No castle for this country-pop princess! Taylor Swift took to her Twitter on Tuesday, Aug. 11, to squash speculation that she was purchasing a Scottish castle to be closer to the family of her boyfriend Calvin Harris.
It was reported this week that the hitmaker, 25, was "eyeing" the Tower of Lethendy, a 16th century Scottish castle, featuring an 18-hole golf course, pool, and eight bedrooms. The property, valued at £4.6million, is located about an hour away from Edinburgh, where her boyfriend's family lives. Naturally, the 1989 singer used a lyric from "New Romantics," a bonus track from the deluxe version of her latest album, to quell the chatter.
While there's no Scottish castle in the works for Swift, Us Weekly exclusively revealed last month that Harris was introducing his girlfriend of four months to his family. “They’re planning a trip to the UK with a few days in Scotland so she can meet his parents,” an insider told Us at the time.
Her sense of humor remains on point, too. Following her tweet about the castle, Swift posted a hilarious photo of her cat Olivia Benson looking miffed with one paw resting on a seat.
It was an emotional moment during Taylor Swift’s Arizona concert on Aug. 17, when sang ‘Ronan,’ about a little boy who died of cancer, for just the second time publicly. And while introducing the song, Taylor was almost brought to tears while discussing her own mother’s battle with the horrible disease.
Fans who attended Taylor Swift’s Glendale, Arizona concert on Aug. 17 may not have gotten to see a special guest like Fifth Harmony or Little Mix, but they were treated to what might be the most intimate moment of the 1989 tour so far. The 25-year-old nearly broke down on stage while singing her StandUp2Cancer ballad, “Ronan,” and openly spoke about her mom, Andrea Swift’s, cancer battle for the first time.
Taylor released the emotional song “Ronan” in 2012, after reading Ronan’s mother, Maya’s, blog about what it was like to watch her toddler struggle for so long, only to pass away at just four years old. She penned the track based off quotes straight from the online journal, and with Maya and her family in the audience on Monday, it was the perfect opportunity to perform the song. The moment was incredibly important, because the only other time Taylor has sung “Ronan” was during a StandUp2Cancer special in 2012.
Incessant dancing at awards shows is one of the many things that make Taylor Swift who she is. Grammys? VMAs? ACMs? You can always count on Tay to dance like nobody’s watching. She’ll shimmy, she’ll shake, she’ll jump around, she’ll wave her hands in the air like she just don’t care.
This week, fans took to Tumblr to post a GIF of Tay dancing at this year’s Grammys to try to figure out what Swift calls the move. “Taylor this is so important,” one Swiftie wrote, “we need a name for this move.”
swiftiesinfundon: The way Ed just turns around like “what the hell are you doing Taylor" But seriously Taylor… what do you call this dance move? Taylor this is so important, we need a name for this move
The Mom-Croon - (noun) A dance move invented at the 2014 Grammy Awards. To sway, perform, and sing along to a song in an extremely emotional or sentimental way, possibly incorporating hand gestures. Eyes closed, lost in the music. The way your mom gets taken away by a tune from her high school days, glass of red wine in hand, shuffling around the room as her teenage kids roll their eyes in disdain. Cynics may judge the Mom-Crooners (MC’s as they are commonly referred to in the dance world) as it is a form of dance only perfected by those willing to be absolutely swept away by the feels you get when you hear a certain song. Those who know how to Mom Croon cannot see the eye rolls of haters. They have reached a level of musical transcendence that is hater-proof. Once you perfect the mom croon, you are truly free. Used in a sentence: “Oh look, Taylor’s being embarrassing again– just mom-crooning away in the corner by herself because Sometimes by Britney Spears came on. Oh God. Now she’s crying.”
Moving up in the world! Taylor Swift might be prepping for her string of five sold-out gigs at Los Angeles' Staples Center which start tonight, Friday, Aug. 21 — but the "Shake It Off" singer hasn't forgotten where she came from. Swift, 25, shared an amazing throwback photo on Thurdsay, Aug. 20, showing what her gigs used to look like, before she was a charttopping superstar — and it's pretty funny to see.
"Getting ready to play 5 shows at Staples Center in LA this week and reminiscing about what my gigs used to be like," Calvin Harris' girlfriend captioned the awesome snap, which shows her many years ago, taking center stage behind a simple "Taylor Swift" banner, while strumming on an accoustic guitar.
Taylor Swift is on a roll. The "Bad Blood" singer who dominated the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards topped Vanity Fair's "Powers That Be" list -- a list of the 25 most influential artists and executives who affect modern culture.
It was Swift's first time on a list that typically includes power brokers ranging from Beyonce and Jay Z to Rupert Murdoch and Bob Iger. The magazine cited Swift's pull on Apple Music as one of the main reasons why she is No. 1 out of the world's "Powers That Be."
"Swift isn't merely the world's favorite pop star, putting up sales numbers that are nearly unfathomable in the post-Napster age -- she is also using her platform to make giant companies conform to her will," wrote Vanity Fair. "After pulling her catalogue off Spotify last year, Swift wrote an open letter to Apple asking it to pay artists during the free-trial period of its new music service. She posted the note on Tumblr on a Sunday and the company complied within hours."
My brother @austinkingsleyswift just acted in his first movie and I’m all proud and stuff.
Vanity Fair also pointed out that Swift has over 6 billion views on YouTube. Other celebs on the list this year include LeBron James, Bradley Cooper, Jay Z and Beyonce, Kanye West and Kim Kardashian and Stephen Colbert (who shares his "Powers That Be" slot with other late night hosts).
