In anticipation of this weekend’s DIRECTV Super Saturday Night, Taylor Swift has released a special behind-the-scenes sneak peek of rehearsals for her huge pre-Super Bowl performance. In the video, Swift performs an awesome acoustic version of her hit collaboration with Zayn, ‘I Don’t Wanna Live Forever’, from the “Fifty Shades Darker” soundtrack.
Taylor will headline her first Super Saturday Night this weekend, on February 4th, as part of her huge multi-year partnership with AT&T, which not only includes this weekend’s peformance in Houston, but also brand new content and future performances. Portions of Taylor’s Super Saturday Night concert will be available via Taylor Swift NOW at a later date.
Watch Swift’s acoustic rehearsal of ‘I Don’t Wanna Live Forever’ below.
We are just days away from Taylor Swift’s huge comeback concert. Teaming up with AT&T for the “DIRECTV NOW Super Saturday Night”, Taylor Swift is set to put on a pre-Super Bowl show for the ages. Not only were all tickets free, given out to fans who entered to win tickets via AT&T, but the show will be hosted by Club Nomadic, a custom made 64,000 square foot venue crafted for Houston’s Super Bowl festivities.
So other than the 10-time Grammy winning artist, who else can you expect to be in attendance? We won’t make you wait until portions of this one-of-a-kind concert airs on Taylor Swift NOW, available on DIRECTV Now, DIRECTV and U-Verse. Celebrity attendees so far include: Aaron Rodgers, John Legend & Chrissy Teigen, Peyton Manning, gymnast Gabby Douglas, actor Chris Evan, Erin Andrews, Lea Michele, Tony Gonzalez, Michael Strahan, Eddie George, Carson Palmer and many more.
So if you’ll be in Houston this Super Bowl weekend, get ready to see some of your favorite celebrities, athletes and of course the Taylor Nation, “shake it off” right into Super Bowl Sunday.
Likely the most anticipated music video of 2017 thus far, Taylor Swift and Zayn have shared their official music video for their hit collaborative single, ‘I Don’t Wanna Live Forever’. Off the soundtrack for “Fifty Shades Darker”, the sequel to “Fifty Shades of Grey”, which hits theaters on February 10th, the new music video is everything you expected and then some.
The dark and steamy visuals certainly paint a picture of what we can expect in the upcoming film, and while fans shouldn’t expect any romance to brew between Swift and Zayn (as Zayn is dating Swift’s friend Gigi Hadid), we definitely can’t wait for the first time that the two perform the record live. And the first chance for that may be next month, as Swift is performing a huge pre-Super Bowl concert to celebrate her new partnership with AT&T, and Taylor is no stranger to bringing out surprise guest for her shows.
Watch Zayn and Taylor Swift’s official music video for ‘I Don’t Wanna Live Forever’ below.
From The xx to U2, there are already a ton of amazing tours scheduled for 2017. But needless to say, there are still a ton of potential tours for the new year, that we are patiently awaiting their announcement. While we are certainly speculating that a number of these artists will go on tour in 2017, we have a hunch that a number of our predictions will come true.
Hit the jump and check out our list of the 10 Tour Announcements We’re Patiently Waiting for in 2017!
Taylor Swift has famously took a break from the music world throughout 2016, after the mega success of her latest album, 1989, and her huge “1989 World Tour”. But Taylor is back, and with a very exciting and unexpected collaboration, that may stir the pot with a lot of Directioners out there.
Joining forces with former One Direction stand-out, Zayn, Taylor and her ex’s former bandmate have teamed up for a new track on the Fifty Shades Darker soundtrack. Titled, ‘I Don’t Wanna Live Forever’, the two make for a great combo for the 50 Shades of Grey sequel. The official soundtrack album arrives hit stores early next year on February 10, the same day that Fifty Shades Darker arrives in theaters. What a way to get us excited!?
Buy the new track here and preview the new collaboration below.
As part of her huge multi-year deal with AT&T, Taylor Swift will take a break from her hiatus for a very special pre-Super Bowl performance on Saturday, February 4th in Houston, TX. Not only is this performance special due to its timing, and the fact that it’s a 10-time Grammy winning artist, but a huge custom made 64,000 square foot venue will be created in Houston for this event.
And if you’re looking to get tickets, fans will have access through a series of exclusive AT&T promotions and campaigns. While Houston will be full of A-list events and performances throughout the weekend, this show will be a close second to Super Bowl Sunday. Two of the best teams in football will go head-to-head, a day after the biggest name in music puts on a very special performance.
For more info on tickets for the Houston event, follow AT&T and Taylor Nation social media handles.
Kanye West and Taylor Swift have had a rocky relationship ever since his “Imma let you finish” moment at the VMAs years ago. And just when it looked like the two were good (friends even), things got crazy when Kanye released his new album, The Life of Pablo, with the record ‘Famous’, where Kanye claims he feels like “Taylor (and Kanye) might still have sex.”
That’s when all hell broke lose. Taylor was publicly upset, then rumors swirled that Swift actually gave Kanye the green light for the lyric, then Kim Kardashian West posted video evidence of a phone call where Taylor is okay with the lyric, then Taylor claimed she wasn’t aware of the “making that b*tch famous” part of the song and threatened legal action over the posting of the phone call. It’s not clear exactly what to believe, but many viewed the whole situation as a big W for Kanye and a big L for Taylor, helping Kanye’s public image and damaging Taylor previously perfect image.
But despite coming out ahead and despite Taylor threatening Kanye with a lawsuit over the release of a phone call which she previously denied even happened, Kanye has just shown love for the ‘Bad Blood’ singer on Twitter. Sharing a photo of a t-shirt that blends Kanye’s album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, and Swift’s pop LP, 1989, Kanye writes “unity love”.
Let’s just hope that the two can finally make up and make some dope music together one day, so everyone wins.
Don’t be so quick to pick sides. Although Kanye West got a ton of bad press over his song ‘Famous’, where he makes a joke about having sex with Taylor Swift for making that “b*tch famous”, there may be more to the story than many Kanye West haters would like to believe. Initially upon Kanye’s release of his The Life of Pablo album, many Kanye and Taylor fans alike were upset that Kanye would again come after Taylor. But soon after its release, TMZ reported that Kanye West called Taylor many weeks earlier to get her approval. However a rep for Swift soon rebutted those reports, saying Taylor did not give her approval and wasn’t made aware of the actually lyric.
And if Taylor didn’t actually give her approval, and didn’t know the actual lyric, then maybe Kanye should have left it out… But now, according to the Grammy Award‘s producer, Ken Ehrlich, Taylor Swift not only knew of the lyric, she even had an advance copy of the track.
“She had an advance of the track (a couple weeks ago),” Ehrlich told Entertainment Tonight.
And instead of clearing things up, with the whole world watching at the Grammys, Swift sent some strongly worded subliminals at Kanye, warning female artists that there will be people (like Kanye) who will try to take credit for your success and your fame. Assuming she did hear the track and didn’t voice her disapproval, it looks like Kanye West isn’t the one (this time) refusing to take the high road, especially since Kanye did not have to get Taylor’s greenlight to begin with.
If you had to give someone a heads up or get their permission to include them into your music, Taylor Swift of all people wouldn’t be as successful as she is today. Don’t worry Taylor, we aren’t saying John Mayer disses are the reason for your fame either, if anything is, it’s the sheer talent!
Watch the video clip of Grammy producer Ken Ehrlich below.
Kanye West hasn’t even formally released his new album, The Life of Pablo, yet and already it’s causing controversy. During his live album release party slash Yeezy Season 3 fashion show at Madison Square Garden today, one of Kanye’s new tracks contained a “jab” at Taylor Swift. You know, the same Taylor Swift who Kanye stole the mic from at the VMAs….
Kanye raps, “I feel like me and Taylor still might have sex, I made that bitch famous.” Whoh, Kanye!
But before you grab your pitchforks, and let Kanye totally have it, which on the surface seems very easy to do this time, you’ll be surprised to learn that Kanye actually gave T-Swift a heads up on the lyric. According to TMZ, a source close to Swift says that Kanye called her personally, months ago, to tell her about the song and reference in advance. So although she may not have totally co-signed the lyric, let’s all lighten up and all wait until TLOP officially released (and hopefully soon).
2016 Grammy Nominees Taylor Swift and Sam Hunt (Photo by Dan Garcia/The Early Registration)
The official nominations for the 58th Annual Grammy Awards were announced earlier today and while none of their picks were major surprises, artists like Taylor Swift, Kendrick Lamar and The Weeknd are looking to win big when the awards are announced next year on February 15th, 2016. And if reading the list of nominations has your scratching your head, wondering who will pick up the W for each particular category, don’t worry! We have the work cut out for you as we put together our list of predictions for some of Grammy‘s biggest categories.
Check out our predictions for the 58th Annual Grammy Awards below.
The Early Registration 