Swift onstage in the course of the Eras Tour at London’s Wembley Stadium in 2024. Picture:
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The U.Ok.’s Channel 4 will pack 20 years of success into a brand new, two-part documentary sequence, tentatively titled Taylor. Directed by Man King, the docuseries will discover Taylor Swift‘s evolution throughout her explosive rise to the highest of pop stardom, using additions from a “uncommon archive” and commentary from consultants and followers.
“Taylor Swift is an unprecedentedly highly effective Twenty first-century voice for girls and younger individuals,” King shared in a press release, per Deadline. “Underneath the microscope of social media for the reason that earliest days of MySpace and Tumblr, she got here of age throughout a brand new feminist wave. Together with her fame got here controversy, which she so skillfully wrestled to the ground. We’re excited to inform her story.”
Taylor shall be produced by Sandpaper Movies, which beforehand helmed the function documentaries Doom Scroll: Andrew Tate and the Darkish Aspect of the Web, A Lethal American Marriage, Investigating Diana, and extra. Jessica Brady will lead manufacturing with Lina Caicedo as archive producer. Sandpaper Movies’ Susannah Worth and Henry Singer will function govt producers. Martin Thompson will edit the two-part launch.
Rumors concerning the documentary sequence first surfaced in April 2025, weeks earlier than Swift gained ownership of her music catalog after efficiently buying the grasp recordings of her first six studio albums from Shamrock Holdings. The musician’s quickly evolving narrative makes it tough to seize the total expanse of her profession. 5 years have handed since Swift launched her personal documentary, Miss Americana, and all the things has modified in that temporary time period.
Since 2020, Swift has launched 4 authentic studio albums and 4 re-recordings of beforehand launched albums. She additionally launched into The Eras Tour, which finally turned the highest-grossing tour in historical past.
Final 12 months, Channel 4 aired the documentary The Rise and Rise of Taylor Swift: Untold, about how Swift’s “extremely loyal fanbase helped carry her to the highest.” A launch date has not but been set for Taylor.
From Rolling Stone US.