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The famous people Taylor Swift name-drops on The Tortured Poet's Department: From Charlie Puth to Dylan Thomas

Here's what you need to know about all the famous references on Swift’s 11th studio album

Evening Standard

Taylor Swift Appears to Slam Fans Who Criticized Her Matty Healy Fling on 'But Daddy I Love Him'

Whew.

Marie Claire

Taylor Swift likes Instagram post ranking her ex-boyfriends, including Joe Alwyn, Matty Healy

So who came out on top?

Evening Standard

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Taylor Swift Fans Think She Confirmed Joe Alwyn Cheated on 'The Tortured Poets Department'

Others disagree.

Marie Claire

“Why Are We Supporting Her?“: Fans Outraged Taylor Swift’s Album Appears To Defend Matty Healy

Following the release of her latest album, Swifties wondered why she would dedicate so much album space to Matty, with one saying, “All that for an album about Matty Healy.” The post “Why Are We Supporting Her?“: Fans Outraged Taylor Swift’s Album Appears To Defend Matty Healy first appeared on…

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Taylor Swift: What her lyrics say about Matty Healy and Joe Alwyn

What do the lyrics on Swift’s new album The Tortured Poets Department tell us about her relationships with Alwyn and Healy?

Evening Standard

Who are The Blue Nile? Taylor Swift sings about Matty Healy's 'favourite band'

Taylor’s song Guilty as Sin? refers to the band’s song The Downtown Lights

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Taylor Swift: fans and critics react to new surprise double album The Tortured Poets Department

Swifties take to social media to dissect lyrics and celebrate Swift’s 11th album on Friday as the musician releases 15 more songs

The Guardian - AU

Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department album review: underwhelming and clunky

Predictable production choices and occasionally hollow lyricism dulls the glow of the US mega-star’s eleventh album

Evening Standard

Taylor Swift: The Tortured Poets Department review – fame, fans and former flames in the line of fire

Subtly detailed album splits the difference between 1989’s glossy pop-rock and Midnights’ understatement – and lets her ex Matty Healy have it in no uncertain terms

The Guardian - UK

Breakups, fantasies and her most cutting lyrics: inside Taylor’s Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department

What are the big takeaways from Swift’s new album? She’s refining her sound, confronting elements of her fanbase and done with romantic idealisation

The Guardian - UK

Did Taylor Swift Write Songs About Ex Matty Healy For 'The Tortured Poets Department'?

Perhaps Joe Alwyn wasn't her only muse for this album after all.

Marie Claire

Best toilet books to keep you entertained in the bathroom

Gush before you flush

Evening Standard

"He's unhinged, super smart, super talented and willing to upset": British pop superstar Robbie Williams hails the one rock star he thinks is lighting up 2024's "boring", danger-free music scene

Robbie Williams thinks that the current music scene is devoid of friction, danger and personality, with one exception

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The wildest celeb feuds of 2023: From Matty Healy's Swift take down to Catherine Tyldesley’s Cake-Gate

This year has been a wild ride in the world of showbiz

Woman & Home

32 celebrities you might not realise had famous parents

The fruit doesn't fall far from the tree for these celebrities who were all born into A-list families...

The Independent UK

Matt Rife’s sexist jokes are the standard for young, male internet comedians

TikTok and Instagram are awash with young stand-up comics using women as a punchline to their jokes, with the 28-year-old viral sensation Rife leading the pack. Why have we journeyed back to the Seventies, asks Olivia Petter

The Independent UK

Matt Rife’s sexist jokes are the standard for young, male internet comedians

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Coldplay concert to go ahead in Malaysia amid opposition from conservative Muslims

‘Kill switch’ to cut power in case of an ‘unwanted incident’ was discussed, but the band’s support of Palestine has endeared them to prime minister

The Independent UK

Malaysia threatens to stop Coldplay gig hours before showtime

Malaysia introduced ‘kill switch’ for live performances after The 1975’s frontman Matty Healy kissed male bandmate onstage

The Independent UK

Matty Healy says it’s an ‘outrage’ that The 1975 didn’t receive a Grammy nomination

Manchester band released ‘Being Funny In A Foreign Language’ in October 2022 days after the eligibility period for the 2024 Grammys opened

The Guardian - UK

Malaysia issues ‘kill switch’ order to cut controversial concerts

Measure to ensure foreign artists ‘adhere to the local culture’ follows incident at gig by the 1975 in Kuala Lumpur

Evening Standard

The 1975’s Matty Healy defends controversial Malaysia festival kiss in 10-minute phone statement

The rock band’s frontman insisted the embrace had not been political and was a ‘performative gesture of allyship’

The Independent UK

Matty Healy defends Malaysia kiss in 10-minute speech at The 1975 concert in Dallas

‘Liberals are so fond of saying ‘silence causes violence, use your platform’ – so we did that’

The Independent UK

Matty Healy apologises for controversial behaviour and pledges to ‘do better’ during The 1975 concert

The 1975 frontman has faced numerous controversies in recent months

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