Hi fellow Swifties,

Our chairman’s wise words can best describe this week, “I stayed there, dust collected on my pinned-up hair.”

While we missed the Eras Tour (+ TessDear + Mastermind/Swift Alert) dearly this week, the fandom wasn’t quite so silent.

Swifties4Kamala held their first kick-off call featuring special guests Senator Elizabeth Warren and CAROLE F*&KING KING??? Carole even did her own rendition of her musical granddaughter’s (her words exactly) song ‘Shake it Off.’ Give the whole S4K team the 22 hat.

Once back in the States, Taylor held a bash at Holiday House that Rebecca Harkness herself would’ve been proud of.

And we’ve been busy getting more Taypedia content out for you all, preparing for the start of the NFL season, and listening to Swiftie universe music on repeat (Bad Chem anyone??? 🥵).

What are you doing to pass the time during the Eras Tour break? We want to know!

🫶,

Krista

📖 This Week’s Artifacts

Carole King, Sen. Elizabeth Warren Rally With Swifties For Kamala | By Hannah Yasharoff
On Tuesday night, tens of thousands of Swifties joined together with politicians and CAROLE KING (like WHAT?!) to rally behind Kamala Harris in her presidential campaign. Hannah Yasharoff has the full recap for anyone who missed it.

7 Cutest Eras Tour Merch Items for Swifties | By Jilleen Barrett
What better way to spend time waiting for the Eras Tour to come back than covering yourself in Eras Tour merch??? Jilleen Barrett rounded up the seven cutest Eras Tour items – and we do actually think they’re cute.

📰 TayNews

Taylor supported two releases on her Instagram Stories last week: Sabrina Carpenter’s new album Short n’ Sweet and Zoë Kravitz’ directorial debut for the film Blink Twice.

Taylor Nation is having an end of summer sale for up to 35% off select official merch until September 2. The select items include some Eras Tour merch, Speak Now TV merch, and 1989 TV items.

TikTok released its final exclusive Eras profile photo frame. Upon earning the profile frame, users received a digital message from Taylor saying they’re a “certified Swiftie!”

Taylor’s family donated photos to the Stone Harbor Museum in Stone Harbor, New Jersey. The town was a vacation spot for the Swifts when they lived in Pennsylvania, with the location of their former summer home featuring a plaque engraved with “Swift Waters.” The photos will be on display until the end of September.

Selena Gomez noted in a recent press interview that she would love Taylor to guest star in an episode of Only Murders in the Building. Though Selena added, “You’re hilarious. She’s a little busy, you guys.”

Coldplay and Maggie Rogers covered ‘the 1’ in Vienna. The performance was during Colplay’s four-night run at Vienna’s Ernst Happel Stadium on August 15 and paid tribute to the cancelled Eras Tour Vienna shows.

K-pop girl group NMIXX’s Lily covered ‘Cruel Summer’ at KBS’ The Seasons show.

Friday, August 30 is the last day for MTV’s 2024 Video Music Awards fan voting. Fans can vote up to 20 times each day for Taylor in the following categories: Artist of the Year, Best Pop Artist, Video of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Collaboration (all for Fortnight ft. Post Malone). The award ceremony is on September 11 in Elmont, New York, at the UBS Arena.

💖 Our Saves This Week

If you need a little cry today…

Because we’re content creators and social media managers at heart, we had to leave a moment of applause for this one.

Missing the Eras Tour already.

Also, rumor has it new iPhones are dropping soon.

Fan merch we’ve been obsessing over lately: this Swifties 4 Kamala ‘In My Voting Era’ tote bag ($28), this 500-piece Swiftie-inspired jigsaw puzzle ($15), this little crochet Taylor craft project ($23), this lyrics pencil set perfect for back to school ($9), and these cozy Meet Me at Midnight slippers ($29).

📅 Next Week For Swifties

🏆 August 30: MTV VMA Fan Voting Closes - vote here up to 20 times per category per day!

🏈 September 5: Chiefs vs Baltimore Ravens at 7:20pm CDT @ Geha Field at Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri, USA

🖼️ Ongoing until September 8: Songbook Trail archive on display at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, UK

🖼️ Ongoing until September 8: Swift Family Photos on display at the Stone Harbor Museum in Stone Harbor, NJ

🪐 In the Swiftie Universe

🎶 September 1: Bleachers (Jack Antonoff) is performing in Cologne, Germany at E-Werk

🎶 September 2: Bleachers (Jack Antonoff) is performing in Paris, France at L’Olympia

📺 September 3: Only Murders in the Building Season 4 Episode 2 Drops, featuring Selena Gomez

🎶 September 5: Gracie Abrams launches her ‘The Secret of Us’ tour in Portland, Oregon at the Alaska Airlines’ Theater of the Clouds

See you again next week, Swifties! 🫶

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