Is Olivia Rodrigo's "Vampire" about Taylor Swift? Did the "Eras tour" knock another movie release out of the theaters?

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Hi, and welcome to Taylor Swift
Today. A short roundup of all the

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headlines around Taylor's music, tours,
boobies, and life. On this podcast.

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You won't find any in depth analysis
on the lyrics to her music,

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and we won't bine about the true
meanings behind some of her lyrics. Well,

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there's dozens of other podcasts for that. We're here just to bring you

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the headlines. So if there's a
Swiftie in your life, you'll be the

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cool one who knows what's happening in
her life. From Billboard is Olivia Rodrigo's

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Vampire about Taylor Swift. Rodrigo commented
on fan speculation that the lead ballad from

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Guts, on which he scathingly sings
about an unnamed bloodsucker fame effort, is

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somehow about one of her childhood idols. How do I answer this, Rodrigo

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reportedly whispered to Guardian journalist Laura Snaps
when the question about Vampire arose during an

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interview ahead of the September eighth release
of Guts. I mean, I never

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want to say who any of my
songs are about, said Rodrigo. I've

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never done that before in my career. And probably won't. I think it's

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better to not pigeonhole a song to
being about this one thing. I was

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very surprised when people thought that she
added in. The article was published last

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Saturday. Swift champion Rodrigo, who
was a self proclaimed Swifty very early on.

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I say that's my baby, and
I'm really proud, she sweetly shared

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on social media. When Rodrigo's breakout
smash Driver's License was first starting to appear

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on charts next to Swift's music,
Swift gifted her a ring like the one

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she wore working on her Red album. She is absolutely the kindest individual in

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the whole world, Rodrigo gushed at
the time, and the pair met in

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person and posed together for a cute
photo at the twenty twenty one BRIT Awards.

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After Rodrigo's debut album Sour dropped,
interpolations found in her work proved constantly,

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Rodrigo ended up retroactively sharing songwriting credits
for Deja Vu with Swift, Jack

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Antonoff, and Annie Clark, also
known Saint Vincent for its reminiscence of Swift's

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Cruel Summer. She also gave writing
credits to Swift and Antonoff on one Step

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Forward, Three Steps Back before Saum's
release for including an interpolation of Swift's New

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Year's Day on the song, Rodrigo
and Swift seemingly haven't associated with each other

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since, at least publicly. In
a recent New York Times profile, Rodrigo

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said she hadn't seen a show on
Swift's Ears tour. Later, in the

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profile about Rodrigo and her sophomore album, Guardian writer Snaps in her own words,

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notes that Vampire is primarily about her
romantic relationship with an older guy.

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Many of its lyrical barbs do point
towards this interpretation. There's a line directed

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at a cool guy, and one
pointing out that every girl I've ever talked

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to told me you were bad bad
news. In the tracks second verse,

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Rodrigo says went for me and not
her, because girls your age know better.

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From Deadline, Meg Ryan was scheduled
to return into her big screen romantic

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comedy Stomping Ground on October thirteenth.
However, Taylor Swift spoiled it. The

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Ryan directed and starring holiday feature What
Happens Later from Bleaker Street will now go

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on November third, the last weekend
of AMC's Taylor Swift the Ears Tour concert

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movie. Hopefully by that time the
Swifties will be interested in other movies.

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What Happens Later reps the third movie
to shift out of the October thirteenth frame

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due to the Swift concert after The
Exorcist, Believer now moved to October six

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and lions Gate's Kingdom Stories Ordinary Angels, which is now to be determined.

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Ryan and David Dicovni play Willer and
Bell, ex lovers who see each other

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for the first time in years,
when they find themselves snowed in in transit

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at an airport overnight. Bleaker Street
is calling Ryan's return to Romcom's the hashtag

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Megaisons. The movie reps her second
feature as director after twenty fifteen's Ithaca.

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While the original top Gun at three
hundred fifty seven million dollars worldwide, is

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Ryan's top grossing film her Tom Hank's
romance picks You've Got Mail and Sleepless in

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Seattle our second and third, respectively, with two hundred and fifty one million

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and two hundred twenty eight million in
worldwide box office, respectively. From the

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Daily News, the designer behind three
of Taylor Swift's now femed eras tour gowns,

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had no clue her creations would be
showcased during the global phenomenon. Nicole

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plus Felicia designer and creative director Nicole
Chang spoke to people about the really crazy

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experience. I remember we were just
really nervous because we didn't know where or

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when she'd wear them, recalled the
Taiwanese born Chang, who in twenty fifteen

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co founded the label with sister Felicia
Cheng. The pair, whose mother and

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father worked in wedding gown manufacturing,
only learned that Swift was donning their designs

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on stage during the massive tour due
to videos that surfaced online. I was

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so happy, said Chang, who
noted the whole process was very smooth.

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We actually sent a few samples for
Taylor to try on and just to get

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her feedback. We also created the
dances dresses as well to match with gold

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and purple gowns. The sisters who
worked with Swift on her I bet you

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think about me Taylor's version video in
twenty twenty one, crafted the anti Heroes

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singer's bejeweled gold ball gown, her
teared lilac gown, and the blue halted

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dress worn when announcing the release date
of nineteen eighty nine Taylor's version. More

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of Taylor Swift today in just a
moment from Vulture. She may be hitting

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a total of twenty countries on her
globe spanning eras to her, but Taylor

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Swift is in high demand to add
even more locations, including the Philippines,

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which two local fans dismayed wasn't part
of the initial era's international leg announcement.

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That meant the only way for a
Filipino Swifties to see Tay in person is

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to travel to another country well that
or go to a show starring Taylor.

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Shesh the now famous Taylor Swift drag
persona from Mac Coronel after the twenty eight

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year old performer was hired for a
midnights listening party. In twenty twenty two,

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he and Swifties Philippines, the country's
largest fan group dedicated to Swift,

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began playing their own version of the
Era's tour at crowded malls across the country,

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both to show Swift how much the
country loves her and to get her

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to actually perform there. The group's
biggest show to date at the Trainoma Mall

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in Manila was in front of ten
thousand swifties, with some fans willing to

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snag obstructive view seats just to get
a glimpse of Coronel. To put that

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number in perspective, that's the same
amount of people who attended Swift's last official

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Philippines concert for the Red Tour in
twenty fourteen. For each performance, Coronel

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recreates as much Earrors Tour and Taylor
ephemera as possible. The enchanted ball gowns,

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reputation, snake replica costumes, I
put the rhinestones on one by one,

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the fearless twirling dance moves, the
planned viral moments by Swift. He

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even restages the bestowing of the twenty
two hat and they have it. Please

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