Shake It Off

Watch Charli XCX’s Punk Cover of Taylor Swift’s “Shake It Off”

Britain’s pop-meets-punk singer-songwriter Charli XCX put out her excellent sophomore LP Sucker last year to applauding reviews. While she’s busy supporting that album, Charli XCX took some time to stop by the BBC’s Live Lounge to perform a cover of Taylor Swift‘s “Shake It Off.” Considering the two are friends, it shouldn’t come as a surprise. And given […]

PHOX “Shake It Off” With Smooth Taylor Swift Cover

First off, if you’ve been sleeping on PHOX and their debut self-titled release, wake up and get into it. Secondly, if you need any kind of introduction, I suppose a killer Taylor Swift cover could suffice. The Wisconsin-based six-piece recently took to Dutch radio at GIEL! to perform a stripped-down, jazzy and somewhat sultry take […]

Watch Taylor Swift Perform “Shake It Off” At The 2014 VMAs

The 2014 Video Music Awards took place Sunday night, August 24, on MTV. None of our primary staff have cable in their home, so we had to watch our Twitter feeds and wait for anonymous strangers online to upload clips for us to enjoy. Those videos have begun to appear online, and it’s time for […]

SINGLE REVIEW: Taylor Swift – “Shake It Off”

Artist: Taylor Swift Single: “Shake It Off” Album: 1989 Genre: Pop Taylor Swift returned to the international stage earlier this week with the release of her new single, “Shake It Off.” The song is the first track to surface of Swift’s highly-anticipated new album, 1989, and it ushered in a whole new sound and style […]

Taylor Swift Announces New Album ‘1989’ And The Lead Single Is Pretty…Different

At long last, Taylor Swift has announced her long-awaited new album and shared the first single. She hosted a very anticipated live stream on Yahoo today where she announced the album, titled 1989 (the year she was born), comes out October 27. Surprisingly, lead single “Shake It Off” features some snappy electronic production, deep baritone […]