Taylor's Ham

where food and music and Taylor Swift collide

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  • Timeless by Meghan Trainor

    Hot take: Meghan Trainor should be more famous than she is. Hear me out. Over the course of about a decade and six studio albums, Meghan Trainor has promoted a necessary – even urgent, given the ongoing assault on a woman’s right to agency in the United States – narrative of female empowerment, all while Read more

  • The Tortured Poets Department by Taylor Swift

    All of us knew we were in for a new era when Taylor Swift walked into the GRAMMYs ceremony earlier this year. Donning a cleansing white gown with long black gloves, she was elegant and severe. Little clues like a swapped profile photo on IG, now in greyscale and now the visual manifestation of longing, Read more

  • GUTS (spilled) by Olivia Rodrigo

    When GUTS was first released in 2023, I remember thinking, “This is the album of the year.”  I hadn’t heard anything so lyrically tight in a long time, and I loved the cross-genre appeal of the entire record. So when the GRAMMY nominations came out and Olivia Rodrigo snagged a bunch, including one for Album Read more