Taylor Swift’s Fans Belong With Free iPhone App

For celebrities, iPhone apps can be a blessing and a curse. They promise all kinds of up-to-the minute info right at your fingertips, but they are not without their flaws. Sometimes they are just slow to load. Other times they cost a few bucks for the exact same technology that you can get on the Internet for free. So when there’s some real value added, it feels like a step in the right direction. Like with this new Taylor Swift application from iTunes, you’ll get new music, videos, photos, the very latest tour info and the must-have Facebook and Twitter connections. So if she tweets, you find out immediately. But what I think sets this one apart from some other artist apps is that it will allow fans to connect with other fans and share pictures and stories on the Fan Wall. Right now, that consists mostly of fans telling Swift what’s on their minds (“My 3-year-old loves you” and “U inspired me to keep goin and keep my head up even if times are hard!”), but I think it will come to be a kind of virtual meeting place for like-minded people. I also like how Swift took a page out of the Kenny Chesney playbook and made her app totally free.
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Taylor Swift
ELLE’s April cover girl on media scrutiny, her fears, and those revealing lyrics

March 04, 2010 7:00 p.m.

Photo: Alexei Hay

On who she thinks is hot: “Um, well…Taylor Lautner.”

On whether she’s really “fearless”: “I overthink everything. I overanalyze everything.”

On one of her biggest fears: “Me making a bunch of bad decisions and embarking on a painful, slow, devastating tailspin.”

On media scrutiny: “I’ve had countless opportunities to do some really bad things. And then people start combing through everything I do trying to find the next mistake and misperception, which leads to more scrutiny. Like, if I go to a bar, even if I’m not drinking, who’s to say that a source isn’t going to say that I was doing something I shouldn’t have been doing? So it’s not only about your own moral compass, but the moral compasses of other people that you don’t know.”

On yearning to visit Nashville as a child: “I just got it into my head that there was this magical place that I needed to go to because that was where dreams come true.”

On sourcing material from her romantic relationships: “I like to categorize the various levels of heartbreak. I’ve only had that happen once. A letdown is worth a few songs. A heartbreak is worth a few albums.”
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Expect Swift — who swept the CMAs last fall with four wins including the coveted entertainer of the year title — to do just as well at the ACMs. In addition to her entertainer of the year bid, Swift contends for female vocalist and is up for three awards for “You Belong With Me” — video of the year, song of the year performer and song of the year co-writer.

At last fall’s CMAs, Swift ended the three-year reign of Kenny Chesney as the top entertainer. His loss there had been foretold by his defeat for the same award — after four wins in a row — at last spring’s ACMs to Carrie Underwood. Underwood — who co-hosted the CMA Awards — had won female vocalist there for the previous three years but was bested by Swift.

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It’ll air on Saturday 27th 2010.

So what do you give the girl with a massive hit, Grammys, a new house in Nashville and millions of adoring fans? Apparently, a portrait done by artist Peter Max is not a bad place to start.

Max — still going strong at 72 — has an exhibit this weekend at Michael Murphy Gallery in Tampa. When he learned he would be in town the same week as Swift, he offered to do a portrait of her for our cover. Considering the number of magazine covers he’s done, plus all those portraits of President Obama, the Statue of Liberty — well, it was a no-brainer for us.

Max didn’t want to do it without Swift’s permission, but that was a no-brainer for her, as well.

Told of the idea while flying to Los Angeles for the Grammys, Swift “was thrilled,” according to spokeswoman Paula Erickson. Since Swift just turned 20 in December, we were curious about how she would know that much about Max, who rose to prominence in the 1960s.

Swift explained it to us this week after we sent her an image of the painting.

“When I was growing up, my family spent our summers in Stone Harbor, New Jersey, and I remember there was this art gallery on 96th Street,” she said. “I used to walk past it and stop in my tracks whenever there was a Peter Max painting on display — I think I was 8or 9 the first time I saw one of his paintings.

“The colors were so vibrant and beautiful! His art is like another world to me, and I can’t even explain how much it means to me that he did my portrait.”

Swift picked the photo for Max to use for his painting, choosing the cover of “Fearless.” Max will exhibit the painting at his show this weekend along with many more paintings. But the Swift portrait is not for sale; plans call for Max to give the painting to Swift.

Thanks Steve.

Looking stunning in a short black cocktail dress, Taylor took the stage to welcome Mike Hammond from WIVK in Knoxville, Tenn., to the DJ and Radio Hall of Fame. Commenting that she had been to Kinkos earlier in the day, Taylor surprised Mike with a nearly life size poster of a photo she had taken with him during her first visit to WIVK.

“I think in life the way you look at things is largely based on your first impression. My first impression of country radio came in 2005 when I walked into WIVK in Knoxville,” Taylor told the crowd. “That was the day that I met Mike Hammond for the first time and it’s my memories of that day that make me so incredibly happy and honored to be the one up here inducting him into the Country Radio Hall of Fame.”

In a lengthy and heartfelt speech, Taylor recounted the veteran broadcaster’s career accomplishments and spoke warmly of his family, calling each member by name. She recalled her first visit to the station and how he had put a then unknown, high school sophomore on the air. “I was just floored because I wasn’t expecting to get put on the radio. I didn’t have a single out. I was so excited,” she recalled. “And minutes later, I was on the radio, playing my song in afternoon drive. I talked about it for weeks after that and I’m still taking about it now.

“I’ve thought about it a lot over the years: Why Mike would put me on the air? This kid who had never been on the radio before,” Taylor continued. “I think it was because Mike started in radio when he was 15 years old. Back then someone gave him a chance and so he gave one to me.”

Taylor mentioned that she had recently talked to Kenny Chesney about Mike and he too had fond memories. “Kenny told me that his favorite thing about Mike Hammond is that he’s ‘made extraordinary things happen to an ordinary person from East Tennessee’ and he wanted me to tell Mike that tonight.”

Source: The Boot

There’s another article here about her special concert for Country Radio Seminar.

Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Just got back from some cool places…(photo blog)

Hi guys

We just got back from Australia and Japan. I won’t ever forget the people. Or the sky.

(Al took this picture in Brisbane.)

The Opera House in Sydney… That city sparkled.

I remember last year when we were in Australia for the first time, we went to go see a Coldplay concert on one of our days off.
It was at the giant arena there, and I remember thinking “Wouldn’t it be amazing if someday down the line, we could play in this arena?”
Playing two nights in that arena less than a year later was something I’ll never forget. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Sydney.

I met Liz in a meet and greet line a few years ago. Now she’s my back up singer. And we have FUN!

I was walking in Brisbane, listening to music. And then I saw this tree, all by itself.
It looked so lonely, I thought I’d give it some attention and take a picture of it.
It’s probably not lonely though. It’s probably just independent.

I love sparkly things. Like crowds that look like this.

This kind of thing happens to Caitlin all the time.

Hiiiii guys!!!

A few hours off in Melbourne = beach.

Me, Grant’s hair, and Caitlin.

Lacey, Liz, Charity, Claire. 3/5 of the girls in this shot are skilled, trained dancers. The other two are trained in frolicking.

Example:

I really liked that day.

My producer sent me this picture of the moment I’ll never forget. I love you guys for making my life into this.

We were like “Woah. That is a GIANT bath tub. Let’s see how many of us can fit in it for a picture.” Four.

Anger! Drums! Battle! Hair!

We played 7 shows in 9 days in Australia. The fans gave us lots of awesome presents. My mom seemed to like this one.

(Those are tiny koalas hanging from the hat.. It’s all about the fine details. What a work of art.))

Then we went to JAPAN!

Find the photo bomb. Go!

(Discovering unexpected guests in the background of my pictures upon upload = a new hobby for me.)

This was a restaurant where they shot a fight scene from Kill Bill. We all watched it again beforehand to properly prepare.

We all really liked it there.

The show in Tokyo was unbelievable and the fans were so welcoming to us, everywhere we went. I loved the presents and the letters. I can’t wait to go back and play more shows.

I saw these fabric flowers in a store and thought, that’s so incredibly lovely.

It was Valentine’s Day. Tokyo was my Valentine.

Then we got on a plane. It was the first time I’d seen home in close to a month.

I’ve been writing lots of songs. And the tour is starting up again soon in the US. I love you guys.

lovelovelove
-T-

Interview in Japan – Credit: Fearless044

You Belong With Me – Credit: king0124hiroki

Arriving at Narita Airport – Credit: Yachiman4

Interview in Zoom In – Credit: Yachiman4