Swiftcast: The #1 Taylor Swift Podcast

Visit us on twitter at twitter.com/swiftcast13, where we launched a new contest. We want YOU to help us design our new official Swiftcast tshirts! Check out the graphic posted on our Twitter for all of the rules. All designs must be submitted by September 13th. The winner will receive a free tshirt with their design on it, be featured on a page of our website, and receive a free digital copy of 1989 after it comes out! Shake It Off was once again the top digital song, with sales of 355,000 more downloads, bringing the grand total to 899,000 downloads! Let's get it to over one million next! smarturl.it/TS1989 Shake It Off was also #1 on the Hot 100 again! #SwiftieProblems: Every time I write the date, I keep writing 1989 instead of 2014. -via @Speaknow1213 on Twitter Taylor was in Europe for the German Radio Awards, where she performed Shake It Off. While in Hamburg and London, she gave several great interviews in which she discussed the importance of radio and 1989! We discuss some of her quotes and much more! Thanks for listening! If you haven't already, please press the SUBSCRIBE button on iTunes and leave us a review and a 5-star rating. Tune in next week for Episode 70, where our previous special guests, Tim and Carson from Jackson radio and the I Heard That Was Good podcast, will join us to discuss Shake It Off and the 1989 era!

This episode is a bit shorter because we just released a special episode on Monday 9/1 where we interviewed Shelby, one of the fans who was in the Shake It Off music video with Taylor! Go listen to it if you haven't! Even MORE Shake It Off news- the video has passed 66 million views on YouTube, and the song set a record for the highest debut in the history of Billboard's Adult Pop Songs radio airplay chart! Amazing! Shake It Off was predicted to sell 475,000 downloads on iTunes in the first week, but it ended up selling 544,000! We can't wait to see how much the whole album sells!!! It was also announced this week that Taylor will be a mentor on the upcoming season of NBC's The Voice! We can't wait to see her on tv again. #SwiftieProblems: I need to see Austin do the Ice Bucket Challenge. -via @SwifySam13 on Twitter Visit us on twitter at twitter.com/swiftcast13 where we just launched a new contest. We want YOU to help us design our new official Swiftcast tshirts! Check out the graphic posted on our Twitter for all of the rules. All designs must be submitted by September 13th. The winner will receive a free tshirt with their design on it, be featured on a page of our website, and receive a free digital copy of 1989 after it comes out! Thanks for listening! If you haven't already, please press the SUBSCRIBE button on iTunes and leave us a review and a 5 star rating.

What's it like being on the set of a Taylor Swift music video? On this special bonus episode we talk to Shelby, one of the fans who was selected to be in the Shake It Off music video with Taylor! She had an amazing experience filming the video with Taylor in June which she had to keep secret for two whole months! You definitely don't want to miss hearing all about this once in a lifetime opportunity!

It's been an exciting week and we have lots of Shake It Off news! Taylor's new single has been tearing up the charts and shattering pop records! We recap all of the milestones that it's reached so far. Make sure you keep gifting Shake It Off to your friends on iTunes (smarturl.it/TS1989) and watching the music video on YouTube! #SwiftieProblems: When you're singing Shake It Off in perfect timing then you breathe at the wrong time and everything is ruined.-via @MyGirlTSwizzle Taylor gave a great interview recently for Guardian Guide magazine where she talks about feminism, the message behind Shake It Off, defining the 1989 era and much more! We discuss several great quotes from this article, as well as another recent article from the Tennesseean about Taylor's shift from country to pop. For more discussion on feminism, listen to Episode 51 - Why Do Feminists Hate Taylor Swift? If you haven't listened yet, we released a special mini episode earlier this week recapping everything from the MTV VMAs, including Taylor's debut performance of Shake It Off. Go listen! Do you want to win an iTunes download of Shake It Off? Enter our giveaway TODAY ONLY (August 27th) by following us at twitter.com/swiftcast13, retweeting our giveaway tweet, SUBSCRIBING to us here on iTunes, and sending a screenshot showing you're subscribed.

Taylor performed "Shake It Off" for the first time live on the Video Music Awards on August 24th!  We recap and read listeners' comments about Taylor's red carpet outfit and the performance, along with her previous VMA outfits and performances! Tune in to Episode 67, which will be released on Wednesday, August 27th, where we discuss Taylor's recent interviews and her shift to the pop genre.  Be sure to continue gifting "Shake It Off" to your friends (smarturl.it/TS1989) and watching the music video (www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfWlot6h_JM)! 

THE FIFTH ERA HAS FINALLY BEGUN! Taylor blew all of our minds on Monday during her Yahoo livestream when she revealed that her new album is called 1989 and comes out on October 27th. She also debuted the Shake It Off music video, and we can't stop watching it!!! If you haven't yet, stop what you're doing and go buy Shake It Off on iTunes. Then go watch the video at smarturl.it/ShakeItOffVEVO. After the livestream, Taylor threw a pizza party for all the fans who attended in her NYC apartment. Even more exciting? OUR HOST STEPH WAS THERE! She tells us all about it from start to finish including meeting Meredith and Olivia, perusing Taylor's DVD collection, having a dance party in Taylor's kitchen and so much more (!!!!!!!!). Trust us, you're gonna want to hear every last detail. We're now only 4 days away from Taylor's upcoming EXPLOSIVE debut performance of Shake It Off on the MTV VMAs! We'll have a full recap on next week's episode as well as more of our thoughts on the song and video. What do you guys think of Shake It Off? Tweet us and follow us at twitter.com/swiftcast13 and make sure to subscribe to us on iTunes so you're the first to hear all the exciting news coming up!

We are only HOURS away from Taylor's big announcement! Tune in Monday, August 18th at 5pm EST at yahoo.com/taylorswift for Taylor's worldwide livestream. Will she announce the single, the album date, the music video, tour dates??? We'll find out soon!If you haven't already, make sure to watch Taylor's hilarious interviews on Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers from last week. We can't get enough of Taylor's alter ego "Natalie." EW!Following Monday's big announcement, Taylor will be on Good Morning America on Tuesday, August 19th. Then Sunday, August 24th will be her EXPLOSIVE performance on the MTV Video Music Awards. We can't wait!!!Tomorrow, August 18th, we'll be hosting a chat room party for Swifties starting at 4:30pm EST. Go to twitter.com/swiftcast13 where we'll post the link tomorrow. We can  all chat before, during and after the big announcement!Ending this episode on an all caps note. FIFTH ERA HERE WE COME!!!!!

The Giver is officially in theaters today! Ashley and Steph got to attend the premiere live from New York on Monday and we tell you all about the red carpet, our thoughts on the film, the after party, and getting to see all the stars, most importantly Taylor! Also joining us is special guest Zee, @SimplySFans on Twitter, who was at the premiere with us. Make sure you go see The Giver in theaters this weekend to support Taylor and help it reach number one at the box office!

We have a bit of a shorter episode this week since Ashley and Steph went to NYC this week for the premiere of The Giver! We'll be covering our experience at the premiere on our next episode so stay tuned. THE ALBUM 5 CLUES HAVE ARRIVED! Taylor teased us all last week with photos and videos leading up to her album and single announcement and we dissect them all and look at all the possible theories. So exciting!!! Taylor has a completely packed schedule this week. Don't forget to tune into Jimmy Fallon on August 13th and late night with Seth Meyers on August 14th. The Teen Choice Awards were this past Sunday, August 10th and Taylor attended looking flawless. She presented choice movie drama actor to Ansel Elgort and took home the award for choice female country artist! #SwiftieProblems: Is it August 18th yet? I can't handle the suspense! -via @LonnaLu on Twitter Finally, in celebration of our recnet 5,000 followers on Twitter AND Taylor's announcement, join us online for a live Google+ Hangout party on August 18th! Time TBD but keep an eye on twitter.com/swiftcast13 for details. Make sure to hit the SUBSCRIBE button on iTunes so you get our episodes downloaded automatically each week, we're definitely going to have some exciting ones coming up very soon!

It's August, and the 5th album is upon us! Taylor was just confirmed to perform on the MTV Video Music Awards on August 24th, which means we will definitely get a new single before then! It was also confirmed that on August 10th she'll be presenting at the Teen Choice Awards in Los Angeles. The next day, August 11th she'll be attending the premiere of The Giver in New York City, and Ashley and Steph will be there in person! We can't wait to tell you all about it! #SwiftieProblems: Part of being a Swiftie is wishing you were a cat. via @MeganTyx13 on Twitter A few weeks ago, Taylor posted a photo in front of an amazing painting of a pair of angel wings in New York City. Those wings were created by Kelsey Montague, and she joins us as a special guest to talk about her art and her love of Taylor! Don't forget to hit the SUBSCRIBE button on iTunes, and leave us a review and 5 star rating if you liked this episode!

BIG NEWS- Taylor is returning to perform at the iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas this September AND it's confirmed she'll be performing new songs! Her friends Ed Sheeran, Lorde, Paramore, and Coldplay are performing, too! Taylor was recently spotted being interviewed by Rolling Stone in Central Park, and it definitely looked like she was giving the scoop on Album 5. A fan fearlessly rowed a boat up to Taylor during the interview and Taylor gave her $90 to celebrate her birthday! Just another reason why we love her. #SwiftieProblems: When your phone autocorrects "swifties" to "swiftlets" - via @thekeystome on Twitter. "Swiftlets" might be our new favorite word. Every day is Taylor Swift fashion week in NYC this summer! We recap all of her latest outfits and where to buy them, with help from our friends at TaySwiftStyle.com. We asked you for your predictions on which old songs Taylor will keep in the setlist for Tour 5 and got a TON of great responses. Thanks to everybody who participated! Fan favorites seem to be Holy Ground, Long Live, and All Too Well. We can only hope! Make sure to follow us at twitter.com/swiftcast13 and like us at facebook.com/theswiftcast. Also hit the SUBSCRIBE button on iTunes, and it will dowload the latest episodes for you each week. Thanks for listening!

Summer is flying by and we're just three weeks away from the premiere of The Giver! Brenton Thwaites recently did an interview where he described Taylor's performance in it as "fearless," which makes us even more excited! Make sure to keep voting for Taylor for the Teen Choice Awards by going to teenchoiceawards.com. She's nominated for female artist, female country artist, and best smile. #SwiftieProblems: Taking forever to pick what Taylor shirt you want to wear because you have over 30 so it's a TOUGH choice! What exactly makes Taylor so successful? Is her less sexualized image the key to her success? We discuss a couple of great articles from Forbes.com and Jezebel.com which look at this in detail. Make sure to follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/swiftcast13. As soon as we reach 5,000 followers we'll be announcing our next giveaway! If you liked this episode, please hit the "subscribe" button on iTunes, and leave us a review and 5 star rating!

We're back from vacation and Taylor has been busy! Make sure you vote for the Teen Choice Awards at teenchoiceawards.com. The show will air on August 10th on Fox! The Giver comes out on August 11th and we're getting excited! Lois Lowry and Jeff Bridges recently talked about how great Taylor is in the movie. The Swiftcasters vacationed in Connecticut and Rhode Island over the 4th of July, and visited Watch Hill where Taylor has her beach house! We tell you all about the amazing sights, food, etc. in this adorable town. Taylor, aka Professor Swift, recently wrote an essay published in the Wall Street Journal about the future of the music industry. We dissect this incredible piece of literature where she talks about artist/fan relationships, album sales, watching concerts on YouTube and much more! If you're not already, make sure to follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/swiftcast13. We're getting close to 5,000 followers and when we reach it we'll have a live Google Hangout party and announce our next giveaway! Finally, please take a moment to rate and review our podcast on iTunes. It really helps us out!

With summer in full swing, the Teen Choice awards are coming up on August 10th! Taylor has 3 nominations. Make sure to vote now at teenchoiceawards.com. #SwiftieProblems: Buying 2 of everything on the @taylornation13 store. In case you damage 1. Then wondering why you don't have any money. Cosmopolitan recently came out with a hilarious article about things NOT to say to Taylor Swift fans. We go down the list and add our own in this hilarious main discussion. Announcement- The Swiftcasters are going on vacation this week, so there will be no new episode next week, but we'll be back with a new one the week of July 13th! In the mean time, keep in touch with us on twitter @swiftcast13 or at swiftcast13.com.

Lots of Taylor news to catch up on this week, since our guest Alexander Gold took over last week's episode- if you haven't yet listened to his hilarious interview, go listen now! Taylor got a new kitten (!!!), cooked with Ina Garten and hung out in New York and Rhode Island over the past couple weeks, but most importantly she told us to go out and buy her friend and tourmate Ed Sheeran's new album Multiply! We go track by track through Ed's album and discuss our favorites as well as the songs that we think are either about or inspired by Taylor.  #SwiftieProblems: The fact that song 5 on Taylor's albums is always the saddest and we're about to get album 5. Tweet us at twitter.com/swiftcast13 or contact us through our website at swiftcast13.com to tell us what you thought of this episode!