— Pierre Suu/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images It’s starting to feel like the Reputation era all over again. After Taylor Swift released her album The Tortured Poets Department, it didn’t take long for fans to realize one of the songs was seemingly aimed at the singer’s long-time rival, Kim Kardashian. Honestly, it wasn’t too difficult to figure out — the intentionally capitalized title of “thanK you aIMee” literally screams “KIM.” The song is pretty biting, but Kardashian is reportedly “over it.” Four days after the song dropped, a source close to Kardashian told People that the realit ..read more

— Gary Miller/FilmMagic/Getty Images; Kevin Winter/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images Ever since Taylor Swift released The Tortured Poets Department on April 19, fans have been busy decoding the songs, and they’ve come to a surprising conclusion. According to Swifties, a majority of the album seems to be about Swift’s brief fling with The 1975 frontman Matty Healy — not her six-year relationship with Joe Alwyn. Fans have assigned some of the most gut-wrenching tracks on TTPD — including “The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived” — to none other than Healy. It’s even prompted some Swifties to go d ..read more

— Taylor Hill/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images Truth really can be stranger than fiction, and Kim Kardashian just proved it. During the reality star’s April 22 appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Kimmel read out some of the wildest rumors he could find about Kardashian, and surprisingly, most of them turned out to be true. Although there is one bizarre piece of gossip about Kardashian’s body that she wants to dispel for good. Kardashian was able to set the record straight on all the goss in a telling late-night segment. “Is it true you blow-dry your jewelry before you put it on?” Kimmel a ..read more

— Sabrina Carpenter/Rachel Chapman/Elite Daily Sabrina Carpenter must have actually put a shot (or two) of espresso in her new single, because people can’t stop listening to it. “Espresso” has even earned Carpenter her first-ever top 10 single on Billboard’s Hot 100. And to celebrate the new bop and the singer’s second week performing at Coachella, Alfred Coffee had a limited-time Sabrina’s Vanilla Rose Cold Foam Latte — which I tried. The “Espresso” song-inspired drink was only available from Apr. 18 through Apr. 21, but you can easily make your own at home. The $7 drink is a essentially a v ..read more

— VALERIE MACON/AFP/Getty Images For the most part, The Tortured Poets Department lives up to its moody name. But in between mournful ballads about exes and vengeful shots at her enemies, there is one uplifting, feel-good song. Or at least, that’s how it sounds on first listen. On “Clara Bow,” Taylor Swift fawns over a “dazzling” new starlet proclaiming her “the real queen.” The song’s final verse caused a lot of chatter online, but now Swift is confirming who the track is really about. In the first two verses, Swift imagines conversations with people who compare her to 20th century it-girl C ..read more

— Lester Cohen/WireImage/Getty Images An unexpected member of the Tortured Poets Department has been revealed. Taylor Swift’s longtime friend Emma Stone is credited on one of her new songs, but fans are still trying to work out just what the bizarre shoutout means. No, Stone doesn’t have a straightforward songwriting or production credit — she’s credited with providing the “oddities” in one of the loudest Tortured Poets songs. After a close reading of the lyric booklet in the physical copies of The Tortured Poets Department, Swifties noticed a familiar name on the “Florida!!!” page: Emily Jea ..read more

— Lais Borges/Elite Daily; Getty Ariana Madix has had one hell of a year. Even if you’ve never watched Vanderpump Rules, which she’s been starring in for over a decade, you’ve seen her elsewhere — maybe on the most recent season of Dancing With The Stars (where she placed third) or playing Roxie Hart in Chicago on Broadway, a gig she just wrapped up on April 7. The reality star has also secured a number of brand partnerships since VPR’s headline-making 10th season last spring, including a cheeky collab with BIC EasyRinse razors where she talks about saving time shaving so she has more time fo ..read more

— Getty Images/Elite Daily Taylor Swift may be the queen of Easter eggs, but still, The Tortured Poets Department has been a complete surprise to Swifties since it was first announced at the 2024 Grammys. With everyone guessing Reputation (Taylor’s Version) was on the way, no one predicted TTPD — but there have been clues since early 2023. Swift has said before that she likes to hint at things years in advance. On The Tonight Show in 2021, she said, “Can I hint at something three years in advance? Can I even plan things out that far? I think I'm gonna try to do it.” During her Lover era, Swif ..read more

— Karwai Tang/WireImage/Getty Images Kim Kardashian is all in on her jump from reality TV to scripted shows, and her latest project is so close to home... literally. The superstar is executive producing the upcoming Netflix series Calabasas alongside her American Horror Story: Delicate co-star Emma Roberts and Pretty Little Liars creator I. Marlene King. Casting for the high school-set show has yet to be revealed, but the source material does hint that Kardashian may not be merely behind the scenes for this series. The new show is based on Via Bleidner’s 2021 novel If You Lived Here You’d Be ..read more

— Ashok Kumar/TAS24/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images, Matthew Baker/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images After you’ve finally committed all 31 Tortured Poets Department songs to memory, the homework isn’t over for Swifties. The new album seems to add so much lore to the Taylor Swift universe, particularly in terms of a controversial ex who may have had much more impact on Swift than fans realized. Now, in a post-Tortured Poets world, some of the songs Swifties have been singing along to for years are taking on an entirely new meaning. Yes, Matty Healy seemed to inspire more of Swift ..read more