EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW - Kelsea Ballerini "Love Me Like You Mean It" + Wildest Dreams Analysis Part 2 - Episode 178 - Taylor Talk: The Taylor Swift Podcast
Taylor Talk: The Taylor Swift Podcast | reputation | 1989 | Red | Speak Now | Fearless | Taylor Swift
Adam Bromberg
4.3 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 23 March 2015
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Episode 178 - EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW - Remember when we featured Kelsea Ballerini in “What Are Swifties Listening To?” then about a week later, Taylor herself tweeted about Kelsea? Well… In this week’s episode, we chat with Kelsea Ballerini about that moment, plus her upcoming album and more! After that, the Amazing Steve-dini worked his magic and salvaged the second half of our “Wildest Dreams” analysis from last week! Let us know your thoughts and what you think of “Wildest Dreams.” Enjoy the episode!
Also: We were nominated for BEST ENTERTAINMENT PODCAST at the 2015 Podcast Awards!! VOTE AT PODCASTAWARDS.COM DAILY.
Highlights from Episode 178 of Taylor Talk: The Taylor Swift Podcast
Main Discussion 1: EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW – Kelsea Ballerini
– What was it like for Kelsea when Taylor tweeted about her and her music?
– We know Taylor is jamming to Kelsea’s EP. But what is Kelsea’s favorite Taylor song?
– Kelsea reveals a song title off her upcoming album! Find out what it is
– Are you going to see Kelsea perform outside Heinz Stadium in Pittsburgh before Taylor goes on? ‘Cause ya should! Steve will be there, so go join him to see Kelsea LIVE!
**BONUS: Steve’s “Future Queens of Country” playlist
Main Discussion 2: “Wildest Dreams” Song Analysis
– The second half of Episode 178
Other Topics:
– WE’RE NOMINATED FOR BEST ENTERTAINMENT PODCAST IN THE PODCAST AWARDS! Please vote daily at podcastawards.com!
Find Kelsea Ballerini Online:
www.KelseaBallerini.com
Twitter
Facebook
YouTube
Kelsea’s EP on iTunes
Calendar
– Taylor will appear on Live with Kelly and Michael on March 25th.
– The Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards are on March 28th.
– March 29th are the iHeartRadio Music Awards.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is Taylor Talk, the number one Taylor and welcome to episode 178 of Taylor Talk the Taylor Swift |
| 0:21.7 | podcast this is Adam and I'm actually by myself right now. None of the other hosts are with me while I'm recording this. However, this will not be an all Adam episode. Oh, I know you're so sad. Probably not. You probably would much |
| 0:35.7 | prefer to hear the others Yammer on than me. But this week Diane and Steve are both |
| 0:41.2 | traveling, so we weren't able to record on a normal |
| 0:44.3 | schedule but that doesn't mean they won't be a part of this episode because we |
| 0:48.4 | did something very very special for you guys. Now you'll remember a few weeks ago on episode 175 |
| 0:57.0 | the it was the episode where we analyze new romantics we featured a certain artist for the what are Swifties listening to rom Now what was really interesting about this besides the fact that her song is like |
| 1:13.7 | really really really really good is that about a week later Taylor herself |
| 1:19.1 | tweeted that she was jamming to Kelsey's EP and specifically mentioned that song as well. |
| 1:25.1 | So that was really cool. |
| 1:26.6 | Now if you haven't figured it out already, our very special treat for you guys is that a few days |
| 1:30.6 | ago Steve and I actually got to sit on Skype with Kelsey herself and chat about that moment. |
| 1:37.0 | What it was like when Taylor tweeted her music out to the world. |
| 1:42.0 | Now beyond that Kelsey chatted with us about how she is a big |
| 1:46.8 | Taylor fan herself about some of the other music on her EP her upcoming album |
| 1:51.9 | where she actually revealed a song title to us which is so |
| 1:54.5 | awesome and you know a whole bunch of other stuff and that's a really great |
| 1:59.5 | great discussion that's coming up in just a few minutes for you guys. Now after that you |
| 2:05.0 | guys will remember last week we attempted to analyze Wildest Dreams however |
| 2:10.6 | something happened to the audio where it got really, really screwy, right about halfway through. |
| 2:18.0 | Well, Steve, my good buddy old pal and co-host of the show did some magic I don't know what |
| 2:26.1 | he did or how he did it but he actually salvaged that original audio for you |
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