Hi fellow Swifties,

Anyone else feel like they aged 13 years since last week? Yeah, there’s A LOT going on at the moment.

In case you missed any of the madness, we’ve got a long, long list of all the news from our favorite childless cat lady below. (Did I mention it’s v long?)

On that note, I’ll leave you with this: are you all aboard the Down Bad MV/single clowning theories? 🤡

🫶,

Krista

📖 This Week’s Artifacts

Taylor Swift: Not a God. Not a Sacrifice. | By Exquisite Williams
We all know that there are a million and one allusions to different themes in The Tortured Poets Department, and Exquisite Williams dives deep into all the biblical references (there are a lot!), no matter your religious background.

I Swear I Wasn’t Going to Be a Taylor Swift Fan | By Joshua Pantalleresco
Who amongst us hasn’t fallen head over heels for Taylor after hearing the brilliance of folklore? Joshua Pantalleresco shares his journey as a power metal fan turned into a full-fledged Swiftie.

Carole King, Sen. Elizabeth Warren Rally With Swifties For Kamala | By Hannah Yasharoff
In case you’re new to the Taylor Swift/Kamala Harris party, here’s a good recap on the Swifties for Kamala effort by Hannah Yasharoff. Spoiler: Carole King agrees with her musical granddaughter!

📰 TayNews

Taylor officially endorsed Harris/Walz in the U.S. presidential campaign. Taylor made the announcement in a post on her Instagram featuring a photo of her and Benjamin Button, one of her three cats, from her Time Magazine Person of the Year photoshoot. In the Instagram post caption, Taylor said that she plans to vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz in the upcoming U.S. presidential election and encouraged first-time voters to register to vote as well as vote early.

Taylor won 7 awards at the 2024 MTV VMA awards on Wednesday night, including Artist of the Year, Video of the Year (Fortnight), Best Pop, Best Collaboration (Fortnight with Post Malone), Song of the Summer, Best Direction, and Best Editing.

Taylor attended the U.S. Open Final on Sunday in NYC alongside Travis Kelce, Patrick and Brittany Mahomes, the Haim sisters, and other friends. Many clips were shared of Taylor and Travis dancing to The Darkness’ ‘I Believe in a Thing Called Love’ and Bad Bunny’s ‘Tití Me Preguntó’ at the match.

Taylor and Travis were also spotted grabbing dinner at Meduza Mediterrania in Manhattan on Sunday following their day at the U.S. Open. They were reportedly joined by several friends, including Patrick and Brittany Mahomes.

Taylor attended the wedding of model Karen Elison and the owner of Electric Lady Studios on Saturday in NYC at the studio. She was joined by Travis Kelce and wore a floral Zimmermann dress.

Taylor and Travis visited Lucali, a pizza place in Brooklyn, for dinner on Friday night, the day after the Chiefs won against the Baltimore Ravens in their NFL regular-season opener.

Taylor’s Instagram endorsement post for Harris/Walz has been liked by many celebrities including Lady Gaga, Charli XCX, Viola Davis, Oprah, Blake Lively, Selena Gomez, Laufey, Gracie Abrams, Caitlin Clark, Hayley Williams, Demi Lovato, Finneas, Lupita Nyong’o, Jennifer Aniston, Kylie Kelce, Jack Antonoff, Lili Reinhart, Reese Witherspoon, Nina Dobrev, Shay Mitchell, Kat Dennings, Tom Daley, Cara Delevigne, and more.

Taylor’s Instagram endorsement post for Harris/Walz has also been liked and reshared by most of her band and Eras Tour dancers.

In Taylor’s acceptance speech at the MTV VMAs for Video of the Year, she thanked her boyfriend Travis for his support during the production shoot for the Fortnight music video. She said, “Everything this man touches turns to happiness, fun and magic. I want to thank him for adding that to our shoot.”

Stevie Nicks referenced Taylor’s ‘Childless Cat Lady’ endorsement post in her own post, advocating for people to go out and vote in the presidential election.

Kamala Harris walked off the stage to ‘The Man’ at her post-debate speech to supporters.

Following Taylor’s endorsement of Kamala Harris and Tim Walz, the campaign started selling official friendship bracelets on the campaign merch website. They sold out in less than 24 hours.

Megan Thee Stallion said in a recent interview that she would like to collaborate with Taylor. Meg said, “I love Taylor, she’s a stallion too, she's a tall girl, I love that. We would be so cute next to each other." The two were seen hugging on the VMAs stage after Meg presented Taylor with the award for Video of the Year.

The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis added giant friendship bracelets to its dinosaur statues outside the museum.

Jason and Travis Kelce discussed Taylor’s VMA nominations on their New Heights podcast this week with their MTV ad spot. Jason ended the segment by saying, “Unless you’re up against Tay, then I hope you lose.”

💖 Our Saves This Week

Can you imagine?

Truly hope Tree Paine is having a lovely week with the perfect coffee, no traffic, and the coldest pillow.

Relatable!!!

A moment for the Taylor Nation social media manager doing the FUNNIEST thing

Millennials, rise up!!

I… feel called out

Fan merch we’ve been obsessing over lately: a ‘voting for the hope of it all’ shirt to wear every day until election day, this ‘a lot going on at the moment’ sign for your desk, the cutest little wooden keepsake box for all your Eras Tour memories, these album-themed bookmarks, and a very timely ‘f*ck the patriarchy’ keychain.

📅 Next Week For Swifties

🏈 September 15: Chiefs vs Cincinnati Bengals at 3:25pm CDT @ Geha Field at Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri, USA

🏈 September 22: Chiefs vs Atlanta Falcons at 7:20pm CDT @ Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

🪐 In the Swiftie Universe

🎶 September 13: The National (Aaron Dessner) is performing in New York, New York at Forest Hills Stadium

🎶 September 13: The National (Aaron Dessner) is performing in Mansfield, MA at Xfinity Center

🎶 September 15 & 16: Gracie Abrams is performing in Denver, CO at The Fillmore Auditorium

🎶 September 16: The National (Aaron Dessner) is performing in Columbia, MD at Merriweather Post Pavilion

🎶 September 17: The National (Aaron Dessner) is performing in Philadelphia, PA at TD Pavilion at the Mann Center for Performing Arts

🎶 September 19: The National (Aaron Dessner) is performing in Laval, QC, Canada at Place Bell

🎶 September 19: Bleachers (Jack Antonoff) is performing in Berkeley, CA at the Greek Theater at UC Berkeley

🎶 September 20: The National (Aaron Dessner) is performing in Toronto, ON, Canada at Budweiser Stage

🎶 September 20: Gracie Abrams is performing in Houston, TX at 713 Music Hall

🎶 September 21 & 22: Bleachers (Jack Antonoff) is performing in Los Angeles, CA at the Greek Theatre

See you again next week, Swifties! 🫶