Swiftcast: The #1 Taylor Swift Podcast

Taylor received NINE nominations for the upcoming MTV Video Music Awards, and we couldn't be more proud! Voting is open now at mtv.com, so make sure you're voting daily.After the nominations came out, there was some controversy about Nicki Minaj's tweets, which seemed like they might be about Taylor. We discuss this feud, which luckily has now been resolved.Throwback tweet: My car broke down outside Victorias Secret and the girl who worked there jumped my battery. I proceeded to tell her she's a REAL VS angel. -@taylorswift13 on July 27, 2009In the news: Blank Space is now the most viewed video by a female on VEVO, with over 1 billion, 60 million views!#SwiftieProblems: When you're at band camp and you miss all the concert news and updates. -via @kayla_fluegaLots of great fashion t

After going on a major concert bender the past 2 weeks, our hosts are suffering a major Swift hangover. Ashley, Adam and Nate talk about attending both Chicago shows at Soldier Field, which were full of special guests and surprises. Calvin Harris was in attendance, and we also discuss some quotes about Taylor from his recent radio interviews.Throwback Tweet: I'M NOT SICK ANYMORE!!! JUST PLAYED IN MONTREAL. AMAZING CROWD. I'M SO EXCITED, THIS IS MY FIRST (and only) ALL CAPS TWEET. -@taylorswift13 on July 14, 2011In the news: Taylor's older songs are still climbing the charts! Never Grow Up is now certified gold in the US, and the Our Song music video became Vevo certified after reaching 100 million views.#SwiftieProblems: Sometimes I use fangirl words in the real world and then people don't know what I'm saying.....  -via @FinallySwiftFashion: Lots of outfits from recent tour stops that are still available to purchase!

It's been a jam-packed week for the 1989 World Tour and the Swiftcasters! Ashley and Steph went to MetLife Stadium, Steph went to Washington DC, and Ashley, Nate and Adam are heading to Chicago this weekend. On this episode we recap both MetLife Stadium shows and the epic squad goals that took place on stage. Throwback Tweet: Just landed in my home state- Pittsburgh, see you later on! I'll be the one in the sparkly red shoes singing about my feelings. -@taylorswift13 on July 6, 2013 In the news: 1989 US album sales topped 5 million this week. This is Taylor’s 3rd album to reach this plateau.  It is the fastest selling album in 10 years! #Swiftieproblems: Burnt my finger with a hot glue gun. #1989costumes -via @Shining_Swiftie For our fashion segment this week, we basically spend 5 full minutes freaking out over the Speak Now era Taylor that magically appeared in NYC on Monday. Thanks for listening and make sure to tune in next week for our coverage of the Chicago concerts! If you haven't already, please

At Taylor's recent show in Dublin, Ireland she surprised the crowd by adding Holy Ground acoustic to her setlist. It was amazing, and it made us hope she might bring back the "secret song" for future shows. We discuss which songs we'd most like to hear her bring back. Spoiler alert, it's basically all of them. Also last week, Ashley and Haley got to see Ed Sheeran on his Multiply tour. We tell you all about our favorite moments.Throwback tweet: In Nashville. 107.5 playing you belong with me. Yesssssssssss. -@taylorswift13 on June 30, 2009In the news: 1989, despite being released in 2014, is still the top selling album in 2015.  It has sold 1.382 million copies this year.  U.S. album sales in total are just under 5 million!#SwiftieProblems: Not being invited to Taylor's 4th of July party and missing out on that cake. Sigh. -via @chadlaz

We have a mini episode for you guys this week, as our hosts have been having a crazy busy summer. We hope you enjoy the throwback tweets, news, mini segments, and fashion.  Stay tuned for some exciting episodes coming up. Next week Ashley and Haley will tell us all about attending Ed Sheeran's tour, and the following weeks we'll have great coverage from Taylor's MetLife Stadium and Soldier Field concerts. Thanks for listening! If you haven't already, please subscribe to us on iTunes and leave us a review and a 5 star rating.

When Taylor posted her letter to Apple on Sunday morning, we knew her words would not go unheard. By Sunday night, right in the middle of recording this episode, the news broke that Apple has now agreed to pay all artists for their music during the free trial period of their new streaming service. We couldn't be more proud, and we hope you enjoy our discussion on how Taylor is singlehandedly saving the music industry. Throwback tweet: I finally convinced my brother to go to an award show with me. Ground-breaking. -@taylorswift13 on June 16, 2009 In the news: Taylor's recent concert at Ford Field in Detroit is the stadium's highest grossing show EVER bringing in nearly 6 million dollars! #SwiftieProblems: Avoiding singing "where you been, I can show you incredible things" after someone says "Nice to meet you"-via @christina131624 Lots of recent fashion updates from Loft 89 and more! Thanks for listening! If you haven't already, please subscribe to us on iTunes and leave us a review and a 5 star rating.

The 1989 World Tour showed up in Philadelphia with 2 full nights of special guests! On Friday, June 12th Taylor sang "Cool Kids" with Echosmith, and on Saturday, June 13th she performed "Fight Song" with Rachel Platten! She also brought her friends Cara Delevingne and Mariska Hargitay to walk the runway during Style! Steph gives us her firsthand account of Saturday's Philadelphia show.There have been rumors circulating recently that New Romantics will be Taylor's next single off of 1989. Taylor shut those rumors down, but we discuss which song we think she's likely to put out next.Throwback tweet: If I said I was in the studio with T-Pain, would you believe me? -@taylorswift13 on June 8, 2009In the news: 1989 is officially FIVE TIMES PLATINUM in the US! It’s also still the #1 album on iTunes - over 7 months after its initial release!#SwiftieProblems: My order comes to $19.79. Oh how I wish it came to $19.89 instead ju

SPOILER WARNINGS: If you do NOT want to hear any spoilers about the 1989 tour, please skip past the following times in the episode: 13:45-21:45 and 30:00-50:20 The 1989 tour continues and Taylor surprised us with the second special guest of the tour, Little Big Town in Pittsburgh! Nate and Steph were at that show and tell us all about it.Earlier in the week, Ashley, Nate and Adam went to the Louisville show where we got to have a Swiftcast booth outside the concert! We loved meeting and talking to fans from all over and got to do a bunch of brief fan interviews! We hope you enjoy listening to the interview clips. Make sure to follow us at twitter.com/swiftcast13 to hear when we have a booth at future 1989 shows.Throwback tweet: I swallowed a strand of my hair and now everything is ruined. -@taylorswift13 on June 9, 2014In the news: The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry named Taylor as the #1 Global Recording Artist for 2014!! #SwiftieProblems: When you wish Taylor would release the new ve

We're still recovering from Detroit, or should we say DIEtroit, since Taylor killed us all with special guests that night. Our host Ashley was at the show and tells us all about it. SPOILER WARNINGS: If you do NOT want to hear any spoilers about the 1989 tour, please skip past the following times in the episode: 1:19-6:47 and 26:11-45:15Throwback tweet: Out on the lake with the band, trying my best to resist the burning temptation to scream "I'M ON A BOAT". -@taylorswift13 on May 31, 2009In the news: Taylor is the youngest person EVER to make Forbes' 100 most powerful women list!#SwiftieProblems: When people say all of @taylorswift13 songs sound the same and you are like..have you ever even heard 2 of her songs? -via @kaylee_frank01Lots of recent fashion updates from NYC and more!

The Bad Blood music video broke the Vevo record this week for most views in 24 hours with 20.1 million views! Taylor was also recently named number one on Maxim's Hot 100 list. Our hosts attended Taylor's Bossier City and Baton Rouge shows last week, and we give you our full initial review of the tour on this episode! If you're avoiding spoilers, you'll want to turn the episode off after our news segment, which is fourteen minutes into the episode. We'll be talking much more about the tour over the coming months as we attend shows across the country. Tweet us at twitter.com/swiftcast13 or email us at theswiftcast13@gmail.com to tell us about your tour experiences and ask us any questions you'd like us to talk about. Thanks for listening! If you haven't already, please subscribe to us on iTunes and leave us a review and a 5 star rating.

Spoiler warning- if you do NOT want to hear about the 1989 world tour, skip 2:45-6:20 in this episode. Don't mind us, we're just lying on the cold hard ground after Taylor slayed us with the premiere of the Bad Blood video. If you haven't seen it, stop what you're doing and go watch it immediately! We discuss our favorite characters from the video and how much we love the remix of the song, which features Kendrick Lamar. Make sure to go buy the Bad Blood remix on iTunes now!As expected, Taylor DOMINATED at the Billboard awards and took home 8 out of her 13 nominations. We give you a full recap of the show and Taylor's always memorable acceptance speeches. What was your favorite part of the show? Tweet us at twitter.com/swiftcast13 and let us know!Our hosts are off to Louisiana this week for the first 2 official 1989 World Tour US shows! We will be doing a full recap (with spoiler warnings) on episode 108.Thanks for listening! If you haven't already, please subscribe to us on iTunes and leave us a review and a

In between all of the excitement of the tour starting, Taylor slayed us last week when she announced that the Bad Blood Music Video will premiere this Sunday, May 17th during the Billboard Music awards! We discuss all of the teasers she's posted so far and give our final predictions for what's sure to be an amazing video.Throwback Tweet: Eating cheeseburgers, scribbling on guitars, writing songs with @edsheeran :) -@taylorswift13 on May 15, 2012Taylor is on the cover of Elle Magazine's June issue which will be on newsstands next week, and her friend Tavi Tulle did a great interview with a lot of interesting questions. We discuss our favorite quotes from the interview. Make sure to pick up your copy of the magazine next week.#SwiftieProblems: Love me like I love Taylor Swift  Wait a minute... That's impossible. -via @Meli_Vc13Taylor looked fabulous in both Tokyo and LA last week and we cover all of her recent outfits in the fashion report.

IT'S FINALLY HERE! The moment we'd all been waiting for, the first show of the 1989 World Tour, took place in Tokyo this Tuesday, May 5th. SPOILER ALERT: If you do NOT want to hear about the 1989 show and setlist, please skip to the last 15 minutes of this episode. We discuss the tour first, and then provide all of our regular segments at the end. Did you hear all of our final tour predictions on episode 104? Some were close, and some were way off! We break down Taylor's setlist song by song and give our initial impressions. We will be talking about the tour more in depth after we attend the first two US shows in Louisiana later this month. We will continue to provide spoiler alerts on each episode, for those of you who don't want to know anything before your shows. Throwback tweet: "Meredith in various displays of bad posture. This is happening a lot lately." -@taylorswift13 on May 2, 2012

The 1989 World Tour begins next week in Tokyo, and we're VERY excited! There are just a few days left for our latest giveaway! We're giving away a rare Billboard magazine from 2013 and it's open worldwide! To enter, go to twitter.com/swiftcast13 and retweet the giveaway tweet pinned at the top of the page. We'll announce the wi

Did you catch the ACM Awards this weekend? Taylor attended and received a special Milestone Award presented by her mom. We have the full recap for you on this week's episode. We might still be crying over Andrea's speech... There's just a few days left for our latest giveaway! We're giving away a rare Billboard magazine from 2013 and it's open worldwide! To enter, go to twitter.com/swiftcast13 and retweet the giveaway tweet pinned at the top of the page. We'll announce the winner on next week's episode. Throwback tweet: I painted a tiny 13 on my wrist with eye liner. Wish me luck! -@taylorswift13 on 4/18/10 #SwiftieProblems: I heard our song in Cracker Barrel today. I was happy and no one else cared. -via @SwiftySam13 on Twitter To wrap up our tour look back series, this week we reflect on the RED tour, including a lot of great submissions from you guys! Thanks to everybody who submitted their tour memories the last 3 weeks. Get ready for episode 104 where we'll be giving our FINAL 1989 TOUR PREDICTIONS!

First and foremost, our thoughts are with the entire Swift family after Taylor's recent announcement that her mother, Andrea Swift, was diagnosed with cancer. Please keep Andrea in your thoughts as she fights this important battle.We launched a new giveaway this week. Visit twitter.com/swiftcast13 and retweet the graphic pinned to the top of our page for a chance to win a limited edition Billboard magazine from 2013. The giveaway is open worldwide and we will announce the winner on episode 104!Throwback tweet: Getting ready to go to prom... In a music video. :) -@taylorswift13 on 4/17/09The biggest piece of news this week is that Taylor was nominated for 14 Billboard Music awards! We can't wait to see how many she takes home on May 17th.#SwiftieProblems: Only I would wear red lipstick on a sunny day and end up singing "CHERRY LIPS, CRYSTAL SKIES" in my head all day. -via @elliemiles3

The Swift family pretty much won Easter this year. We're dying over their Easter egg hunt video, and all the pictures from the awesome birthday party Taylor threw for Abigail last weekend. Taylor won't have much down time for long though. We are officially LESS THAN 30 DAYS AWAY from the start of the 1989 tour!!! With the tour starting so soon, we decided to take a look back at each of Taylor's previous tours in our next three episodes. We cover the Fearless tour in this week's episode, and we hope you enjoy our discussion! Be sure to tweet your favorite Speak Now and Red tour memories to @swiftcast13 so we can include them in the upcoming weeks. Giveaway news- we announce the winners from our recent call in episode, and tell you about our newest giveaway! Throwback tweet: "Playing Keith Urban in the dressing room in honor of the epic prank we pulled on him in this arena last year. Good times, Kansas City." -@taylorswift13 on April 2, 2010

IT'S OUR HUNDREDTH EPISODE! For the first time ever, we took calls LIVE from you, our lovely listeners. We talked all about Taylor, the upcoming 1989 tour, triva questions and much more. Special thanks to Torie, Sashara, Sunny, Jamie, Zac, JudiAnne, and Lindy for calling in. We had a blast! Other highlights from this week include: -All of Taylor’s albums, including 1989, are available to stream on Jay-Z’s new streaming service called Tidal. -1989 is also the #1 selling album of 2015, with 916,000 copies sold since January. -Huge congrats to Taylor for winning Best Lyrics, Song of the Year, and Artist of the Year at the iHeartRadio awards on Sunday! We'll discuss Taylor's amazing surpri

Have you heard the big news? Swiftcast will be doing our very first LIVE call-in episode on Sunday, March 29th! Join us from 6pm - 8pm EST to chat with the hosts, answer trivia questions, win prizes and more! Keep an eye on twitter.com/swiftcast13 for instructions on how to call. The Paper Towns trailer just came out, and Taylor seems to be very excited about it. Could she be writing a song for the film? Throwback Tweet: The downside to drawing my lucky number on my hand = waking up with an upside down 13 imprint on the side of my face. -@taylorswift13 on March 21, 2010 Style went to #1 on pop radio, making it Taylor’s 3rd #1 in a row! We can't wait to see how many more songs from 1989 go to number one. Taylor recently released New Romantics, one of the 1989 bonus tracks, to iTunes. On the surface, it's all about her carefree attitude and having fun with her friends. But does it have a deeper meaning? We discuss how this song might be one of the most accurate portrayals of what it was like to be young in

Taylor's legs insured for $40 million: Fact or Fiction? Our hosts debate. Throwback Tweet: Wow. Philly just left us pretty speechless. Home state, you always come through! Same time tomorrow?Cool. Can't wait. :) -@taylorswift13 on March 18, 2010 (Fearless tour)Style is now pop radio's most played song! Make sure to keep requesting it and gifting it to your friends on iTunes.Set your DVR for March 29th, when Taylor will attend the iHeart Radio Music Awards with four nominations. Let's hope she performs!#SwiftieSucess: When you convert the international student visiting you to being a Swiftie. -via @puppylover1202 Taylor recently released all of the 1989 bonus tracks to iTunes, and Wonderland is climbing the charts! We discuss the song in depth including lyric analysis, tour predictions, music video predictions and much more.