Taylor Swift fans think she may have addressed Kanye West and Lil Wayne mentioning her and her boyfriend, Travis Kelce, on their new song, “Lifestyle.” On the track, which dropped as a part of Vultures 2 on Saturday, Wayne raps in his verse to open the song: “I twist my Taylor spliffs tight at the end like Travis Kelce.” Performing on her Eras Tour in Warsaw, Poland, later that night, Swift rocked a t-shirt with the phrase, “I Bet You Think About Me,” on it.
“She’s so funny for wearing the I bet you think about me shirt after Ka*ye name dropped her and Travis in his song an actual comedian,” one person wrote on X (formerly Twitter), as caught by Page Six. Another user wrote: “[When I] saw the k*nye thing a little bit ago and I knew she was gonna wear it lmao.”
Taylor Swift’s fans are buying merchandise at a stand outside the national stadium ahead of the last live concert of the ”Eras” tour in Warsaw, Poland, on August 3, 2024. (Photo by Aleksander Kalka/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
West and Swift have been feuding for over a decade, dating back to 2009 when Ye infamously interrupted her acceptance speech at the MTV Video Music Awards. In 2016, he mentioned her on the song, “Famous,” which reignited the feud yet again. Last year, Swift reflected on the beef while speaking with TIME Magazine, accusing Kim Kardashian of attempting to frame her by releasing her phone call with West discussing the song. “Make no mistake—my career was taken away from me,” Swift remarked. “You have a fully manufactured frame job, in an illegally recorded phone call, which Kim Kardashian edited and then put out to say to everyone that I was a liar.”
Kanye West Teams Up With Lil Wayne For “Lifestyle”
Outside of the t-shirt, Swift hasn’t officially addressed the West’s latest apparent jab. Be on the lookout for further updates on Taylor Swift on HotNewHipHop.
Some seemingly innocuous comments from Billie Eilish have started yet another war among the die hard pop fandoms following the genre’s biggest artists. Eilish is fresh off the release of her third studio album HIT ME HARD AND SOFT which dropped last week. The project arrived after a relatively short rollout receiving no pre-release singles and being officially announced just a few weeks before it was released. The record is expected to trail just behind Taylor’s new album The Tortured Poets Department for the top spot on the Billboard 200 this week, which already had members of both fan bases at each others necks.
Billie may have inflamed that discussion with a recent comment she made. During an interview with Stationhead Radio she was asked about doing a “3 hour concert” on her upcoming tour and didn’t seem to love the idea. “”Doing a 3 hour show.. That’s literally psychotic. Nobody wants that. You guys don’t want that. I don’t want that. I don’t even want that as a fan. Even my favorite artists I’m not trying to hear them for 3 hours. That’s far too long. That’s literally psychotic,” she says in the interview. Unsurprisingly, Swifties interpreted that as an attack. Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour dominated headlines last year as she took a robust collection of her songs on the road. It’s not hard to see why fans interpreted Billie’s words the way they did. Check out the actual interview clip below.
Billie Eilish seemingly shares her thoughts on Stationhead about ‘The Eras Tour’ and ‘The Renaissance Tour’ earlier today, the only recent high-profile tours to span 3 or more hours:
“Doing a 3 hour show.. That’s literally psychotic. Nobody wants that. You guys don’t want that.… pic.twitter.com/X9GQlgXBvf
— Taylor Swift Updates (@swifferupdates) May 24, 2024
During a different recent interview, Billie was actually praising Taylor. She shouted out both her and Beyonce for their massive stadium tours last year. She claimed that she found it difficult playing in stadiums and doing shows as long as the Renaissance and Eras tours.
What do you think of Billie Eilish’s claim that putting on a concert for 3 hours is “literally psychotic?” Do you think her comments are directed at Taylor Swift, Beyonce, or any artist in particular, or merely just her own observations? Let us know in the comment section below.
Travis Kelce continues to be his girlfriend’s biggest fan, hyping up the shows that Taylor Swift performed in Singapore last week. Despite having been present for at least five Eras Tour shows at this point, Kelce called Swift’s performances “amazing” and said that he loved every moment. Kelce, who attended two of the shows in Singapore, was seen dancing ecstatically in his VIP box. Additionally, Kelce noted that he went to a “cool as f-ck greenhouse” while visiting the Asian nation.
Swift is now on a tour hiatus until May. The European leg of the tour kicks off in Nanterre, a suburb of Paris, on May 9. Swift will then crisscross Europe until August when she closes out that leg of the tour in London. Paramore will accompany Swift as her supporting act for all European shows. After Europe, Swift takes a break until October before performing a number of shows across the US and Canada. The tour officially ends in Vancouver on December 8.
Travis Kelce Speaks On Sydney Zoo Trip With Taylor Swift, Claims They Were “Chased” By Helicopters
Elsewhere, Kelce recently opened up about the good and bad aspects of his recent trip to Sydney Zoo with Swift. Kelce claimed they were hounded by airborne paparazzi hanging out of helicopters to grab photos of the couple. “There were full-on helicopters just flying around. They helicoptered us. Well, not us — Taylor. This is all because Taylor is the biggest and the best thing possible,” Kelce told his brother on their podcast.
However, it wasn’t all bad. “Saw a tiger sitting up in a tree house — that sh-t was f-cking sweet. Saw a lion close up. When you hear [them roar], cause Taylor took the picture … you’re just like, ‘Oh my gosh.’ Let alone one, you see three of them run down from their rock, their perch, knowing they’re about to get fed. You see how fast and agile that thing is — dude it’s over,” Kelce continued.
Swifties were more than happy to welcome Travis Kelce as he made his VIP entrance at Accor Stadium in Sydney. The tight end was met by masses of screaming fans. He was seen heading to his exclusive suite with Swift’s father and Kelce’s close friend Ross Travis. Kelce was also giving Swift a little bit of PDA after the show. However, Kelce wasn’t the only famous face at the concert. Katy Perry and Rita Ora were also in attendance, with the latter managing to grab a selfie with Kelce after the show.
Kelce joined Swift in Sydney earlier in the week. He was seen flying from LA to Hawaii before transferring to a private jet for the flight to Australia the following day. Swift has four shows in Sydney to end February before opening March with a six-show run in Singapore. After that, the pop megastar heads to Europe, where she will remain until August alongside opening act Paramore. After that, Swift returns to North America. She ends her tour with shows in Miami, New Orleans, Indianapolis, Toronto, and Vancouver.
However, the Eras Tour is not the only thing that Swift and Kelce have been up to while in the land down under. Swift has returned to Sydney Zoo, this time with Travis Kelce in tow. The couple were spotted enjoying the popular tourist attraction between shows on Swift’s ongoing Eras Tour. Earlier in the week, Swifties had been gushing over Swift’s reactions to the various exhibits during a solo trip to the zoo.
Prior to his travel to Sydney, Kelce was spotted in Vegas, the site of his third career Super Bowl win, after a chaotic week. Members of Kelce’s entourage posted shots of the tight end golfing and enjoying Mexican food on the strip. Of course, Kelce has had a week like no other. Just days after winning Super Bowl LVIII, Kelce was caught up in a mass shooting when individuals opened fire at the Chiefs’ victory parade in Kansas City.
Taylor Swift has returned to Sydney Zoo, this time with Travis Kelce in tow. The couple were spotted enjoying the popular tourist attraction between shows on Swift’s ongoing Eras Tour. Earlier in the week, Swifties had been gushing over Swift’s reactions to the various exhibits during a solo trip to the zoo. Kelce, who was spotted in Las Vegas earlier in the week, reportedly flew from LA to Hawaii before staying the night in the island state earlier this week. He then reportedly transferred to a private jet that departed for Sydney yesterday.
It marks something of an inverse journey to the one that Swift made earlier this month. Swift made a rapid departure from Tokyo on February 10. She flew through the night to make it to Vegas for the Super Bowl the following day. Despite the travel ordeal, Swift appeared fresh-faced and ready to party alongside Ice Spice at the big game. Swift has four shows in Sydney to end February before opening March with a six-show run in Singapore. After that, the pop megastar heads to Europe, where she will remain until August alongside opening act Paramore. After that, Swift returns to North America. She ends her tour with shows in Miami, New Orleans, Indianapolis, Toronto, and Vancouver.
However, prior to his circumnavigation, Kelce was spotted in Vegas, the site of his third career Super Bowl win, after a chaotic week. Members of Kelce’s entourage posted shots of the tight end golfing and enjoying Mexican food on the strip. Of course, Kelce has had a week like no other. Just days after winning Super Bowl LVIII, Kelce was caught up in a mass shooting when individuals opened fire at the Chiefs’ victory parade in Kansas City.’
Furthermore, sources indicate that Kelce might not be the only member of the team headed back to Vegas. DJ Adam Daudier, who was playing at Toca Madera during Kelce’s meal, told TMZ that Kelce had “asked me to play a private event for the Kansas City Chiefs this Friday.” Kelce had 93 yards and no touchdowns during the Chiefs’ overtime comeback win in the Super Bowl against the 49ers.
Beyoncé and Taylor Swift are bringing both of their fans to theaters this year as the two stars gear up to release concert films tied to their massive respective tours. (Bey for the Renaissance Tour; Swift for The Eras Tour.) Given both artists have also been nominated for their past work at the Oscars, fans might be wondering if their films will be considered for nominations. Here’s what to know.
Can Beyoncé and Taylor Swift’s concert films be nominated at the Oscars?
Unfortunately, neither film will be eligible under the current Oscars guidelines to be nominated as a documentary feature, according to Variety. The rules state that this is because: “Works that are essentially promotional or instructional are not eligible, nor are works that are essentially unfiltered records of performances.”
The publication also noted that Beyoncé and Swift missed the October 2 deadline that would have been required for consideration.
While they might not be getting a nod at the Oscars, fans could still see their faves getting acknowledgment at the Grammys in 2025 — when it comes to the Best Music Film category. It is still quite a long time away based on the current eligibility period.
Swift’s Eras Tour movie opens on October 13, later this week. Beyoncé’s Renaissance Tour concert film will follow, airing in theaters on December 1.
Taylor Swift said it best herself: Karma is God who takes all of her friends to the proverbial summit. So when the universe made it clear that Taylor Swift could never star in a successful movie (Exhibit A, B, C), she decided to take Hollywood’s neck by her perfectly polished fingers and wrangle it until she would get herself a box office hit. So she decided to release a concert movie!
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tourhits theaters this weekend and the movie is already off to a successful start. The concert film is expected to make $150 million to $200 million in its opening weekend. This puts Taylor up there with Barbie, which secured $162 on its opening weekend alongside that other movie. And at two hours and 48 minutes, it’s still shorter than Oppenheimer. And it features no men talking aggressively with intense eye contact!
Swift’s concert film will hit over 8,500 theaters in about 100 countries this Friday, and it’s important to note that the actual tour itself is only halfway done (she just wrapped up the South American leg) meaning we will be enduring another year and a half of this stuff around the rest of the world. So get used to it! And maybe consider acting Swift in like……..a good movie.
As for now, when you Google “Taylor Swift Movie,” a list of her worst career accomplishments is being drowned out by the millions of dollars she is making from her tour movie, so maybe it will all work out in the end. Karma is that guy on the screen, am I right?!!
Flavor Flav is going to have a blast tonight and he’s already off to a great start. He posted a new picture to social media where he declared he’s in his “RED (Taylor’s Version) Era and makin new friends” while attending Swift’s Eras Tour show in Detroit.
His outfit matched the era with a “I Knew She Was Trouble” t-shirt, a red hat, and of course, a red bedazzled clock around his neck. He also showed off his large stack of friendship bracelets that are usually traded between fans — but he probably received some for free from the VIP tent.
Over the past few months, he’s been a serious supporter of her. So much so, that Swift and Flavor Flav posed for a sweet pic together at the iHeartRadio Music Awards earlier this year. “I always loved Taylor Swift’s music,” he said at the red carpet that night. “I’m here to support her. I’m here to support my girl.”
Swifties are loving Flav’s posts from the show and are wishing him nothing but the best time.
Check out Flavor Flav’s post above. Continue scrolling for some more Swiftie reactions.
The tour kicks off tonight, March 17th, at State Farm Stadium in Swift City, er, Glendale, Arizona. Setlist.fm better tredecuple check its servers because Swifties worldwide will be checking to see which songs made the cut.
Ahead of the surge, I thought it would be interesting to look at her old setlists, and see which tracks from every album have been played the most and the least. It’s an imperfect methodology, as we’ll get into below, but it gives a sense of Swift’s personal favorites, the songs she must feel obligated to play every show, and the rarities that could be resurrected for the Eras Tour.
Taylor Swift (2006)
big machine
Most played: “Our Song”
Least played: “Cold As You”
The first Taylor Swift show on setlist.fm dates back to 2001, when a teeny, tiny Taylor played the Fairgrounds Square Shopping Mall in her home state of Pennsylvania (she also wrote her first song, “Lucky You,” that year). But the first documented live performance of her most-played song on her self-titled album isn’t until 2006, when she debuted “Our Song” (and two officially unreleased tracks) at Fort Loudoun Lake in Knoxville, Tennessee. Needless to say, she would not be playing random lakes near the Wigsphere much longer.
Fearless (2008)
big machine
Most played: “Love Story”
Least played: “Breathe”
Swift has a lot of bangers in her discography, obviously, but I stand by my assertion that “Love Story” is her best karaoke song. It’s a love story, baby, just say yes to getting drunk and screaming out the story of Romeo and Juliet in a room of equally inebriated strangers. It would be a shame if “Love Story” didn’t make the Eras Tour setlist, even if it’s literally her most-played song ever with nearly 500 performances. Meanwhile, “Breathe” has only been played once: at Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium in 2018 during the Reputation tour.
Speak Now (2010)
big machine
Most played: “Sparks Fly”
Least played: “Innocent”
I didn’t see Taylor live until the 1989 Tour (I know I know I’m sorry), a decision I regret every time I watch the “Sparks Fly” music video. It’s pure exuberance, a live-action fairy tale that evokes infinite possibilities. Except for seeing Taylor in 13,000 seats-sized venues again. That is not possible anymore.
“Sparks Fly” has been played hundreds of times, but two other songs from Speak Now have only been heard live once, “Innocent” and “Superman.” I’m singling out “Innocent” because a) “Superman” is a deluxe edition bonus track and I’m not including those for this setlist exercise, and b) that single performance was during the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards. An interesting choice, even with the context that the tender ballad was written in response to what happened between her and Kanye West at the previous year’s VMAs.
Red (2012)
big machine
Most played: “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together”
Least played: “I Almost Do” and “Sad Beautiful Tragic”
“We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” narrowly edged out “I Knew You Were Trouble” for first place among Red tracks, although I was surprised to the severely underrated title track in third place. In fifth, sixth, and seventh place: “All Too Well,” “Holy Ground,” and “State of Grace,” all of which Swift should play at every show for the rest of her career. Thank you in advance. In last place, so to speak (and not including bonus track “Come Back… Be Here”), are “I Almost Do” and “Sad Beautiful Tragic.” One of which is much better than the other. I won’t say which, though (yes, I will, it’s “I Almost Do”).
1989 (2014)
Big Machine
Most played: “Shake It Off”
Least played: “This Love”
Will Swift ever retire “Shake It Off” from the setlist? Unlikely. It’s not technically her biggest song (it’s not even the biggest song on 1989; according to Spotify streams, that honor goes to “Blank Space”), but I would argue it’s her most well-known song. Everyone knows “Shake It Off,” from kids to grandmas who famously love to get down with sick beats. Besides, it’s super fun! Less fun but more lovely is “This Love,” an atmospheric fan-favorite track that got a Taylor’s Version makeover before much of the rest of 1989. Swift must have affection for it, as do I. Here’s hoping it gets dusted off at least once.
Reputation (2017)
big machine
Most played: “…Ready for It?” and “Delicate”
Least played: N/A
Are you ready for “…Ready for It?”? If you saw Swift during the Reputation tour, you better have been: she played it at basically, if not literally, every concert, along with a few Jingle Ball shows. “Delicate” (hot take: her best music video) was also a setlist mainstay, as most of the Reputation tracklist.
It’s hard to figure out the least-played song from the best because, for instance, “New Year’s Day” is listed as having only been played five times — but that doesn’t include the 50-plus times it was mashed up with “Long Live.” It will be interesting to see how much Reputation (her most polarizing album) makes the Eras Tour cut. Whatever the setlist looks like, hold on to the memories of seeing Taylor live, they will hold on to you.
Here’s Swift’s top most-played songs live, according to Setlist.fm:
1. “Love Story”
2. “Our Song”
3. “You Belong With Me”
4. “Tim McGraw”
5. “Picture to Burn”
6. “Teardrops on My Guitar”
7. “Should’ve Said No”
8. “Fifteen”
9. “Fearless”
10. “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together”
As for Lover, Folklore, Evermore, and Midnights, Swift hasn’t toured behind any of those albums yet (or the Taylor’s Version vault tracks) due to the pandemic. But among random one-off gigs, “ME!” leads the way with over a dozen performances, while “Anti-Hero” from Midnights made its live debut during a surprise appearance with The 1975. It would not surprise me if that’s the song Swift uses to kick off the Eras Tour. Or maybe “Tim McGraw” to really span the eras. We’ll find out soon enough.
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