My favorite part about writing is that first spark of an idea. It can happen at any time, for any reason. The idea for the Opalite music video crash landed into my imagination when I was doing promo for The Life of a Showgirl. I was a guest on one of my favorite shows, @TheGNShow. For those of you who aren’t familiar, it’s a UK late night show where Graham Norton (the insanely charismatic and lovable host) invites a random group of actors, entertainers, musicians, etc to be on his show and we all sit there and chat like it’s a dinner party. They even serve wine. Anyway. I remember thinking I got ridiculously lucky with the group I was paired with. Cillian Murphy, Domhnall Gleeson, Greta Lee, Jodie Turner-Smith, and @LewisCapaldi. All people whose work I’ve admired from afar. When we were all talking during the broadcast, Domhnall made a light hearted joke about wanting to be in one of my music videos. He’s Irish! He was joking! Except that in that moment during the interview, I was instantly struck with an *idea*. And so a week later he received an email script I’d written for the Opalite video, where he was playing the starring role. I had this thought that it would be wild if all of our fellow guests on the Graham Norton show that night, including Graham himself, could be a part of it too. Like a school group project but for adults and it isn’t mandatory. To my delight, everyone from the show made the effort to time travel back to the 90’s with us and help with this video. You might even recognize some friendly faces from The Eras Tour. I got to work with one of my favorite people in the world, Rodrigo Prieto, again! I had more fun than I ever imagined - Made new friends, metaphors, and fashion choices. It was an absolute thrill to create this story and these characters. Shot on film. The Opalite video is out now on Spotify & Apple Music.
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The disproportionate ratio between the botted smear campaign and the actual universal love of this album in the real world is STAGGERING. 😩😂 Taylor has delivered another global favorite, I fear.
Taylor Swift is the first artist to spend 3 weeks at no. 1 on both UK singles and albums chart simultaneously since Ed Sheeran (2017), first woman since Adele (2011) and first American since Beyoncé (2003)
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Taylor Swift's 'The Life of A Showgirl' is now the #1 best selling album of the 2020s decade in the US (pure).
It surpasses her own 'THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT'.
Taylor Swift's "The Fate of Ophelia" officially becomes the fastest song to surpass 200 million streams in Spotify history, doing so in just over 12 days.
Taylor Swift is the first artist in history to simultaneously debut a film, album and song at #1 in the US.
All titles released on October 3 and debuted at #1 on the respective weekly chart (box office, Billboard 200 and Hot 100).
Taylor Swift’s 'The Life of A Showgirl' breaks the record for biggest vinyl sales week for any album in Nielsen history with 1.334 million sold.
Beats ‘THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT’, which beat '1989 (Taylor's Version)'.
It was the End of an Era and we knew it. We wanted to remember every moment leading up to the culmination of the most important and intense chapter of our lives, so we allowed filmmakers to capture this tour and all the stories woven throughout it as it wound down. And to film the final show in its entirety.
The Eras Tour | The Final Show, featuring the entire Tortured Poets Department set, and the first two episodes of The End of an Era, a 6-episode behind-the-scenes docuseries will be yours December 12th on @DisneyPlus
Industry powerhouses, & members of The Beatles themselves, have proclaimed Taylor as the Beatles of the 21st century. But let silly little Twitter & her industry enemies delude themselves into thinking they can ruin a woman whose legacy is already set in stone.
With "The Life of a Showgirl" by Taylor Swift estimated to have sold 4M units first week in the US alone, here is a comparison to the total career first week sales of Beyonce, Mariah Carey, Lady Gaga, Miley Cyrus, Ariana Grande, and Katy Perry.