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Where is this year's song of the summer?It's the question that's haunted road trippers and pool partiers for months now. But like so many low-stakes mysteries, the answer has been hiding in plain sight (or, in this case, earshot) all along.If we're going with cold, hard facts — Billboard chart data — there's one song…

Where is this year's song of the summer?It's the question that's haunted road trippers and pool partiers for months now. But like so many low-stakes mysteries, the answer has been hiding in plain sight (or, in this case, earshot) all along.If we're going with cold, hard facts — Billboard chart data — there's one song…

Song(s): "Bad Blood," "Bad Blood (Taylor's Version)"Album(s): "1989 (Taylor's Version) [Deluxe]"Backstory: Swift's collaboration with Kendrick Lamar was teased in her September 2014 cover story for Rolling Stone, in which she also revealed that "Bad Blood" was inspired by a professional betrayal.After a swarm of paparazzi and fans descended upon Swift in Central Park, which reporter Josh…

Taylor Swift fans rejoice: The chart-topping pop star, who's been largely avoiding the spotlight since concluding the Eras Tour last December, has officially set another new era in motion.Swift announced Tuesday that her 12th studio album is titled "The Life of a Showgirl." She made the big reveal in a teaser for her appearance on…

On May 30, 2025, Swift announced she had bought back her masters from Shamrock Capital."All I've ever wanted was the opportunity to work hard enough to be able to one day purchase my music outright with no strings attached, no partnership, with full autonomy," Swift wrote in an open letter to fans. "I will be…

Taylor Swift is not typically one to center her boyfriends.I know that contradicts the party line that Swift's critics began to hawk when she was a teenager — that she's either a besotted, boy-crazy mess or a serial man-eater, depending on whom you ask.Yes, Swift writes songs about falling in love, breaking up, and every…

Taylor Swift is not typically one to center her boyfriends.I know that contradicts the party line that Swift's critics began to hawk when she was a teenager — that she's either a besotted, boy-crazy mess or a serial man-eater, depending on whom you ask.Yes, Swift writes songs about falling in love, breaking up, and every…

Taylor Swift is not typically one to center her boyfriends.I know that contradicts the party line that Swift's critics began to hawk when she was a teenager — that she's either a besotted, boy-crazy mess or a serial man-eater, depending on whom you ask.Yes, Swift writes songs about falling in love, breaking up, and every…

Taylor Swift fans rejoice: The chart-topping pop star, who's been largely avoiding the spotlight since concluding the Eras Tour last December, has officially set another new era in motion.Swift announced Tuesday that her 12th studio album is titled "The Life of a Showgirl." She made the big reveal in a teaser from her forthcoming appearance…

We like to see ourselves as individual free thinkers. But when a hot summer trend hits — a style, a song, or even a meme — we can't resist wearing it, blasting it, and posting it.But what about this summer? It's August — schools are reopening, football is returning — and no big trend has…