Swiftcast: The #1 Taylor Swift Podcast

Big news- Taylor had the most view out of everyone on YouTube in January. Her videos were watched 361.3 million times! In other exciting news, 1989’s worldwide sales are now over 6.5 million!Throwback Tweet: In celebration of the start of the Fearless Tour '10, the Tampa show has a 'you belong with me' dress code. Let's see some giant glasses!! -@taylorswift13 on 3/3/2010#SwiftieProblems: Seeing 13 EVERYWHERE. -via @FinallySwiftThe Telegraph recently published an in depth interview with Taylor, and they covered a lot of interesting topics including fans making fun of her on Tumblr, her "feud" with Katy Perry, when we can expect the next album and much more! We go through the highlights, but make sure to read the whole thing at thetelegraph.co.uk.This is an exciting episode of Swiftcast because we have a new host! We're excited to introduce Adam, who has been a longtime fan of Taylor and will make a great male addi

Taylor took the UK by storm last week! We recap all of the highlights of her trip including the Brit Awards, Elle Style Awards, and adorable radio interview with Ed Sheeran. Throwback tweet: Management meeting. We got a giant new conference room table. My mom and my manager are talking on walkie talkies from opposite ends of it. -via @taylorswift13, February 25, 2010 It's been rumored lately that Taylor might be recording a remix of Bad Blood with Kanye West. We can't wait to find out if it's true! #SwiftieProblems: When @taylorswift13 comes on the radio at work I stop working and just sing -via @Steffii_Spencer Upcoming award show news, fashion segment, and much 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.

On Taylor's 25th birthday, the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles opened an amazing exhibit called the Taylor Swift Experience. Our host Ashley recently visited the exhibit, and she tells us all about the costumes, props, and exclusive photos and videos that she got to see there. The exhibit is open through May 2015, and we highly recommend going to see it! In other news, we're still recovering from this month's Vogue cover featuring Taylor and Karlie! We talk about some of our favorite quotes from the interview. Make sure to look for it on newsstands starting this week! Another exciting thing that happened last week was Wonderland being released to iTunes! We think it would make a great single, and we'd love to hear what you guys think! #SwiftieProblems - Someone used the song Mean for a video project in History and as soon as the song started everyone looked straight at me! -via @CrayZay4Tay The Genius sweater made another appearance last week in Taylor's "Catastrophe" video! We talk about that and all of Tay

This was a crazy week when Taylor killed us not once, not twice, but three times all in one weekend! On February 13th, Taylor released the Style music video, which we'll talk about in detail on this episode. The new Vogue cover featuring Taylor and Karlie together also was released, and we'll talk all about the article and amazing photos from that next week. Then, on Sunday, February 15th, Taylor appeared in Saturday Night Live's 40th Anniversary Special in the Californians skit. She was pure comedic perfection! We're hoping she returns as a host and musical guest in the near future. #SwiftieProblems: I played 1989 so many times in my car that my CD player won't recognize it anymore. - via @cinematicheart This episode also features throwback tweets from Taylor in 2010, our fashion segment, and much 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.

This is an extremely exciting episode because we have our first ever official celebrity guest, singer and actress Kate Voegele! Many of you might remember her from One Tree Hill, where she played singer Mia Catalano, or from her previous albums Don’t Look Away, A Fine Mess, and Gravity Happens. Kate just released new music on the Wild Card EP and is currently touring nationwide! We had a blast talking to her about life on tour, her upcoming album, her recent move from Los Angeles to Nashville, and much more! Kate also answers many of YOUR questions, so thank you to everybody who submitted! Make sure to listen all the way to the end of the episode to hear two of Kate's new songs from her recent EP! You can find her on iTunes and at katevoegele.com, where she currently has tour tickets and meet-and-greet passes available. We hope you enjoy this special episode! Make sure to follow Kate at @katevoegele on Twitter and let her know how much you loved it!

The 57th annual Grammy awards are officially behind us. Though Taylor did not win any of her three nominations, she looked gorgeous and had a blast dancing in her seat and presenting the award for Best New Artist to Sam Smith. Have you ever wondered what it's like to actually attend the Grammys? Our host Ashley was there as seat filler and gives us the inside scoop on what exactly that means, and everything that you don't get to see on tv. We also discuss our favorite (and least favorite) performances of the night. And we're all in agreement that 1989 will slay next year! 1989 was #1 for the 10th week, and it’s expected to be #1 AGAIN for an 11th week!!! Taylor is now the 2nd woman EVER to have an album be #1 for more than 10 weeks! Whitney Houston was the first woman to accomplish this! 1989 has now sold over SIX MILLION copies worldwide!! Throwback tweet

This episode is a mini episode that does not include a main discussion because we just released a special bonus episode featuring our friends from the I Heard That Was Good Podcast. Be sure to listen to the bonus episode because we discuss Grammy predictions!  Sadly, Taylor announced that she will not be performing at the Grammys because she is incredibly busy getting ready for the 1989 World Tour.  Swift History: This week in 2009, Taylor was watching Bruce Springsteen deliver an amazing performance at the Super Bowl and rehearsing for her performance of "Fifteen" at the Grammys! At the year's Super Bowl, Katy Perry did not include any digs at Taylor in her performance, but she did feature some incredible sharks!  Taylor's name was included in a commercial for Saturday Night Live's 40th Anniversary Episode, which will air on February 15th at 8 pm on NBC! We cannot wait to see what she has in store for us on SNL!  Taylor is trademarking several phrases from 1989, including "Could Show You Incre

On this bonus episode of Swiftcast, we welcome back Tim and Carson from the "I Heard That Was Good" podcast and place our bets on who we think will win in each major Grammy category this year! We also discuss the frontrunners for the Oscars!  Don't forget to tune into the Grammys this Sunday, February 8th at 8/7c on CBS. Follow us at twitter.com/swiftcast13 where we'll be live tweeting throughout the show, and tune in next week as we recap all of the winners and Ashley's experience attending the ceremony! Thanks for listening! If you haven't, please hit the "subscribe" button on iTunes and leave us a review and a 5 star rating.

Taylor escaped the cold this week and took a vacation to Mau with Haim! She even took bikini pictures, proving she actually DOES have a bellybutton. We love seeing Taylor take a much deserved break before tour rehearsals start. Throwback: "Hey everybody, Michael J. Fox got in touch with me today and we are good. Thank you for having my back." -@taylorswift13, January 18, 2013 Scott Borchetta told us to stay tuned for the music video for Style, and that it will be "very exciting." We can't wait! The Grammys are coming up on February 8th and we still don't know what Taylor will be performing! Nate thinks she'll perform Style, and the rest of the hosts think she'll do Shake It Off. We'll find out soon... #SwiftieProblems: Sees FedEx truck, thinks it's Taylor Swift. -via @shameonmeow This week's fashion segment includes a whole lot of bikinis that Taylor wore in Hawaii! Thanks to TaySwiftStyle.com for tracking them down. For this week's song discussion, we talk about I Know Places, one of the darkest songs

Welcome to our very exciting episode 89, which is, of course, a very significant number for us! We just launched a giveaway at twitter.com/swiftcast13 where you can win some awesome RED and 1989 merch. You have until January 31 to enter, so go do that if you haven’t! Throwback: we discuss some of Taylor’s old tweets from January 2009 including “So.... We announced the tour dates TODAY!” That was of course about the Fearless tour. Prepare to tear up. This week, 1989 will go QUADRUPLE platinum! Taylor will have accomplished this feat in just 12 weeks! The last time an album went quadruple platinum in 12 weeks was Usher’s Confessions in 2004, over ten years ago! We can’t wait to get our hands on the new spring Keds, which look very similar to Taylor’s watercolor paintings of flowers. Set your DVRs for February 8 for the Grammys, where Taylor is nominated for three awards and will perform. Also set them for February 25 for the Brit Awards, where Taylor is nominated for International Female Solo Artist and wi

Even though it hasn't been officially released as a single yet, Style is already climbing the charts! We discuss why we think it would do well as the next single. Hopefully it will be officially announced soon! NEW SEGMENT- Swift History: We recap some of Taylor's tweets from January of previous years and get super emotional over how far she's come. Fun fact: when she tweeted "Back in the studio. Uh oh..." in January 2013, she was recording All You Had To Do Was Stay! More on that later... Taylor's next upcoming events are The Grammys, followed by The Brit Awards in February. We give our predictions on what she might perform. #SwiftieProblems: I can't stop scrolling through my Tumblr feed. THERE ARE JUST TOO MANY AMAZING POSTS ABOUT @taylorswift13 - via @seattleswiftie_

We're officially in the year of the 1989 tour and Taylor is already slaying 2015! 1989 worldwide sales are at 5,121,000 which means it went quintuple platinum in just 9 weeks! We can't wait to see how many more records Taylor shatters this year. The People's Choice Awards are airing this Wednesday, January 7th on CBS. Taylor is up for favorite female artist, favorite pop artist, and favorite song so make sure to tune in! #SwiftieProblems: I sing along to Blank Space far too aggressively for someone who has a nonexistent list of ex-lovers. -via @mariaaaa_n on  Twitter Taylor has been out and about in NYC in some really cute winter outfits lately. Thanks to TaySwiftStyle.com for tracking them down!  Back to our song discussions this week, we tackle I Wish You Would, track 7 on 1989 which Taylor wrote with Jack Antonoff. Taylor has said that the goal of this song was to have the feeling of an 80s John Hughes movie, and she definitely achieved that. We discuss what a music video for this song would be

2014 has flown by and now it's time to recap our favorite Taylor moments of the year! Thanks to everyone who sent in responses! You guys have made it a great year for us and we can't wait for 2015!

Taylor had an AMAZING birthday! After being awarded as Billboard’s Woman of the Year and officially turning 25 while on stage at Z100’s Jingle Ball in NYC, Taylor had a party at her apartment, where essentially every celebrity showed up to celebrate! Ashley, Jilll, and Steph were lucky enough to attend Jingle Ball and discuss Taylor’s spectacular performance! #SwiftieProblems: Jamming out to @taylorswift13's #BadBlood and you get a kink in your neck because you're bobbling along. - via @_ChristineNatal on Twitter Fashion: We cover Taylor’s street fashion in NYC, along with her gorgeous outfits for Billboard’s Woman of the Year and Jingle Ball! Taylor’s Fan Relationships Discussion: We discuss Taylor’s incredible connection with her fans. Although Taylor has always had an amazing relationship with her fans, she has been going out of her way to further strengthen it. Today, Taylor’s relationship with Swifties seems to be completing her life and making her very happy! As Taylor once said, her relationship wi

Exciting news- Taylor just received not one, not two, but THREE Grammy nominations for Shake It Off! We discuss our predictions for the award show, it's gonna be amazing!  Equally amazing- 1989 keeps shattering records, with its total sales now up to 2.5 million! It just came out on vinyl this week, so go pick it up from Taylor's website or Target if you haven't yet! #SwiftieProblems: I'm to the point where I'm complaining about people liking Taylor Swift because I swear they hated her 5 months ago -via @WolfGirl54 on Twitter Taylor was just named Billboard's Woman of the Year, and she's the first person EVER to receive the title twice! We discuss her interview with Billboard in detail, where she talks about topics including the meaning of Welcome To New York, her decision to go pop, her biggest challenge this year, her relationship with her mom and much more! Thanks for listening to this episode! Make sure to follow us at twitter.com/swiftcast13, subscribe to us on iTunes, and leave us a review and 5 sta

It's officially December and the 13 Days of Taylor are underway! We discuss what new 1989 merch we're hoping for. Make sure to check TaylorSwift.com every day through December 13th for all the deals! Taylor has a super busy schedule this week and next with the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, and Jingle Ball in LA, London and New York! We'll be reviewing all of those performances in the coming weeks. For this week's fashion segment, we share TaySwiftStyle.com's list of Taylor fashion gifts under $50! There are some great finds available so make sure to get them now while they're still available! #SwiftieProblems: I hate it when I'm jamming to @taylorswift13 in my car and then someone calls and throws off my groove - via @fearlessnightt on Twitter Continuing with our 1989 song discussions, this week we discuss Bad Blood. We hope you enjoy it! Tweet us your thoughts on Bad Blood and let us know what song you'd like us to discuss next! Thanks for listening! Make sure to follow us at twitter.com/swi

Taylor slayed us with her television debut performance of Blank Space at the AMA awards on Sunday! We discuss her outfits, newly mastered "crazy eyes" and of course the dancing from her seat.  During the AMA awards, Taylor also received the Dick Clark Award for Excellence. She's the first person EVER to receive it. We can't wait to see what the rest of award season has in store. With it being Thanksgiving week, we asked you guys why you're thankful for Taylor and we got so many great responses! Spoiler alert, some of these might make you tear up! Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! Make sure to catch Taylor's performance on the NBC Thanksgiving Day Parade at 9 AM EST on Thursday!

First and foremost, Taylor has sold 1.688 MILLION copies of 1989 in just two weeks! Her second-week sales of 402,000 became the second highest week of the year, right behind 1989's first-week sales! Taylor dropped another bombshell on us last Monday by releasing the new music video for Blank Space, Taylor's latest single! We discuss the video and Taylor's brilliant role as the girl the media likes to portray her as in articles! We also review the Blank Space Experience App, which is now available on iTunes and Google Play! To hear more on our thoughts of Blank Space, tune in to Episode 80! In other news, Taylor will perform Blank Space LIVE at the American Music Awards on Sunday, November 23rd! Be sure to tune in and listen to our next episode, where we'll discuss her performance! #SwiftieProblems: Welcome to NY is the first song on 1989. In it, she says "it's a new soundtrack." Did she do that on purpose? - via @swiftieprobzz on Twitter Fashion: We cover a LOT of amazing fall outfits that Taylor has been

First and foremost, we want to give a HUGE congratulations to Taylor for shattering all predictions with 1.28 million copies of 1989 sold in the first week!!! She is now the first artist EVER to have had three separate weeks of selling over a million copies! If you haven't bought the album yet, stop reading this and go buy it right now so we can help Taylor break even more records! In other mind-blowing news, Taylor made the official announcement for the 1989 WORLD TOUR last week! It will kick off in May and some tickets are already on sale. Visit TaylorSwift.com for all the latest info and we'll continue to update you on tour news each week. We can't wait!!!!!! The CMA Awards aired last week, and though Taylor was nominated for Female Vocalist of the Year, she unfortunately did not win. We discuss the CMA's interesting choice to bring in Megan Trainor and Ariana Grande to perform, in what appeared to be an attempt to fill Taylor's absence. If you watched the award show, tweet us your thoughts!Blank Space Dis

THE 1989 ERA HAS FINALLY BEGUN! Taylor blew all of our minds on Monday when we were finally able to hear the masterpiece album she has been working on for the past two years! To celebrate the release and the new era, the Swiftcasters went to New York to support Taylor while she was promoting 1989. In this episode, we talk about all of the events and Swiftacular fun! On 1989's release day, Taylor held an Ultimate Secret Session on a rooftop and performed songs during a Yahoo and iHeart Radio broadcast! Even more exciting? The Swiftcasters attended! We detail the event from start to finish, including watching Taylor's performance, getting to talk to Taylor, and so much more! We also discuss seeing Taylor after her interview with David Letterman, being inside the studio for her interview with The View, and watching her explosive performance in the center of Times Square on Good Morning America! Although 1989 has only been out for one week, it is already SHATTERING records. If you haven't yet, buy the album on