Changing with the times. Beyoncé has joined the ranks of Taylor Swift, Lizzo and other artists who have changed their lyrics after realizing they offended listeners.
18.07.2022 - 10:57 / nme.com
Taylor Swift’s ‘Red (Taylor’s Version)’ will be eligible for Grammy nomination after being considered a “new recording”.The second album in Swift’s high-profile re-recording series, where she is sharing new versions of her catalogue albums in order to regain copyright, came out last November.Though it is a re-recorded version of an existing album (‘Red’ came out in 2012), the Recording Academy has considered it a “new recording,” Billboard confirm.This is despite the Grammy rules stating that “updated, revised or expanded versions of previously submitted albums will not be eligible”.The same decision did not have to be made for her first re-recorded album – ‘Fearless (Taylor’s Version)’ – because ‘Fearless’ was not submitted for Grammy nominations upon its original release in 2008.Upon its release late last year, ‘Red (Taylor’s Version)’ scored Swift her eighth consecutive UK Number One album.It debuted on top of the UK album chart yesterday (November 19) shifting 72,000 chart sales. With 57,000 physical and digital sales, this made it is the fastest-selling (physical and downloads) female solo artist album of 2021, overtaking Lana Del Rey’s ‘Chemtrails Over The Country Club’.In a four-star review of ‘Red (Taylor’s Version)’, NME‘s Hannah Mylrea said: “Like on the re-recorded ‘Fearless’, Swift has delved into her vault of unreleased songs by pulling out 10 new tunes and Swiftie deep cuts written during the ‘Red’ era for the expanded new version.“For fans, it’s a treasure trove; a chance to appreciate a further insight into Swift’s musical world in the early 2010s.”Swift last won Album Of The Year in 2021 for her first lockdown album ‘folklore’.
Changing with the times. Beyoncé has joined the ranks of Taylor Swift, Lizzo and other artists who have changed their lyrics after realizing they offended listeners.
Taylor Swift's representatives are speaking out on the singer's behalf after she received backlash following a study conducted by the digital marketing firm, Yard, which claimed that flights taken by her private jet have emitted 8,293.54 metric tons of carbon in the last seven months, which is as the study found, «1,184.8 times more than the average person's total annual emissions.»Swift's reps were quick to respond, telling ET that Swift isn't on all those rides, in fact, they say, she isn't even on most of them.«Taylor’s jet is loaned out regularly to other individuals. To attribute most or all of these trips to her is blatantly incorrect,» a spokesperson for the «Bad Blood» singer said.The study, which cited its information from the Twitter account, Celebrity Jets, went on to claim that Swift's plane took more than 170 trips, racking up 22,923 minutes in the air since the beginning of the year. The study also alleged that her aircraft had an average flight time of around 80 minutes and traveled around 139.36 miles, with the plane's shortest flight — a trip from Missouri to Nashville — clocking in at just 36 minutes.While it's unclear who has been taking these flights, Swift has been most recently spotted in London and Los Angeles, so she has been doing some traveling.Taylor Swift's Falcon 7X 825 mile (717 NM) flight from ALB to BNA ~ 752 gallons (2,847 liters).
Drake are reportedly among the top offenders when it comes to taking disproportionately-polluting short flights on private jets, according to new analysis. Kim Kardashian’s private plane made four flights of under 20 minutes in the past two months, according to data from celebrity flight-tracker @CelebJets. The private plane belonging to her half-sister, Kylie Jenner, did twice as many, the tracker found.
Musician Taylor Swift has been accused of racking up a serious number of airline miles on her private jet, which soon caught heat from various environmental advocates.
Taylor Swift has topped a list of private jet polluters, with the singer’s personal plane having made 170 trips this year.The chart was put together by UK-based sustainability marketing firm Yard, which compiled a list of the “top 10 celebrity CO2e offenders” based on their private plane usage.Drawing on data from the Twitter account @CelebJets (which in turn gets its data from ADS-B Exchange), Yard’s report found that Swift’s plane has made 170 trips since January, spending the equivalent of 15.9 days in the air.Her flight emissions totalled 8,293.54 tonnes, which, per the report, is “1,184.8 times more than the average person’s yearly emissions”. Her average flight time was 80 minutes, with the shortest flight, a stint from Missouri to Nashville, clocking in at just 36 minutes.Taylor’s team came to defend the singer in a statement, with a representative telling Rolling Stone: “Taylor’s jet is loaned out regularly to other individuals.
Taylor Swift has responded to critics after she topped a list of celebrities that have taken the most private flights. The 'Shake It Off' hitmaker has been accused of damaging the environment after her jet flew 170 times between January 1 and July 19 2022. The research gathered by Yard revealed that Taylor, 32, spent more than 22,000 minutes in the air - the equivalent of 16 days - but a representative for the star claimed she is not solely responsible for the emissions.
Taylor Swift is getting backlash from critics about her private jet's carbon footprint. The "Shake it Off" singer was accused of polluting the earth by flying in her private jet 170 times between Jan.
with the pop star’s music. In the clip, Johnson plays Swift’s re-recorded rendition of her 2014 song “Bad Blood” — a k a “Taylor’s Version” — while Hart listens to “Message in a Bottle,” from her 2021 album remake “Red (Taylor’s Version),” on his AirPods.“What are you listening to?” the funnyman asks the action star several times in an attempt to talk over the loud speakers in his ears.
her 17-minute private jet rides, but the reality star may not be the “biggest climate change offender,” the Tab reported.Research from sustainability-driven marketing company Yard tallied up A-list private jet usage and Jenner didn’t even make the top 10 in the list of celebrities who have racked up the most CO2 emissions in their PJs so far this year.The findings showed that Taylor Swift’s private jet rides have emitted 8,293.54 metric tons of carbon in 2022, putting her at No. 1 on the list.Even while she is not touring, her average flight time is still 80 minutes, with an average of 139.36 miles per flight, per the report.While Swift was labeled the top “offender” by Yard, Floyd Mayweather was right behind her, with 7,076.8 metric tons of carbon emitted.
Taylor Swift’s re-recorded songs will feature on the soundtrack of his new movie, DC League of Super-Pets.In a promotional video shared to TikTok ahead of the film’s premiere today (July 29), Johnson is joined by his Super-Pets co-star Kevin Hart, and the pair quiz each other on what music they’ve been listening to.Clearly @imkevinhart has problems (being an as*hole) and I don’t think we can solve them
Taylor Swift made sure Dylan O'Brien and Sadie Sink were among the first people she contacted after nabbed five VMA nominations. ET's Will Marfuggi spoke to O'Brien on Thursday, and the 30-year-old actor revealed how he learned that the short film, the music video for the 10-minute version of Swift's iconic song, was up for multiple awards.«We were just texting the other day. We have a little group chat, me, Taylor and Sadie,» O'Brien told ET of Swift, who directed the film, and Sink, who starred in it alongside the actor.«She's just so genuine,» the actor added of Swift.
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DAMN.—receiving accolades for his new album, Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers. It will also be Madonna's 69th time being nominated for the award and 26 musicians will be first-time nominees.
Taylor Swift fans will most certainly NOT calm down, after all three contestants on whiffed on what seemed like a clear and easy clue about the singer.The comical scene went down earlier this week during the $400 clue testing the contestant's music knowledge. Under the category «Title That Completes the Rhyme,» Ken Jennings read, «And I'm just like oh-oh oh-oh oh-oh oh-oh oh-oh, you need to just stop.
Fans of Taylor Swift aren’t such big fans of a few Jeopardy! contestants this week.