Talk:Taylor Swift

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 26 October 2026

Taylor Swift is married to Travis Kelce ~2026-57003-01 (talk) 07:11, 26 October 2026 (UTC)

Already done CMD (talk) 07:24, 26 October 2026 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 5 November 2026

Where: Paragraph 3, immediately after the sentence ending with The Life of a Showgirl (2025). Add: In May 2025, Swift purchased the master recordings of her first six albums from Shamrock Capital, resolving the ownership dispute that had prompted her re-recording project.

Where: Paragraph 3, immediately after the new master-recordings sentence. Add: In September 2026, she released *The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore*, an expanded reissue featuring four additional songs, including "Patient Zero". Noha Grace (talk) 06:23, 5 November 2026 (UTC)

Your first request is already covered in the article. Could you provide reliable sources for the 2nd one please? Lectonar (talk) 09:20, 5 November 2026 (UTC)

I’m just chiming in to point out that The Encore is already mentioned as well, at the end of paragraph 4. Rfl0216 (talk) 10:40, 5 November 2026 (UTC)

The lead sentence/infobox should include music-video director

Swift has solely directed the music videos of "The Man", "Cardigan", "Willow", "Anti-Hero", "Bejeweled", "Lavendar Haze", "Karma", "Fortnight", "I Can Do It with a Broken Heart", "I Can See You", "The Fate of Ophelia", "Opalite", and "Patient Zero", as well as All Too Well: The Short Film, The Long Pond Studio Sessions, and The Official Release Party of a Showgirl. That's 14 music videos, without counting the feature lengths. She won Best Director at the MTV Video Music Awards for "The Man", All Too Well, "Anti-Hero", "Fortnight", and "Opalite", and since no other musician directed these many visual works, she was presented with the Artist–Director honor by MTV.

If we're talking recognition, peers like Brokeback Mountain and Barbie cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto describes Swift as an extraordinary director, Free Guy and Stranger Things director Shawn Levy praised Swift's creative vision as a director, and Guillermo del Toro said called Swift is "a very accomplished director, she's incredibly articulate and deep about what she's trying to do." Swift herself talks about being a director to Martin McDonagh on Variety's Director on Director series, the Toronto International Film Festival, and a future feature-film project on Good Morning America. Hollywood stars like the Oscar-winning Laura Dern (calls Swift the "real deal filmmaker"), Mike Birbiglia, Jodie Turner-Smith, Graham Norton, Colin Farrell ("quite humbling, actually" and "very moving"), Dakota Johnson ("good director" and "true visionary"), Sadie Sink, and Dylan O'Brien, all talk about being directed by Swift and her approch. Her musical collborators like Haim and Ice Spice, also call her an "amazing director", talking about Swift's method of instruction on set and letting the cast improvise. Post Malone dubbed her a "kick ass director". If we're talking independent coverage, Billboard, Vanity Fair, IndieWire, and so on, and there's even research papers on her direction.

I'm starting this discussion as there are hidden remarks in both places saying a consensus was reached (that I'm not aware of?). Clearly, there is more than substantial evidence to include the said descriptor. The lead sentence should read "Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter and video director." The same change to be made in the infobox occupation parameter. ℛonherry☘ 15:33, 6 November 2026 (UTC)

Pinging editors in recent edit history for your comments! @Marval4787 @Ippantekina @SNUGGUMS @DarpSinghh @Medxvo @ItsMarkWbu @Rfl0216 ℛonherry☘ 15:37, 6 November 2026 (UTC)

Yea she won multiple MTV Music Video awards including Artist Director honour, her Grammy BMV Award is also credited as Director not Singer. DarpSinghh (talk) 16:26, 6 November 2026 (UTC)

Whatever thread(s) decided to just stick with non-director listings probably concluded before most of the linked articles were published and her number of videos directed had grown. While I'm not sure whether you had "music video director" or just "video director" in mind, there either way is now more than enough recognition and volume of videos to merit this. SNUGGUMS (talk / edits) 17:48, 6 November 2026 (UTC)

Many thanks for the ping; I support the proposed edit.

She has solely directed more than a dozen of her music videos (continuously since 2019), and there are numerous filmmakers, actors, musicians, magazines, etc. who describe/recognize her as a director. She has also been recognized for it by the Grammys (Best Music Video) and by MTV (Artist-Director honor; most wins for Best Direction), so I think it's appropriate at this point.

I'm fine with either "video director" or "music video director", although "video director" might fit better. Marval4787 (talk) 21:52, 6 November 2026 (UTC)

I'd be opposed to include it in the very sentence of the article or the infobox given that she's only directed her own videos. It could be mentioned elsewhere in the lede. My reasoning is that while she has directed music videos, it's not what she's primarily known for. The feature that Time magazine did on Swift when she was named Person of the Year in 2023 doesn't mentions videos or directing at all, for example . Jessintime (talk) 23:33, 6 November 2026 (UTC)

if we're only including strictly what a person is initially known for, then there wouldn't be mutiple professions in the lead sentences of mutiple featured articles on Wikipedia (I can cite FA examples if you want). Direction is definitely also part of her primary career, alongside music, now. The POTY was an accolade given to Swift specifically for the cultural impact she brought in that year (2023). She's since released 6 more works she directed. MTV is the most definitely the biggest organization in terms of videos, and she's won their Director accolades so many times after that, and they even gave her an honorary one in 2026 to independently acknowledge that she's directed so many unlike other musicians. How can you see a person direct 14 videos and have so much coverage for it, and then go "no, it's not notable enough for the lead sentence"! ℛonherry☘ 23:59, 6 November 2026 (UTC)

It's unfair and frankly a cheap cop-out to suggest that directing one's own videos somehow doesn't count as adequate, especially given the accolades, recognition, and media coverage that pertains to Taylor here being one. Contrary to what you seem to think, Jessintime, directing those for other people isn't a requirement to be counted as a director. While making songs definitely remains the primary thing she gets noted for, her ventures with directing shouldn't be dismissed as minor. SNUGGUMS (talk / edits) 02:14, 7 November 2026 (UTC)