staff picks: Favorite Taylor Swift era
The Arts & Culture staff share their favorite T-Swift Era
Sam Lillianthal, Arts & Culture Intern
“The ‘folklore’ Taylor Swift era is undoubtedly the best one. It came at the perfect time in the middle of COVID-19 quarantine with a mix of country, folk and pop. Her music went back to her country roots, but everything is more mature lyrically and sonically. This era emphasized the music over everything else, which felt like the true Taylor showing herself to the world. There was no hype or rollout for this album, it just came out and shook the music world just like her albums always do. Songs like ‘august’ and ‘betty’ are already classics. Swift herself liked this era so much she expanded on it with ‘evermore,’ which also has some amazing songs. I got my mom who hated Taylor Swift for years to actually dig and appreciate ‘folklore.’ Other eras have the style and iconic moments, but this smaller, understated era ends up abo