taylor and i disagree w/r/t value of music/how it's provided, specifically re: spotify. that said, her business acumen is out of this world, as is her self respect. i love her so much i want to stab myself in the eye with my coffee straw.

Radio royalties are multiple times the royalty rate that streaming provides. Artists get .006 cents per stream on Spotify

Real good.

Top 3 songs (in order) from 1989, aaaand go! Mine are: Wonderland, Style, and Wildest Dreams. I cannot get over how good this album is.

Same concept, but if she's not being paid for it or being paid what she considers an unfair amount, it's perfectly within her rights to stop selling it at that rate (and going by what I've seen, Spotify is pretty much the definition of a bad rate).

I think songwriters get paid royalties off radio plays, no?

She said on Tumblr she was actually hiking.

I think she jogs at least four or five steps between pictures with fans.

Ooh, Tay-by, Taaaay-by! Ooh, Tay-by, Tay-by!

How I feel most days:

This so delightfully tone-deaf. I'm very thankful for the huge grin that this put on my face, because I'm having a rough week. Their STRUGGLE is so moving. I can't have Extraordinary Beauty X, because I have Extraordinary Beauty Y. I can't have all the Beauties! Much like Oedipus, Electra or Orestes, I'm stuck with…

I'm assuming if the "Get Taylor Swift a booty" funding goes through, Diplo will start one for Katy Perry.

Naomi Campbell's shade game is en pointe.

I'm watching this through my fingers and my urgent question, which I just screamed aloud to anyone who will listen (potential audience: husband, 2 cats, maybe a ghost), is WHY DON'T THEY SHOW THE EMPTY HOLE AT THE END? THAT'S OBVIOUSLY THE BEST BIT.

I read this right after eating poutine. Mistakes were made.

Oh God Mark, WHYYYYYY???