• Scooter Braun — former manager to Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande, and Kanye West, and the central figure in Taylor Swift’s masters dispute — sat for a rare 90-minute interview on the Second Thought With Suzy Weiss podcast, his most extensive public appearance since stepping down as CEO of Hybe America last year
• Braun said he never had a substantial relationship with Swift before the controversy: “I think I’ve met her in my life three times” — and said he never had a real conversation with her before he became, in his words, “a villain” to her fan base
• The dispute began in 2019 when Braun’s company Ithaca Holdings acquired Big Machine Records, the label that owned the master recordings of Swift’s first six albums; Swift responded publicly and called it her “worst case scenario”
• Braun also discussed Kanye West, Spencer Pratt, and Sydney Sweeney in the wide-ranging interview

Scooter Braun doesn’t do many interviews. But the former music mogul sat for a 90-minute conversation with Suzy Weiss on her Second Thought podcast — and used a significant portion of it to address the Taylor Swift masters dispute that defined his public image for the past several years.

His main point: he barely knew her. “I think I’ve met her in my life three times,” Braun told Weiss, per Billboard. He said he’d never had a real conversation with Swift before the 2019 acquisition of Big Machine Records — and his company’s ownership of her first six albums’ master recordings — made him the target of one of pop music’s most public feuds. “I was a villain overnight,” he said.

Swift had called the acquisition her “worst case scenario” and went on to re-record her first six albums as the Taylor’s Version series, eventually reclaiming commercial control of her catalog. Braun maintained that there was no personal animosity on his end going into the situation — a framing that does little to resolve the underlying dispute but clarifies his own account of it, per TMZ.

A Rare Public Appearance

The interview covers more than Swift. Braun also spoke about Kanye West, Spencer Pratt, and made brief mention of Sydney Sweeney. He stepped down as CEO of Hybe America — the US arm of the South Korean entertainment conglomerate — last year, and has largely stayed out of the public eye since. The Second Thought podcast appearance is the most he’s said publicly in some time, per Variety.

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• Suki Waterhouse, 34, confirmed in a new Variety interview published May 28 that she will attend Taylor Swift’s upcoming wedding to Travis Kelce — “I’m gonna go to Taylor’s wedding,” she said, adding, “It will be amazing”
• Waterhouse is a longtime friend of Swift’s and is engaged to Robert Pattinson; she told Variety she may “get some inspiration” from Swift’s wedding for her own upcoming nuptials
• The interview also revealed a Met Gala moment: per The Cut, Waterhouse spent part of the evening catching up with tennis player Connor Storrie, making for what one outlet called a “real-life Heated Rivalry fantasy”

Suki Waterhouse has a save-the-date on her calendar. The singer and actress, 34, revealed in a new Variety interview published Thursday that she’ll be in attendance when Taylor Swift marries Travis Kelce — and that she’s approaching the event with more than friendly interest.

“I’m gonna go to Taylor’s wedding,” Waterhouse told Us Magazine, adding that “it will be amazing.” She noted that she and fiancé Robert Pattinson are in their own pre-wedding chapter, and suggested the Swift-Kelce ceremony might offer some real-time research: she may “get some inspiration” for her own nuptials, she said.

Waterhouse and Pattinson, who went public in 2018 and welcomed a daughter in 2024, got engaged earlier this year. Their wedding timeline hasn’t been made public, but it sounds like she’ll have some fresh material to work with once the Swift-Kelce event wraps.

The Met Gala Side Story

The Variety interview covered more than wedding plans. Per The Cut, Waterhouse also mentioned spending part of the Met Gala catching up with British tennis player Connor Storrie — a detail The Cut framed, with some glee, as a “real-life Heated Rivalry fantasy” for anyone who’s ever imagined that particular crossover. Waterhouse, who has described life with Pattinson as something out of Twilight fanfic, appears to be collecting experiences accordingly.

Swift and Kelce’s wedding plans have been in circulation for months but remain largely unconfirmed in detail. Waterhouse’s comments, per E! Online, are among the more concrete pieces of intel to surface — at least as far as the guest list goes.

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• The state court in Wiener Neustadt, Austria, sentenced a 21-year-old man to 15 years in prison on Thursday for plotting a jihadist attack on Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour concerts in Vienna — the plot that forced the cancellation of three sold-out shows in August 2024
• The defendant, identified only as Beran A. under Austrian privacy rules, is an Austrian citizen who pleaded guilty in April as his trial began; before the court retired to deliberate, he told the room: “I would just like to say that I am sorry”
• He was found guilty on multiple charges, primarily terrorism-related offenses, by the Wiener Neustadt court; the 15-year sentence reflects the severity of a plot that caused widespread disruption and fear among fans across Europe
• The Vienna cancellations in August 2024 affected roughly 170,000 ticket holders across the three dates; the plot was foiled by Austrian authorities in a joint operation before any attack occurred
• Swift has not publicly commented on the verdict

Nearly two years after Austrian authorities foiled a planned jihadist attack on Taylor Swift’s Vienna concerts, the man at the center of the plot has been sentenced. The state court in Wiener Neustadt handed down a 15-year prison sentence Thursday to the 21-year-old Austrian citizen identified in court proceedings only as Beran A., finding him guilty on multiple terrorism-related charges, per Variety.

The defendant had pleaded guilty in April when his trial began. Before the court retired to consider its verdict, he addressed the room directly: “I would just like to say that I am sorry,” according to the AP. The court accepted the guilty plea and convicted him on the full range of charges.

The case dates to August 2024, when Austrian security services uncovered the plot days before three consecutive Eras Tour dates in Vienna — shows that had sold out roughly 170,000 tickets in total. The concerts were cancelled as a precautionary measure, sending shockwaves through the global Swiftie community and raising broader questions about security at major stadium events. Swift acknowledged the cancellations at the time but has not commented on the court’s verdict.

A Plot Foiled Before It Could Begin

Austrian authorities worked with international partners to identify and detain Beran A. and other suspects before any attack took place. The Wiener Neustadt investigation established that the plot had an Islamist extremist motivation and that the target was chosen specifically because of the massive crowd the concerts would draw, per WTOP/AP.

The 15-year sentence is one of the longest handed down in Austria for terrorism-related offenses in recent years. Beran A. will be in his mid-30s before he is eligible for release.

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• Beran A., 21, a Austrian citizen who admitted to plotting an attack on Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour concerts in Vienna in August 2024, told an Austrian court Thursday: "I would like to say that I’m sorry" — brief remarks made ahead of the court’s deliberation on a verdict
• He faces charges including terrorist offenses and membership in a terrorist organization, which carry a potential sentence of up to 20 years; his defense attorney says he pleaded guilty during the opening of the trial last month
• Beran A. allegedly planned to target crowds outside Ernst Happel Stadium with knives and homemade explosives as tens of thousands of Swifties had traveled to Vienna for three Eras Tour shows; Austrian authorities thwarted the plot and canceled all three performances on August 8, 9, and 10
• He is also alleged to have networked with other members of ISIS ahead of the planned attack; he faces trial alongside Arda K., and a third man remains in pretrial detention in Saudi Arabia
• The three allegedly planned coordinated attacks in Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and the UAE during Ramadan 2024 under the ISIS banner

Nearly two years after Austrian authorities thwarted a plot to attack Taylor Swift fans in Vienna, the man who admitted to planning it stood in a Wiener Neustadt courtroom Thursday and said two words: "I’m sorry."

Beran A. — identified only by first name and last initial under Austrian privacy rules — offered the brief apology before the court adjourned to consider a verdict in his case. The 21-year-old Austrian citizen faces charges of terrorist offenses and membership in a terrorist organization, which carry a potential sentence of up to 20 years in prison.

His defense attorney said Beran A. pleaded guilty to all charges related to the concert plot when the trial opened last month. The apology Thursday was the last thing the court heard before deliberations began.

What He Allegedly Planned

According to prosecutors, Beran A. had planned to target crowds gathered outside Ernst Happel Stadium with knives and homemade explosives. Swift had been scheduled to perform three consecutive nights — August 8, 9, and 10, 2024 — as part of the record-breaking Eras Tour. Tens of thousands of Swifties had traveled to Austria for the shows, per Billboard.

Austrian authorities detected the plot before it could be carried out and canceled all three performances out of an abundance of caution. In the aftermath, fans who had already arrived in Vienna gathered in the city center to trade friendship bracelets and commiserate over the cancellations.

The case goes beyond Vienna. Per the Associated Press, Beran A. also allegedly networked with other members of the Islamic State group ahead of the planned attack, and is facing trial alongside a second defendant, Arda K. A third man — also allegedly involved in the broader scheme — was arrested and remains in pretrial detention in Saudi Arabia. The three reportedly planned simultaneous attacks in Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates during Ramadan 2024 in the name of ISIS. Only Beran A. faces charges specifically connected to the Swift concert plot.

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• Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are expected to sign a prenup ahead of their reported July 3 wedding — and the state where it’s drafted matters enormously.
• Swift is worth an estimated $2 billion; Kelce comes in at $90 million, making a prenup essentially standard practice for the couple.
• Rhode Island and Kansas are considered the strongest options, while New York — despite being a favorite haunt — could be the riskiest choice.
• The couple has been spotted on back-to-back NYC date nights, and wedding venue buzz has extended to London’s Chiltern Firehouse.
• Kelce reportedly gifted Swift a $125,000 suite of Elizabeth Taylor’s opal jewelry, which may be inspiring her wedding look.

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have a summer wedding on the horizon, and while the world is obsessing over the dress, the flowers, and the guest list, there’s a quieter — but arguably more consequential — decision quietly being made behind the scenes: the prenup, and exactly where it gets signed.

With Swift sitting on an estimated $2 billion fortune and Kelce worth around $90 million, the couple checks every box for a prenup being not just smart, but necessary. Both are still active earners. Both have significant separate assets. And both have lawyers who are almost certainly very, very good at their jobs. But here’s the wrinkle most people don’t think about — the state where a prenup is drafted typically determines which state’s laws govern it, regardless of where the couple ultimately lives. That makes picking a jurisdiction just as strategic as picking a venue.

Which State Makes the Most Sense?

Swift and Kelce have ties to at least six states — Rhode Island, Missouri, Kansas, Tennessee, New York, and the broader New York area — and each comes with its own legal landscape. Sources familiar with the situation say California is already off the table.

Rhode Island may actually be the smartest play for a woman of Swift’s stature. It’s considered the strongest overall fit when you factor in her billionaire-level wealth, its courts’ respect for separate property, and the fact that judges there are less likely to go rogue and rewrite agreements. Swift owns a well-known estate in the state, so there’s a genuine connection beyond legal convenience.

Kansas comes in as a close runner-up. It’s a prenup-friendly state with predictable courts and solid protections for separate property — and it makes geographic sense given that Kelce recently bought a home there and his entire NFL career has been rooted in Kansas City, which straddles the Kansas-Missouri border.

Tennessee lands somewhere in the middle of the pack. It’s generally a favorable state for wealthy entertainers, and Swift’s roots in Nashville run deep. Missouri is considered slightly better than New York but not a frontrunner. And New York? Despite being the city where the couple has been spending so much of their time lately, it’s probably the worst option on the list — New York judges are known for scrutinizing prenups closely and, in some cases, tossing them out entirely.

Of course, as the analysis notes, Swift and Kelce have good enough lawyers to make almost any state work. They could even go the Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez route and skip a prenup entirely — though that arrangement famously didn’t end well for either party.

Date Nights, Chivalry, and a Wedding That’s Coming Fast

While the legal logistics get sorted, the couple has been very publicly enjoying New York in the lead-up to what’s being reported as a July 3 wedding date. Over the weekend of May 16, they hit a private event at Honey’s cocktail bar in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, arriving by SUV and walking hand-in-hand to the entrance. Kelce — wearing all black — placed a hand gently on Swift’s back as he guided her inside.

Earlier that evening, Swift had been wearing a green metallic spaghetti-strap dress that was doing absolutely nothing against Brooklyn’s 57-degree night air. Kelce’s solution? He gave her his suit jacket and braved the chill in just his t-shirt. Chivalry, apparently, is very much alive in the Kelce household.

The night before, the two had been photographed strolling hand-in-hand through Manhattan’s SoHo neighborhood before sitting down for a Mediterranean dinner at Or’esh.

Wedding venue speculation has also gone international. According to The U.S. Sun, Swift and Kelce traveled to London and took meetings at The Chiltern Firehouse, sitting down with owner Andre Balazs to discuss hosting a VIP event for around 120 guests. The venue has been closed to the public following structural damage but remains available for private bookings. “London holds a huge place in Taylor’s heart and she has so many British friends who she wants to celebrate with,” a source told the outlet. The Chiltern Firehouse also carries personal history — the two reportedly partied there after Swift’s Eras Tour dates at Wembley Stadium.

The Elizabeth Taylor Connection

Beyond the legal and logistical planning, there’s a romantic throughline running through the entire engagement period that fans have been piecing together. Over recent weeks, Swift has been photographed wearing multiple opal pieces from the late Elizabeth Taylor’s jewelry collection — bracelets, a ring, chandelier earrings — spotted most notably during her New York Times Magazine interview and that Brooklyn dinner appearance.

The full suite originally sold through Christie’s in 2011 for $6,000, then resold by Fox Estate Jewelry on 1stDibs in 2025 for $125,000. Adam Fox, the jewelry dealer behind the sale, noticed something unusual about the transaction almost immediately — the purchase came through a sports agent, out of nowhere, no negotiation, no back-and-forth.

“On the majority of these online platforms, for higher-ticket items, somebody will reach out, ask questions,” Fox told Page Six Style. “Sometimes they will try to negotiate, sometimes they won’t. This just randomly sold.”

He didn’t put it together until he spotted Swift wearing the complete set publicly. “I was like, ah, this makes so much more sense,” Fox said. “It was very cool” seeing the collection end up on “one of the most famous women in the world.” Fox stopped short of confirming Kelce was the buyer, but noted the sports agent connection was the only reason he assumed as much: “I’m just the jewelry dealer. I just had to assume.”

The choice of Elizabeth Taylor’s jewelry carries more weight than just price tag. Swift’s album The Life of a Showgirl reportedly includes a song inspired by the Hollywood legend, and another track, “Opalite,” has become closely tied to Kelce — he’s called it his favorite song on the record. Opal is also Kelce’s birthstone. And Swift has had her own emotional connection to the stone for years. “My favorite stone is an opal because when I was bullied in school, my mom used to take me to TJ Maxx after school to look at the opal jewelry,” she told Us Weekly back in 2016. “I thought opals were so beautiful, and somehow it made me feel better. We never bought them, just looked.”

Now she’s wearing $125,000 worth of them. Quite the full-circle moment.

As for the wedding dress itself, a source cited by The Daily Mail claims Swift became so immersed in Elizabeth Taylor’s visual world while filming the music video for her song “Elizabeth Taylor” that she’s now drawing on the actress’s iconic style for her bridal look — potentially nodding to Taylor’s classic 1950 wedding gown. Old Hollywood glamour, an opal-obsessed fiancé, and a prenup that could be filed in Rhode Island. Taylor Swift really does think of everything.

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• Taylor Swift has been spotted wearing a rare opal jewelry suite once owned by Elizabeth Taylor, valued at $125,000
• Estate jeweler Adam Fox says the set sold around Christmas 2025 to a sports agent — pointing to Travis Kelce as the likely buyer
• The Darlene de Sedle suite originally sold at Christie’s in 2011 for $6,000 before Fox’s company resold it on 1stDibs for $125,000
• Swift wore the complete set — two bracelets, a ring, and chandelier earrings — publicly for the first time at a friend’s wedding in Brooklyn
• Fans also noticed the earrings feature 13 stones, sending the Swiftie internet into full Easter egg mode over a potential TS13

What do you get the most famous woman in the world? If you’re Travis Kelce, apparently the answer is a $125,000 opal jewelry suite once owned by Elizabeth Taylor — and the story of how it got from a Hollywood legend’s estate to Taylor Swift’s wrist is genuinely wild.

Over the past several weeks, Swift has been quietly stepping out in pieces from a rare Darlene de Sedle collection that once belonged to Taylor’s muse and the subject of her song “Elizabeth Taylor” — the late screen icon herself. First came a ring and round-cut bracelet during an April outing in New York City, then a marquise-shaped bracelet for her New York Times Magazine interview. But on Saturday, May 16, Swift debuted the full suite — both bracelets, the ring, and a pair of show-stopping chandelier earrings — while attending a friend’s wedding with Kelce at Honey’s in Bushwick, Brooklyn. She wore it all with a gold Maria Lucia Hohan Allar silk dress, an Aquazzura Ari clutch, and Aquazzura Tequila sandals.

That’s when the internet went looking for answers.

The Jeweler Who Put It All Together

Adam Fox, a third-generation estate jeweler at Fox Estate Jewelry, woke up Sunday morning to messages about an Instagram post from account WeWoreWhatJewels showing the full suite on Swift — and immediately had an “ah” moment.

Fox had acquired the set and listed it on 1stDibs after it originally sold through Christie’s 2011 auction of Elizabeth Taylor’s estate for just $6,000. His company resold it in 2025 for $125,000. The buyer? A sports agent. And the timing? Right around Christmas.

“On the majority of these online platforms, for higher-ticket items, somebody will reach out, ask questions. Sometimes they will try to negotiate, sometimes they won’t. This just randomly sold,” Fox told Page Six Style, calling the purchase “very strange” at the time. He shrugged it off — until Sunday morning.

“I was like, ah, this makes so much more sense,” he said. As for whether Kelce or someone on his team was the mystery buyer, Fox was careful but pointed: “I’m just the jewelry dealer. I just had to assume. And the only reason I assumed that was because it was going to a sports agent.”

The suite itself — crafted from black opals and natural Australian crystal set in 22-karat gold — had essentially vanished from public view for over a decade after the Christie’s sale, which only added to its mystique. Fox had been drawn to it for its Hollywood provenance and the obscurity of its designer. “It’s not something that’s ever run across my desk,” he said of the Darlene de Sedle pieces.

But what struck him most was the poetry of the whole thing. “I’m just glad it went to somebody that actually appreciates it. I know Taylor Swift has a song about Elizabeth Taylor, and it all makes sense. It seems like it was bought with a lot of purpose; there was obviously a lot of thought put into this one,” Fox said. “And coming from somebody like Elizabeth Taylor and going to somebody who, among today’s generation, is just as recognizable as Taylor was back then? I think that’s very cool.”

Fans Are Seeing More Than Just Jewelry

Of course, Swifties never let a fashion moment pass without forensic analysis — and this one gave them plenty to work with.

Eagle-eyed fans quickly noticed that the opal chandelier earrings feature 13 stones. Given that Swift’s next project would be her 13th studio album, and given that she wore 12-stone ruby earrings to the 2025 Grammy Awards right before announcing her 12th album, The Life of a Showgirl — well, the math wasn’t lost on anyone.

“There is just NO WAY she’s wearing an earring with 13 stones????!!!!!” one X user wrote Saturday night, calling it “fun teasing.” Another added: “TS13 easter eggs are going to be impossible [because] is it 13 because it’s Taylor Swift or because it’s TS13????”

Not everyone is convinced. “Taylor attending a wedding, she’s not Easter egging while attending her fiancé’s friend’s wedding,” another Swiftie pushed back. “Use your brain.”

Swift herself has been pretty clear about her Easter egg philosophy. “There are dos and don’ts. I’m never going to plan an Easter egg that ties back to my personal life,” she said on Kelce’s New Heights podcast in August 2025. “It’s always going to be toward music or something that I have coming up.”

And the opal connection runs even deeper than the jewelry. On The Life of a Showgirl, Swift included a track called “Opalite” — about the man-made version of Travis Kelce’s birthstone. “Opalite is man-made opal, so I’ve always loved opals [and] my mom has always loved opals,” Swift said at her Release Party of a Showgirl screening last October. “I loved the metaphor of, like, a man-made opal and you also have to make your own happiness in your life.”

So whether the earrings are a hint at TS13 or just a very intentional, very romantic gift from a fiancé who did his homework — the full picture is this: Travis Kelce found a one-of-a-kind piece of Hollywood history, connected it to one of Swift’s most personal artistic obsessions, and gave it to her quietly, at Christmas, through a sports agent, with no fanfare. That’s either the most thoughtful gift in recent celebrity history, or very good optics. Maybe both.

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• Taylor Swift wore a $1,190 Stella McCartney peplum top to dinner at NYC’s exclusive Zero Bond club on May 14
• Her bodyguard was spotted hauling a Stella McCartney garment bag to her door earlier that same day
• Swift has been spotted in white outfits multiple times this week, leaning into what fans are calling her “bridal era”
• Her wedding to Travis Kelce is reportedly set for July 3, 2026 in New York City
• Swift is personally calling friends to invite them and keeping details tightly under wraps

Taylor Swift had her outfit hand-delivered — literally — before stepping out in New York City on Thursday night. The 36-year-old was spotted heading into Zero Bond, Manhattan’s members-only dinner club, wearing a crisp white Stella McCartney peplum cotton poplin shirt that retails for $1,190, cinched at the waist with a thin black belt and paired with loose tan trousers.

Earlier that same day, her bodyguard was photographed outside her NYC home hauling a large white garment bag and a Stella McCartney shopping bag — making it pretty clear where the evening’s look came from. Swift has a long-standing relationship with the British designer; the two were recently spotted sitting next to each other at a Paul McCartney concert in Los Angeles.

For accessories, Swift went understated but expensive: black sandals from the Row ($1,150) and a small black Fendi bag that runs $4,450. Her long hair was worn down in waves with her signature blunt bangs. The whole look was effortlessly polished — the kind of outfit that reads casual until you do the math.

A Week Full of White — and a Wedding on the Horizon

The Stella McCartney moment wasn’t the only head-turning white look Swift served this week. On Tuesday, she celebrated close friend Lena Dunham’s 40th birthday at Via Carota, a beloved Italian spot in NYC’s West Village, wearing a sleek white Retrofete minidress paired with Gucci ankle-strap heels, a black Christian Dior mini bag, and her now-famous engagement ring. The birthday dinner drew a fun crowd — Andrew Rannells, Emily Ratajkowski, director Romain Gavras, Swift’s longtime bestie Ashley Avignone, and Dunham’s husband, musician Luis Felber, all turned up for the occasion. Rannells posted a snap from the night on his Instagram Story, jokingly thanking Dunham for taking the photo so he “can seem cool for the kids.”

The night before that, Swift was spotted with her family — parents Scott and Andrea Swift and brother Austin — at The Eighty Six, another West Village restaurant, this time in a black Valentino minidress with a crystal-embellished bodice and matching Christian Louboutin peep-toe heels. So yes, she’s been out every night this week, and she looks incredible every time.

Fans have been quick to notice the recurring white-outfit theme, and the timing makes it feel intentional. Swift and Travis Kelce are reportedly set to marry on July 3, 2026, in New York City — save-the-dates have reportedly gone out to guests, though neither Swift nor Kelce has confirmed the details publicly. According to TMZ, Swift has been personally calling friends to invite them to the wedding and is keeping specifics locked down tight after early leaks.

The couple got engaged in August 2025, and Swift has been open about how perfectly Kelce pulled it off. On The Graham Norton Show last October, she recalled the moment: “He really crushed it in surprising me. While we were talking on his podcast, he had a complete garden built out the back of his house to propose in. He went all out — 10 out of 10.”

Their joint Instagram announcement at the time was pure them: “Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married.”

With the wedding now less than two months away, every white look Swift steps out in feels like a countdown. And if Thursday’s Stella McCartney moment is any indication of the bridal energy she’s bringing to July 3 — the guests are in for something.

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• Taylor Swift and Beyoncé are both entering the National Recording Registry for the first time with ‘1989’ and ‘Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It),’ respectively.
• The Library of Congress named 25 recordings to its 2026 class, chosen from more than 3,000 public nominations.
• Other inductees include Weezer’s Blue Album, The Go-Go’s ‘Beauty and the Beat,’ Chaka Khan’s ‘I Feel for You,’ and Ray Charles’ ‘Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music.’
• Rosanne Cash and her late father Johnny Cash become the first daughter-father duo both represented in the registry.
• The additions bring the registry’s total to 700 titles — a fraction of the Library’s nearly 4 million recorded sound items.

Taylor Swift and Beyoncé have conquered just about every chart, award, and record the music industry has to offer. Now they can add the Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry to that list.

Acting Librarian of Congress Robert R. Newlen announced the 2026 class of inductees Thursday, selecting 25 recordings deemed worthy of permanent preservation based on their “cultural, historical or aesthetic importance in the nation’s recorded sound heritage.” Swift’s 2014 pop landmark 1989 and Beyoncé’s 2008 anthem “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)” both make their Registry debuts — the first time either artist has been included in the archive.

“Music and recorded sound are essential, wonderful parts of our daily lives and our national heritage,” Newlen said in a statement. “The National Recording Registry works to preserve our national playlist for generations to come. The Library of Congress is proud to select these audio treasures and will work to preserve them with our partners in the recording industry.”

1989 is the most recent recording in this year’s class — and the only one from after 2008. The Library notes that Swift made the bold choice to fully abandon country on her fifth studio album, a decision she defended at the time. “A big goal of mine was to make this album very sonically cohesive,” she told CBS This Morning in 2014. “So, if I were to put a fiddle on a version of ‘Shake It Off’ and service it to country radio, that would’ve completely shattered the entire idea I had that this album was going to have its own sound.” The gamble paid off — 1989 produced three number-one singles, won Album of the Year at the Grammys, and was later re-recorded and released in 2023 as 1989 (Taylor’s Version) after Swift acquired the rights to her masters from music executive Scooter Braun.

“Single Ladies” gets its own moment of recognition too. The Library describes the song as a blockbuster “embraced by all generations and fans of almost every musical style.” It was the centerpiece of Beyoncé’s double album I Am… Sasha Fierce, which debuted at number one, sold 10 million copies worldwide, and won five Grammys. Beyoncé, who has spoken about how hard-fought her success has been, put it plainly in a 2010 interview: “I didn’t wake up and become famous. I started out without a tour bus, having the seat in the back of the awards show, at the Grammys. And every year, gradually we had to work and we became stronger and more people acknowledged us. But it was a lot of tears, a lot of sacrifice, a lot of hard work that went into my career.”

There’s a political footnote worth mentioning: acting Librarian Newlen was appointed after President Trump fired the previous Librarian, Carla Hayden, in 2025. Trump, who has publicly voiced contempt for both Beyoncé and Taylor Swift, has not commented on either induction.

The Full Class of 2026 Has Something for Everyone

Beyond the two headline names, this year’s class is a genuinely eclectic sweep through American musical history — spanning 70 years, from Spike Jones and His City Slickers’ 1944 novelty single “Cocktails for Two” all the way to Swift’s 1989.

Weezer’s self-titled debut — universally known as The Blue Album — was among the most nominated recordings submitted by the public this year. The Library describes it as a record that “broke through the angst-filled sounds of alternative rock and presented a new nerdy geek-rock charm,” featuring “Buddy Holly,” “Say It Ain’t So,” and “Undone – The Sweater Song.” Rivers Cuomo reflected on the band’s contrarian approach in a 2024 interview: “Rock bands were getting more and more outrageous with tattoos and piercings. We came out completely clean-cut, four guys standing in a line, singing songs in major keys, about girls or whatever. It didn’t quite make sense how that was the next step for rock and roll.”

The Go-Go’s landmark debut Beauty and the Beat is also in, and the band is understandably emotional about it. “I don’t know that there is a better feeling than knowing that women are raising their daughters and playing them the Go-Go’s,” guitarist Jane Wiedlin said. “As far as the Go-Go’s legacy, the biggest accomplishment is that we broke the glass ceiling. I get in a lot of arguments over this, but there is literally no other all-female band that went No. 1 on the charts, play their own instruments and write their own songs. None.” Singer Belinda Carlisle added her own long view: “It’ll be great 100 years from now when someone is doing their research and they see The Go-Go’s in there.”

Chaka Khan’s 1984 cover of Prince’s “I Feel for You” — the one that opens with Grandmaster Melle Mel chanting her name on a loop, which Khan has admitted she wasn’t thrilled about at the time — is now immortalized alongside the rest. “For the Library of Congress to say this recording belongs in the permanent collection of American sound heritage, that means it wasn’t just a hit, it was history,” Khan said. “And I am so very grateful to have been part of it.” The track spent 26 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 and won two Grammys.

Ray Charles’ Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music (1962), Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble’s Texas Flood (1983), Reba McEntire’s Rumor Has It (1990), and the original 1975 Broadway cast recording of Chicago round out the album selections. Classic singles entering the registry include Gladys Knight and the Pips’ “Midnight Train to Georgia,” The Charlie Daniels Band’s “The Devil Went Down to Georgia,” The Byrds’ “Turn! Turn! Turn!,” José Feliciano’s “Feliz Navidad,” Vince Gill’s “Go Rest High on That Mountain” — a song Gill wrote for his brother Bob, who died of a heart attack — and the Chicago house music staple “Your Love” by Jamie Principle and Frankie Knuckles.

There are a couple of genuinely unexpected entries too. The Doom video game soundtrack (1993) becomes only the third video game score inducted into the registry, following Super Mario Bros. and Minecraft: Volume Alpha. And the March 8, 1971 radio broadcast of “The Fight of the Century” — Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier — gets its moment, preserved for the way announcers Van Patrick and Charles King managed to cover the bout from a nearby hotel after fight organizers blocked ringside radio access.

A Family First

One of the quieter milestones in this year’s class belongs to Rosanne Cash. Her 1993 album The Wheel — written during the painful stretch between the end of her marriage to Rodney Crowell and the beginning of her relationship with producer John Leventhal — earns her a place in the registry alongside her father, Johnny Cash, whose At Folsom Prison was inducted back in 2003. They become the first daughter-father pair to both be represented in the archive.

The 2026 class brings the National Recording Registry to 700 total titles — still just a sliver of the Library’s collection of nearly 4 million recorded sound items. Public nominations for the class of 2027 are open through October 1.

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• Taylor Swift dined at The Eighty Six in NYC’s West Village with her parents and brother Austin on May 11
• Travis Kelce was absent from the outing, though the couple had just returned from a whirlwind week in London and Greece
• Swift and Kelce reportedly attended Chiefs star George Karlaftis’ wedding in Greece, where Taylor was spotted dancing late into the night
• Page Six reports the couple will wed in New York City on July 3, with save-the-dates already sent
• Sources say the wedding dress may be inspired by Elizabeth Taylor’s iconic 1950 gown

Taylor Swift had a night to herself — well, almost. The pop superstar stepped out for a rare family dinner in New York City on Monday, May 11, joining her parents Scott and Andrea Swift and her brother Austin for what appeared to be a belated Mother’s Day celebration. Travis Kelce was nowhere in sight, but honestly, the Swift family together in the West Village is its own kind of event.

According to TMZ, the group made their way into The Eighty Six, an upscale steakhouse tucked into the West Village. Taylor was dressed to impress — a chic black mini dress with spaghetti straps and sparkly silver sequins at the neckline, silver pumps, a matching handbag, and her signature red lip. Hair up, head down, flanked by her dad and brother as cameras gathered near the entrance. Her mom, Andrea, smiled wide and held her daughter’s hand the whole way across the street.

It was one of those moments that felt both completely ordinary and quietly significant at the same time.

A Family Rallying Around Each Other

The dinner carries a little extra weight when you remember what the Swift family went through last summer. Scott Swift underwent quintuple bypass surgery for a heart issue, and by Taylor’s own account, it reoriented everything. “The biggest part of our summer was, as a family, just taking care of him and getting him back to his old self,” she said during an October 2025 appearance on SiriusXM’s Morning Mash Up. “He had amazing medical care and help. The doctors and nurses that I’m going to be forever grateful for. It recontextualizes to you what matters, honestly.”

She added that her dad is now at “150 percent” — with “too much energy,” by her description. Following his recovery, Taylor donated $1 million to the American Heart Association over the 2025 holiday season. “Taylor Swift’s remarkable generosity will create lasting change far beyond its financial value,” said the organization’s CEO Nancy Brown at the time. “Her family’s experience with cardiovascular disease is all too common, affecting nearly half of American adults.”

Seeing the whole Swift family out together, laughing and hand-holding their way into a restaurant? It hits differently after all of that.

Before NYC: A Week of London Nights and a Greek Wedding

The family dinner came at the end of a very full stretch for Taylor and Travis. The couple had just wrapped a packed week abroad that involved a romantic London date night, a West End theater debut, a celebrity birthday party, and a teammate’s wedding in Greece.

On May 7, Swift and Kelce were photographed leaving the acclaimed Indian restaurant Gymkhana in London alongside British cinematographer Rina Yang — one of Swift’s longtime creative collaborators, who directed All Too Well: The Short Film in 2021. That same night, the couple caught Sadie Sink’s West End debut in Romeo & Juliet at the Harold Pinter Theatre, where Sink stars opposite Noah Jupe. Fans were delighted to see Swift showing up for her friend in person.

For the theater, Taylor wore a floral midi dress with strappy heels and a black coat; Kelce paired a black T-shirt with a Louis Vuitton suit. The following evening, they upgraded the fashion ante further — Swift in a black lace top, matching skirt, long leather trench coat, and a vintage Chanel necklace for dinner at Gordon Ramsay’s Lucky Cat — before heading to Poppy Delevingne’s 40th birthday bash at The BoTree, where the guest list included Princess Eugenie, Princess Beatrice, Lily James, Isla Fisher, Georgia May Jagger, and Alexa Chung.

And before any of that — on May 9 — Swift and Kelce were in Glyfada, Greece, celebrating the wedding of Kansas City Chiefs defensive end George Karlaftis and his high school sweetheart, Kaia Harris. The three-day celebration at the One&Only Aesthesis luxury coastal resort drew 220 guests, including teammates, coaches, and close friends. It was reportedly a phone-free event, but someone managed to capture Taylor on the dance floor anyway — wearing what appears to be a backless midi-length dark blue dress.

According to People, Taylor arrived in Athens by private jet and stayed on a boat near the hotel. Huffington Post Greece reported she was “dancing late into the night” with both her fiancé and the newlyweds. Karlaftis himself was glowing about the whole thing. “We have such cool friends, and the people we invited were just the best,” he told People. “Everyone got along, made new friends, and danced together. I couldn’t have asked for a better day and night, honestly.”

All Roads Lead to July 3

With all this activity — Greece, London, family dinners in the West Village — the question everyone keeps circling back to is: when exactly is Taylor Swift getting married?

Per an exclusive report from Page Six, the date is July 3, the location is New York City, and save-the-dates have already gone out. The Daily Mail reports the venue will be an “arena or museum-like space,” while Us Weekly claims the guest list sits around 150 people and includes Selena Gomez, Gigi Hadid, Emma Stone, the Haim sisters, Zoë Kravitz, Patrick and Brittany Mahomes, and Miles and Keleigh Teller. (It was previously rumored the wedding would take place June 13 in Rhode Island — so details have clearly evolved.)

Sources tell Us Weekly the ceremony will be traditional, with Scott Swift walking his daughter down the aisle and all the classic touches: father-daughter dance, mother-son dance, the works. “Taylor loves those emotional, meaningful moments, and Travis is on the same page,” a source said.

As for the dress — the Daily Mail is reporting it may be inspired by the gown Elizabeth Taylor wore at her 1950 wedding to Conrad Hilton. “Taylor spent so much time looking at old photos of Elizabeth Taylor when she was making her music video for that song that she became enamored with the movie queen’s style,” a source said. “So when she started thinking about her wedding dress, she looked up Elizabeth’s old gowns online.”

Back on social media, Swifties who caught the glimpse of Taylor at The Eighty Six were already losing it over the outfit alone. “I need these pictures released like yesterday. She looks so ridiculously beautiful, even from the back,” one fan wrote. Another kept it simple: “THE OUTFIT 🔥”

If Monday night was any preview of what’s coming — the whole Swift family, dressed up, walking into something together — July 3 is going to be something else entirely.

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• Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce attended Chiefs teammate George Karlaftis’ three-day wedding in Glyfada, Greece, where Swift danced all night and waited in the buffet line like everyone else
• The couple spent several days in London beforehand, attending a Romeo and Juliet revival, Poppy Delevingne’s 40th birthday, and dinner at Gordon Ramsay’s Lucky Cat
• Reports say Swift and Kelce took a meeting at The Chiltern Firehouse to plan a post-wedding London celebration for around 120 British friends
• Swift then flew home and stepped out for a family dinner in NYC with her parents and brother Austin — sans Kelce
• Their own wedding is rumored for July 3 in New York City, though neither has confirmed a single detail

Taylor Swift has had quite a week. The 36-year-old singer packed more into seven days than most people manage in a year — a Greek island wedding, two London date nights, a birthday party with actual royals, and a family dinner back in New York City. And through all of it, the wedding countdown to her own big day with Travis Kelce keeps ticking louder.

It started in Greece. On Saturday, May 9, Swift and Kelce flew into Athens by private jet and made their way to the One&Only Aesthesis coastal resort in Glyfada for the wedding of Kansas City Chiefs defensive end George Karlaftis and his high school sweetheart, Kaia Harris. Karlaftis, who is Greek, honored his roots with a traditional Greek Orthodox ceremony that stretched across three days — a welcome reception, the ceremony itself, and a farewell cookout — with 220 guests in attendance.

“I think my favorite part was the ceremony because I got really emotional, more than I expected to,” Karlaftis told People. “I didn’t expect to cry as much as I did during the ceremony. I was borderline bawling when I saw Kaia and her dad walk down the aisle.”

He was equally moved by how his guests — from Greek family to NFL teammates to a certain global pop star — all managed to find their rhythm together. “The first night, I had 25 different worlds colliding,” he said. “We have such cool friends, and the people we invited were just the best. Everyone got along, made new friends, and danced together. I couldn’t have asked for a better day and night, honestly.”

Taylor Swift, Just a Guest at a Wedding

The wedding was a phone-free event — guests reportedly handed their devices over for safekeeping — but someone managed to snap a photo of Swift on the dance floor anyway. It’s grainy and discreet, but she appears to be wearing a midi-length, backless dark blue dress. Chic is an understatement.

What made the night stand out, though, wasn’t the dress. According to Huffington Post Greece, Swift arrived quietly, stayed on a yacht near the resort, and spent the evening being completely, genuinely present. She got her own food from the buffet. She waited in line. She greeted every guest. And when Karlaftis broke into a hasaposeriviko — a traditional Greek folk dance — Swift joined right in.

“Away from cameras, without staged appearances, without the burden of the image that usually accompanies her every move,” the outlet reported. “For a few hours in Athens, the world’s biggest pop star was simply a guest at a friend’s wedding.”

Guests reportedly praised her as “kind and down-to-earth.” Which, honestly, tracks.

London Nights: Theater, Birthday Royals, and a Very Gothic Dinner Look

Before Greece, Swift and Kelce had already been busy in London. On May 7, the couple attended the new West End revival of Romeo and Juliet at the Harold Pinter Theatre, directed by Robert Icke and starring Sadie Sink as Juliet and Noah Jupe as Romeo. Sink, of course, starred opposite Swift in the All Too Well: The Short Film back in 2021 — so this was a genuine reunion between collaborators.

After the show, Swift and Kelce were photographed leaving through a back exit holding hands alongside British cinematographer Rina Yang, another longtime Swift creative collaborator who also worked on the short film. The group then headed to Gymkhana, the two-Michelin-star Indian restaurant in Mayfair, before making their way to Poppy Delevingne’s 40th birthday party at The BoTree Hotel. The guest list for that one was something: Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank, Princess Beatrice and Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, Georgia May Jagger, Lily James, Alexa Chung, Isla Fisher, and Nicky Hilton were all reportedly in the room.

The following evening, Friday, May 9, Swift and Kelce stepped out again — this time for dinner at Gordon Ramsay’s Lucky Cat. And Swift’s look for the occasion turned heads for a different reason entirely. Gone were the florals and sparkle. Instead, she showed up in a black lace Staud Evangeline silk top, a Fleur du Mal Juliet lace silk midi skirt, a Toteme leather trench coat, Celine Ava heels, a Rabanne shoulder bag, and her signature red lip. Kelce coordinated in a chocolate-brown silk set with a subtle leopard print, checkered shoes, and rose-tinted sunglasses. They walked in holding hands, and the internet lost its mind a little.

“Going through different phases is one of my favorite things about fashion,” Swift once told Vogue. “I love how it can mark the passage of time.” Dark lace and leather in London? Consider the era officially marked.

The Chiltern Firehouse and the Wedding Party That May Already Be in the Works

But here’s where the London trip gets really interesting. According to The Sun, Swift and Kelce weren’t just in London for the social calendar. The couple reportedly took a meeting at The Chiltern Firehouse — the celebrity-favorite Marylebone venue owned by American hotelier Andre Balazs — to discuss hosting a post-wedding celebration for around 120 guests in August, roughly a month after their rumored New York nuptials.

The Chiltern has been closed to the public since a pizza oven fire caused significant structural damage last year, but it’s still available for private, high-profile events. And if the insider account holds up, Swift and Kelce were there to discuss a personalized menu with bespoke cocktails and carefully selected wines.

“London holds a huge place in Taylor’s heart and she has so many British friends who she wants to celebrate with,” a source told the outlet. “Travis and Taylor partied at the Chiltern two years ago following her Eras Tour dates at Wembley, and it is a special place for her.”

The reported guest list for the London party reads like a British Vogue cover: Cara Delevingne, Kate Moss, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Ed Sheeran, and Stella McCartney. As for entertainment, the source says they’re still exploring options — but given Swift’s circle, the bar is impossibly high. Sheeran himself has essentially already volunteered. “It would be hard to keep him from it, I think,” Swift said during an appearance on U.K.’s Hits Radio Breakfast Show. “He’s like, ‘I’m always being asked to sing at weddings.’ It’s like, Ed, if there’s a stage you know that you’ll be on it.”

Foreigner and Kaskade have also reportedly thrown their names into the ring. Swift has described herself and Kelce as “live music kind of people,” so whoever ends up on that stage is going to have a story for life.

Back Home, With Family

After all of that, Swift landed back in New York and did something that felt almost deliberately quiet: she took her family to dinner.

On Monday night, Swift — looking stunning in a black dress, sparkle heels, and her signature red lip — stepped out in the West Village with her dad Scott, her mom Andrea, and her brother Austin for dinner at The Eighty Six. Kelce wasn’t there, but Swift’s mood said everything. TMZ captured the family making their way across the street, Andrea holding hands with her daughter, Scott and Austin flanking them like they always have.

Photos and video of the entrance went viral almost instantly. One fan commented, “Belated Mother’s Day celebration maybe?” Another wrote, “Those are bride to be arms if I’ve ever seen ’em!”

The wedding, for what it’s worth, is still officially unconfirmed. Reports have placed it on July 3 in New York City — a date that’s gained enough traction that Michael Rubin reportedly moved his annual Fourth of July Hamptons bash to accommodate it. Earlier rumors pointed to June 13 in Rhode Island, near Swift’s Westerly mansion, but that was publicly debunked by the actual wedding planner booked at Ocean House that day. “I am the wedding planner for June 13th at the Ocean House in Rhode Island! Sorry to let you all know, Taylor is not my bride this weekend!” Tara Guerard wrote on social media at the time.

As for anyone in the Kelce family confirming details? Don’t hold your breath. Travis’ sister-in-law Kylie Kelce — married to Jason — addressed the constant speculation head-on during her Not Gonna Lie podcast last month. “Quit asking me and my mother-in-law about upcoming nuptials,” she said flatly. “Nobody’s telling you anything. I don’t have any details” — which she repeated three times for emphasis. “Even if I did have any information, I’m not telling you. That’s private information” that will stay “between family.”

Three times. None. Zero details.

So until July 3, we’ll keep watching the arms.

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