• Taylor Swift '1989' World Tour Dates [FULL SCHEDULE]

    Taylor Swift's pop reign will not be ending anytime soon. The "1989" singer just announced her next world tour, which will begin in May in Louisiana and carry through Halloween 2015.Vance Joy ("Riptide") and Shawn Mendes will be supporting acts, and fans with American Express cards will be able to secure tickets before they reach the general public.The tour promo video and dates are below, but make sure to check out our Junk Mail review of "1989" and "Saturday Night Live's" hilarious "Swiftamine" skit.

  • 'SNL' Spoofs Loving Taylor Swift in Hilarious 'Swiftamine' Sketch [WATCH]

    "Saturday Night Live" took aim at Taylor Swift last night, Nov. 1, but it was all in good fun.The comedy sketch show aired a segment that was set up like most commercials for over-the-counter medicines, "MTV News" noted. Cast members began to describe their history with vertigo and how, just recently, their affliction resurfaced.This time around, however, their symptoms were brought on by a surprise love affair with Taylor Swift's music. After hearing one of her new songs, the actors said they began to get dizzy, knowing all too well that they do not actually enjoy her music."Yes you do, you friggin' love her," Dr. David Doctor says in the video below. "Over the last month, realizing that you love Taylor Swift has been the leading cause of vertigo in adults. That's why now, there's Swiftamine — a fast-acting antihistamine tablet that's pink and bubbly, just like Taylor herself."

  • Lorde Talks Curating 'Hunger Games Mockingjay - Part 1' Soundtrack: "It's Been My Entire Life"

    It's been about a year since Lorde first rose to superstardom. She's brought something to pop music that people have been longing for. Her wit, introspection, and reflections on youth have resonated with people all over the world. Rather than following up her debut, critically acclaimed album Pure Heroine with another LP, Lorde chose to take on a different type of project, curating the Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part I soundtrack.

  • Taylor Swift Holds '1989' from Spotify, But Other Bands Shouldn't Expect to Go Platinum Using the Same Strategy

    Perhaps you've heard: Taylor Swift is going to dominate the Billboard charts when official results come out next Wednesday. Initial projects suggested 1989 would sell between 800,000 and 900,000 copies, and that estimate has since been upped to 1.2 million. That's more than three times more than the next highest debut this year (Coldplay's Ghost Stories). One aspect of the album that's largely been skipped over is Swift/Big Machine's decision not to offer the record on Spotify. Many who were aware suggest this as proof that the streaming trend can be beaten. Never has "correlation doesn't equal causation" been more true.

  • Facebook Suggests Democrats Prefer Beatles, Republicans George Strait; Taylor Swift and Metallica Unite All Factions

    Social media has led to a new era, one where all of our personal information can be gathered and quantified to tell us things we already know or to create theories about listeners that are totally misguided (as was the case in the study done estimating how intelligent a listener was based on the music they enjoyed). We admit it's still a tad interesting to look at Facebook's chart demonstrating what performers are preferred on the left versus those on the right.

  • Junk Mail: Taylor Swift '1989' Album Review

    Chalk it up to high expectations, but we all know she's better than this. Welcome to Junk Mail, where a few Music Times staffers email back-and-forth about each week's biggest release throughout the work day.
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