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Definition of coup de main : an attack that achieves complete surprise.

Watch: the making of Taylor Swift’s 'Delicate'.

To celebrate the release of her new album ‘reputation’, Taylor Swift has released another making of video for one of the album highlights, ‘Delicate’.

In the video, it shows Swift’s conception of the building of the song, especially the pre-chorus.

Watch the video below…

P.S. Taylor Swift will play Auckland's Mt Smart Stadium on Friday, November 9th. Click here for more info.

Watch: the making of Taylor Swift’s 'Gorgeous’.

In support of her new album ‘reputation’, Taylor Swift has dropped a behind-the-scenes look at the writing of ‘Gorgeous’, which showcases multiple writing sessions for the song - and its eventual transition once Swift takes it to the studio with Max Martin and Shellback.

Watch the video below…

P.S. Taylor Swift will play Auckland's Mt Smart Stadium on Friday, November 9th. Click here for more info.

Watch: Taylor Swift perform ‘End Game’ for the first time ever (feat. Ed Sheeran).

While performing at iHeart Radio’s Jingle Ball over the weekend, Taylor Swift gave the ‘reputation’ track ‘End Game’ its live debut, with a special appearance from Ed Sheeran.

The full set-list for her performance was as follows:
...Ready For It?
Blank Space
Shake It Off
I Don't Wanna Live Forever
End Game Feat. Ed Sheeran
Look What You Made Me Do

Watch some snippets of the ‘End Game’ performance below…

Review: Harry Styles - Spark Arena, December 2017.

Harry Styles loves me. I know this, because he told me so. Time and time again, at his debut solo show at Auckland’s Spark Arena tonight - which was also the largest venue of his entire tour this year. “I love every single one of you in this room,” was just one of the terms of endearment bestowed upon an adoring NZ audience. And he also thanked us all. A lot. I didn’t count how many times he said thank you, but if I were to hazard a guess, it would be around sixty three times (including mouthed thank you’s at the front row).

Watch: Este Haim x UCLA MIC's Office Hours.

UCLA alumni Este Haim yesterday visited her old stomping ground to participate in a Q&A session for the university's Music Industry Committee, during which they discussed everything from her musical upbringing, some "pizza oven" advice from her father, to how scary it can be being a women in the music industry (but has her sisters as her "fortress").

Watch the almost hour-and-a-half long talk with Este below...

Florence Welch announces debut book, 'Useless Magic'.

Having finished up her 'How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful' tour last year, it turns out that Florence Welch has been keeping herself busy since then not only working on the next Florence + The Machine album, but also readying her first ever book to be published.

Welch will release 'Useless Magic' next year on July 5th - a collection of her lyrics featured alongside new poetry and illustrations from her sketchbooks.

About the book, Welch says: "I am so thrilled to be collaborating with Penguin on my first ever book release. It is such an honour."

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