📊 RECORD SHATTERED: 3.5M units in 5 days - breaks Adele's decade-old record! 4M possible by week's end!
🐍 PYTHON DESTROYS BATHROOM: Zoe Kravitz's mom's snake in wall - Taylor calls it "chicest thing ever"!
😂 TRAVIS LAUGHS ABOUT "WOOD": Throws head back when Jason asks - "questions everyone wood want to know"!
🤖 AI CONTROVERSY EXPLODES: #SwiftiesAgainstAI trends - promo videos removed from YouTube after backlash!
🏈 SUPER BOWL TRUTH: No rejection - Taylor "too locked in" on Travis to plan halftime during his season!
💰 $33M THEATER WEEKEND: Release party film dominates box office at $12 tickets!
👗 $5,250 SETH MEYERS LOOK: Floral Wiederhoeft set with $1,570 Aquazzura heels for TAY/kover!
🎤 "DOUBLE ENTENDRE" DEFENSE: Taylor jokes mom thinks "Wood" is just about superstitions!
🏠 3-WEEK CONFESSION: Zoe waited exactly as long as cupboard repairs to tell Taylor about damage!
📱 1.3M VIEWS: Fan callout of AI usage goes viral - conflicts with Taylor's artist rights stance!
💕 "HE'D LOVE IT": Travis wants Super Bowl performance but Taylor prioritizes supporting him!
🪓 MAN WITH AN AX: Security's wild call about python rescue involving vintage cupboard destruction!
🎵 SURPASSES OWN RECORD: Beats TTPD's 2.61M by 600K units already!
📺 NO OFFICIAL OFFER: Jay-Z's team just asked feelings - never formal Super Bowl negotiation!
🚨 SUNDAY CELEBRATION: Historic week of records, revelations, and reptile disasters in showgirl era!
Check ou the new facebook chat page here. Come join the community! It's small now and we need your help growing.
Taylor Swift Today now has an official Facebook community! Connect with fellow Swifties to discuss all the incredible revelations from Taylor's New Heights appearance. Search "Taylor Swift Today" on Facebook or check out instagram and be sure to follow us to join thousands of fans worldwide. Whether you're analyzing lyrics, sharing concert memories, or just celebrating Taylor's new era, our community is the perfect place to connect with people who love Taylor as much as you do.
🐍 PYTHON DESTROYS BATHROOM: Zoe Kravitz's mom's snake in wall - Taylor calls it "chicest thing ever"!
😂 TRAVIS LAUGHS ABOUT "WOOD": Throws head back when Jason asks - "questions everyone wood want to know"!
🤖 AI CONTROVERSY EXPLODES: #SwiftiesAgainstAI trends - promo videos removed from YouTube after backlash!
🏈 SUPER BOWL TRUTH: No rejection - Taylor "too locked in" on Travis to plan halftime during his season!
💰 $33M THEATER WEEKEND: Release party film dominates box office at $12 tickets!
👗 $5,250 SETH MEYERS LOOK: Floral Wiederhoeft set with $1,570 Aquazzura heels for TAY/kover!
🎤 "DOUBLE ENTENDRE" DEFENSE: Taylor jokes mom thinks "Wood" is just about superstitions!
🏠 3-WEEK CONFESSION: Zoe waited exactly as long as cupboard repairs to tell Taylor about damage!
📱 1.3M VIEWS: Fan callout of AI usage goes viral - conflicts with Taylor's artist rights stance!
💕 "HE'D LOVE IT": Travis wants Super Bowl performance but Taylor prioritizes supporting him!
🪓 MAN WITH AN AX: Security's wild call about python rescue involving vintage cupboard destruction!
🎵 SURPASSES OWN RECORD: Beats TTPD's 2.61M by 600K units already!
📺 NO OFFICIAL OFFER: Jay-Z's team just asked feelings - never formal Super Bowl negotiation!
🚨 SUNDAY CELEBRATION: Historic week of records, revelations, and reptile disasters in showgirl era!
Check ou the new facebook chat page here. Come join the community! It's small now and we need your help growing.
Taylor Swift Today now has an official Facebook community! Connect with fellow Swifties to discuss all the incredible revelations from Taylor's New Heights appearance. Search "Taylor Swift Today" on Facebook or check out instagram and be sure to follow us to join thousands of fans worldwide. Whether you're analyzing lyrics, sharing concert memories, or just celebrating Taylor's new era, our community is the perfect place to connect with people who love Taylor as much as you do.
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Speaker 1 (00:03):
Callarogashawk Media.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
Hey Swifties, welcome back to Taylor Swift Today. It's Sunday,
which means it's time for our regular weekly episode. And wow,
what a week it's been since the album dropped. Taylor
just broke the all time first week album record. Travis
is laughing about that song, there's ai controversy with the
promo videos, and Taylor finally addressed those Super Bowl halftime rumors.
(00:29):
Plus wait till you hear about Zoe Kravitz's snake destroying
Taylor's bathroom. Let's dive in breaking news, The Life of
a Showgirl has officially broken the biggest first week record ever.
Billboard reported that in just five days, the album surpassed
three point five million equivalent album units. This breaks Adele's
(00:49):
twenty five record of three point four to eight two
million that stood for almost ten years since December twenty fifteen.
And get this, Taylor broke the record in five days,
meaning she still has two more days to add to
the total. Sales alone hit three point two million by
day five. Just shy of Adele's three point three seven
eight million sales record, which Taylor will definitely surpass. She's
(01:13):
already beaten her own previous record of two point six
one million for the Tortured Poets Department by six hundred
thousand units. Some forecasters think she could hit four million
by week's end. To keep momentum going, Taylor's been releasing
variants all week. She just dropped a download exclusive in
her web store for twenty four hours on Tuesday with
(01:34):
acoustic bonus tracks plus her theater release. The official release
Party of A Showgirl made thirty three million dollars at
the box office over three days at just twelve dollars
per ticket. Under normal circumstances. Illuminate doesn't report during the week,
but interest in these record breaking numbers has them issuing
frequent updates. These figures count album consumption since modern record
(01:56):
keeping began in nineteen ninety one with SoundScan. We're litter
watching history being made now. For the hilarious bathroom Story
from Seth Meyers Tay cover episode Wednesday, Taylor revealed what
really happened when Zoe Kravitz's mom's Burmese python got lost
in her Beverly Hills home during the LA fires. Taylor
said she got a call from her head of security
(02:18):
trying to explain Zoe Kravitz and Lisa Bonet are holding
onto a Burmese python.
Speaker 1 (02:23):
It's halfway in the wall.
Speaker 2 (02:24):
There's a man standing with an axe who has just
chopped up a custom vintage antique cupboard.
Speaker 1 (02:30):
There's splinters on the floor. But here's the best part.
Speaker 2 (02:33):
Taylor thought it sounded like an Annie Leibovitz shoot and
called it the sakest thing I've ever heard in my life.
Not a problem, she said, I'm sad I didn't see it.
I can't even be mad. She played a little game
in her head to see how long it would take
Zoe to confess. It was exactly three weeks, the same
amount of time it took to fix the damaged cupboard.
(02:55):
When Zoe finally told her, Taylor said, dude, I've been
laughing about.
Speaker 1 (02:59):
This for three week weeks.
Speaker 2 (03:01):
Taylor seth Meyer's outfit was stunning, a five thousand, two
hundred fifty dollars floral corseted set from Viderhoft, paired with
a jeweled collar necklace by David Morris Jeweler one thousand,
five hundred seventy dollars metallic Aquasura ceesoar sandal one hundred
five and of course, her massive engagement ring. The night before,
(03:22):
she was spotted in NYC heading to dinner in Mew
Mew's two thousand, three hundred fifty dollars pleated tartan miniskirt
with Dior's three thousand, four hundred fifty dollars Montaigne Avenue
top handlebag, Cardier's Love bracelet, and her signature red lip.
Travis addressed that song on the Wednesday New Heights episode.
When Jason asked, how do you feel about Wood? Travis
(03:45):
just threw his head back, laughing. The Instagram caption brilliantly
said Jason is so good at asking Travis the questions
everyone would want to know. In the teaser, Travis gushed,
it's been so fun to see everybody's reactions.
Speaker 1 (04:00):
We've had an.
Speaker 2 (04:00):
Absolute blast watching her go through all of her press
tour or radios and all these talk shows. She's looked amazing,
sounded amazing, and this album is absolutely amazing. Taylor played
coy about Wood in her Amazon Music explanation, calling it
a love story about using popular superstitions and good luck
charms as a plot device, then added in a sarcastic tone,
(04:24):
it's a very, very sentimental love Song. On Sirius XM's
Morning Mashup, she revealed her mom Andrea completely missed the innuendo.
She thinks that the song is about superstitions, which it
absolutely is. That's the joy of the double entendre. You
can read that song for people and it just goes
right over their heads. You see in that song what
(04:46):
you want to see more in a moment. Now for
the controversy that's dividing the fandom. Fans discovered what appears
to be AI generated content in Google's Orange Door promotional videos.
The twelve videos were part of a scavenger hunt across
twelve cities, with QR codes leading to puzzle pieces that
(05:09):
ultimately revealed the fate of Ophelia. Lyric video using the
hashtag swifties against AI, fans pointed out wonky text muddle
details objects that disappear or shape shift against physics. The
videos were briefly on Taylor's YouTube as shorts, but have
now been removed, though all her actual music videos and
lyric videos remain up and none of those used AI.
(05:32):
Onefans ex post calling out the AI usage got over
one point three million views. They wrote, we expected decent
album promo, but noticed the promotion on.
Speaker 1 (05:42):
Cities were made by AI.
Speaker 2 (05:44):
AI has a large impact on the environment and wildlife
because of its large water consumption. Rachel Lord said in
a TikTok, when so much effort has been put into
the rest of the album rollout, I think it is very,
very lazy and disappointing to use generative AI to create
videos a human being.
Speaker 1 (06:01):
Very much could have done.
Speaker 2 (06:03):
The Taylor Swift Reddit moderators even wrote the videos are
most likely AI generated. We typically do not allow AI content,
but given that this is somehow related to the album push,
we are clearly going to keep this thread going. This
is particularly sensitive since Taylor condemned AI after Trump posted
fake endorsement images, writing it really conjured up my fears
(06:25):
around AI and the dangers of spreading misinformation. Taylor hasn't
personally promoted the Orange Door campaign, and it's unclear how
involved she was. Her team in Google haven't commented. Some
fans defended it might be CGI, but others insisted CGI
wouldn't cause the specific morphing issues seen. Fans pointed out
Taylor used hand painted props for the Fate of Ophelia
(06:48):
video showing her usual attention to detail makes this especially disappointing.
And finally, Taylor addressed those Super Bowl halftime show rumors
on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. She firmly said
no when asked if she rejected an offer, then explain
the real situation. Jay Z has always been very good
to me. Our teams are really close. They sometimes will
(07:11):
call and say, how does she feel about the Super Bowl.
That's not an official offer or a conference room conversation,
it's just how does she feel about it?
Speaker 1 (07:19):
In general? Here's the real reason she won't do it.
Speaker 2 (07:23):
I am in love with a guy who does that
sport on that actual field the whole season. I am
locked in on what that man is doing on the field,
She elaborated. Can you imagine if he's out there every
single week doing this very dangerous, very high pressure, high
intensity sport, and I'm like, I wonder what my choreography
should be. She made it clear this has nothing to
(07:46):
do with Travis. He would love for me to do it.
I am just too locked in the idea of planning
a massive halftime performance while Travis is trying to win
games not happening. Travis has played in the Super Bowl
five times, with his most recent Chiefs win in twenty
twenty four. Taylor's never done the halftime show, though recent
performers include Kendrick lamar Usher and Rihanna. Bad Bunny is
(08:10):
confirmed for this February Super Bowl sixty in California. Looking
at this incredible week, Taylor's not just breaking records, she's
obliterating them. A decade old record from Adele that seemed
untouchable gone in five days. She's laughing about Python's destroying
vintage furniture. Travis is taking the album's boldest moments in stride,
(08:32):
and she's choosing to support her man over the biggest
performance platform in America. The AI controversy shows how protective
fans are of Taylor's artistic integrity. They won't let anything
slide that doesn't meet her standards. Despite mixed critical reviews,
with some calling tracks lacking in expected lyricism, the commercial
success is undeniable. The fact that she's so devoted to
(08:54):
Travis that she won't even consider super Bowl planning during
his season that's true love. And her reaction to the
bathroom destruction turning potential drama into the sheakhest thing.
Speaker 1 (09:06):
That's classic Taylor.
Speaker 2 (09:07):
Jason Kelsey asking about Taylor's feelings on the lyrics while
she's in the room, got an honest answer from Travis.
It's a different feel for sure, but I got used
to it real quick. I just listened to it wholeheartedly.
Because it's her creation. You just want to appreciate it
for what it is. Taylor Swift Today now has an
official Facebook community. Share your thoughts on the record breaking numbers,
(09:29):
the AI controversy, Taylor's super Bowl revelation, and whether you
caught the double meanings in Wood. Search Taylor Swift Today
on Facebook or check out Instagram. We'll continue tracking the
album's historic performance, will it hit four million? And any
updates on the AI situation, plus more wedding planning details
as they emerge. Make sure you're following on your favorite
(09:51):
podcast player for breaking news. This is Ali still amazed
by these record breaking numbers, laughing about bathroom Python's, defend
ding Taylor against AI accusations, and loving her priorities. The
Life of a Showgirl is officially making history. Stay fearless, Swifties,
Callarogashawk Media.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
Hey Swifties, welcome back to Taylor Swift Today. It's Sunday,
which means it's time for our regular weekly episode. And wow,
what a week it's been since the album dropped. Taylor
just broke the all time first week album record. Travis
is laughing about that song, there's ai controversy with the
promo videos, and Taylor finally addressed those Super Bowl halftime rumors.
(00:29):
Plus wait till you hear about Zoe Kravitz's snake destroying
Taylor's bathroom. Let's dive in breaking news, The Life of
a Showgirl has officially broken the biggest first week record ever.
Billboard reported that in just five days, the album surpassed
three point five million equivalent album units. This breaks Adele's
(00:49):
twenty five record of three point four to eight two
million that stood for almost ten years since December twenty fifteen.
And get this, Taylor broke the record in five days,
meaning she still has two more days to add to
the total. Sales alone hit three point two million by
day five. Just shy of Adele's three point three seven
eight million sales record, which Taylor will definitely surpass. She's
(01:13):
already beaten her own previous record of two point six
one million for the Tortured Poets Department by six hundred
thousand units. Some forecasters think she could hit four million
by week's end. To keep momentum going, Taylor's been releasing
variants all week. She just dropped a download exclusive in
her web store for twenty four hours on Tuesday with
(01:34):
acoustic bonus tracks plus her theater release. The official release
Party of A Showgirl made thirty three million dollars at
the box office over three days at just twelve dollars
per ticket. Under normal circumstances. Illuminate doesn't report during the week,
but interest in these record breaking numbers has them issuing
frequent updates. These figures count album consumption since modern record
(01:56):
keeping began in nineteen ninety one with SoundScan. We're litter
watching history being made now. For the hilarious bathroom Story
from Seth Meyers Tay cover episode Wednesday, Taylor revealed what
really happened when Zoe Kravitz's mom's Burmese python got lost
in her Beverly Hills home during the LA fires. Taylor
said she got a call from her head of security
(02:18):
trying to explain Zoe Kravitz and Lisa Bonet are holding
onto a Burmese python.
Speaker 1 (02:23):
It's halfway in the wall.
Speaker 2 (02:24):
There's a man standing with an axe who has just
chopped up a custom vintage antique cupboard.
Speaker 1 (02:30):
There's splinters on the floor. But here's the best part.
Speaker 2 (02:33):
Taylor thought it sounded like an Annie Leibovitz shoot and
called it the sakest thing I've ever heard in my life.
Not a problem, she said, I'm sad I didn't see it.
I can't even be mad. She played a little game
in her head to see how long it would take
Zoe to confess. It was exactly three weeks, the same
amount of time it took to fix the damaged cupboard.
(02:55):
When Zoe finally told her, Taylor said, dude, I've been
laughing about.
Speaker 1 (02:59):
This for three week weeks.
Speaker 2 (03:01):
Taylor seth Meyer's outfit was stunning, a five thousand, two
hundred fifty dollars floral corseted set from Viderhoft, paired with
a jeweled collar necklace by David Morris Jeweler one thousand,
five hundred seventy dollars metallic Aquasura ceesoar sandal one hundred
five and of course, her massive engagement ring. The night before,
(03:22):
she was spotted in NYC heading to dinner in Mew
Mew's two thousand, three hundred fifty dollars pleated tartan miniskirt
with Dior's three thousand, four hundred fifty dollars Montaigne Avenue
top handlebag, Cardier's Love bracelet, and her signature red lip.
Travis addressed that song on the Wednesday New Heights episode.
When Jason asked, how do you feel about Wood? Travis
(03:45):
just threw his head back, laughing. The Instagram caption brilliantly
said Jason is so good at asking Travis the questions
everyone would want to know. In the teaser, Travis gushed,
it's been so fun to see everybody's reactions.
Speaker 1 (04:00):
We've had an.
Speaker 2 (04:00):
Absolute blast watching her go through all of her press
tour or radios and all these talk shows. She's looked amazing,
sounded amazing, and this album is absolutely amazing. Taylor played
coy about Wood in her Amazon Music explanation, calling it
a love story about using popular superstitions and good luck
charms as a plot device, then added in a sarcastic tone,
(04:24):
it's a very, very sentimental love Song. On Sirius XM's
Morning Mashup, she revealed her mom Andrea completely missed the innuendo.
She thinks that the song is about superstitions, which it
absolutely is. That's the joy of the double entendre. You
can read that song for people and it just goes
right over their heads. You see in that song what
(04:46):
you want to see more in a moment. Now for
the controversy that's dividing the fandom. Fans discovered what appears
to be AI generated content in Google's Orange Door promotional videos.
The twelve videos were part of a scavenger hunt across
twelve cities, with QR codes leading to puzzle pieces that
(05:09):
ultimately revealed the fate of Ophelia. Lyric video using the
hashtag swifties against AI, fans pointed out wonky text muddle
details objects that disappear or shape shift against physics. The
videos were briefly on Taylor's YouTube as shorts, but have
now been removed, though all her actual music videos and
lyric videos remain up and none of those used AI.
(05:32):
Onefans ex post calling out the AI usage got over
one point three million views. They wrote, we expected decent
album promo, but noticed the promotion on.
Speaker 1 (05:42):
Cities were made by AI.
Speaker 2 (05:44):
AI has a large impact on the environment and wildlife
because of its large water consumption. Rachel Lord said in
a TikTok, when so much effort has been put into
the rest of the album rollout, I think it is very,
very lazy and disappointing to use generative AI to create
videos a human being.
Speaker 1 (06:01):
Very much could have done.
Speaker 2 (06:03):
The Taylor Swift Reddit moderators even wrote the videos are
most likely AI generated. We typically do not allow AI content,
but given that this is somehow related to the album push,
we are clearly going to keep this thread going. This
is particularly sensitive since Taylor condemned AI after Trump posted
fake endorsement images, writing it really conjured up my fears
(06:25):
around AI and the dangers of spreading misinformation. Taylor hasn't
personally promoted the Orange Door campaign, and it's unclear how
involved she was. Her team in Google haven't commented. Some
fans defended it might be CGI, but others insisted CGI
wouldn't cause the specific morphing issues seen. Fans pointed out
Taylor used hand painted props for the Fate of Ophelia
(06:48):
video showing her usual attention to detail makes this especially disappointing.
And finally, Taylor addressed those Super Bowl halftime show rumors
on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. She firmly said
no when asked if she rejected an offer, then explain
the real situation. Jay Z has always been very good
to me. Our teams are really close. They sometimes will
(07:11):
call and say, how does she feel about the Super Bowl.
That's not an official offer or a conference room conversation,
it's just how does she feel about it?
Speaker 1 (07:19):
In general? Here's the real reason she won't do it.
Speaker 2 (07:23):
I am in love with a guy who does that
sport on that actual field the whole season. I am
locked in on what that man is doing on the field,
She elaborated. Can you imagine if he's out there every
single week doing this very dangerous, very high pressure, high
intensity sport, and I'm like, I wonder what my choreography
should be. She made it clear this has nothing to
(07:46):
do with Travis. He would love for me to do it.
I am just too locked in the idea of planning
a massive halftime performance while Travis is trying to win
games not happening. Travis has played in the Super Bowl
five times, with his most recent Chiefs win in twenty
twenty four. Taylor's never done the halftime show, though recent
performers include Kendrick lamar Usher and Rihanna. Bad Bunny is
(08:10):
confirmed for this February Super Bowl sixty in California. Looking
at this incredible week, Taylor's not just breaking records, she's
obliterating them. A decade old record from Adele that seemed
untouchable gone in five days. She's laughing about Python's destroying
vintage furniture. Travis is taking the album's boldest moments in stride,
(08:32):
and she's choosing to support her man over the biggest
performance platform in America. The AI controversy shows how protective
fans are of Taylor's artistic integrity. They won't let anything
slide that doesn't meet her standards. Despite mixed critical reviews,
with some calling tracks lacking in expected lyricism, the commercial
success is undeniable. The fact that she's so devoted to
(08:54):
Travis that she won't even consider super Bowl planning during
his season that's true love. And her reaction to the
bathroom destruction turning potential drama into the sheakhest thing.
Speaker 1 (09:06):
That's classic Taylor.
Speaker 2 (09:07):
Jason Kelsey asking about Taylor's feelings on the lyrics while
she's in the room, got an honest answer from Travis.
It's a different feel for sure, but I got used
to it real quick. I just listened to it wholeheartedly.
Because it's her creation. You just want to appreciate it
for what it is. Taylor Swift Today now has an
official Facebook community. Share your thoughts on the record breaking numbers,
(09:29):
the AI controversy, Taylor's super Bowl revelation, and whether you
caught the double meanings in Wood. Search Taylor Swift Today
on Facebook or check out Instagram. We'll continue tracking the
album's historic performance, will it hit four million? And any
updates on the AI situation, plus more wedding planning details
as they emerge. Make sure you're following on your favorite
(09:51):
podcast player for breaking news. This is Ali still amazed
by these record breaking numbers, laughing about bathroom Python's, defend
ding Taylor against AI accusations, and loving her priorities. The
Life of a Showgirl is officially making history. Stay fearless, Swifties,
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