Good morning. Who’s in your earbuds today? No judgment, this is just you and me. But if it’s those geezers off The Rest is History I’d suggest you swipe across to your Taylor Swift playlist, just for the next while. And if this is entirely new ground for yourself, don’t worry, that’s what I’m here for and my recommended entry point is the album Reputation: try counting up the mean references to arch-antagonist Kanye West.
“But I’m immortal now,” Swift sings on the title track of her most recent album The Life of a Showgirl, and it’s hard not to take her at face value. Describing her as a cultural titan risks understatement – the 36-year-old superstar, who grew up on a Christmas tree farm in Pennsylvania, is one of the highest selling female recording artists of all time, accumulating a net worth of over $2bn dollars.
