Tag: taylor swift

You have got to be kidding me. Rep deserved more than just one nomination. The grammys have become a joke

The whole mindset of “this is trash, that is a joke etc…” is something I’m really not a fan of. Grammys, if you just look at them factually and practically, are thousands of people casting their votes based on their opinions, so the disagreement can be with them and their decision process.

Do I think reputation should have been nominated for more awards? Sure. Am I surprised? Not really. There’s always a lot of politics and lobbying involved and that will never change. Partly, I see some of these nominations as a response to criticism in recent years and some of the nominations as resistance to those same criticisms. There are definitely more than few weird choices and I would assume that will keep happening in years to follow.

At the end of the day Taylor has to do what is right for her and not lose her artistic integrity. It sucks that reputation got a bit snubbed, I’ll be the first one to say that, but you gotta move on from that, if there are any lessons you can take from all this – you learn and grow, and hopefully you go into new challenges super motivated. That’s what I fully expect her to do. As an album, I think reputation will always hold a special place in fans’ hearts and we need to remember that. And as far as Grammys and Taylor go – I have no doubt there’ll be more nominations, wins and disappointments in the future. It’s just how it goes with that stuff.

Taylor’s included in the Bloomberg 50 this year: “A place on the second annual Bloomberg 50, our look at the people in business, entertainment, finance, politics, and technology and science whose 2018 accomplishments were particularly noteworthy.” bloomberg*com/features/2018-bloomberg-50/#taylor-swift

Taylor is included on Bloomberg 50 list that recognizes people in business, entertainment, finance, politics, and technology and science whose 2018 accomplishments were particularly noteworthy. Here is Taylor’s profile:

Her Reputation Stadium Tour grossed $266 million in the U.S., more than any other tour this year — and a record for a female artist.

To celebrate her 28th birthday, Swift tested the limits of her power with a creative solution to one of the music industry’s most intractable challenges: scalpers. Artists lose out on millions of dollars to brokers, who use bots to vacuum up tickets and then resell them at inflated prices. So Swift tried a new model, offering tickets to thousands of fans who’d attended previous shows and selling the rest for sky-high prices to lessen potential profit for the scalpers. (The experiment had its detractors, many of whom claimed she was gouging concertgoers.) Right after the North American leg of her tour, Swift took on another foe: Republicans in her home state of Tennessee. On Oct. 7 she threw her support behind two Democrats running for office (one won, one lost), prompting the highest number of voter registrations anywhere in the country in a 24-hour period.

taylorswifthongkong:

“By attaining the No. 1 spot, LyricFind is saying that the lyrics of ‘Look What You Made Me Do’ appeared the most globally across the Internet in 2018, whether that’s by searches on licensed websites, via articles that showcase the lyrics or other licensed usages.” — @billboard

maxephronbernstein: I do really fun music stuff with everyone in this photo, but never together. Playing with @taylorswift, @hayleykiyoko and @drewtaubenfeld at the same time was like one of those weird dreams where you’re like “and *you* were there, and *you* were there!” Incredible and special to play this song with all of you. #allycoalitiontalentshow

For her to take that leap when we didn’t know each other, it was amazing. I was talking to Danielle from HAIM [at Swift’s American Music Awards after party], and she was giving me tour advice. It was really cool to meet people who understood the growing pains that I’ve been going through.

Hayley Kiyoko about being invited to perform with Taylor – Billboard (December 6th 2018)