Hiiii, fellow Swifties! Welcome to Taypedia — I’m so glad you’re here 🥹

You may be asking yourself, “wtf is Taypedia?” Fair. Here’s a little bit more about me and what I hope Taypedia can contribute to the Swiftie community 🫶

My name is Krista Doyle, and I’m a longggg-time Swiftie. A “Senior Swiftie”, some might say. For 7 years, I co-hosted/co-produced a Taylor Swift podcast called Holy Swift Podcast, where we dissected Taylor’s entire discography song by song (you might remember Holy Swift as the podcast who launched the original Taylordle wordle game two years ago 👋) 

I’ve always wished there was a Taylor-Swift-focused media site, so I’m building one called Taypedia 🤷🏻‍♀️ Here’s why:

1. A lot of stereotypical opinions about Taylor Swift and her fanbase are, well, tired and boring. I want a place to showcase all the unique POVs Swiftie (and Swift-curious) journalists have to offer, as well as highlight Swifties who are out there doing wildly interesting things.

2. Most sites write about Taylor’s romantic relationships or weird fan conspiracies, but that’s the least interesting stuff about her. Taypedia writers will explore culture, music, business, fandom, fashion, psychology — all through the lens of our favorite Blondie.

3. One of my favorite parts of co-hosting Holy Swift Podcast for 7 years was the community we cultivated with our listeners. I missed that. Community will eventually be at the heart of Taypedia, starting with this newsletter. (More to come 👀)

Thanks so much for signing up, reading, and taking a chance on Taypedia! I think we’re gonna have a lot of fun together.

In Swift we trust,

Krista

📖 This Week’s Artifacts

The Eras Tour, A Sexist Commencement Speech and More Female Rage: All of the Important News for Swifties in May | By Jilleen Barrett
We’re planning to recap each month in the Swiftiedom with the most significant news to hit the internet and our personal analysis. Up first is discussing everything that’s happened over the past few months, including the Eras Tour in Europe, Female Rage: The Musical, and the Smallest Man Who Ever Lived.

Fangirling with “Media Swiftie” and Hollywood Reporter Host Tiffany Taylor | By Jilleen Barrett
We’re a platform for Swifties made by Swifties – so, we want to tell our community’s stories! In our series Swiftie Stories, we’ll dive into your experiences being a fan. First up is Tiffany Taylor, a Hollywood Reporter video host and producer, who’s gotten the experience of working with Tree Paine directly.

Glitter & Rigor: Inside Taylor Swift’s Academic Era | By Juliette Holder
Thinking of majoring in Swiftie Studies? That may soon be a possibility. Juliette Holder discusses how academia has embraced our American Queen and made way for serious analysis of Blondie’s work. There’s a new Aristotle in town.

📰 TayNews

folklore turned 4 years old on July 24! Taylor remarked on the process of making the album at the date’s second Eras Tour night in Hamburg, Germany, and celebrated with a limited rerelease of “the cardigan,” a merch item from the original release of the album and featured in the ‘cardigan’ music video. Rolling Stone also just this week named folklore as one of the 100 best album covers of all time.

This week, the Eras Tour completed performances in Hamburg, Germany. There are only 9 stops left on the Eras Tour and only 4 left in Europe this summer.

‘Anti-Hero’ surpassed 1.6 BILLION streams on Spotify this week. ‘Karma’ surpassed 800 million streams. ‘Blank Space (Taylor’s Version),' ‘Picture to Burn,’ and ‘My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys’ all surpassed 200 million streams. All of the songs from TTPD have now surpassed 100 million streams.

As of July 23, Taylor has now performed every song from evermore at the Eras Tour. She completed the repertoire with a mashup of ‘happiness’ and ‘We Were Happy’ (from Fearless TV) during the surprise songs set in Hamburg N1.

Eras Tour backup dancer Kameron Saunders celebrated his birthday on July 23. Taylor celebrated Kam with a “Happy birthday, Kam!” shoutout after Kam’s solo during ‘Bejeweled.’ Eras Tour backup dancer Tori Evans also celebrated her birthday on July 25.

Anne Hathaway attended Gelsenkirchen N3 of the Eras Tour. She was seen vibing in the VIP area and posted on her Instagram Stories that the show was the “best picture-wrap celebration EVER.”

Surprise songs this week on the Eras Tour included:

• Hamburg N1 Piano: We Were Happy x happiness

• Hamburg N1 Guitar: Teardrops On My Guitar x The Last Time

• Hamburg N2 Piano: Nothing New x Dear Reader

• Hamburg N2 Guitar: The Last Great American Dynasty x Run

💖 Our Saves This Week

This is hilarious but also would’ve SCREAMED if this happened to me:

No literally if you spend your time making an outfit this perfect, you need to get maximum wear out of it:

Not only are these cute but can we have a moment of applause for the steadiness of the hands that had to write these teeny tiny little letters:

Swifties are getting things done!!! If you’re in the U.S., check out Swifties4Kamala & consider joining the movement 💪

Fan merch we’ve been obsessing over lately: these Eras tour piano ($22) & koi fish guitar-themed claw hair clips ($22), this Eras Tour piano-inspired embroidered cardigan ($73), and this TTPD ‘I Can Do It With a Broken Heart’ aesthetic to-do list notepad ($12).

📅 Next Week For Swifties

🎤 July 27 & 28: Eras Tour Munich, Germany (CEST) w/Paramore @ Olympiastadion

🖼️ July 27-September 8: Songbook Trail archive on display at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, UK

🗳️ July 30: Round 3 of voting for the Billboard Fan Army Face-Off Begins

🎤 August 1, 2 & 3: Eras Tour Warsaw, Poland (CEST) w/Paramore @ PGE Narodowy

🪩 August 2: The Taylor Party in Woodstock, NY, USA @ Colony

🪩 August 3: The Taylor Party in Washington, DC, USA @ 9:30 Club

🪐 In the Swiftie Universe

🍿 NOW: Ryan Reynolds’ latest film Deadpool & Wolverine is out worldwide

🏈 July 27: Chiefs Training Camp Practice open to public @ Missouri Western State University, St. Joseph, MO, USA

🏈 August 4: Chiefs Training Camp Practice open to public @ Missouri Western State University, St. Joseph, MO, USA

🎬 Starting August 9: Blake Lively stars in the movie adaptation of the book ‘It Ends With Us’

🔪 August 27: Season 4 of Only Murders in the Building, starring Selena Gomez, premieres on Hulu

See you again next week, Swifties! 🫶