Taylor Swift

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Taylor Swift (b. 1989) is an American songwriter and singer who started her career in country music at the age of 14. As an actor, she has appeared in the 2014 film adaptation of Lois Lowry's The Giver (with Jeff Bridges and Meryl Streep), and provided the voice of Audrey for the 2012 animated version of The Lorax. She has released six studio albums and contributed two songs to The Hunger Games soundtrack in 2012.
==References==
* Taylor Swift is pictured amongst Veronica's Top 100 Things in Popular Culture as gathered by CDE in The Muppets.
* In a 2014 appearance on Oprah: Where Are They Now?, Ernie says his celebrity crush is Taylor Swift. 
* While getting a vaccination during a 2015 PSA with Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, Elmo sings the chorus of Swift's "Shake it Off." 
* During a June 10, 2015, interview on CNN, Elmo tells Don Lemon that he sings a song to distract himself from getting vaccination shots. He proceeds to sing a few lines from Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off," with Abby Cadabby dancing along.
* On August 22, 2015, Miss Piggy attended a Taylor Swift concert at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, and tweeted pictures. 
* Swift's song "Shake it Off" was parodied as "Sort It All" in a 2022 Sesame Street YouTube video.
* On March 17, 2023, Elmo tweeted an image parodying the poster for Swift's "The Eras Tour." An accompanying TikTok video was posted April 10, 2023. 
* In The Muppets Mayhem episode "Virtual Insanity," a tweet by the Electric Mayhem manages to get under the skin of many fandoms, including the Swifties, with their leader played by Rachel Bloom.
* A Big Bird parody of Swift's 1989 album cover is featured on the exterior of the Sesame Place Store.
* Timed with the October 27, 2023 release of the album 1989 (Taylor's Version), Elmo's social media accounts posted a parody combining elements of the original 1989 album cover and the Taylor's Version cover, styled after a Polaroid photo. 
* Following the release of Swift's eleventh studio album The Tortured Poets Department in 2024, Miss Piggy posted a grayscale image of herself (similar to Swift on the cover of the album) to Instagram, captioned, "Please direct all questions to The Tortured Piglets Department. 🤍 Love vous, @taylorswift!! 🤍" 
* Elmo similarly made a Twitter post celebrating the release of Swift's album: "It's a 2pm surprise! The number of the day is two! ✌️❤️," referencing Swift's surprise announcement at 2:00 AM that The Tortured Poets Department is a double album. 
File:Sesame_Place_Big_Bird_Taylor_Swift_1989_parody.jpg|Sesame Place Store
File:Elmo_Taylor_Swift_1989.jpg|"'Cause Elmo will never go out of style. Yeah baby! ❤️📷 #1989TaylorsVersion"
==Mentions==
* Swift's song "ME!" references "One of These Things" in the lyrics. 
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