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Here is a fan’s video from Taylor’s concert last night. She’s singing her hit song Long Live.
I’ve added HQ’s of Taylor’s Speak Now show in Perth last night. Enjoy!
Taylor Swift never fails to offer up anthems of love, loss and the day-to-day experiences of being a young girl in love in a big world. Her themes fit perfectly into the CW’s new series ‘Hart of Dixie,’ which premiered on the channel in September and will pick back up on Jan. 23. In a recent promo clip for the upcoming season, Swift’s ‘Sparks Fly’ plays behind the sneak peak of the season, rife with the romantic, comedic drama that’s come to be expected from the CW.
‘Hart of Dixie’ is the story of a young, highly driven city girl named Zoe Hart (played by Rachel Bilson) who winds up in Bluebell, Ala. at a small medical practice rather than following her father into a career as a cardiothoracic surgeon. The show plays up the big city girl in a tightknit small town theme, with Hart messing up the social norms and the way things are (i.e. who’s engaged to whom).
In this clip, we see Hart breaking the news to her mother that she moved to Alabama — and her own mother hangs up on her. Then, she’s in the heart of Alabama dealing with all the changes from her big city life. She can’t get Greek olives and feta cheese on her omelette, people can’t believe she’s a female doctor, debutante-looking southern belles tell her to her face that she’s not welcome and two fine looking young gentlemen fight for her affection, often with their shirts off.
Still, when Swift’s song comes on behind the clip, the video seems to pick up and feel more alive — and even believable.
In addition to having her song featured in this promo, Swift just released a new song called ‘Safe and Sound‘ featuring the Civil Wars for ‘The Hunger Games’ soundtrack.
Anticipation for the upcoming film adaptation of The Hunger Games has been steadily building all year, from the casting announcements through the early production photos, from the preview of the preview to the full-length trailer. Now, just in time for Christmas, there’s one more delectable Hunger Games accessory to chew on: In the wee small hours of the morning, teen sensation Taylor Swift announced via Twitter the release of her contribution to the Hunger Games. The song — currently available exclusively through iTunes — is called “Safe and Sound,” and it’s actually a collaboration between Swift, alt-folk duo the Civil Wars, and Games music producer T Bone Burnett.
The song (which you can listen to HERE) is an eerie little ditty, miles away from Swift’s usual romance-balladry. The chorus is composed of lines like “Just close your eyes/the sun is going down/You’ll be all right/no one can hurt you now.” Appropriate for the somber tone of Hunger Games, there’s no sense of triumph in the lyrics or in Swift’s delivery. It sounds more like a funeral dirge than a victory chant, especially as the song continues with light percussion that sounds like soldiers marching to their doom.
As EW’s Dave Karger noted last year, there’s been a severe shortage of popular songs specifically written for film soundtracks. (Just compare the chart performance/cultural halo/actual quality of Celine Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On” to the song from James Cameron’s other biggest movie ever: Leona Lewis’ aggressively forgettable “I See You.”) I’m intrigued by the tone that Swift and the Civil Wars are striking with this song — it gives me hope that the movie itself will be as tough and heartfelt as the books.
Taylor played her first NYC concert last night – the second last show of the Speak Now Tour – and numerous guest stars featured including Goo Goo Dolls frontman Johnny Rzeznik (see video below), Adam Brand and NEEDTOBREATHE. See below for a video of Taylor performing the hit song Iris with Rzeznik and then performing Speak Now to her fans. Enjoy!
Watch a clip below from Taylor’s upcoming DVD, Journey to Fearless.
Taylor Swift’s journey to the top has been nothing short of epic. With more than 20 million albums sold and countless awards won, including four Grammys and the ACM Entertainer of the Year honors, her whirlwind career that only just began about five years ago is already one for the history books. Perhaps her favorite part of the job is touring, which the 21-year-old superstar has done with record-breaking numbers. After getting her feet wet as an opening act for Brad Paisley, the blond beauty set out on her own headlining trek in 2009 — the Fearless tour, named after her wildly successful sophomore album.
Fans can relive their favorite memories of the elaborate Fearless shows, plus go behind the scenes of the tour, with tomorrow’s (Oct. 11) release of ‘Journey to Fearless,’ a two-hour DVD filled with highlights from the incredible tour. Taylor shares exclusively with The Boot this clip from the DVD, featuring one of her most beloved hits, ‘You Belong With Me.’
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Her fans have been eagerly waiting for her new video for “The Story of Us,” and Taylor Swift has finally given them what they want.
The “Should’ve Said No” songstress premiered her new clip on MTV tonight (May 24) and proved that her long legacy of great videos continues on.
Taylor recently shared her creative process behind writing the tune, and of course it had to do with a boy.
“I was at an awards show, and there was a guy there, obviously — it all starts there, doesn’t it? It was a guy I had been in a relationship with, falling out, then we end up at the same awards show. Both trying to act like we don’t care … both like, you know, chatting up the people next to us.”
“Afterward, I just felt so empty, like we were both fighting this silent war of pretending we didn’t care that the other was there. And I went home, and I wrote this song about it. And at that point, I had this gut feeling, and I knew the album was finished.”
The nominees for The Academy of Country Music Awards were announced earlier this week and Taylor is up for 4 awards! She is nominated for Top Female Vocalist, Album of the Year (both artist and producer), and Entertainer of the Year! Be sure to vote for Taylor as the Entertainer of the Year award is fan-voted. The 46th Annual ACM Awards will air on Sunday, April 3rd at 8pm EST, broadcast live on CBS from MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Below is the list of categories that Taylor is nominated in:
Top Female Vocalist
Miranda Lambert
Reba McEntire
Taylor Swift
Carrie Underwood
Lee Ann WomackEntertainer of the Year
Jason Aldean
Toby Keith
Miranda Lambert
Brad Paisley
Taylor Swift
Keith UrbanAlbum of the Year
Hemingway’s Whiskey
Kenny Chesney
Producers: Buddy Cannon, Kenny Chesney
Need You Now
Lady Antebellum
Producers: Lady Antebellum, Paul Worley
The Guitar Song
Jamey Johnson
Producers: Arlis Albritton, Dave Cobb, the Kent Hardly Playboys
Speak Now
Taylor Swift
Producers: Nathan Chapman, Taylor Swift
Up on the Ridge
Dierks Bentley
Producer: Jon Randall
You Get What You Give
Zac Brown Band
Producers: Zac Brown, Keith Stegall
Here is Part 1 of NBC’s special on the BTS making of Taylor’s album Speak Now. Enjoy!
