takeaways from the VMA noms yesterday include: rly sick of award shows throwing BTS some scraps and pretending like that's enough! and where tf are tyler's flowers for being one of the most consistently interesting visual artists working today❔❕
so many directioners in my DMs like “how dare u have the AUDACITY to PREFER ONE ALBUM OVER ANOTHER” ...it’s incredibly Toxic to think u can’t critique or dislike anything your faves do! i hope y’all find peace! and in the meantime thanks for the clicks xo
lose you to love me.......motivation........watermelon sugar.........you should be sad..........physical.......we were served some ICONIC visuals over the past year and the VMAS said "................anyway, justin bieber deserves artist of the year"
📲| Michelle Zauner of
@Jbrekkie
recounts meeting
@taylorswift13
in line for a drink at Grammys afterparty!
When Zauner asked her if "Isn't that just so pretty to think" in Invisible String is Hemingway reference, Taylor responded "Okay english major!"
not tryna wade too deep into this discourse but can we at least acknowledge that 90% of the time “you shouldn’t speculate about someone’s sexuality” is just code for “i think straight is the default”
a little while ago, i had the honor of interviewing
@Tinashe
after her concert in nyc and we talked about everything from britney spears to multiverses. she's had such an incredible year and i'm so glad for the opportunity to celebrate it!
naturally,
#positions
took its rightful place on my roundup of the best female albums of 2020 (alongside other October releases like BLACKPINK’s The Album and
@beamiller
’s Elated!)
I had the privilege of speaking with Maya Thompson (
@rockstarronan
), whose son inspired Taylor Swift's saddest song maybe ever. "Ronan" has finally received a wide release with
#RedTaylorsVersion
& I'm so glad more fans will hear this family's story.
many thanks to
@ColinTilley
and
@jameeranta
for telling me about their hard work on 'If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power' (now streaming on
@hbomax
) & what it took to bring
@halsey
's stunning, complex vision to life❤️🔥⚔️
back in May, i asked
@TAYLAPARX
about working on Normani's album, because i want it SO much. it came up again when i spoke to her in Sept, and she seemed to imply it's close to being done... i have decided to torture everyone else w this information too
love this reader's reaction - so nicely worded. we all love finding connective themes and narratives in taylor's discography, and her queer fans are simply more attuned to certain motifs 💌
for two powerful men to literally hold taylor swift's music hostage unless she "stops talking about them" means they feel really fucking threatened by her stature and influence, which would be almost cute if it wasn't so gross!
blackpink? in 𝘮𝘺 area? it’s more likely than u think 🤔 🖤💗
special thanks to
@haasch_palmer
and
@inyoung_choi_
for joining me to review this dizzying, gloriously bitchy album. if ur mad, stay mad! we’re not alike!!!!!!
also, obviously no artist deserves to be swindled at a young age by an unfair contract and refused the right to perform their own music, but it feels particularly unfair for taylor swift since her WHOLE THING is deeply personal music that she has always written herself
i talked to
@jenmalone666
about her work on euphoria 🥲 we covered everything from nate’s car playlist and lexi’s hallway strut to ethan’s iconic performance 🕺🏻
i had the pleasuring of asking
@KianaLede
about growth, collaboration, and her new era of music 🤍
"I want this to be the most powerful album that I've made," she said. "I know who I am in this moment."
a lil more than 3 years ago i was trying to get the music beat at
@thisisinsider
off the ground and i wrote this essay about my favorite artist. now i am the senior music reporter and omw to coachella to cover his headline performance. feeling very 🫶🏻💫🧿
in honor of
#manicthealbum
I dove deep into the discography of my true luv
@halsey
👻💌🍊 agonized over labeling any of her songs "the worst," but did what needed to be done! concluded that "Killing Boys" is a masterpiece and "Sorry" wants what "929" has
just wanna say i’ve been listening to miley’s “attention” all afternoon and i stand by every word in this article, however, the live versions of “4x4” “bangerz” and “23” are SO MUCH BETTER wtf
i'm so excited about this series!!!!!
@cnlarocca
has worked tirelessly to organize this multi-layered love letter to the past decade's defining artists. first up:
@Adele
by
@kevinpokeeffe
💭✨☄️
i chatted with the lovely
@johnlegend
about his new music (he always asks
@chrissyteigen
to weigh in), jason momoa (why not), and any married life advice he gave his fellow professional husband
@nickjonas
(john said "he seems to respect priyanka so much" and i teared up a lil) 👇🏼
i’m so excited to brag about this deep-dive into tiktok as a tool for music discovery & resurrection. it's fascinating to see creators breathe new life into old songs &
@taylotyson
worked tirelessly to turn that data into a visual experience 📈💌📲🫧
i had lunch with the lovely
@gusdapperton
and we covered everything from his origin story in upstate ny — blasting taylor swift's "love story" in the car, idolizing odd future, creating several stage names — to his upcoming "orca" tour and new album 🍣🌱🎸
me: wow so many good movies this decade so hard to pick a favorite
my brain: u better lawyer up, asshole
me: what
my brain: cause i'm not coming back for 50 percent
me:
my brain: i'm coming back for 𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻𝔂𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰
i have no words, just immeasurable grief and respect for all my colleagues laid off today, especially those on my own team. i love this job and i want to believe in the future of media but it's so hard on days like this
if u also forgot about the time john mayer said he wanted to "forcefully sodomize" a magazine editor, or about the time (along w casually throwing out the n-word) he literally compared his dick to the KKK grand wizard david duke, then this one's for you!
if ur in the mood to open up the dirty window, feel the rain on ur skin, etc,
@natashabdnfield
recently told me the whole story behind "unwritten" and how she became pop's favorite positive songwriter. special appearance from genius cowriter
@danibris
🌧️🥲
thrilled to share i’ve been promoted to senior music reporter at
@thisisinsider
😊 lots of cool stuff coming down the pike so for now i’ll just say i’m thankful for my editor
@cnlarocca
& my inspiring colleagues & any musician who’s ever indulged my niche q’s about tracklisting
to me it seems wild there are people who say cancel culture is “out of control” or whatever when chris brown, dr luke, louis ck, tekashi 6ix9ine, and xxxtentacion all still have fans and careers that are truly thriving
whether you’re a lifelong all too well stan or a new traveler on this treacherous slope, I hope you’ll enjoy this extensive interactive guide to every song on
#RedTaylorsVersion
— a huge collab with Insider’s brilliant graphics team 🧣👠🎸🍷🚘💄☎️ ❤️
ive been working on this for months and she's finally here! most "best music of the decade" lists have been group efforts so it was a real undertaking writing this all myself. i switched songs around so many times. that being said, i love my own opinions🙃
i chatted with
@LilNasX
yesterday about
#rodeo
and dolly parton and his wholesome version of a splurge and whether or not he honestly expected "old town road" to win a grammy (he did, as did i) 🤠🎳🐎
lots and lots and lots going on with this glorious album so i tried to unpack it as best I could 🌿🧚🏼♂️🍄 was left with an overwhelming sense of writer’s envy and gratitude that
@taylorswift13
gave us her best album yet 😌
#folklore
very excited to share my interview with
@NoahKahan
🍂who has made one of my favorite albums of the year and it's finally out tomorrow!! i can't wait for everyone to hear it and cry during 'come over'
i love my job and i love my 300+ coworkers who have banded together to uplift each other, protect what we've built, and keep getting better every day.
@InsiderUnion
4ever and ever!!!! 🥳✊
✊ The
@thisisinsider
/
@BusinessInsider
US editorial staff have organized one of the largest
@nyguild
union drives for a digital media company to secure what we've built and strengthen it.
Here's why 300+ members of our newsroom are taking this step.
we all know
@finneas
is a world class producer but i am consistently struck by the confidence and wit of his songwriting, so i wanted to pay homage to that in my Optimist review. “around my neck” is my favorite but “love is pain” made me cry
the cruelty and blatant homophobia in the swiftie fandom is so antithetical to everything taylor expresses in her music. disagreeing with a writer's opinion does not give you the license to harass them, full stop.
been working on this one for a while - and by that I mean, threw all these songs into a chaotic playlist & listened on a neverending loop & enjoyed every second of it 😌🎧 feat
@rinasawayama
@chloexhalle
@ashemusic
@heyamine
& more 🏆
the one and only
@iamjojo
told me all about making her sultry new album
#GoodtoKnow
and, bts, was kind enough to field all my childhood questions about the iconic lewks in the "Baby It's You" music video 🥺👑 read her
@thisisinsider
feature here:
to be clear, I think plastic surgery is a personal thing and no one should question or judge your cosmetic decisions. ... but also HOW did we all collectively decide to let Kendall Jenner slip under the radar w those obvious ass lip injections after giving Kylie so much shit
SCOOP for
@BizOutsiderPub
:
The White House has apologized to
@InsiderUnion
for crossing our picket line — and is offering its support to striking workers at Insider, Gannett, and
@ThePUPNews
.