Saturday Night Live took on the pop culture phenomenon that is KPop Demon Hunters with a sketch that featured a surprise appearance by the three singers behind the animated film’s hit songs. The sketch revolved around four friends — including host Bad Bunny — discussing the movie while eating brunch …
Read More »Taylor Swift Embodies Showgirls Across Eras in 'The Fate of Ophelia' Video
Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl era is in full swing and to cap off the album’s stellar debut weekend, she’s released the music video for its first official single, “The Fate of Ophelia.” The video first premiered this weekend in The Official Release Party of a Showgirl, Swift’s …
Read More »Who Is Taylor Swift's 'Father Figure' Song About?
Taylor Swift came out literally swinging on “Father Figure.” The George Michael-inspired track on her new album, The Life of a Showgirl, finds her stepping into the role of a man who was once a father figure to her and singing double-take lines like, “I can make deals with the …
Read More »Taylor Swift's Brilliant New Song 'Elizabeth Taylor': The Life of Two Showgirls
Taylor Swift loves her mad women and outlaw ladies, her queens with big reputations. She also loves her Old Hollywood movie stars, from Clara Bow to Barbara Stanwyck to Bette Davis. So it would be bizarre if she didn’t have an Elizabeth Taylor obsession. La Liz was an opulent mess …
Read More »Abbey Road Music Photography Awards Unveil 2025 Winners
Abbey Road is celebrating the best in music photography over the last year. On Friday, the organization announced its list of winners for this year’s awards, including the Lifetime Achievement Award, which was given to David Bailey for his 60 years as a music photographer behind images of Elton John, …
Read More »A Peek Behind the Curtain: Inside Taylor Swift's Glitzy 'Official Release Party of a Showgirl'
At the AMC Orpheum 7 in New York’s Upper East Side, Taylor Swift fans showed up in glittering sequin outfits and bright Eras Tour merch for an anticipated 3 p.m. screening of The Official Release Party of a Showgirl, a 90-minute feature Swift cooked up to go along with the …
Read More »50 Cent Celebrates Taylor Swift's Shoutout on 'Popping' Album 'Life of a Showgirl'
50 Cent is happy to get a little shout-out from Taylor Swift. On Friday, hours after Swift released The Life of a Showgirl, the rapper shared his excitement over the pop queen mentioning his name on “Ruin the Friendship,” Track Six on her new album. “@taylorswift shit is popping right …
Read More »Asheville's Regional Arts Community One Year After Hurricane Helene: 'We Are Not OK'
On the recent morning of Sept. 27, a handful of early fall rainstorms rolled into the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina. By late afternoon, sunshine had overtaken the high peaks and valleys in this corner of Southern Appalachia — a far cry from the chaos and destruction exactly …
Read More »Shawn Mendes Reaches His Greatest Heights With Career-Spanning On the Road Again Tour
It’s been a while since Shawn Mendes has felt this close. He’s standing in the bleachers at New York’s Forest Hills Stadium while upwards of 12,000 people sing along to “Stitches” at the latest stop on his On the Road Again Tour. The unconventional seating arrangement at the venue allows …
Read More »Taylor Swift Already Broke the Spotify Record for Most Streamed Album in a Day
The world hasn’t even had The Life of a Showgirl for a full 24 hours, and it’s already broken a streaming record on Spotify. Today, the streaming service announced that the new twelfth album by Swift broke the record for most-streamed in a single day so far in 2025, just …
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