Taylor Swift's Best Workout Songs - That's Fit

Posted on Jun 13th 2011 11:00AM by That's Fit Editors By Jennipher Walters for Shape.com Frederick Breedon VI/Getty Images

If you enjoyed last week's CMT awards and were happy to see Taylor Swift win CMT Video of the Year, then we have the playlist for you. Read on for Swift's top five workout songs that -- trust us -- you'll want to put on your iPod right now!

Top 5 Taylor Swift Workout Songs

1. You Belong With Me: One of Swift's biggest hits from her album "Fearless," this high-energy song is great for jogging or fast walking!

2. Our Song: This song has a quick beat, making it perfect for any elliptical or running workout.

3. The Story of Us: While this fast song from Swift's album "Speak Now" is great for any cardio exercise, we also like it for weight-lifting.

4. Mine: This makes for a great recovery song when you're doing intervals. Not too fast, but not too slow, either!

5. Love story: It wouldn't be a Swift playlist without this sweet track. Use it as a cool down!

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Taylor Swift's Worldwide Fans Fit Her to a 'Tea' - The Boot

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Taylor Swift has accumulated thousands of frequent flyer miles this year, traveling to a multitude of countries on a tour that has taken her to some incredible destinations throughout the world.

"Touring internationally is one of coolest things I've got to do this year," an excited Taylor told The Boot backstage before her CMA Music Fest performance on Sunday. "We started off the year in January going to Asia, touring in places I never thought I'd go to like the Philippines, Singapore, Korea, and then back to Japan (Taylor was there in 2010).

"Then we went straight to Europe, getting to play in places where I never thought people would know the words to all my songs, like in Germany, Italy and Spain. I looked out and they knew every word; it was an amazing experience."

Taylor has revamped her Speak Now world tour show for North America, having already made appearances in Columbus, Ohio; Milwaukee, Wis.; and Detroit, Mich.'s Ford Field, her first stadium date on the tour. The two-hour-plus show based roughly on theatrical elements includes 17 songs and nine costume changes. In addition, there are dance numbers, aerial stunts and pyrotechnics, all precisely choreographed.

"It's so cool to put on a different kind of tour in the U.S. and North America," says the young superstar. Internationally, we had to have a stage you could take everywhere. So this has been amazing ... we just played our first stadium in Detroit and I have a permanent smile because of it."

The singer admits to having a Broadway scenario to her stage setup, saying, "I have been inspired by a lot of different things, and since I was a little kid I have been fascinated by Broadway. You have all those set pieces coming from all angles, and then suddenly you're in the experience, you're in the story. I've seen that done really well on Broadway, so since I started in theater that's where that inspiration comes from."

Taylor played to 50,000 screaming fans in Detroit, and she describes it as nothing short of amazing. "There we were, surrounded by 50,000 people who are singing the same thing. You look out and it's a sea of people as far as you can see. I feel so lucky to have had that experience and that memory."

The 21-year old says she has a pretty diverse crowd who come to her shows. "I see every kind of person, every age, and that is so wonderful to see. There are a lot of girls my age who, if I lived in their town, we'd probably hang out. It feels like with my fans there is a camaraderie.

"When I walk out on stage, if they're there and singing along with my songs, they've been through the same things. When I meet a fan it's not like I'm meeting a stranger; I already know they're on same page with me. I have so much fun with them; they are incredibly cool people."

Taylor takes every opportunity to thank her fans, not only by tweeting and chatting with them on Facebook, but by hanging out with them at her stops on the tour.

"We have so much fun with the shows. There are several meet-and-greets before the show and then after the show we have this tea party meet-and-greet. During the show I have people going around through the concert and they know what I like. They look for really passionate people in the audience, maybe in the top row, maybe in the fourth row -- anyone dancing and having the best time, or dressed up like characters from a music video or maybe they're all lit up. We invite them backstage after the show and we have so much fun because we get all these people together in one room for the meet-and-greet."

The Speak Now world tour heads for St. Paul, Minn. for two shows, June 14 and 15, then it's on to Pittsburgh, Pa. on June 18. The tour continues through November, when it ends with two nights in New York City on Nov. 21 and 22.

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Taylor Swift's Arm Lyrics Decoded - 95.5 WPLJ

Anyone who's seen a picture of Taylor Swift in concert lately will notice that instead of writing her lucky number 13 on her hand, as she usually does, she's now taken to scrawling entire sentences on her arms in black sharpie.  Those sentences are actually lyrics from songs -- not her own, but those of artists she admires.  USA Today has compiled a list of Taylor's "arm lyrics" and explains why she may have chosen each one.

Here's a sampling:

June 8th: "I slept in castles and fell in love because I was taught to dream," from Faith Hill's "Fireflies."
Why: Faith is one of Taylor's big musical influences.

June 7th:  "One life, you got to do what you should," from U2's "One."
Why: Earlier this year, Taylor said she'd like to duet with Bono.

June 4th: "I guess we're all one phone call from our knees," from Mat Kearney's "Closer to Love."
Why:  Taylor's a fan and has gone to see Kearney in concert.

June 3rd: "It took a while to understand the beauty of just letting go," from the Dixie Chicks' "Fly."
Why: Taylor was inspired by the Dixie Chicks when she first started writing songs.

June 2nd: "And for one desperate moment there, he crept back in her memory," from Tom Petty's "American Girl."
Why: The song plays over the sound system before she takes the stage on tour, and she counts Petty among her musical heroes.

May 28th:  "I recommend getting your heart trampled on to anyone," from Alanis Morissette's "You Learn."
Why: USA Today says Taylor has Alanis' albums on her iPod.

May 27th: "You gotta keep your head up, and you can let your hair down," from Andy Grammer's "Keep Your Head Up."
Why: Taylor had tweeted about singing along to this current hit on the way to her tour rehearsal.

May 21st: "You've got every right to a beautiful life," from Selena Gomez's "Who Says."
Why: Selena and Taylor are old friends.

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Taylor Swift's Elaborate New Tour - People

Sparks fly, snow swirls, dancers in black cat suits swing like clappers inside huge bronze bells, and a white grand piano rises out of the floor in the new Taylor Swift concert tour kicking off Friday night in Omaha.

"The tour is exactly how my imagination looks and I'm so excited that we get to have these entire scenes created on stage," says Swift.

When the huge red velvet curtain parts, the "Speak Now" tour takes off with "Sparks Fly" as fireworks shoot from mini-cannons, and ends with "Love Story," performed as Swift floats above the audience in an enclosed balcony while aerialists soar Cirque du Soleil style.

In between, a snowstorm envelops Swift seated at the piano for "Back to December," an Appalachian front porch sets the scene for "Our Song," and guests fill pews before Swift interrupts the bride and groom's wedding vows to "Speak Now."

"I started out in theater so you definitely see influences of that," Swift says.

Wearing a gown by Reem Acra, Swift turned the final dress rehearsal, performed in front of a paying audience on May 21, into a fundraiser for tornado victims. She raised more than than $750,000.

"It was just such a magical night knowing that every single person in the room donated to people who have lost everything," Swift said.

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Taylor Swift's "Mean" Music Video - The Gossip Girls

Ushering in the weekend with a brand new offering, Taylor Swift excitedly debuted the music video for her hit single "Mean" on Friday night (May 6).

The country superstar did her part to build up anticipation, as she tweeted to her millions of followers, "The 'mean' music video premieres on CMT in a half hour here in Nashville! 10pm eastern, 9pm central!"

The music video release comes just as Miss Swift also announced plans to turn her final dress rehearsal during the "Speak Now" tour into a charitable event aimed at helping tornado victims in the States.

Being held on May 21 at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, 13,000 fans can try to get tickets on Taylor's website beginning May 9 - with all of the proceeds going straight to disaster relief.

Of the initiative, the 21-year-old told, “I was watching the coverage of the tornadoes backstage at rehearsals, and I wanted to do something for the families affected by the damage. I’ve never opened a rehearsal to the public before, but I felt that inviting my fans to the last rehearsal for the Speak Now Tour would be a great way to raise money. So, tickets will be available for people to come see us in the Bridgestone Arena, where we’ve been rehearsing for the last five weeks.”

She added, “We’ll probably still be doing some fine-tuning to the show that night, since this will be a true rehearsal, but I feel like it is so important for me and my fans to help if we can.”

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Taylor Swift's A Fan Of Nicki Minaj, Rihanna, 50 Cent - MTV

Taylor Swift was recently snapped by the prying paparazzi lenses doing something quite shocking. No, she wasn't stumbling out of a nightclub or caught wearing a skirt and no underwear — rather, the pop superstar was photographed buying stuff at Target.

"I'm spending a few weeks out in L.A. 'cause I have video shoots and stuff to do, so I needed to go buy a record player and they have really good ones at Target," she explained to Jay Leno when she stopped by "The Tonight Show" on Tuesday night. "I've been listening to a lot of music on vinyl. It makes it an event."

During her interview, Swift said that she's been spinning some unexpected tunes. "I listen to everything. Right now I'm listening to a lot of 50 Cent and Nicki Minaj and Keri Hilson and Rihanna," she revealed. "I'm listening to a lot of rap, hip-hop music right now."

Swift may have love for hip-hop, but on Sunday night she was honored for her work in country music when she was awarded the Entertainer of the Year prize at the Academy of Country Music Awards. "I am still really just blown away and so excited that the fans have been so nice to me," she explained to Leno. "It's been a really good week. We came back from our tour in Europe and Asia and we had one day in Nashville. Nashville's where I live and I love it more than anywhere in the world and one of the reasons for that is because in Nashville, country music award shows are like the Super Bowl. I was out and about on my day off ... and everywhere I would go someone would tap me on the shoulder [and wish me good luck]."

Swift admitted that she did have a good omen the night of the ceremony ... she saw her lucky number, 13, pop up mid-show. "The night of the award show they were announcing the nominees for Album of the Year. And they showed Kenny Chesney ... and as they're playing a clip of his video it shows a football player running towards the screen with a '13' on his jersey... and it ended up being good [for me]," she explained.

And, while it doesn't seem like Swift will slow down anytime soon in terms of her music career, she told Leno that she does have a backup plan: hairstyling. "Because we were on the tour for two months... you're on the road and you get bored," she recalled. "So I cut [my bandmate's] hair [and] she looked awesome and so I started cutting all the people on the road's hair."

Would you let Taylor cut your hair? Tell us in the comments.

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Sam Concepcion is ecstatic about his front act for Taylor Swift's Asian tour - Philippine Entertainment Portal

 "I think one shouldn't be here in this business for the race. I'm not in a rush for anything and I'm just living one day at a time and learning from each experience. I'm really blessed and I'm really thankful for what happened," says Sam Concepcion (above) on his good fortune. He was personally handpicked by American country singer Taylor Swift (inset) to open her concert in Manila and to do the front act for her whole Asian tour.

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Sam Concepcion is ecstatic about his front act for Taylor Swift's Asian tour

Nica Tomines

Sunday, May 1, 2011
09:53 PM

"Yes, I'm a fan. She's the most likeable person, ever!" Sam Concepcion exclaimed when asked if he's a fan of American country singer Taylor Swift.

The multi-talented Sam was personally handpicked by Taylor Swift to open her much-awaited Taylor Swift Live in Manila concert on February 19 at the Araneta Coliseum.

PEP (Philippine Entertainment Portal) talked to Sam this morning, February 4, during the meet-and-greet with Jollibee's Yumbassadors at Bistro Filipino at The Fort, Taguig City.

Aside from Sam, other Yumbassadors include Bam Aquino, Niño Alcantara, Miro Frances Capili, Reese Fernandez, and Carmela Lao. 

FRONT ACT. According to Sam, he wasn't really expecting the front-act stint.

"I was told that Taylor Swift was looking for a front act for her concert. I tried out. But I didn't hear anything from them for so long. So, I'm like 'It's okay.' Then... I was thrilled when Renen [De Guia, concert producer] called up my manager [Carlo Orosa] who called me and said, 'You got it! But there's more...'"

Sam paused for effect, "[He told me], 'You will do the front act for her whole Asian tour.' I was floored!"

How is he preparing for the upcoming, much-awaited concert?

"I'm still in the process of picking out songs... rehearsing some songs," he said.

Could this be the break he has been waiting for on the international music scene?

"I hope so," Sam said, smiling.

However, he stressed that the stint itself is already a big blessing for him.

"I think one shouldn't be in this business for the race.

"I'm not in a rush for anything and I'm just living one day at a time and learning from each experience. 

"I'm really blessed and I'm really thankful for what happened.

"As I always say, everything happens at the right time and I know everything will work out if it is the right time.

"So, I'm making the most out of each day and leaving it all up to God. I'm not in a rush for anything.

"I've been really thankful. I feel blessed just to be able to perform onstage here," he said.

NO VALENTINE YET. Meanwhile, when PEP asked the 18-year-old heartthrob about his Valentine plans, he just smiled and said, "No... none yet."

But added, "But hopefully soon."

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Taylor Swift's Beverly Hills estate. - San Francisco Chronicle

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A pea gravel driveway and winding stairway greet you at the entrance of the home.

Taylor Swift's gone Hollywood. The country starlet recently dropped $3.55 million on a secluded 1.5-acre, East Coast inspired Beverly Hills estate.

The Cape Cod-style three-bedroom, 3.5-bath home was built in 1941 and originally listed as high as $4.99 million. It features wood-framed sash windows with canyon views, access to private tennis courts and a guest house. It also has a pea gravel driveway, first-floor master bedroom, a living room with fireplace, a formal dining room and a downstairs office.

?The kitchen comes with wood floors, glass-fronted cabinetry, high-gloss butcher block counter tops, a wide farmhouse-style sink, three-seat breakfast bar and a built-in housekeeping desk surrounded by open shelving.

French doors open many rooms of the home to vine-draped pergolas that shade various balconies, porches and patios. An outdoor fireplace and rolling gardens can also be found on the grounds.

?The multiple Grammy winner paid almost $2 million for a duplex penthouse in downtown Nashville, Tenn., in 2009, and reportedly bought a $1.4 million home in Nashville for her parents recently.

Listing agent: H. Blair Chang, Prudential California Realty-Beverly Hills??.

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Taylor Swift's new album only $3.99 - Salt Lake Tribune (blog)

Amazon.com has Taylor Swift's new album, Speak Now. available here as an MP3 download for only $3.99. (The CD is only $8.) Thanks Freebies2Deals.com!

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What Do You Think Of Taylor Swift's Glittery Get-Up On NBC's 'Today Show ... - Hollywood Life

Taylor Swift opted for yet another glittery ensemble for her Oct. 26 performance on NBC’s Today Show, where she played some fan faves for a wild crowd. Between her dress and her equally shimmery guitar, we could barely tell whether we were looking at at Tay-Swift or a walking disco ball! The girly-girl look is awesome most of the time, but maybe this is a bit of system overload for daytime.

When someone says “Taylor Swift,” the star’s princess persona always comes to mind — from her draping, reflective Kaufman Franco gown at the 2009 VMAs, to her Romeo and Juliet-esque “Love Story” music video. Everything about her screams rainbows and butterflies, but not even in a bizarre Mariah Carey way. After all, it’s Tay-Swift’s image that has solidified her as a tween queen, almost as much as her catchy tunes!

What do you think, Hollywoodlifers? Did you love Taylor’s latest sparkly number, or was it a little too much this early in the morning?

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Taylor Swift's 'Speak Now': Take that - Philadelphia Daily News

Posted on Tue, Oct. 26, 2010 By Dan DeLuca

Inquirer Music Critic

Heck hath no fury like a songwriter scorned, and Taylor Swift has the deadliest of combinations at her disposal: a poison pen and a massive audience.

There are 14 songs on Speak Now (Big Machine ***), Swift's highly enjoyable, a-tad-too-long new album, and, as she writes in the CD booklet's "Prologue," all are "open letters. Each is written with a specific person in mind, telling them what I meant to tell them in person."

In the most entertaining episodes on Speak Now, the third full-length effort by the Wyomissing-raised, golden-tressed 20-year-old singer who sold more albums in 2008 and 2009 than any other artist, what Swift meant to say was something like "you did me wrong, buddy. And now it's payback time."

Or as she puts it herself in the Prologue's P.S.: "To all the boys who inspired this album, you should've known. ;)"

And, indeed, they would have, if they'd been paying attention to the body of work of the leggy singer-songwriter, who wrote the words and music to all of the songs on Speak Now, rather than her other attributes. Going back to her 2006 country-pop debut Taylor Swift, the guitarist and songwriter has been settling scores with wayward beaus on tunes like "Picture to Burn," in which she warned: "Go and tell your friends that I'm obsessive and crazy / That's fine, I'll tell mine you're gay."

The difference is that now that Swift is a global pop Grammy-winning superstar, the foolhardy fellows in line for comeuppance - or, in some cases, forgiveness - are famous folk who, like her, populate the Web pages of celebrity gossip sheets.

Case in Point No. 1 would be John Mayer, the 33-year-old guitarist and heartbreak specialist who was linked with Swift last year and who would surely seem to be the subject of "Dear John."

(Swift has not officially ID'd which song goes with which household name, though in many instances her subjects are obvious, such as rapper Kanye West, the subject of the patronizing and rather tepid "Innocent," who spoiled Swift's MTV Video Music Awards acceptance speech in 2009 and who "I forgive for what he said in front of the whole world.")

Forgiveness is not in the cards for the soulless perpetrator in "Dear John," an almost seven-minute, never-boring power ballad that shouts J'accuse! to a scalawag with a "sick need to give love and then take it away," letting him know that "all the girls that you've run dry / Have tired, lifeless eyes / Cause you've burned them out."

Bad guys aren't the only ones who find themselves stung in Swift's songs. There are bad girls, too, like the subject of "Better Than Revenge," in which she makes a voodoo doll of a boyfriend stealer who is "not a saint, and she's not what you think, she's an actress / But she's better known for the things that she does on the mattress." Web watchers speculate it's about Camilla Belle, Joe Jonas' romantic interest after he and Swift broke up in 2008.

There are others who come under fire in Speak Now, too, like an unnamed critic in the catchy, country-flavored "Mean," who called her vocal skills into question and who "pointed out my flaws again, as if I don't already see them." With the Swift marketing machine behind it, that song is poised to become an anti-bullying anthem:

"Someday I'll be big enough so you can't hit me / And all you're ever gonna be is mean," Swift sings.

The vulnerability that Swift shows in "Mean," even while lashing out, carries over to other songs.

Putting liars and cheaters in their place makes for lively listening, up to a point. But along with the growing confidence as a writer that is apparent on tunes like "Dear John," the most heartening songs on Speak Now are the ones in which she proves big enough to acknowledge her own shortcomings.

Swift has always been precocious, but she seems more mature than ever on songs like "Back to December," which is allegedly about yet another romance, with muscled-up werewolf boy actor Taylor Lautner. That one ends in heartbreak, too, but this time there's no guilty party for Swift to point the finger at, except the one staring back at her in the mirror.

Contact music critic Dan DeLuca at 215-854-5628 or ddeluca@phillynews.com. Read his blog, "In the Mix," at www.philly.com/philly/blogs/ inthemix.

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Taylor Swifts Many Muses, From Joe Jonas To Kanye West - MTV.com

Taylor Swift has a history of writing songs about the men in her life. While the subject of her latest hit, "Mine," off her upcoming album Speak Now, remains a mystery, Swift hasn't been shy about expressing her feelings for the likes of Joe Jonas, a guy named Drew and, most recently, we presume, Kanye West. Even when she doesn't specifically name her muse in a song's lyrics, she's doesn't back down from discussing who her songs are about.
Back in 2006, when Swift was only 16, she released her track "Tim McGraw," inspired by the country singer's song "Can't Tell Me Nothin'." In it, Swift sings, "When you think Tim McGraw, I hope you think of me." She told SongWriterUniverse.com, "The song is based on true events — it happened in real life. I had a boyfriend and we had broken up. After the breakup, I wanted him to be reminded of me."
After working in the world of country for some time, Swift had a breakthrough hit with her ballad "Teardrops on My Guitar." While the guy she wrote about, Drew, wasn't famous, he is one of the few guys she calls out by name in her lyrics. "He showed up in my driveway this Christmas, and it was awkward because it was three years after I wrote the song," she said. "He was like, 'Hey.' It was definitely weird. I was going to a hockey game with my friends, and it was the most drama you could have when you have to go pick up your friends. I got over it. I wrote the song. It's a venting process."
In 2008, Swift thought her relationship with Joe Jonas was "Forever and Always," but Jonas reportedly broke up with her over the phone. And Swift wasn't afraid to open up about her relationship with her famous ex in her song, which appeared on Fearless. "With this situation, I feel like I owed it to my fans to be like, 'Look, it happened, you weren't crazy,' and address it," she told MTV News. "And I addressed it, and, you know, that's a chapter in my life that's closed now."
Finally, Taylor Swift debuted her new ballad, tentatively titled "Innocent," at the 2010 VMAs. In it, she discusses a man who has lost his path in life, but whose "streaming lights are bright to me." Given that Swift refers to "new Septembers" (the same month in which the VMAs are held), she is presumably singing about Kanye West. And Swift has made it clear that this next album will be about things and people that featured prominently in her life over the last few years.
"For me, I write everything that I live, so you've got to give yourself a little bit of time to live a lot of things so you can write about a lot of things. And my only option is to write about what I've been through and what I've lived. So thankfully, in the past two years, I've experienced a lot of things that I've been dying to write about and a lot of things that I wanted to say in the moment that I didn't," she said about Speak Now, due in October.
The Moonmen have all been handed out and the stars have gone home, but there's plenty of 2010 MTV Video Music Awards news, interviews, behind-the-scenes scoop, party reports and more still to come, so keep it locked on MTVNews.com.
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MTV Angered by Taylor Swift's Kanye West Song at VMAs - Limelife

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Taylor Swift appears to be receiving all favorable reviews for her performance at MTV's Video Music Awards this week, but we've heard that MTV itself was a little up-in-arms. First of all, Taylor Swift went against MTV's recommendation to do a Kanye duet, and then she left the audience feeling "uncomfortable," says a new report.
Taylor Swift's public forgiveness of Kanye West through the public performance of a song did seem a little...strange. At first we applauded her maturity and willingness to tell Kanye she forgives him, but now that we're hearing what happened behind the scenes, Taylor's move sounds to have been a little self-serving.
Watch How Taylor Swift Forgave Kanye West in VMAs Performance (VIDEO)
We caught this from E! via Celebitchy late Tuesday:
"Certain MTV execs were not pleased with Ms. Swift's performance-or lack-there-of, as it might be. Not only did her appearance leave some viewers scratching their heads, but Tay also shied away from a proposed duet between the two superstars-according to impeccable MTV sources. Keep in mind this was never an official duet planned by the hip network, but, merely one several key MTV players were very much pushing for."
It's said that after Taylor's performance, the live audience inside the Nokia Theater was completely silent...because they were confused. MTV bigwigs are said to have been stunned too, because according to reports, Taylor never told them what her performance would consist of until it was almost time for her to go out onstage. By that time it's said she and Kanye formed a truce backstage...but she didn't want him out there as part of the show.
Read: Kanye West Apologizes, Writes Taylor Swift a Song
We'll agree, Kanye West took enough of Taylor Swift's stage time in 2009; but it's pretty obvious why things went down the way they did. The song Taylor sang Sunday night is on her new album that's set to come out in late October. Looks like she wanted us all to hear it so, you know, we'd go out and buy it.
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Read: Taylor Swift's New Album 'Speak Now' Out in October

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