Taylor Swift (!!) covers the September issue of Vanity Fair. VF’s September issue is “The Style Issue” and has been for years now. VF usually does a music-themed issue in October or November, so I am legitimately surprised to see a musical act cover their Style Issue. But I shouldn’t be surprised – Taylor Swift is the biggest thing in music/fashion/gossip/celebrity these days. I’m not saying that sarcastically at all – she’s a HUGE deal. We can debate her influence and her power, but the debate will only make her more powerful. Unfortunately for all of us, this interview took place well before Swifty’s kerfuffle with Nicki Minaj, which was one of the darkest hours in Swiftyland as she faced widespread backlash for being tone-deaf and faux-feminist. Instead, this VF story is mostly about Taylor On Top, etc. You can read the VF teaser piece here. Some highlights:
She’s worried that she talks too much about compensating artists: “People would say, ‘Why won’t she shut up about this?’. . . My fears were that I would be looked at as someone who just whines and rants about this thing that no one else is really ranting about.”
Sending her open letter about artist-compensation to Apple: “Apple treated me like I was a voice of a creative community that they actually cared about. And I found it really ironic that the multi-billion-dollar company reacted to criticism with humility, and the start-up with no cash flow reacted to criticism like a corporate machine.”
Her girl squad: “We even have girls in our group who have dated the same people. It’s almost like the sisterhood has such a higher place on the list of priorities for us. It’s so much more important than some guy that it didn’t work out with…When you’ve got this group of girls who need each other as much as we need each other, in this climate, when it’s so hard for women to be understood and portrayed the right way in the media. . . . now more than ever we need to be good and kind to each other and not judge each other—and just because you have the same taste in men, we don’t hold that against each other.”
Jay-Z helped her reconcile with Kanye West: “I feel like I wasn’t ready to be friends with [West] until I felt like he had some sort of respect for me, and he wasn’t ready to be friends with me until he had some sort of respect for me—so it was the same issue, and we both reached the same place at the same time. I became friends with Jay Z, and I think it was important, for Jay Z, for Kanye and I to get along. . . . And then Kanye and I both reached a place where he would say really nice things about my music and what I’ve accomplished, and I could ask him how his kid’s doing.”
Her inspirations: “If you look at Oprah, she’s made so many people happy over the years. She’s made so much money, but she’s given so much of it away. . . . Same thing with Angelina Jolie. She’s been so productive, but she’s used that position to better other people’s lives, and I think that’s where I’d want to be.”
Her dating life: “That was the way that I decided to go on with my life. Not looking for anything, not necessarily being open to anything, and only being open to the idea that, if I found someone who would never try to change me, that would be the only person I could fall in love with. Because, you know, I was in love with my life.”
Her style: “I think I know how to put together a good outfit. . . . But any day you’re going to admit to being a style icon is a day you need to look in the mirror and really check yourself.”
“When it’s so hard for women to be understood and portrayed the right way in the media…” While I understand that this could apply to womankind in general (and it would be true), I’m pretty sure Swift is just talking about her narrow girl squad and even more than that, she’s just talking about herself. How difficult it is for Taylor Swift to be understood and portrayed the right way in the media. Because that’s still her version of feminism: “don’t say mean things about Taylor Swift!” I enjoy the fact that she name-checks Angelina Jolie and Oprah though – if that’s the kind of legacy Taylor wants for herself, let’s see how she goes about it. And I think her quote about Kanye is sort of amazing – they could only forgive each other when both of them realized that Kanye needed to respect her.
Photos courtesy of Mario Testino/Vanity Fair.
The quote in the headline makes her sound like she’s in a cult. And she still can’t model worth crap. She’s really pretty and all, but she’s so awkward. And why does she not get fake nails? Especially for VF? The nail biter nails are not VF.
I like her nails. What’s wrong with her nails?
The color is awesome, but if you look in candid shots she bites. They have the nail biter shape to them. Some modest fakes would look much better.
What’s “nail biter” shape?
Watching her try to be sexy in that last photo where she’s hanging halfway off a sofa is so hilarious that it has made my morning.
It’s such an awkward pose. SMH
That picture is ah-mazing.
I just picture her slowly flopping around as she tries to be sexy without falling over and the camera person like: “Are you okay?”
Taylor: “Hurry up and take the damn picture.”
She looks like she fell asleep watching TV and drinking (in an evening gown, natch) rather than a seductress working her charms.
awkward is the new black
Cult mentality was what I got too.
And if she said bros before hos it would be something Swifty could lash against. But it’s coming from her so there’s a special place in hell if you counter her opinion.
Its like she couldnt find the perfect man to adore her every move (shocker, they dont actually exist and love is about teamwork) so she focused on creating a team of B list models who wanted to progress their careers to do so instead.
@InvaderTak – “The quote in the headline makes her sound like she’s in a cult.” This. And they behave as if they’re in a cult. Taylor’s friendships are soooo contrived, she thinks she’s got this band of sisterhood and it’s all wonderful, but it really seems more and more like Mean Girls. Katy Perry’s “Watch out for the Regina George in sheep’s clothing” quote makes more and more sense every time Taylor opens her mouth. Everything from the petty song lyrics putting people on blast, to having someone dance around in the shark costume from the Super Bowl at one of her recent shows while she sang “Bad Blood,” to the ridiculous photoshoots her and her friends have every time they hang out…Taylor is a loon.
“We are the Sisterhood. All your base are belong to us.”
Eternal Side Eye, you have made my early afternoon.
HA
hahahahah
I came to say the same thing (about the cult, I don’t find her pretty AT ALL).
She plays the guitar. You can’t have nails AND play the guitar, especially not on the fretboard hand. Maybe she bites them also, who knows. But you’ll never find a guitar player with nails. If you do, they’re fake.
Sigh…this bubblegum sociopath. I want to have no time for her media-scheming. But alas, I clicked…
LOL at “bubblegum sociopath”. I also love Dlisted’s “Butterscotch Mafia”.
Lmao. Both are awesome
Yeah, I made it down to the part about Jay-Z, Kanye, and RESPECT when my brain began oozing out of my ear. I had to stop reading or I would’ve lost 10 IQ points.
Ditto, it just oozed right out of my ear and onto the floor. Is it too early to drink to forget what i just read?
Fck it, that’s amazing.
I love that I hate her and hate that I love her. That’s how I feel about Taylor.
OMG, that’s brilliant!
I’m not really upto date with all things Taylor Swift but I thought she was already quite involved with different charities? Maybe that’s why she mentioned Oprah and Angelina as she’s already going down that path.
Yeah I know she is grating as hell (believe me, I’m catching on) but she seems to donate a lot of her time and money to charity and she’s very generous towards her fan base, as she should be.
Yup, credit where it’s due, she does give to charity a lot and shows kindness to her fans.
The girl squad is nothing more than a pawn in her game. You’re not fooling anyone, Taylor.
She’s a kid. She’s a kid. She’s a kid.
A very talented, very rich kid.
Want to revisit the catalog of all your silliness at 25???
No, I didn’t think so.
Leave her alone.
How is 25 a kid? I get in the grand scheme of life that being in your twenties is young. But 25 is not a child. She is a grown ass adult.
No Ann she’s an ADULT. A 25 year old WOMAN isn’t a kid. Give me a break. And not everyone acts like a m*ron at 25 and would have no issue with someone “checking their catalog” so stop it. And fyi Taylor isn’t immune from comment because she “Taylor” and a celebrity.
*hugs Tify*
All of this. She’s a grown a$$ woman who still ACTS the way she did when she was a kid.
25 is a kid? My doctor is 25. I’m older than her by 8 years, I wouldn’t really call her a kid.
25 is not a child for Christ’s sake. Let’s stop dragging out adolescence into the thirties and have people take responsibility for their words and actions.
25 is not a kid. She is one of the craftiest, calculating stars out there. Which I can appreciate, tbh. In the Fame Game you gotta be like that. Now if you had said “acts like a kid”, I’d agree.
At 6 months older than she is, I am desperately trying to support myself, not let myself get mired down by my best friend moving across the country, trying to impress at my new job, helping another friend and her husband through a miscarriage…She is a child.
Why is everyone saying she is acting like a kid? There must be some desperate grasping at straws here to find something to criticize her about. Her nails? Really? I’m sure we all want people to say nice things about us.
25 is a kid, damn no one told me, at 25 I was raising two kids of my own…boy did I miss the boat on that one….
Butterscotch Mafia, Bubblegum Sociopath….a scheming, conniving rose by any other name….
Um I’m 25 and I wouldn’t get away with half the ish she does with my friends. They would think I was crazy and juvenile
People like Ann Carter use the WORD kids to describe Taylor to excuse Taylor bad behavior. A kids can get away with this stuff but an Adult can’t it’s all about the wording, hence why they described Katie as a adult.
25 isn’t a kid. Respectfully, that’s a coddling position, I’m afraid. I was married not too far away from 25 (and still am after almost 15 years) but you are not of the same mind as a, say, 19 year old. 25 is not a kid.
25 is YOUNG but not a kid. She became famous as a kid and many still see her as her teenage self. I would argue she still sees herself as she was at 16. I think she is mentally/emotionally very arrested at that age; its like time stood still for her. That critical maturing process is from 16-25, and she missed it entirely. SHe may mature eventually but it will be quite late and it will not be after a lot of ugliness.
🙂
I’d love to know the average age of the haters…er…”forum members”
I’m in my mid-50’s. When I refer to her as a KID, I don’t mean in the Playskool sense of the word. I’m talking about MATURITY, life experience and emotional development… with screen names that include the word GODDESS, (respectfully) I’m thinking you’re not…….THAT “MATURE” yourself. Even those of you who are mature for your age in your mid-twenties with KIDS, will not even recognize yourselves in 5 years.
She’s a kid.
@ Ann Carter
Spoken like a true Stan.
Ann, would you use the “She’s just a kid” argument if any young celebrity you don’t approve of engaged in a behavior that was immature/frowned upon too? Or does Taylor Swift only get a pass because you’re a fan and because she’s so ‘safe’, ‘non-threatening’, and child-friendly?
From someone who is totally uninterested in anything having to do with Taylor Swift fandom: AMEN, Ann Carter. I’m 29, and I barely recognize the person I was at 25. Anyone who takes issue with how Ann described Taylor in the OP is kidding themselves, or taking it personally because 1) they’re 25 and think they’ve matured into a functioning adult woman (you haven’t!) or 2) they just don’t like Taylor Swift.
In my experiences with personally being 25, having siblings still in that age range, and managing teams of mostly women ages 20-29, the majority of 25-year-old women are night and day from who they’ll be even five years later. Cut the girl a break. Taylor is harmless.
Agreed Ann. I’m 30 and looking back at myself when I was 25 I was definitely a kid. I may have been mature for my age and had my “life together” but I was a kid.
Aaaaand….”Haters gonna hate hate hate hate” *singing*
She’s definitely more mature than some commenters here. I doubt she spends her morning writing rude comments. Probably why she’s richer than all of us.
Oh my god, she is not friends with Jay Z. He needed to be nice to her so she would agree to Tidal, because like it or not, she is powerful in the music industry, so having her in his team would be huge. Have you ever seen that video of Taylor demanding Jay go to brunch with her at the Grammys? She just kept saying brunch and jay turns around and ignores her for Kanye.
When will Taylor not care so much about what people think of her? She’s at the top of her game right now and she’s still worrying about the public’s perception of her. I think if she would just let that go, she’d stop coming off as fake. And more people would grow to like her.
She’s a woman in her twenties. I dunno about you, but ALL I cared about was how others perceived me back in those years. Now that I am post 40 – I could give a rat’s tail about how others perceive me.
I’m 26. I don’t care about what people think of me. Sure, I’ll have my days where I’m self conscious. I’m comfortable in my skin enough to not second guess every move I make, like she does.
yeah, I don’t think twenties necessarily means self conscious. Taylor cares too much
This is spot on. This may be why I like her, actually. She seems so faux-confident. You can almost see the self-consciousness swimming in her head. She’s not fooling those of us who are well past our twenties but she is definitely fooling the young girls who love her.
I like her “crappy” music, so sue me. It’s fun to sing at the top of my lungs with my 6yo daughter. Taylor swift is a pop star, not the end of humanity. Too many ppl take her way too seriously.
Um I’m assuming Allie and Elyse are the same person. Otherwise, that was really f*cking weird.
@ NGBoston-When I was in my twenties, I pretended that I didn’t care what anyone thought of me and I think I had myself pretty convinced of that. But looking back, I cared waaaaay too much, particularly about my appearance. I do not miss those days one bit.
@kitten, I went to the beach a few weeks ago and for the first time in my life, I didn’t care that strangers saw my cellulite. I wanted to get in the Ocean dammit! It was great. I would never go back to the insecurity my twenties, ugh!
@Bengal-I’m FINALLY there too. It took me forever to just be able to stand up on the beach in a bikini and walk to the water, which is ridiculous because the beach I go to is not South Beach by any stretch of the imagination. Seriously. I cannot emphasize that enough lol.
But I give you huge high-fives because I know we’ve both had our struggles with that sh*t. It’s a huge milestone to get past the damaged self-image and the fear that permeates every facet of your life when you never feel like you’re good enough. Big hugs to you my friend 🙂
Thanks girlfriend! Hugs and kisses to you and your kitties!!
Haha, I rememeber that brunch video. You’re right it was amusing. I hang with a pretty chill group of people so I’m not up to speed on the intricacies of having formal forced brunch meetings.
This:
“And then Kanye and I both reached a place where he would say really nice things about my music…”
This says everything you need to know about Taylor Swift. All is forgiven as long as you’re saying nice things about her. That’s all that counts. When will the world finally understand… the only thing that matters is making sure no one is mean to Taylor, okay?!
I’m glad she and Kanye are friends now, though, because I think she’s the female version of him. See the line about how they could finally be friends when they both realized that everyone needs to respect Taylor Swift.
Her quotes about “the media” this and “media portrayals” that sound JUST like Kanye.
It’s the rest of that quote that I find hilarious:
“he would say really nice things about my music and what I’ve accomplished, and I could ask him how his kid’s doing.” How his kid’s doing??? So not only does he have to say nice things about HER music, she doesn’t say anything to him about his music. He has to respect her and her accomplishments, she talks about his kid. Ha.
Even Amy Poehler said you shouldn’t hang around people who can’t show you basic respect.
Puleez… Taylor Swift’s “girl squad” is
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Sycophants.
Lol mia girl, so true.
Yes to this.
Is it a “girl squad” or “coven?”
Perfect!
Lol. Y’all are killing me today with the snark.
Sisterhood of the traveling prants.
Blisterhood of the Sniveling Accusants.
LOL. You win. Even if you abandoned me in my time of need.
PS How is your little kitteh?
Was marc . mean to you again and where were you when we were roasting Goop over her Biggie/Tupac clutch?
Kitteh is good!
You must have Mark chained to the radiator like the feminazi that you are, because I’ve not seen him around here lately….
Goop threads never register for me. I think I’ve been ignoring her for so long that now I simply don’t see her unless she’s next to that T. Rex with bolt-ons, Tracy Anderson.
Also, Biggie>Tupac.
So happy about your little furball. You saved her life, Mimification.
Aspiring to be more like Oprah and Angelina? I’d be happy to see her move in that direction, she definitely has the affluence and power to do so. (I’m really trying to be nice here)
She minds me of Nicole Kidman when she combs her bangs back. Taylor name drops WAY too much! She should have done songs dissing Kanye-he deserves it!
She did write one for Kanye (not long after the debacle): “Innocent.”
This article is yesterday’s news now with all the drama that went down.
That quote about Kanye is so melodramatic. That’s the way my parents talk about each other, 20 years after their disastrous marriage ended. That’s the way my boss talks about a former partner who all but destroyed his business.
Kanye was a giant tool, for sure, but it wasn’t the end of the world. She still won the award and she got a ton of publicity (more than she’d ever gotten). Get over it or don’t, but the incident really isn’t something worth all the heavy drama she’s assigned to it.
BTW, I love that her example of them talking is him telling her how awesome she is, and her asking about his kid. She talking reconciliation but she still can’t say something nice about him.
I noticed that too. Hard eye roll. He says nice things about my music and I throw him a bone by asking about his kid. LOL
Oh my goodness. It was epic shade without being shade. But then add more shade as she’s talking about being a style icon….as Kanye claims to be.
In that picture, Taylor Swift looks like Alex Skaarsgard in drag. I cannot unsee it.
LOL
LOL, Lilacflowers!!!! Now I can’t unsee it either. oh NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
I actually thought it was Laura Prepon.
Thanks now that’s all I’ll ever be able to see!
You rang?
http://jezebel.com/alexander-skarsgaard-attends-premiere-as-a-dynasty-styl-1721986502
I was thinking Skarsgaard mixed with a dollop of Hedwig….
I just can’t anymore with her. And that’s all I can say.
^^^ THIS, ITA
I respect her hustle and how she runs her business, but I’m just cannot with the way she talks about how others need to respect her or “be nice to each other” … e.g. be nice to HER. Her little bubble of privilege is showing.
Agreed! I really admire her business skills, my lord Shell would be so happy with her.
I hate her fake feminism, her girl clique, and her innocent but passive agressive ways.
Her girl squad quotes tell me she follows EVERY comment on the net. People have been wondering how she feels about Jonas dating Gigi for example. And the whole ‘needing each other’ is a bit too much for me tbh. Many people in that squad are highly successful, there’s a difference in supporting each other and valuing each other and being ‘needy’. It sounds like her squad exists so she can feel validated as it’s always about HER.
Ugh at the Jay Z namedropping. Jay Z’s best friend is Jay Z. He used West to boost his career and he latched onto Swift for a hot minute because she’s on top of the world! I’m sure her not supporting Tidal ended whatever friendship she thought she might have had with him but she knows better than to ruffle his feathers. He also knows shading Swift would be detrimental for him. The man is all about his money just like Swift. They could NEVER be friends.
If she wants to be like Oprah and Jolie, she’s going to have to start not paying attention to what is being written about her. Both of those women are powerful because they’re individuals, they did it their own way despite harsh criticism and adversity. Swift (who was privileged from the start), in her quest to make the most money and to maintain her current status, flip-flops about her public image all the time. She wasn’t interested in feminism until she was called out. She collected girlfriends when she was called out on using boyfriends for album material.
Sure, this is normal for a young woman, wanting to be liked, but that is NOT what women like Jolie and Oprah were about. They were being authentic which is why they were/are so interesting. Swift’s career is also very mediocre and generic which appeals to large masses whereas Oprah and Jolie did things that were never done/said before. They don’t follow trends or rules, they make them. And they did it very early on too. Some people just have that, Swift imo does not and will not ever have that because Swift’s interests are born from media scrutiny, not from within herself so everything feels fake and calculated.
+10000
Jay z didn’t use Kanye West to boost his career. Jay was already an established rapper years before Kanye became a thing.
Jay’s loyalty only extends to the point what you can do for him. Biggest example is when Brown beat Rihanna and he shunned and shaded Brown. Everybody hated Brown so Jay seemed like a decent human being. But it wasn’t that long ago that he collaborated with R. Kelly, a child rapist. Jay Z is all about his money, all about his business and when one can’t contribute to his wealth, one can expect to be ignored by Jay.
Kanye boosted Jay’z career for sure. Kanye was outselling Jay with every album, Jay’s sales were nothing compared to his. Kanye had a fresh sound whereas Jay was considered stale. He got acclaim similar to Lamar, Ocean and Drake in recent years. His sales were alright but as a legendary rapper, he was behind Kanye. Kanye produced a lot of his hits and Kanye’s influence was for the better of Jay’s career.
And like I said, Jay Z is only Jay Z’s friend hence why he doesn’t bother supporting Kanye. Kanye really looked up to him and talked positively about him and Jay thanks him by paying him DUST when it doesn’t suit him. Kanye can trot out for Tidal but Jay can’t even attend the man’s wedding. You see, a wedding is not going to make Jay money 🙂 Jay remains the worst. He user, an opportunist to the core
Loving this takedown of Jay! It’s the dang truth….it actually makes me feel a bit for Kanye. It’s so weird but for all his flaws, behavior, and ridiculous ego he comes out to be much more human and likeable than the people he associates with.
Artemis yasssss
Its like Swift is made up of opinion polls or something, rahter than a genuine personality. She REALLY needs to take time away from the fame machine and discover herself. Her latest album is still like something a junior high kid would write rather than an adult. Look at the content of Adeles album for comparison. I cringe at the thought of 30-year-old Taylor writing these types of songs….
Taylor is starting to sound like Goop in some ways, with her eye rolling comments that leave the reader going “WTF did she just say?” I wonder if she will do a ” Taylor Swift” inspired lifestyle website in the future?
Oh she totally will, she’s all about that self-promotion. Her fanbase will eat it up too
I could see this. An Anthro/Pinterest- inspired lifestyle blog with retail. She probably hates Blake Lively for already doing the exact same thing.
I think Taylor’s best friend is Taylor. Whatever. This woman doesn’t inspire much feeling in me one way or another, other than I think she’d be exhausting to be around.
Wow! I am sure Taylor is going to keep being successful for a long time, but she must feel that the ground is shaking underneath her feet… She CLEARLY reads everything that’s written or said about her and quickly relies on her PR skills to fire every blow back.
She used to come off as a naive, breezy little girl but now the public has gotten aware of how business-savy and manipulative she is.
I hope for her that the so-called “girl squad”isn’t all fluff and she found some authentic friends in them, but I still think she’s the obsessive queen bee of the group who decides what everyone’s doing for the weekend, what they’re cooking, who’s coming over and what everyone should wear. It must be exhausting and as luscious and privileged their holidays and get-togethers might seem, I wouldn’t be dragged there under the threat of gunfire..
Very entertaining.
I know she is huge right now but it’s more than obvious that she takes herself waaay too seriously.
Sisterhood-my a$$.I don’t believe for a sec that young women in their 20’s, who are highly competitive on their own and hungry for success, who used to date the same guy then stay in the same group -!without!_ judging and bitching and support each other instead…
How the unicorn has morphed…
And before I forget-she can’t put an outfit together. She wears the same outfit again and again. The only thing that has changed is the beige colour of her dresses.
Nice photoshoot, if a bit forced/out of her element. She does look lovely, as usual. And I liked what she said about Kanye, too.
It’s kind of bada$$ that she said her and Kanye could only bury the hatchet if he respected her. That’s the merciless, cunning, and calculating ice-queen Swifty I love.
I know a lot of people comment that she’s good to her fans, but that’s not from a place of altruism. She loves people who love her — that’s it in a nutshell. It’s a reflection of her.
“It’s kind of bada$$ that she said her and Kanye could only bury the hatchet if he respected her. ”
Isn’t that what most people do though? At least that’s what I do? Genuinely asking
The cover shot is horrible! She looks like an ’80s vampire.
aaah, I totally agree! Terrible. I usually think she’s photogenic, but this one looks odd. It’ll sound mean, but my first thought upon seeing it was ‘oh no!, rodent with indigestion’. And I’m saying this without spite or any strong feelings of either quality towards her. It’s a funny-strange picture.
The local morning news had a clip of her from the shoot, and she says she carries birthday cards in her purse, because she never knows when she’ll run into someone who’s having a birthday, so she can give them a card five minutes later. That’s the most wacko thing I’ve ever heard.
I love this entire comment. The birthday card thing is amazing when you first hear it and then your brain processes it for a second and it becomes the most insane…
Who does that? Who has the luxury of that kind of purse space to even have such a plan?
what a great idea!!! I’m going to carry get well cards with Scottish Fold kitties on them in mine, because you never know when you’ll run into somebody who’s sick!!
Bwahahaha! This is like the most Taylor thing Ive ever read…this girl is heading straight for Mimi-hood. All she needs to start doing is wearing butterflies all the time and waving her hands around when she sings….seriously, read any Mariah Carey post on CB and tell me you dont see Tay Tay in 15 years.
Oh lord, really? Stop trying so hard!
Whatever b*tch! Girl squad? Ha! More like your fake a$$ mean girl clique reminiscent of middle school. I want to see Vance Joy, but no way am I contributing a penny to this twat.
The sisterhood of what, exactly? Travelling (model) pants?
She is somewhat childish for a 25 year old woman.
She must be exhausting to deal with.
The photoshoot is sooo awkward because it’s so not who she is, but i guess she wanted to do something different.
I’m side-eyeing her for flaunting her relationship all over the place. She posted a tribute to Karlie Kloss yesterday and of course she had to use a photo with Calvin in it. Karlie was faded into the background. Why not keep it private when she has said she hates intrusion into her love life? It doesn’t really match up. It’s not just a one off either. Maybe she feels super confident about them lasting?? If not it’s gonna be hella awkward (which will be great gossip!!)
I still don’t think she has any friends who are not millionaires/supermodels/WASPS
Meh. At least she gives to charity, that’s all I’ve got for this Polyanna.
She looks like a little kid playing dress-up. “Look what I found in granny’s closet!”
That couch pose is the worst. It looks like she’s trying very hard not to roll off. Yeah, real sexy Tay-Tay.
And is that a cell phone down by her head?
I wistfully recall the days I used to love Vanity Fair….just another fan rag now.
VF is just a glossy People now.
Just a couple of years ago she was spending July 4th with backup dancers. In 2015, she’s spending her holidays with models, actresses, record producers.
Taylor has Lot of Friends, and don’t we forget it!
“And I found it really ironic that the multi-billion-dollar company reacted to criticism with humility, and the start-up with no cash flow reacted to criticism like a corporate machine.”
Um… Apple could completely abandon this new service and still be, as you said, a multi-billion-dollar company, whereas Spotify only has this service going for them and could go out of business if Swift largely influenced public decision.
Lame.
I don’t get all the Taylor dislike. She seems like an awesome person who donates quite a bit to charity. Definitely a positive role model. Why do people try to pull her down? Better her at the top than many many others.
Read through the thread critically and maybe it will dawn on you…
@Kelly – I agree! This hateful attitude toward Taylor Swift is sad. I think she is decent, talented, and seems to genuinely love her fans. Even though I am 36, I buy her albums and would love to be friends with her!
She’s the most boring singer ever. Her music is so boring. She sells, but so what? I think her sisterhood is boring too. She’s, what, 24, but they all live high schooler’s lives (okay, extremely rich high schooler’s lives). She lacks sophistication and any awareness of the world beyond her circle. Does she make friends only with famous people?
I do believe she believes this… but she won’t acknowledge how vitriol she is and how hard she holds onto grudges and really is a mean girl. The opposite of sisterhood. She’s lost her way.
Wow her team never lets up on the Taylor saturation. This shoot is insufferable. Almost makes me wish she still played guitar next to pick up trucks with teased hair
Annnnd this is one issue of Vanity Fair that I’m going to skip.
I used to be blind Taylor hater. But I am now a fan after taking time to listen to her albums. I respect her talent and her work ethic. There are worse celebrities out there.
I agree. She writes her own material, has a great voice, dresses very tastefully. At least she’s still making records (Kanye USED to rap ). There are worse images than hers.
Great voice? SRSLY?
I like her music because I have 2 young daughters and there is no profanity in her songs. Plus they can watch her videos. But …. She could be changing the world 1 step at the time and she is just focused on her own version of white/tall/slim/wealthy feminism. Go to Africa, go to the Amazon, visit some tribes, learn about poweful women who walk miles to go to work to get some food for her children. Learn about what really means be a woman.
OMG in that cover picture she looks JUST LIKE madonnas old ass!!! I swear when I looked at the header I thought it WAS Madonna until I read the title lmao.
it’s laughable that she thinks she has style and is a fashion icon. what’s more pathetic is that some people buy into it blindly. her style is inoffensive, bordering on plain and safe all the time but she and the media act like she invented high heels and handbags.