Inside this collector’s magazine, we celebrate the most influential figure in popular culture. Known for her autobiographical songwriting and artistic reinventions, Taylor Swift has the ability to write songs that are familiar yet distinctive, accessible but not trite. She’s conquered the music charts, created a billion-dollar fortune, won twelve Grammy Awards, and dominated the pop culture headlines. She’s reclaimed her previous albums too. We’re all in the Taylor Swift era, a love story of chart-topping hits and enchanting success that underscores her brilliance as a businesswoman, strategically navigating the music industry with both artistry and acumen.
“1, 2, 3, let’s go bitch!”
Taylor Swift Collector’s Edition
CONTRIBUTORS
Rated. • Pitch picks a bit of tech to get you moist. With it being worth ‘twice the price’ as the criteria.
…Ace the Audition. • Our six-step guide.
Bigger, Better, Louder THROUGH HISTORY • Who said that the original was better than the cover, or covers, in the case of this little ditty.
In 60 Seconds with… Mark Butcher • One minute with the cricketer, broadcaster, and songwriter.
State of Rhode Island • The Ocean State, home of Taylor Swift’s New England $17m bolthole, defined by its attractions…
Club Call: Kansas City Chiefs • Unleashing Kansas City’s Red-Hot Dynasty.
Toilet Reads. No.2 L'Olympia – Paris • The world’s leading small venues name-checked and waxed lyrical.
Riley Green Singer-songwriter
In 10 Characters, or Less… • The evolution of modern popcountry. From more traditional influencers to the key figures that now ford the mainstream
The Life Of A Showgirl • 100 teeny tiny facts about the Queen of Pop’s massively-massive career.
The Nashville Teens • She came, she saw, she conquered. How a girl ‘too pop for country’ came to town and turned country; pop.
DISCOG-RAPHY Every Album. Ranked. • From the self-titled debut to songs by a self-proclaimed ‘showgirl’, here’s the legacy she fought for.
LYRICS INTACTO-TURNING DIARIES INTO DIAMONDS • The songs that provide hills for Swifties to die on…
WILDFLOWERS • Four female torchbearers for singer-songwriters everywhere.
Merch: The Artful Art Of The Tasteful Upsell • How does Taylor Swift outperform every other global act when it comes to the desirability of her merchandise? Pitch looks behind the numbers for clues, nay let’s call them Easter Eggs…
Taylor'd • Timeline; destination global domination. The twists, turns – and even some wrong turns – you may or may not know of. As they happened. And where possible, why…
Write What You Know • Paul Simpson on the birth, rebirth and ultimate rise of a music legend.
YOU CAN’T YOU CAN’T MAKE AN OMELETTE WITHOUT BREAKING A FEW… • Here is a potted history of Swift’s subliminal world of fan-foraged hints and prompts they call her world of ‘Easter Eggs’.
To name but a few… • Some of the more devious Easter eggs
The Room • In ‘getting to the good bit’, Taylor Swift has worked with some of the world’s most talented backroom staff as part of the writing process. Here’s what they all contributed, when and how.
Lyrical Gangster
SHOWREEL • PITCH TALKS TO MUSIC’S LEADING CREATIVES ABOUT THEIR WORK, HOW THEY GOT THE SHOT, AND WHAT IT SAYS ABOUT THEIR SENSATIONAL SUBJECTS. IN THIS ISSUE, PHOTOGRAPHER CODY WOOD HITS UP THE NORTH WEST IN A SHOWCASE OF ONE OF MUSIC’S GREAT CITIES FROM THE PIT.
OBITS • A few. Never forgotten.
Baddies. No.20 Scooter Braun • Fifty per cent media mogul, fifty per cent cautionary tale, Pitch runs the numbers on someone who is, in our opinion, a one hundred per cent d*ckhead.