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Hey :) I hope you are doing well. I miss your blog so much! Your Taylor updates were the best <3

Hi guys! I have so, so many similar messages in my inbox - thank you guys for thinking of me and sending good vibes all the time even when I am not around 😊

Even though I have not been active, I have been following all Taylor-related news just like before. I just wanna say how proud I am of Taylor and everything she's accomplished. Following her in this past year has been such a joy.

Also, as someone who has started following NFL since Mahomes became starting QB for Chiefs... let me tell you - I am living for Taylor and Travis. Mahomes was absolutely brilliant from day one (the way he organizes plays, his passing ability, his understanding of the game - I am obsessed) so I've watched Chiefs for ages and I've known about Travis for a good while. Not gonna lie, he always stood out to me cause he is one of the best players in the league and... he is hot and super nice to look at. In full honesty, I have thought about this once or twice, like "he would look so good with Taylor, too bad Taylor doesn't like hot guys" 🤣

When the whole friendship bracelet thing happened, I was so amused and like, I wished that would happen, but knew it won't cause he's too hot and handsome and manly for her taste... so when this actually started happening, I literally could not fucking believe it. Like, this is the thing that I have quietly thought about on and off throughout last 6 years, and always dismissed it as "not a chance in hell", and then it fucking happened. And she looks so happy and at ease lately, and finally ready to accept who she is and what she deserves and it all makes me so happy for her.

Now, I wish I had time to be around more, but that is probably not happening, it's just not feasible with the pace of my life - however, I will be here from time to time occasionally, lurking and reading your messages. So maybe I'll respond to some in future - again, thank you for sending so much love my way and for letting me know how much you miss my updates.

In other news, I will be seeing Taylor next year in Lisbon and Milan - so I can't fucking wait for that!

#asks #taylor swift #taylor and travis #travis kelce

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Saniyya Sidney, star of King Richard, on meeting Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn (KTLA, March 27th 2022)

#Saniyya Sidney #king richard #video #about taylor #taylor swift #joe alwyn #tay & joe #oscars 2022 #red carpet

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Taylor and Joe at CAA’s pre-Oscars Party at San Vicente Bungalows in LA (March 25th 2022)

Variety // By Marc Malkin // March 26th 2022

Many Friday night party-hoppers made their way to CAA’s reception at San Vicente Bungalows in West Hollywood. Spotted on the dancefloor were Taylor Swift, Joe Alwyn, Andrew Garfield and Zoë Kravitz, according to a source.

E News // By Ashley Joy Parker // March 26th 2022

A night out with her lover.

Taylor Swift and her longtime boyfriend Joe Alwyn had a rare date night out when they attended the CAA Pre-Oscar Party on Friday, March 25 at the San Vicente Bungalows in West Hollywood. Although the couple kept a relatively low profile and did not pose for any photos, a source tells E! News that the 32-year-old singer and the 31-year-old British actor "looked very much in love and were together majority of the night."

"Taylor was hanging out at the bar chatting with Zoe Kravitz for a while," the source said. "Both of them were laughing and had smiles on their faces."

According to the eyewitness, Taylor also ran into Hailey Bieber and the two stars said hello at the bar.

"Taylor was introducing Joe to many people around her," the source added. "She looked smitten and proud to be there with him."

A second source concurred, telling E! News, that Taylor and Joe "were very coupley and cute and seemed happy to be there together."

"Taylor and Joe were together all night," the insider told E! News. "He was leading her around introducing her to people, and Taylor also introducing people to Joe. When Joe was leading Taylor around he held his arm around her back."

The eyewitness says the couple also hung out with one of Taylor's BFFs Alana Haim and they were "laughing and chatting and having a great time."

"She stayed pretty late too," the source added.  

Entertainment Tonight // By Tionah Lee‍ // March 27th 2022

Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn had a star-studded date night! The 32-year-old singer and 31-year-old actor attended CAA's pre-Oscars party at San Vicente Bungalows in Hollywood, California, on Friday night. A source tells ET that the two "came together and stayed close the whole night, but Joe also talked to other people and Taylor caught up with friends."

"They were super cute together and looked very in love. Towards the beginning of the party, they hung out by the bar for a bit and were talking to people and being very friendly," the source says, noting that the couple hung out with Hailey Bieber and Zoë Kravitz. "[They] all stood together talking for around a half hour as a group. Taylor also danced with friends including Zoë and looked like she was relaxed and in a great mood," shares the source, adding that Swift also chatted with CAA agents throughout the night about their favorite TV shows.”

All in all, the source says Swift knew a lot of people at the event and "was social and in a great mood."

#taylor swift #joe alwyn #tay & joe #oscars 2022 #march 25th 2022 #San Vicente Bungalows #los angeles #CAA #zoe kravitz #alana haim #article #about taylor #et online #variety #e news

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Taylor and Zoe Kravitz dancing at the pre-Oscars CAA party on Friday, March 25th, held at San Vicente Bungalows in Los Angeles.

#taylor swift #zoe kravitz #oscars 2022 #march 25th 2022 #San Vicente Bungalows #los angeles #taylor dancing #tay & joe #video #CAA

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Taylor and Joe attended pre-Oscars CAA party on Friday, March 25th, held at San Vicente Bungalows in Los Angeles.

#San Vicente Bungalows #march 25th 2022 #taylor swift #joe alwyn #tay & joe #oscars 2022 #los angeles #Instagram stories #sm spotting #CAA

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Christina Perri on how Taylor Swift's folklore helped her heal from the grief of losing her daughter (March 25th 2022)

#Christina Perri #video #about taylor #taylor swift #folklore album #folklore era

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Instagram Story by Reese Witherspoon (March 23rd 2022)

#Reese witherspoon #Instagram stories #Where The Crawdads Sing #carolina #taylor swift

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Where The Crawdads Sing is a book I got absolutely lost in. As soon as I heard there was a film in the works starring Daisy Edgar-Jones and produced by Reese Witherspoon, I knew I wanted to be a part of it from the musical side.

Taylor Swift on why she wanted to be a part of the Where The Crawdads Sing movie (March 22nd 2022)

#taylor swift #quote #by taylor #Where The Crawdads Sing #carolina

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*Shivers.*

*Everywhere.*

*OUR WHOLE BODY.* 😳

Where The Crawdads Sing is coming this July featuring "Carolina", a new original song from Taylor, and we're gonna need to lay down when we hear the whole thing.

#taylor swift #carolina #Where The Crawdads Sing #trailer #taylor's tumblr

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Comedian Taylor Tomlinson mentions Taylor Swift in her new Netflix special (March 21st 2022)

#Taylor Tomlinson #video #about taylor #taylor swift #netflix

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Swifties swear by their hero's superb songwriting, likability and top of the line production as to why her shows are so compelling. All of that is indeed there. And so is, just as importantly, the feeling of being relatable. Like Adele, Swift makes her fans feel she is one of them, despite being a megastar. And that ease translates to her live shows.

Forbes lists Taylor Swift as one of the “Top Fifteen Live Bands Of The Last Thirty Years” (March 20th 2022)

#taylor swift #quote #about taylor #forbes #touring

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It’s been about four months since All Too Well: The Short Film was released. Did you have any preconceived notions of what Taylor Swift would be like as a director?

I immediately assumed she would be incredibly thoughtful and meticulous - really prepared, with really good instincts on how she would want to tell her story. I think she’s one of the greatest storytellers of our generation, or any generation. She is a born poet and storyteller, even in how she speaks, who she is as a person, her insight into relationships and dynamics; she’s so emotionally intelligent like that. So it wasn’t a surprise that when we first spoke she had the whole video laid out to a T, and what she wanted to execute and how.

What can you tell us about the set of the video, and Swift as a director?

The things that you don’t know are that when you get on set, she is so trusting and free, and not precious. That comes from a lot of confidence. We would do one take and she’d be like [snaps fingers], ‘Got it! Moving on!’ She always knows what she has and what she needs. That’s a tool from a director that’s really handy, and often times you only find with experienced directors who take years to build up that kind of confidence. She’s just fucking brilliant.

I couldn’t believe that she knew who I was, let alone that she called me to be in the video. It was such an automatic yes. I never doubted for a second that she would do something amazing with the video. I remember this from the first conversation: If I or Sadie didn’t say yes she might not have made it, because she’s so particular about the things she does and how she puts them out - like, ‘If I can’t put them out in the way intend to, then I’d rather not do it at all.’ She’s just a straight G, man [laughs]. And an incredible fuckin’ person, too.

Taylor’s fanbase is obviously what it is. Your fanbase adores you, too. Did it ever feel like a lot to be caught up in speculation of who the song is about and other topics of fan discussion?

No, it’s never felt like a lot. Whenever my face is going to be out there in any capacity, there’s general anxiety. And this was on a big platform, a whole world of collective Swiftie units. It’s definitely a heightened platform, but she as a person - from my first conversation with her I was so comfortable. We’re the same age, I think we have a lot of mutual friends, we just got along straight out of the gate. It always felt safe, and then releasing it was a heightened experience.

As far as people trying to figure out who it’s about, but that’s so not what it’s about for her, and that’s what I love about it so much. And then for me, my interpretation coming into it was that I felt she was trying to execute something that’s really hard to execute: these relational dynamics that are so complex and so nuanced, with a gap in age, power and status. I thought it was a really impactful thing that she was trying to say. That’s where my interest was. I thought if we could execute that on this platform, that would be really strong and important. And we did.

#dylan o'brien #interview #taylor swift #mv director #music video #all too well #re-recording #red album #parade magazine #about taylor

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From the first phone call I had with her, she had it all laid out. And then for somebody who is that intentional and meticulous and smart, she also was able to show up on the day and let all that go. For instance, the (argument) scene that she lets play out in the kitchen, that was not planned. We were improvising this scene and it just felt so good that immediately after we cut, she was like, 'This is so right on, I'm going to use this.' [On how intense Taylor's fans are] The world is Taylor's fans, so it is an intense platform. But when we went to the (music video) premiere, there was screaming outside and all the fans in the theater. Her security guys kept saying, 'Crazy, right?'

Dylan O'Brien on working with Taylor and how intense Taylor’s fanbase is (USA Today, March 18th 2022)

#dylan o'brien #quote #taylor swift #USA Today #all too well #re-recording #music video #about taylor

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Kevin Harrington: Does anyone else remember the show Big Comfy Couch or was that just a fever dream I had

#Kevin Harrington #antoni porowski #taylor swift #new york

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Late last year, O’Brien co-starred alongside Sadie Sink in the Taylor Swift-directed All Too Well: The Short Film, and he remains impressed with Swift’s spontaneity.

We fully breathed out these improvised moments in the scenes, and there was never a plan for the music to stop so the [kitchen fight] scene could play out. That was actually Taylor’s call. After we did just one take of the kitchen scene, she came over and she was like, ‘This is it. I’m going to use this dialogue. We’re going to let this play. You’re right in the pocket. Let’s just do it again.’ And that is such a testament to her instincts as a director, which I found super impressive. So to make that [kitchen fight] call on the fly, she’s the shit.

So how did Taylor Swift’s All Too Well: The Short Film go down? Did you have to go out for it like any other project?

No, I guess that was something that Taylor had specifically thought of me for. So she reached out to me and asked if I wanted to do it. And I, of course, said yes. It was automatic. Yeah, I woke up one day with a text from my manager saying, “Taylor Swift’s manager is asking if she can reach out to you about a project.” And I was like, “Whoa.” (Laughs.) And then I gave her my number, and not even an hour later, I got this iconic fucking text from her that was so long and so funny and really, really thoughtful. And it was a full pitch of what she wanted to do. It was awesome.

For the dialogue that we couldn’t hear, was it still scripted?

Oh, none of it was scripted. None of it. Even the scene that ends up playing out wasn’t scripted. It’s funny because I proposed this idea, and then I ended up being the one to throw it all out. But super early on, I said to Taylor, “For some of the bigger scenes, it might be a good idea to get some kind of template on a page in case we start getting bogged down on the day.” Because we had to shoot it in two days. And when we actually got to it, we just played out these scenes. So it was a really fulfilling couple of days, and it was an amazing exercise. We were just fully in it at that point, and we played out these scenes, particularly the dramatic ones, like the breakup scene or the fight scene in the kitchen. We fully breathed out these improvised moments in the scenes, and there was never a plan for the music to stop so the [kitchen fight] scene could play out. That was actually Taylor’s call. After we did just one take of the kitchen scene, she came over and she was like, “This is it. I’m going to use this dialogue. We’re going to let this play. You’re right in the pocket. Let’s just do it again.” And that is such a testament to her instincts as a director, which I found super impressive. She’s so confident in what she wants, and she comes in really prepped. She also has such a specific vision. She’s so meticulous and intentional about everything, which wasn’t surprising at all. Seeing her instincts and confidence on set, she knew when she got it. So to make that [kitchen fight] call on the fly, she’s the shit.

Do you think she’d make a great feature director?

I think she’d be wonderful if she’s inspired by it. She’s a born and bred storyteller, and she’s got really good taste. So the tools are definitely there. It would just be a question of whether or not her heart would be in it because that’s a big commitment.

#dylan o'brien #quote #interview #about taylor #taylor swift #all too well #music video #red album #re-recording #The Hollywood Reporter

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I also feel like that photo came at an interesting time because you starred in the "All Too Well" short film not long after. What was your experience like working with Taylor?

First of all, it was surreal. She's genuinely such an incredible person that it felt like friends making something. By the time we did it, it was just really fun, really cozy and a really comfortable environment. I trusted her implicitly and not surprisingly at all, she had a fucking plan and knew exactly what she wanted to do. From the second that we first talked, she sent me over her entire lookbook for the film. She had the DP that she wanted to reach out to, she had the aesthetic, she wanted to shoot on film, and she had it all locked in. I thought that it was an incredibly important thing that she was trying to say with the video, too, which I felt like I got and wanted to really take part in executing.

It's so hard to execute relational dynamics, the complexities of a relationship, power dynamics and age dynamics. I think it is the hardest thing to achieve in a cinematic format, and she is somebody who I think is so brilliant, and so emotionally intelligent on that level of relationships. There are people on this earth who fundamentally understand how people work and how dynamics work more than others, and I think that's what makes her such a brilliant writer. She's such a fucking god-given poet. It was automatic that I was gonna say "yes" to it. I feel like she hit it out of the park more than I could have ever imagined.

Were you already a fan of "All Too Well" and Red before you were approached for the short film?

Stanship of Taylor has really heightened in the last four or five years. Obviously, I've always known who she is, but I think it was one of my good friends who really got me into her in-depth. I totally knew what "All Too Well" was; I knew what it meant to the fan base. The Red re-record, I've been all about it. She played ["All Too Well"] for me at her place, and she sang along for us - live. It was mind-blowing. I was like, "I can't believe the person's asking me to be a part of something that I know is so monumental for her."

Did you model your character on anyone specific or pull inspiration from anybody?

No, I felt like I understood the assignment. From our first conversation I was just like, "I got it." I got what she was trying to say, so I felt confident in my role in helping her execute. I'm really fascinated with relationships, too. In terms of executing that in a cinematic light is really hard to do, so I felt like I totally got the whole thing from the get-go and wanted to be a part of it.

#dylan o'brien #interview #about taylor #taylor swift #GQ #all too well #re-recording #red album #mv director #music video

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[...] For Red (Taylor’s Version), she had decided to write and direct a short film to accompany a 10-minute version of what is arguably her most heartbreaking ballad in a discography chock-full of heartbreakers: “All Too Well.” Though she and O’Brien had never met, Swift believed that he was the only actor who could imbue the music video’s de facto villain with the necessary pathos.

“Dylan was my first choice for the ‘All Too Well’ short film because he has that versatility I was looking for,” Swift writes over email. “I’d seen his work and heard nothing but wonderful things about him as a person. Ultimately I want to work with people who love what they do and come at it with enthusiasm, because that’s how I approach creating things too.” 

Swift sent O’Brien a novella-length text message asking him to do it - he spends over five minutes scrolling through their text thread to show it to me; there are a lot of messages in its wake - and O’Brien agreed without hesitation. 

“I had a feeling he would be great at ad libbing and adding nuance to his character, which enriched the story tenfold,” Swift writes. “He absolutely blew me away and I feel really lucky that I gained such a great friend from the experience too.”

For O’Brien, the most surprising part of the experience of working with Swift was the canonical perfectionist’s ability to cede control. He says of the shoot, which took place over two days in New York the following:

“For someone who’s that meticulous, she’s so trusting. Sometimes we’d do one take, which was so the opposite of neurotic.”

Swift also allowed O’Brien and co-star Sadie Sink to contribute to the creative process, which led to one of the film’s most wrenching moments, when the music stops and the two fight after a fraught dinner party. 

“Everything was planned to be to music. But then when we played out that scene [with dialogue]. [Taylor] immediately marched over and was just like, ‘This is it. I’m going to play this in the video.’ The confidence to just identify that in the moment on set and take in what we were bringing to it [shows how] she’s so sound with relationships and her instincts.”

#dylan o'brien #quote #about taylor #by taylor #taylor swift #interview #all too well #re-recording #music video #mv director #sadie sink #bustle