Love has ways of bringing things back to life. ☁️ Taylor's original song #IKnewItIKnewYou is out now! Disney and @Pixar’s @ToyStory 5 in theaters June 19. https://t.co/yaF2Vw1NJb
It’s a *Toy* Story 🤠
You knew it! My new original song “I Knew It, I Knew You” for Disney and @Pixar’s @toystory 5 will be yours on June 5th. I’ve always dreamed of getting to write for these characters who I’ve adored since I was a 5 year old kid watching the first Toy Story movie. I fell instantly in love with Toy Story 5 when I was lucky enough to see it in its early stages, and I wrote this song as soon as I got home from the screening. Sometimes you just know, right?
You can pre-order now exclusively at https://t.co/NoneI6kxdH and catch Toy Story 5 in theaters June 19th ☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️
It was a Monday in early August 2023. The exhausted truck drivers of Taylor Swift's Eras Tour thought they were heading to a routine production meeting before the Los Angeles shows.
They had no idea what was coming.
Scott Swift walked in. Taylor's father didn't say much—he just began handing out envelopes. When the drivers finally peeked inside, some thought the check said $1,000. Others read $10,000. The third driver stared at his and said out loud: "This has to be a joke."
It wasn't.
$100,000.
Each driver. Nearly 50 of them. The industry standard bonus from the biggest stars? $5,000 to $10,000. Taylor had given them more than ten times that.
But here's what made it matter most: these drivers weren't wealthy. They lived in truck cabs. They hadn't seen their families in 24 weeks. They were people who would never own homes—until now. Until that envelope.
That moment of shock and tears? It was just the beginning.
Across the entire Eras Tour, Taylor quietly handed out $197 million in bonuses. The dancers. The band. The riggers. The lighting and sound technicians. The caterers. Every single person who built the show—they got bonuses, handwritten notes, and wax-sealed letters. When dancers opened theirs on camera in her docuseries, they broke down crying. Some couldn't believe she was real.
"If the tour grosses more, they get more," she explained simply. These people work hard. They deserve it.
But the crew bonuses weren't the only quiet revolution happening.
Starting in March 2023, in every city where the tour touched down, a call came to local food banks. Taylor wanted to donate. No press conference. No announcement. No photo op. One donation fed 75,000 meals. Another provided hundreds of thousands of pounds of fresh produce. Across the tour, the total reached millions of meals—possibly more—all delivered in silence.
She never posted about a single one.
And it wasn't new for her.
In March 2020, when the pandemic locked down the world, Taylor scrolled through social media posts from fans who were breaking. A photographer about to lose everything. A person staring down eviction. She sent direct messages with rent money—$3,000 here, $13,000 there. Some fans got enough for months of bills. She read the Washington Post. She noticed the names. She helped.
She never announced it.
Years later, in October 2025, a two-year-old named Lilah—fighting a cancer so rare that only 58 families in America had ever known it—was filmed by her mother dancing to a Taylor Swift song. Lilah called Taylor her friend. A few days later, the GoFundMe received a $100,000 donation.
The note said: "Sending the biggest hug to my friend, Lilah! Love, Taylor."
Mike Scherkenbach has worked with the wealthiest people in music. He's seen the bonuses. He's seen the behavior. He's watched billionaires guard their money jealously.
What he saw with Taylor was different.
The biggest tour in history grossed $2 billion. The artist behind it became a billionaire from her own songwriting. And then she signed her name onto hundreds of envelopes by hand and sent enough money back to the people who built her dream that they cried opening their letters.
That isn't strategy. That isn't a publicity stunt.
That's what happens when someone, somewhere along the way, remembered what matters.
“Some thought the check said $1,000. Others read $10,000. The third driver stared at his and said out loud: This has to be a joke.”
People who call her a “greedy billionaire” tend to ignore this one. All the time.
This month marks one year since Taylor’s greatest dream came true, and her first six albums came home. Which one are you streaming this #SwiftDay? 💚💛💜♥️🩵🖤
Bridges that reveal the full painting 🤌
Create your own Rant Bridge Playlist featuring the first tracks that come to mind and watch the full @NYTmag interview honoring Taylor as one of the 30 Greatest Living American Songwriters at https://t.co/uxPRlBTnqo
Taylor Swift’s record contract could lead to millions of dollars being paid to artists as UMG prepares to sell half of their equity stake in Spotify.
When Swift signed her contract in 2018, she negotiated a clause stating that any sale of UMG’s Spotify shares would result in a distribution of money to their artists, non-recoupable.
Her “non-recoupable” clause ensures that artists receive that money even if they still owe advances to the label that signed them.
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Talking about songwriting > Talking about anything else. Thank you @joecoscarelli and @nytmag. I had the (NY) Time of my life 😎
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This is the first time contractors have been seen at the house in six weeks
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Oldest homeowner in the neighborhood to attempt a full kitchen remodel
Is there Bad Plumbing?
Donna Kelce is responsible for the noise complaints
Donna Kelce is in hot water again
Donna Kelce is on top of the block, but has she done some sketchy things to get there?
Thirteen neighbors who have issues with Donna Kelce
I felt like the contractor was a little angry
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There she is leaving the hardware store
She files too many permit applications
Why did Donna Kelce-
You can see the plywood at the very bottom, and you can see them carrying it into the house
I can understand trying to keep your renovation plans private at the beginning, or needing time to work on your design
But come on!
And voluntarily bringing attention to the backsplash tile choices
What Kelce did is not enough
Yeah okay, reno queen, whatever you say
I hate to say this, but I think Donna Kelce is learning a few lessons in construction
All this renovation drama is exhausting
Donna Kelce should focus on finishing the rest of the project
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What it is-
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Donna Kelce new contractor is heating up
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And what happened to the original budget
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Donna Kelce appears before the city inspector today
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So instead we’ll talk about Donna Kelce’s renovation
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So instead we’ll talk about Donna Kelce’s renovation
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So instead we’ll talk about Donna Kelce’s renovation
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Cheers to International Women’s Day. 🥂 Tag your ultimate quintessential showgirl and let us know what you're listening to today below!
We’ll start: @taylorswift13's “Elizabeth Taylor” 🫶
I never want to forget a single detail of this hysterical shoot, and now I don’t have to! Excited to share more of the Opalite Music Video with two extended versions full of dance lessoning, our phenomenal cameos, camcorder footage, gigantic scrunchies & fanny pack angles! Parts 1 & 2 are out now at https://t.co/nx1QeUaWrH
Before we sign out for the night (mwah 😚), we present… Opalite Official Music Video (Extended Version Parts 1 and 2)! Out now on @Spotify Premium, @AppleMusic, and @AmazonMusic. https://t.co/WijbE5aw0l