Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter Mystery: Is Taylor Swift the Uncredited Voice on "Bodyguard"?

0:03 Cala Rogashawk Media. Welcome to Taylor Swift Today, your daily dose of all things Taylor. Let's dive into the latest news and gossips surrounding our favorite pop icon. First up, Despite rumors circulating among fans, Taylor Swift does not appear on Beyonce's new album, Cowboy Carter. After the release of Queen Bay's eighth studio album on Friday, swifties began speculating that Taylor provided uncredited background vocals on the track Bodyguard, but People has confirmed this isn't the case. Full credits for Bodyguard, the eighth track on the album, have not yet been made available on Beyonce's website at the time of publishing. However, Swift and the Texas Holdham singer have been showing each other a lot of public support recently.

0:54 Both held massive stadium tours in the United States last summer and attended the premieres of Your each Other's concert films Taylor Swift, The Aristour and Renaissance, a film by Beyonce. In a December interview with Time, Swift gushed about Beyonce, saying she's the most precious gem of a person, warm and open and funny, and she's such a great disruptor of music industry norms. She taught every artist how to flip the table and challenge archaic business practices. Beyonce's press release for Cowboy Carter revealed an impressive list of vocalists, musicians, and orators on the album, including Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Linda Martel, Stevie Wonder, Chuck Barry, Miley, Cyrus Post Malone, John Batiste, Rhiannon Giddons, Niall Rogers, Robert Randolph, Gary Clark, Junior, Willie Jones, Britney Spencer, Shaboozie, Rena Roberts, Tanner, Adele, and Tierra Kennedy. Moving on to some adorable news, Swifties are celebrating Easter, a holiday that centers around one of Taylor's favorite pastimes, dropping Easter eggs.

2:02 On Sunday, Taylor's management team, known as Taylor Nation, shared a throwback Easter clip on Instagram featuring a baby Swift wearing a bunny suit in her mother, Andrea's arms. In the soundless video dated March fourteenth, nineteen ninety Swift's first Easter season, Andrea appeared to coop at her daughter, now thirty four, The baby pop star stared at the camera and waved her little arms around, dressed in what seemed to be a pink and white fuzzy suit complete with bunny ears. Easter egg has become a term for hidden messages in pop culture that reference other projects or offer hints about upcoming events, in addition to being a colorful shell, sometimes filled with candy or money to celebrate the holiday.

2:44 Swift has been famous for dropping Easter eggs in her songs and videos since early in her career. Her earliest ones were hidden messages she wrote to fans in the liner notes of her albums, using capital letters to explain what songs are about dropping Easter eggs since nine teen eighty nine. What's your favorite that you found through the eras read the caption on the Instagram post. More recently, she teased the release of her upcoming album, The Tortured Poets Department, before officially announcing its existence and release date at the twenty twenty four Grammy Awards on February fourth. In the music video for her song Bejeweled from the album Midnights, Swift held a clock that said exile ends with the numbers two and three on it. In retrospect, fans realized that two three marked the day before she announced her new era. Another hint came in October twenty twenty three, when Swift and longtime collaborator Jack Antonoff held up eleven fingers in photos that the singer posted of the pair in the studio looking back. They were likely hinting at her upcoming release, her eleventh studio album. As for how she spends the actual Easter holiday, Swift shared in a twenty nineteen Instagram story post that she and her brother Austin Swift enjoy passing the time by having Easter egg breaking contests. After spending time on the West Coast, Taylor Swift and Travis Kelcey reportedly flew to Nashville for some family time. According to Dumois, the couple

4:15 visited Soho House with Taylor's family on March thirtieth. An eyewitness told the pop Culture account they were absolutely adorable and lovey dovey. No photos are allowed at Soho House, which is a member's only club. Taylor and Travis have both had breaks from work in recent weeks, allowing them to spend a significant amount of time together. After Taylor's March ninth concert in Singapore. The pair returned to Los Angeles to attend an a list Oscars party on March tenth. Then they enjoyed a few days in the Bahamas on a tropical vacation. Days after they returned from the trip, photos surfaced showing the lovebirds packing on the PDA, in the ocean and on the beach. They both rocked swimsuits as they soaked up the sun on their getaway. Following their return to the States, Taylor and Travis were photographed enjoying lunch at Nobu Malibu on March twenty fourth.

5:06 Four days later, Travis went golfing with friends in California. Taylor's Eras tour doesn't resume until May ninth in Paris. She'll then spend the summer touring throughout Europe. With Travis's football training schedule not expected to pick up until July, the duo will have plenty of time to spend together over the next few months. This summer, they'll also celebrate their one year anniversary. Their romance began after Travis attended the Airas Tour in July twenty twenty three and gave Taylor a shout out on his New Heights podcast. Afterward, we started hanging out right after that, the Blank Space singer revealed in December twenty twenty three. However, the beginning of their relationship was kept under wraps and they did not go public until September twenty twenty three. The big reveal came at a Kansas City Chiefs game, where Taylor sat with her boyfriend's mom, Donna Kelce, in a private suite. She went on to attend several more NFL games throughout the season, and was in attendance when Travis and his teammates won the Super Bowl in Las Vegas on February eleventh. When you say a relationship is public, that means I'm going to see him do what he loves, Taylor explained, we're showing up for each other. Other people are there and we don't care.

6:19 The opposite of that is you have to go to an extreme amount of effort to make sure no one knows you're seeing someone, and we're just proud of each other. If Taylor Swift ends up becoming a famous Hollywood filmmaker, actress Laura Dern won't be surprised. During the Friday March twenty ninth episode of The Rap's Unwrapped podcast, Dern was asked if she thought Swift could have a career beyond music. She is a real deal, Dern gushed upon hearing the question. On top of everything else, amazing that she does and is a real deal filmmaker, which I got to experience firsthand. I'm excited to watch that part of her journey wherever she continues to take it amongst everything. Dern was referring to twenty twenty two's Bejeweled music video, in which she appeared alongside Swift, who also served as the director. The Bejeweled music video, a retelling of the Cinderella Fairytale, starred Swift as Cinderella, Dern as the wicked stepmother, and the Hame Sisters as her evil stepsisters. After working with Swift, Dern proclaimed on the podcast that she would happily collaborate with her again.

7:32 Listen wherever she wants to go. I'll show up. I love her, The Oscar winner said. While Swift herself hasn't signed on to star alongside Dern in her new Apple TV Plus series Palm Royal, the actress and her production partner Jamie Lemmons would have no problem entertaining the idea of teaming up with Swift on a completely new project. Lemons and Dern even pitched a TV or movie collaboration called jay Walker Taylor's version, a nod to the duo's production company, Jaywalk Pictures, as well as Swift's re recorded versions of her earlier albums. Although Swift and Dern have no known collaborations on the horizon, it was announced in December twenty twenty two that Swift would make her directorial film debut with Searchlight Pictures. While details surrounding the cast, plot, and release date of the project have been kept under wraps, it was revealed that Swift had written an original script. Taylor is a once in a generation artist and storyteller. Searchlight presidents David Greenbaum and Matthew Greenfield said in a statement at the time, it is a genuine joy and privilege to collaborate with her as she embarks on this exciting and new creative journey. Until then, Swift is focused on continuing her Eras tour, which will kick off again in Europe in May. In addition to touring, Swift has been working on new music with her eleventh studio album, The Tortured Poet's Department, set to drop on April nineteenth. More In a moment Finally, Hollywood director Rob Reiner would give anything for Taylor Swift to

9:13 publicly endorse President Biden for reelection. I'm in the midst of shooting a sequel to This is Spinal Tap. As much as I'd like Taylor Swift to do a cameo in the film, I'd give anything for her to endorse Joe Biden, Reiner wrote on x she would virtually single handedly save American democracy. Reiner has been vocal about politics and social issues over the last few years. His new documentary God and Country looked at the implications of Christian nationalism and how it can distort the constitutional Republic of the US and Christianity itself. The Spinal Tap director, a longtime Democratic Party supporter, previously praised Biden as a decent, law abiding person and called former President Donald Trump a pathologically lying criminal. Swift has not made an official endorsement, but there's no question it would be Biden if and when she makes that public. The pop star supported Biden in twenty twenty and has been strongly critical of Trump. A January report from The New York Times revealed Biden's aids are hoping to earn an endorsement from the pop Icon and have even floated the idea of sending him to a stop on her Heiras tour. However, the report noted it was partly in jest. The Times reported that one of Swift's Instagram posts from twenty twenty two led to thirty five thousand new voter registrations. Fundraising appeals from Miss Swift could be worth millions of dollars for mister Biden. The report read, as the president seeks to pump energy into his reelection bid. Earlier this month, Swift urged people to head

10:46 to the polls on Super Tuesday, but did not endorse any candidates or party. Today, March fifth, is the presidential primary in Tennessee and sixteen other states and territories. I wanted to remind you, guys to vote the people who most represent you into power, she wrote in an Instagram story. If you haven't already, make a plan to vote today, whether you're in Tennessee or somewhere else in the US, check your polling places and times at vote dot org. She added, Swift has encouraged fans to vote before and there you have it. Please follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your app of choice and leave us a rating or review. If you love the show, I'm Annalie's Idel. Thanks to Mark Francis and John McDermott. Portions of this podcast may have been created with the assistance of Ai Taylor. Swift Today is a Calarogus Shark Media production.