Countdown to Speak Now is now T minus 3 days… actually less than 3 days right now as it’s past midnight!
Pals Taylor Swift and Selena went out for ice cream. Because sometimes you must have ice cream. In the fall. In London. At night. In the cold. Outside. Original story on Gossip Girls.
They ran into a few friendly swifties, including a certain twitter friend of mine who is still in cloud 13 and can’t form coherent thoughts yet.
NBC will air a special called ‘ Taylor Swift — Speak Now’ will document the days of the Speak Now album release including a trip from New York City to Los Angeles, her multiple performances, behind the scenes footage and her concert 30,000 feet in the air on a plane ride across the country. The special airs on NBC at 8PM Eastern Time. You can read more about it at TheBoot.com.
Taylor will go brunette for Target, as part of an ad for the store chain. According to Celebuzz, it is only a photoshoot. Too bad, we’d like to see Taylor having fun with that look with a few funny lines. I’m sure there’s a behind the scenes about to pop up somewhere. Hint, hint. Ahem.
Another great article to read, albeit all articles are becoming heavily spoiler-ish, is the one from Los Angeles Times. A few new revelations are the fact that Taylor used an orchestra on two separate tracks of the album: Back To December, which I consider one of the best songs I have ever heard from any artist, and Haunted. I’ve heard so much about this song. Music insiders who have heard the album have described it as somber to the point of comparisons with Evanescence. Now I really want to hear that track.
Even more full of spoilers is this article from USA Today. I will spare you the spoilers, but the author had really done his homework and knew that Taylor uses highlighted letters in the lyrics contained in the sleeve’s CD to spell out a hidden message. So he managed to get a hold of one and took note of the codes. If you’d rather not know, don’t follow that link. Other revelations from Taylor in that article include the fact that Dear John and Story Of Us are inspired by the same person.
And speaking about Story of Us, E! News got an advanced peek at what Taylor says about that song. No, the song preview is not included.
I can’t wait to write my own review of Speak Now, but unlike industry insiders I don’t get to hear it early. That’s fine with me, I’m just another fan 🙂
Coming up! From our Calendar:
- October 22: The ticket sales for the UK concerts on March 22, 29 and 30 of 2011 open on SeeTickets. Play.com will give you a ticket pre-sales code if you pre-order the Speak Now CD or Speak Now Deluxe Edition CD! More at Play.com.
- October 22: Taylor Swift appears on Paul O’Grady Live in London, England.
- October 22, 23 and 24: Taylor Swift’s Journey To Fearless premieres on The Hub network.
- October 22: Story Of Us will get a 30-second preview on Comcast On Demand and XfinityTv.com starting one minute past midnight. E! News will show the clip in the evening.
- October 23: Last chance to send your video entries for the Team Hug contest! Closes at 5pm Eastern time.
- October 25: Speak Now WORLDWIDE DATE RELEASE
(Sources: Gossip Girls, TheBoot.com, Celebuzz, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, E! News via YouTube, Access Hollywood)
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