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The Observer

The School Newspaper of Winston Churchill High School.

The Observer

The School Newspaper of Winston Churchill High School.

The Observer

Taylor Swift recently released her eleventh album, "The Tortured Poets Department" which features 16 original tracks.

Poetry in motion: Swift’s new album tugs at heartstrings

By Cailey Harrington, Assistant Arts Editor June 10, 2024

Taylor Swift is an accomplished artist who has released and re-recorded many albums whilst being on tour. With each album release, she is met with a wide range of opinions from both her fans and the general...

WCHS freshman Blake Blakely works with her pro-Taylor group create posters supporting their cause and bashing The Observer.

Observer Outrage! Taylor brings the gavel down

By Lily Chadwick, Chipotle's #1 Supporter April 16, 2024

First Spotify, then Scooter Braun, and now WCHS. Taylor Swift is suing the "Churchill Observer'' over a negative album review written in 2018. The whole debacle began after an anonymous Wootton student...

Taylor Swift fans were outraged by the error message received on Nov. 15, 2022 when purchasing their tickets for her "Eras Tours." Fans were excited to buy their tickets, but the Ticketmaster website shut down and restarted the customers in the queue.

Taylor fans can’t “shake off” Ticketmaster disaster

By Kendyl Groisser, Assistant Online Editor March 23, 2023

Many concert-loving fans have been recently outraged by one company: Ticketmaster. With constant freezes due to an overload of users, expensive prices and overall poor service, Ticketmaster is being smacked...

Many WCHS students got a Ticketmaster presale code email like this one and missed school in order to use the code to get tickets.

Concert craze sends students far lengths to see their favorite artists

By Nataly Behnia, Internal Communications Manager December 17, 2022

High school is a time where everyone goes and enjoys concerts, especially when Washington D.C. has a plethora of venus for artists to visit. Many tickets go on sale during school hours on school days which...

An Instagram post from artist Taylor Swift features her holding a plate of cookies decorated with the now president's name. This is an example of celebrities using social media to influence their fans.

With great power comes great responsibilities for celebrities

By Michael Demske, Assistant News Editor March 13, 2022

The age-old icebreaker question of “would you rather be rich or famous?” entails more than the name suggests. Celebrities have always had an influence on the younger generation, but now more than ever,...

The album cover for "Red (Taylor's Version)," is simpler than the orignal 2012 cover, without the album title or even Swift's name.

“Red (TV)” vault tracks make fans feel lucky

By Olivia Yasharoff and Jordan Pashkoff January 10, 2022

There is not a lot going on at the moment for Taylor Swift. In the past year she has only released two new albums and re-recorded two of her old albums, with her most recent re-recording being “Red (Taylor’s...

"Love Story (Taylor's Version)" was released on February 12th with the announcement on her Instagram the morning before. The cover resembles Swift's 2008 album "Fearless" which the single is originally from.

Taylor Swift celebrates victory with release of “Love Story (Taylor’s Version)”

By Jordan Pashkoff, Assistant Online Editor March 15, 2021

It doesn’t always occur to a casual listener all of the behind the scene work that an artist puts into producing and creating a song, let alone an album. It also doesn’t occur to most that even after...

Taylor Swift returns to top of the music world

Taylor Swift returns to top of the music world

By Brandon Li, Online News Editor October 1, 2017

After taking an entire year off from all music-related activities, pop artist Taylor Swift is trying to make her way back to the top of the leaderboards. Swift confirmed her next album “Reputation”...

Don't be 'Mean' to Taylor

Don’t be ‘Mean’ to Taylor

By Stacey Stein, Editor-In-Chief December 21, 2012

In today’s music industry, few singers serve as role models for young girls. In a scene dominated by performers like Rihanna and Ke$ha, who are well known for partying, it is refreshing to see an artist...

T-Swift needs to grow up

T-Swift needs to grow up

By Lara Fu, News Editor December 21, 2012

Who has curly blond hair, plays the guitar and badmouths ex-boyfriends for a living? (If you guessed Dolly Parton, you’re wrong.) Over 1.2 million copies of country darling Taylor Swift’s fourth...

Taylor Swift delivers another hit album in 'Red'

Taylor Swift delivers another hit album in ‘Red’

By Stacey Stein, Editor-in-Chief November 7, 2012

 From the opening lines of the title track of "Red," Taylor Swift’s newest album, it is clear that Swift is experimenting with sounds other than the country beat that made her so famous. However, while...

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