Talk is of newlywed Taylor Swift taking a break from music. Did I take a nap and wake up in the 1950s? | Laura Snapes

After exchanging vows with Travis Kelce, the workaholic pop star probably won’t be staying home to admire the wedding silverware

No speculation is too harebrained when it comes to Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding. Are they getting married at the gigantic Madison Square Garden arena? What initially sounded mad is apparently quite true. Will she perform? Will Paul McCartney? All bets are off, and given the level of secrecy, maybe we’ll never actually know what does happen.

Only one recent report has made me go: yeah, as if. Gossip site DeuxMoi claims that Swift recently met 50 country radio execs to pitch an alleged upcoming country album, a return to her roots 20 years after she started in the genre. This strikes me as potentially true: even the world’s biggest pop star will glad-hand when needed, as it usually is in the always-traditional Nashville industry. But the report also claimed the rumoured album, Swift’s 13th, famously her lucky number, would be her last “for a while”, presumably because of her impending nuptials. So much of the discussion around the couple’s wedding is focused on what it will mean for Swift’s job. Will she take a break to “enjoy” marriage? Will it change her ambition? Will her songwriting suffer?

Laura Snapes is the Guardian’s deputy music editor

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