New Queen Of All Media, Taylor Swift, “Driving Her Own Bus” Again

When writing about Taylor Swift it’s tempting to sprinkle the article with her song titles, but you’ll have to read on to find out if that’s the case with this one. Here’s a big hint: It’s not. Or is it? No. This is all business, the Taylor Swift business.

Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour has two legs and the second one just started kicking when she hit the road again and brought her amazing show to Miami for the weekend.

She is well on her way to dethroning Oprah Winfrey as the “Queen of all Media.” Taylor has dominated every means of popular media she’s chosen to get involved with and is about to command another one, publishing.

I was listening to an interview with Taylor by Lesley Stahl from 60 Minutes, and Taylor shared something that epitomizes how she looks at the profitability of everything she does.

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In an interview from 2011 on the 60 Minutes podcast “A Second Look,” Lesley points out that the then 21-year-old Taylor owns a fleet of tour buses and says, “I know other stars rent them or lease them, but you own the buses.” Taylor responds, “Well, you can rent them out and lease them to other artists when you’re not using them.” There are multiple examples of Taylor "Driving her own bus" throughout her career.

There’s The Eras Tour, The Eras Tour Film, and a couple of weeks before the end of her tour she’ll release The Eras Tour book. The tour wraps in Vancouver, Canada on December 8th, and about a week earlier on Black Friday, less than a month before Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa, she’ll release, “The Official Taylor Swift The Eras Tour Book.” Its 256 pages will be filled with “personal reflections, never-before-seen performance, and behind-the-scene photos.”  The ultimate Swiftie coffee table book will be sold exclusively at Target for $39.99. I’ll need at least two of them.

What’s just as impressive as the tour bus story for me is that she’s publishing the book herself. Again, she flips the script and will most likely become the most popular and successful self-published author in the history of the world.

This typifies her strong but gentle domination of every realm she enters. The publishing idea flies in the face of the way every other celebrity has released a memoir.

The top publishers like Penguin Random House, Simon and Schuster, Hachette, and others were left with their jaws on the floor, waiting for their phones to ring while watching the Queen of all Media drive her own bus yet again.

Rihanna turned heads in Barbados at the Crop Over Festival, dazzling in a bejeweled outfit with a matching headpiece and stunning wings. According to TMZ, this was her first time at the festival since 2019, making it a big deal.

Rihanna has teamed up with Lauren Austin Designs for her Crop Over looks in the past. “I love working with Rihanna because she’s always pushing fashion boundaries and isn’t afraid to break the rules,” Lauren told Nylon in 2018. “She doesn’t care what others think and wears whatever she wants. She’s an amazing person—easygoing, fun, and friendly.”

Many fans know the singer for marching to the beat of her own drum, especially when it comes to fashion. From glamorous red carpet gowns to eye-catching maternity looks, she’s served up some iconic styles that people still talk about.

In 2015, Rihanna made history as the first Black celebrity to become a Dior brand ambassador. On the red carpet, she told MTV, "It feels fantastic. It is such a big deal for me, for my culture, for a lot of young girls of any color. I think, to be acknowledged by Dior is just... it means a lot as a woman to feel beautiful, and elegant, and timeless."

In 2019, she became the first woman to create a brand under the luxury giant LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton. Reflecting on this milestone, she tweeted, “Big day for the culture. Thank you, Mr. Arnault, for believing in this little girl from the left side of an island, and for giving me the opportunity to grow with you at @LVMH.” And of course, we can’t forget the launch of her Fenty empire.

Even while pregnant, Rihanna’s maternity style was on point. "When I found out I was pregnant, I thought, 'There's no way I'm shopping in the maternity aisle.' It's just too much fun to dress up," Rihanna, who had her first child with A$AP Rocky in May 2022, told Vogue. "I'm not going to let that part disappear because my body is changing."

Many can agree that the singer and beauty mogul has a history of jaw-dropping looks. So, we compiled a list of some of Rihanna's most daring & risqué fashion moments ever. We left out Rihanna's past Crop Over Festival looks because, honestly, they’re just too hot to handle. We didn't want to risk overheating your screen.

Take a look below.