Taylor Swift celebrated her 26th birthday on Sunday, Dec. 13 and the end of her 1989 world concert tour with a throwback childhood picture and concert movie films plans.
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Apple chiefs later reversed their decision in a landmark victory for Taylor, but the singer has now revealed she feared the stunt could backfire on her. Initially, Swift essentially threatened to pull her music from Apple’s new streaming service – which would not pay royalties during a three-month free trial period. Apple took Swift’s criticisms on board and remedied their service so that they were paying artists during and after free trials.
According to reports, Apple Music will be the exclusive partner for the singer’s upcoming live concert film.
Watch the trailer in the clip above and get ready for The 1989 World Tour LIVE to be released on Sunday, December 20. Apple’s radio station, Beats 1, will broadcast an interview at 9 am Pacific (1700 GMT) discussing the video, Swift informed fans via a tweet. But that was not before Swift fretted over her stance. I wondered what it would look like if they were all lit up and just dancing around like no one was watching them.
On her 26th birthday, it was Taylor Swift who was giving rather than getting the gifts.
In the video we see a few of the people Taylor Swift calls, “the most awesome artists in the world”, including the following names.
“I was struck with this overwhelming sense of fear”, she tells the host. Users cannot purchase or download the movie, but they can stream it on Apple Music anytime. Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment. She added that she used to be upset about the approach and advised the company to consider the music industry.
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Gigi Hadid, who is rumoured to be dating former One Directioner Zayn Malik after her split from Joe Jonas, also publicly sent her well wishes.
