Taylor Swift

A child’s life is sacred – until they’re born | Brief letters

Letters

10, Sep, 2021 @3:25 PM

Why artists such as Anderson .Paak and Taylor Swift are already considering their legacies

From tattooed pleas regarding posthumous releases to rerecordings of old material, younger musicians are getting their estates in order early

Rhian Jones

03, Sep, 2021 @12:00 PM

Big Red Machine: How Long Do You Think It’s Gonna Last? review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week

Aaron Dessner and Justin ‘Bon Iver’ Vernon recruit Taylor Swift, Fleet Foxes and more for this album full of misty autumnal beauty – and a quiet punch

Alexis Petridis

26, Aug, 2021 @10:30 AM

From Ghetts to Genesis, Nick Cave to Arlo Parks: autumn 2021’s essential music

From Fontaines DC to the Valkyrie, a techno Halloween to Little Simz, this is the unmissable music of the next few months

Alexis Petridis, Ammar Kalia and Andrew Clements

25, Aug, 2021 @5:00 AM

Billie, Lorde, Lizzo: has being a female pop star in 2021 become unbearable?

New releases by three pop icons reveal their extreme attempts to protect themselves from the damage caused by fame. Pop stardom has never seemed less aspirational

Laura Snapes

20, Aug, 2021 @3:20 PM

Olivia Rodrigo: Sour review – the perfect soundtrack to a first breakup

Rodrigo follows her smash hit Drivers License with an impressive debut album of pop-punk screamers and delicate balladry

Michael Cragg

23, May, 2021 @12:00 PM

2021’s Brit awards showed pop can have it all: success, quality and diversity

The industry acknowledged megastars but didn’t solely reward commercial success, and is finally nurturing more than a small handful of female artists

Alexis Petridis

12, May, 2021 @5:00 AM

Brit awards 2021: the ceremony as it happened, with Dua Lipa, Taylor Swift and more

Dua Lipa, the Weeknd, Elton John and more performed at the biggest night in British music to an indoor crowd of thousands of key workers

Ben Beaumont-Thomas and Laura Snapes

11, May, 2021 @9:38 PM

Women dominate 2021 Brit awards as Dua Lipa tops winners

2020’s heavily male ceremony reversed with wins for Arlo Parks, Haim and Billie Eilish, as Little Mix become first all-female winner of British group

Ben Beaumont-Thomas and Tobi Thomas

11, May, 2021 @9:31 PM

Taylor Swift smashes Beatles record with three UK No 1 albums in nine months

Songwriter’s remake of 2008’s Fearless amid industry dispute gives her the fastest run of successive No 1 albums ever

Laura Snapes

16, Apr, 2021 @5:00 PM

‘I made my peace’: fans divided over Taylor Swift’s re-recording project

By minting new versions of her albums amid an industry dispute, Swift has moved on from the originals. Can fans with profound connections to them do the same?

Katie Goh

15, Apr, 2021 @10:08 AM