Taylor Swift – MuseScore https://musescore.com/news Music news, analysis, and education from MuseScore.com Fri, 26 Jun 2026 18:26:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/wpnews.musescore.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/cropped-cover_85.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Taylor Swift – MuseScore https://musescore.com/news 32 32 253427791 Is Taylor Swift’s ‘I Knew It, I Knew You’ Actually Country? https://musescore.com/news/daily-score/is-taylor-swifts-i-knew-it-i-knew-you-actually-country/ Fri, 26 Jun 2026 18:26:09 +0000 https://musescore.com/news/?p=2785 Taylor Swift waving, photographed at the "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert."

Co-written with Jack Antonoff and featuring 14 instruments, the track is generating Oscar buzz while dividing listeners on its genre.]]>
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Randy Newman’s ‘You’ve Got a Friend in Me’: Chord Analysis and Why It Still Works 30 Years Later https://musescore.com/news/features/randy-newmans-youve-got-a-friend-in-me-chord-analysis-and-why-it-still-works-30-years-later/ Mon, 22 Jun 2026 15:11:09 +0000 https://musescore.com/news/?p=2776 Randy Newman and Taylor Swift performing at the Toy Story 5 premiere in Hollywood, screenshot of Associated Press video.

Randy Newman wrote a two-minute kids' song with a diminished passing chord, a secondary dominant that mirrors the lyrics, and a chromatic intruder in the bridge that nobody can fully explain. Thirty years later, Taylor Swift sang it with him at the Toy Story 5 premiere. Some songs just hold.]]>
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Taylor Swift’s ‘Opalite’ Returns to No. 1 — and Its Classic Harmony Helps Explain Its Staying Power https://musescore.com/news/daily-score/taylor-swifts-opalite-returns-to-no-1-and-its-classic-harmony-helps-explain-its-staying-power/ https://musescore.com/news/daily-score/taylor-swifts-opalite-returns-to-no-1-and-its-classic-harmony-helps-explain-its-staying-power/#respond Tue, 24 Feb 2026 07:50:46 +0000 https://musescore.com/news/daily-score/taylor-swifts-opalite-returns-to-no-1-and-its-classic-harmony-helps-explain-its-staying-power/

After a surge in vinyl and remix sales sent the song back to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, its timeless pop structure shows why it has stayed in the Top 10 for months.]]>
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As Taylor Swift Keeps Conquering the World, Another Major Name Covers Her New Song https://musescore.com/news/daily-score/as-taylor-swift-keeps-conquering-the-world-another-major-name-covers-her-new-song/ https://musescore.com/news/daily-score/as-taylor-swift-keeps-conquering-the-world-another-major-name-covers-her-new-song/#respond Mon, 01 Dec 2025 09:27:48 +0000 https://musescore.com/news/daily-score/as-taylor-swift-keeps-conquering-the-world-another-major-name-covers-her-new-song/

"The Life of a Showgirl" is still making rounds, and this new remix just gave it another slight boost.]]>
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Taylor Swift Breaks Another Historic Chart Record: ‘It’s Double the Next-Closest Competitor’ https://musescore.com/news/music-news/taylor-swift-breaks-another-historic-chart-record-its-double-the-next-closest-competitor/ https://musescore.com/news/music-news/taylor-swift-breaks-another-historic-chart-record-its-double-the-next-closest-competitor/#respond Fri, 17 Oct 2025 14:42:40 +0000 https://musescore.com/news/daily-score/taylor-swift-breaks-another-historic-chart-record-its-double-the-next-closest-competitor/

After coming out in early October, "The Life of a Showgirl" has been doing extremely well commercially.]]>
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From Hamlet to Heartbreak Healed: Taylor Swift’s New Album Opener Impressed Us — and You HAVE to Learn How to Play It https://musescore.com/news/daily-score/from-hamlet-to-heartbreak-healed-taylor-swifts-new-album-opener-impressed-us-and-you-have-to-learn-how-to-play-it/ https://musescore.com/news/daily-score/from-hamlet-to-heartbreak-healed-taylor-swifts-new-album-opener-impressed-us-and-you-have-to-learn-how-to-play-it/#respond Tue, 07 Oct 2025 09:00:04 +0000 https://musescore.com/news/daily-score/from-hamlet-to-heartbreak-healed-taylor-swifts-new-album-opener-impressed-us-and-you-have-to-learn-how-to-play-it/

The unstoppable force of modern music and arguably the biggest pop star in history, Taylor Swift, continues to push the boundaries with her new material. Right from the start, her record "The Life of a Showgirl" slaps you in the face.]]>
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How Taylor Swift Evolved From Country to Synth-Pop: A Songwriter’s Guide to Genre-Crossing https://musescore.com/news/features/how-taylor-swift-evolved-from-country-to-synth-pop-a-songwriters-guide-to-genre-crossing/ https://musescore.com/news/features/how-taylor-swift-evolved-from-country-to-synth-pop-a-songwriters-guide-to-genre-crossing/#respond Tue, 09 Sep 2025 15:08:38 +0000 https://musescore.com/news/daily-score/how-taylor-swift-evolved-from-country-to-synth-pop-a-songwriters-guide-to-genre-crossing/

Taylor Swift's career shows how a consistent songwriting voice can thrive across shifting genres.]]>
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