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☆ Ahead of Taylor Swift’s ‘Midnights,’ Swifties Take Naps, Set Alarms for Latest Night Yet
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Jennifer Calfas | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Taylor Swift promised her upcoming album “Midnights” would capture 13 “sleepless nights” in her life. For weeks, Ms. Swift has unveiled the names of the 13 tracks to “Midnights” with videos posted promptly at 12 a.m. New merchandise—including signed CDs and vinyl records—also came late at night. Billboards from Spotify revealing lyrics to some of the songs on her album appeared at midnight local time this week in cities like New York City and London.

☆ Taylor Swift 'Midnights': Joe Alwyn's pseudonym appears on 'Midnights' track
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Megan Thomas | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Swift put a stop the the guessing in a 2020 Disney+ documentary about the project. “There’s been a lot of discussion about William Bowery and his identity, because it’s not a real person,” Swift said in the documentary. “So William Bowery is Joe, as we know. And Joe plays piano beautifully and he’s always just playing and making things up and kind of creating things,” she added. Fans will have wait a few more hours for “Sweet Nothing” to debut to hear the couple’s latest collaboration.

☆ Taylor Swift’s new lyrics got a Times Square reveal
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( Marianne Garvey | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

CNN —Taylor Swift takes over Times Square. To celebrate her upcoming album “Midnights,” Spotify and Swift are sharing some lyrics leading up to the release on Oct. 21. “Listeners around the world have spent many a midnight with Taylor Swift. “This is why Spotify has teamed up with Taylor to exclusively reveal lyrics from her new album Midnights around the world leading into the album’s release.”Fans will get a sneak peek of new lyrics from her album each day on a billboard in Times Square in New York. More lyrics will appear on different billboards across the world.

☆ Kanye West canceled? Here’s why it probably won’t happen
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-15 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Kanye West has had so many controversies you may have forgotten a few. The latest calls to cancel West, who legally changed his name to Ye, may be the most intense yet. for America founder Brigitte Gabriel tweeted her support for West, one of her followers responded, “I used to judge him quite harshly. There were calls to boycott West in 2018 after comments he made about the history of slavery in the United States. There have been several other controversies since that have not stopped West from achieving mass success with his fashion and sneaker lines.

☆ Beyoncé denies claim she misused ‘I’m Too Sexy’ sample
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-08 | by ( Zoe Sottile | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Genre-crossing superstar Beyoncé has denied allegations that she misused a sample of Right Said Fred’s “I’m Too Sexy” on her newest album. Right Said Fred described Beyoncé as “arrogant” in a comment made to the British tabloid The Sun on Tuesday. Fred Fairbrass and Richard Fairbrass of the band Right Said Fred during the ARD TV-Show "Schlagerbooom - Das Internationale Schlagerfest" at Westfalenhalle on November 2, 2019, in Dortmund, Germany. “The comments made by Right Said Fred stating that Beyoncé used ‘I’m Too Sexy’ in ‘Alien Superstar’ without permission are erroneous and incredibly disparaging,” the singer’s representative told Entertainment Weekly on Friday. Additionally, “Alien Superstar” doesn’t use any of the sound recordings from “I’m Too Sexy,” just the composition, according to the statement.

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