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Post by Admin on May 16, 2020 19:17:53 GMT
Taylor Swift's romance with Joe Alwyn didn't involve warring families, a disapproving father or a love that was particularly difficult (though it was very much re-eal). Still the fact that this particularly love story came at a time when the singer absolutely didn't expect it—while she was shouldering some of the worst headlines of her career—makes it as close to a fairytale as you're likely to come across in real life. Today, the 10-time Grammy winner marks three years with the type of guy she was likely imagining back in 2011 as she told InStyle, "When I picture the person I want to end up with, I don't think about what their career is, or what they look like. I picture the feeling I get when I'm with them." Or, at least, it's been three years since we've known about their coupling, the singer, arguably one of the world's most famous pop stars, managing to carry on a romance with the British period film specialist for at least a few months before The Sun caught on. Having tired of the public making sport out of her dating life, she was ready for a shift when she first connected with the classically trained actor. Sensing theirs could be a romance with some longevity, she went to great lengths to protect what was hers, employing all of the private jets, body guards, secret apartments, loyal friends and oversized hoodies at her disposal. Several years on, and more than a few yet-to-be-verified engagement rumors later, the gamble has clearly paid off. And while they've lifted the veil ever so slightly on their romance, that just means the 29-year-old was comfortable giving his Instagram followers a glimpse at Swift's kitten Benjamin Buttons, proving they're currently quarantining in the same spot. . And the parameters they've chosen have been working for them from the beginning. Following months of overexposure in 2016, "I figured I had to reset everything," the singers shared in her January Netflix documentary Taylor Swift: Miss Americana. "I also was falling in love with someone who had a really wonderfully normal, balanced, grounded life."
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Post by Admin on Jun 18, 2020 7:15:51 GMT
Neither a ballet studio nor the ability to go en pointe is a requirement to get the most out of the workout that sculpts Karlie Kloss and Miranda Kerr. But if you want to slip on a tutu and a pair of leg warmers before your first Ballet Beautiful session, well, we're not here to judge. A mix of thigh-, butt-, arm- and core-focused mat workouts, barre work, low-impact cardio and stretching, it was originally crafted by founder Mary Helen Bowers as a way to stay in shape after she wrapped her decade-long career with the New York City Ballet. So while it's certainly inspired by the plies and relevés she used to do for some 10 hours a day in rehearsals, it's meant to be inclusive enough to appeal to those wishing to relive a leotard-filled youth or simply build a stronger, leaner dancer-like shape. "I think the most important thing to understand is that Ballet Beautiful is a workout. It's not a ballet class," Bowers explains to E! News. "What we're doing is using movement and exercises that target your ballet muscles, so the muscles that a dancer uses in their everyday training: inner thighs, through the back of the legs, your core." At the same time, she continues, "We're also working on posture." Uh, raise your hand if that's something you could use now that you're spending hours a day hunched over a makeshift work-from-home setup. Effective without feeling punishing, "It's enjoyable, too," says Bowers of the sessions that range from five to 20 minutes. "For a lot of people it is reconnecting with sort of a childhood pursuit or dream. Or maybe it's just an art that they really admire, but what they really want is a good-looking butt. You can sort of do all of it."
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Post by Admin on Sept 6, 2020 4:46:50 GMT
A Taylor Swift fan has shown off their dedication to the singer by designing an incredible theme park based around a selection of the singer’s albums.
Matthew Ables, a theme park enthusiast and huge fan of the pop star, designed the incredibly detailed plan while stuck at home during the coronavirus lockdown.
The fantasy attraction, which Ables showed off in a YouTube video, features seven lands inspired by albums including ‘Debut’, ‘Fearless’, ‘Red’, ‘Reputation’ and ‘1989’.
As Ables explains, visitors are able to grab a bite at Abigail’s Cafeteria, before heading to the giant Love Story Ring to make a TikTok.
Those seeking white-knuckle thrills can visit the Fearless zone and seek out their very own Swift-inspired adventure in the ‘Look What You Made Me Do Experience,’ which is housed in the Reputation zone.
While there’s so much more to Ables’ brilliant plans, you’ll have to watch the below video to truly appreciate it for yourself.
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Post by Admin on Nov 8, 2020 3:58:57 GMT
Taylor Swift has always been a very accomplished songwriter and heralded for her ability to tell a story with her lyrics. Having written or co-written every, single, one of her songs, Swift continues to prove her talent. Her eighth studio album, folklore certainly showcased her songwriting abilities. The surprise album featured a whole host of different narratives from Swift’s personal life, public figures, her imagination, and beyond.
“I think she just heard it, and instantly, this song came to her, which is really an important one,” Dessner said about Swift’s song “epiphany.” “It’s partially the story of her grandfather, who was a soldier, and partially then a story about a nurse in modern times. I don’t know if this is how she did it, but to me, it’s like a nurse, doctor, or medical professional, where med school doesn’t fully prepare you for seeing someone pass away or just the difficult emotional things that you’ll encounter in your job. In the past, heroes were just soldiers. Now they’re also medical professionals.”
Aaron Dessner gives details about how the ‘folklore’ song was created “To me, that’s the underlying mission of the song,” Dessner continued on about one of the most emotional songs on Swift’s newest album. “There are some things that you see that are hard to talk about. You can’t talk about it. You just bear witness to them. But there’s something else incredibly soothing and comforting about this song. To me, it’s this Icelandic kind of feel, almost classical. My brother did really beautiful orchestration of it.”
Of course, folklore was hardly the first or only time that Swift has written a song about a family member. Swift has written more than one song about her mother, Andrea Swift. One of her most famous is “Soon You’ll Get Better” from her seventh album, Lover, which details Andrea’s battle with Cancer. Swift also surprised her mother with the song “The Best Day” on her sophomore album, Fearless. The song detailed Swift’s gratitude for her mother and everything Andrea had done for her.
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Post by Admin on Dec 8, 2020 21:09:13 GMT
Before Taylor Swift confirmed that fans were correct that her boyfriend, Joe Alwyn, used the pseudonym William Bowery as a songwriter credit on her album folklore, the singer spoke to Entertainment Weekly in early November about Bowery's, aka Alwyn's, impact on "betty." She also gave some rare details on how she spent the early days of quarantine with him watching classic movies. Alwyn shared photos of himself at Swift's home and with her cats in April. The pair have purposely kept their four-year relationship largely private. Swift also seemed to debunk rumors that she and Alwyn are engaged, describing him as her "boyfriend" when talking about who knew she was making folklore. "It was weird because I had never made an album and not played it for my girlfriends or told my friends," she said. "The only people who knew were the people that I was making it with, my boyfriend, my family, and then my management team. So that's the smallest number of people I've ever had know about something. I'm usually playing it for everyone that I'm friends with. So I had a lot of friends texting me things like, 'Why didn't you say on our everyday Facetimes you were making a record?'" When asked about writing from the perspective of a teenage boy for "betty," Swift credited Alwyn with inspiring her—and singing parts of the sound to her. "I think it [being able to tap into a male perspective] came from the fact that my co-writer, William Bowery [Joe Alwyn], is male—and he was the one who originally thought of the chorus melody. And hearing him sing it, I thought, 'That sounds really cool.' Obviously, I don't have a male voice, but I thought, 'I could have a male perspective.'" Swift started the interview by talking about how she didn't expect to make an album during quarantine, but watching movies with Alwyn inspired her. "I wasn't expecting to make an album. Early on in quarantine, I started watching lots of films. We would watch a different movie every night. I'm ashamed to say I hadn't seen Pan's Labyrinth before. One night I'd watch that, then I'd watch L.A. Confidential, then we'd watch Rear Window, then we'd watch Jane Eyre. I feel like consuming other people's art and storytelling sort of opened this portal in my imagination and made me feel like, 'Well, why have I never done this before? Why have I never created characters and intersecting storylines? And why haven't I ever sort of freed myself up to do that from a narrative standpoint?' There is something a little heavy about knowing when you put out an album, people are going to take it so literally that everything you say could be clickbait. It was really, really freeing to be able to just be inspired by worlds created by the films you watch or books you've read or places you've dreamed of or people that you've wondered about, not just being inspired by your own experience."
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