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Could Taylor Swift be adding a Tortured Poets Department portion to the Eras Tour setlist?

Fans have noticed some interesting details in a recently released rehearsal video.

Taylor Swift’s new album, The Tortured Poets Department, has been breaking records left and right. It was the most streamed album in a single day, the first single — “Fortnight” (feat. Post Malone) — set a single-day record and the album became the first to earn one billion streams in a week.

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Now concert goers might be able to hear Swift perform some of the songs live on the European leg of her mega popular Eras Tour as some fans are theorizing about changes to the setlist.

In a YouTube Shorts video posted to Swift’s channel and Instagram story, the 14-time Grammy winner is seen rehearsing for her first Paris show, which is on Thursday, May 9. Immediately, Swifties noticed a few outfits and set pieces that looked new to the show.

In one clip, you can see backup dancers with hats and sticks, something that didn’t appear in the previous Eras Tour iterations.

In another, Swift appears to be standing against a railing. Nothing new, right? She could just be practicing for her performance of “The Man.” But if you look closer, it seems as though the Tortured Poets logo is in what seems to be a bed frame.

There is also the fact that in the shot with the bed frame, Swift appears to be wearing booties similar to what she wore in the “Fortnight” music video.

It’ll be a little under a fortnight until we find out what — if any — changes are made to the Eras Tour setlist, but it’s fun to hypothesize until then.

Donna Kelce among the fans of Taylor Swift’s new The Tortured Poets Department album

Kelce sung the praises of Swift’s 11th studio album.

Taylor Swift’s newest album, The Tortured Poets Department, became the first ever to break one billion streams in a week — needing just five days to do it.

One of those listeners includes Donna Kelce, the mother of her boyfriend, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce.

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In a recent interview with People, Donna said, “I listened to the whole album, and I listened to it all morning long when it was released.”

The 31-song epic spans over two hours of listening time and travels the gauntlet of every emotion, including a few songs that are believed to be about Travis Kelce.

Donna, who attended multiple Chiefs games with Swift over the course of last season, had nothing but praise for the 14-time Grammy winner.

“I was just very impressed,” she told People. “She is a very talented woman, and I think it is probably her best work.”

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Taylor Swift needed just 5 days for The Tortured Poets Department to break 1 billion streams on Spotify

Swift keeps setting records with her newest album.

Taylor Swift keeps breaking records with her 11th studio album, The Tortured Poets Department.

The album earned the most streams in Spotify history in one day with over 300 million streams when it was released. Meanhile, the 14-time Grammy winner’s single “Fortnight” (feat. Post Malone) set a new record for streams in a one-day span as well.

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Now the project has hit yet another huge new milestone.

The Tortured Poets Department is the only album to hit the one billion stream threshold in a single week, and it needed just five days to get there.

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The Chiefs rallied behind a Taylor Swift song that’s probably about Travis Kelce

They are on a pretty good winning streak, to be honest.

Taylor Swift’s newest album, The Tortured Poets Department, has been a major topic of discussion since it dropped on April 19. The 31-song, two-plus hour catharsis in musical form has dominated on streaming platforms, and it seems like everyone is talking about it.

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That everyone extends to the NFL, where the Kansas City Chiefs seem to be getting in on the fun. Swift was a regular at several Chiefs games last season, including the entire postseason and the team’s second-straight Super Bowl victory.

Tuesday afternoon, the official Chiefs account tweeted out a lyric to one of Swift’s songs that is widely assumed to be about boyfriend (and KC tight end) Travis Kelce. The line, “We been on a winning streak” from the song “The Alchemy” was accompanied by a picture of the team’s Super Bowl trophies.

The perfect flex.

Taylor Swift fans think she has Travis Kelce watching Hallmark movies thanks to a New Heights clip

Welcome to the club, Travis. Hallmark movies rule.

Each week, the new episode of Travis and Jason Kelce’s podcast, New Heights, gives listeners little insights to their personal lives, whether it’s Travis talking about his trips abroad or discussing Jason’s retirement from the NFL. On the latest episode, Travis — while discussing movies with guest, comedian Andrew Santino — gives away that he has maybe gotten into the cheesy romantic genre some.

“Are you a Hallmark guy, Trav?” Santino asked.

“You know, I dabble now,” Kelce responded. Fans put the pieces together, wondering Kelce’s new dabbling with Hallmark is likely due to the influence of his pop star girlfriend Taylor Swift.

 

 

People are making ‘look between’ memes for a Twitter trend, and we have so many questions

You want us to look between what now?

The internet is doing that thing again where it makes hysterically funny content, and this time, it’s a mountain of keyboard memes. Yes — keyboard memes.

It’s unclear where this trend started, but people are creating jokes and memes on X (formerly Twitter) by picking letters or numbers on a standard keyboard — like the numbers seven and nine — and saying, “Look between” the two keys. (By the way, if you look between seven and nine, you’ll see eight. See what we did there?)

While this is insanely creative, we’re so confused about why this is a thing. Who made it a thing? How long will this last? What will happen next?

Anyways, while we wrack our brains about this, here are some of the best tweets we found:

A Taylor Swift lyric from TTPD’s Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me has become an instant meme

“You wouldn’t last an hour in the asylum where they raised me.”

With Taylor Swift’s new album dropping last week to huge streaming numbers, The Tortured Poets Department has been a major topic of conversation. And naturally, we’ve gotten a meme out of it as fans have taken a line from “Who’s Afraid Of Little Old Me?” and run with it.

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In the song, Swift sings, “… I wanna snarl and show you just how disturbed this has made me, you wouldn’t last an hour in the asylum where they raised me.” The lyric — and song as a whole — references the public’s opinion of the pop star and the challenges of growing up under the microscope of celebrity.

Fans have gotten creative, posting the “asylums” that raised them.

The mystery around why Emma Stone got a Taylor Swift credit on her TTPD song Florida!!!, explained

Wait, what is Emma Stone doing there?

If you look closely at the liner notes for Taylor Swift’s new album The Tortured Poets Department, you’ll notice something interesting for the song Florida!!! (feat. Florence + The Machine). Well, someone interesting rather. Emily Jean Stone is listed for “oddities” under the bop about the Sunshine State.

For those unfamiliar, Emily Jean Stone is the one and only Emma Stone, a longtime friend of the 14-time Grammy winner. It’s unclear what “oddities” really means, as it’s the only credit of that nature on the album. The track features the incredible Florence Welch of Florence + The Machine, and there doesn’t seem to be any additional vocals.

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There’s a possibility Stone was just hanging out in the studio when the song was recorded and Swift threw her in the credits as a nod to her buddy. This isn’t the first time Stone has been connected to Swift’s music, either.

Fans think the vault track “When Emma Falls In Love” from 2023’s Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) could be about the La La Land actress, although Swift has never confirmed it.

Regardless, we love “Florida!! (feat. Florence + The Machine) and all its oddities.

 

Fans appreciated David Beckham for giving them an incredible inside look at the Spice Girls reunion

Thank you, David Beckham, for getting this footage.

We might not have an official Spice Girls reunion happening, but we got an unofficial one on Saturday night as Victoria Beckham — formerly Posh Spice — celebrated her 50th birthday with a big bash. All four fellow Spice Girls were in attendance and sang along to some of their biggest hits.

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Thankfully, David Beckham — soccer icon and husband to Victoria — was a real one and took incredible video to share with the world. Beckham wonderfully stayed in frame in a selfie-style video as Melanie Chisholm (Sporty Spice), Geri Haliwell (Ginger Spice), Melanie Brown (Scary Spice) and Emma Bunton (Baby Spice) joined Posh in a rendition of the group’s 1997 hit “Stop.”

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The entire party was a star-studded affair, with Tom Cruise, Eva Longoria and Jason Statham were among those in attendance.

Fans absolutely loved the footage, and were grateful for Beckham’s video services.

 

Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department breaks Spotify’s streaming record in 24 hours

A LOT of people have listened to Swift’s new album.

Taylor Swift has done it again. With The Tortured Poets Department dropping at midnight as Thursday turned into Friday, Swift set several new streaming records on Spotify.

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Swift surprised fans when she released 15 more songs just two hours after the 16-song album hit. The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology totaled 31 songs and just over two hours of new music.

The Tortured Poets Department was the first album on Spotify to hit over 300 million streams in one day, with the album becoming the most-streamed in a single day and Swift the most-streamed artist in a single day.

The first single, “Fortnight (feat. Post Malone)” didn’t want to be left out as it became the most-streamed song in a single day.