Taylor Swift's Unopened Fan Mail Found in Dumpster

Is Taylor Swift "mean" to her millions of adoring fans? The 23-year-old Grammy winner receives countless pieces of fan mail each week from around the world -- but over the weekend, a huge stockpile of said mail was discovered, unopened, laying in a dumpster in Swift's hometown of Nashville, Tenn. Local Kaylee Francescan discovered the motherlode of ignored letters "covered with pictures, hearts and sparkles" while throwing out the trash.

Taylor Swift attends "40 Principales Awards" 2012 photocall on January 24, 2013 in Madrid, Spain.
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"There were like hundreds of letters in there to Taylor Swift and I'm like, 'Oh my gosh!' I didn't know if they were stolen [or] discarded, so I threw them in a box," Francescan told ABC Nashville station WKRN. "And I'm like, 'Somebody needs to let Taylor know,' It did bother me [because] I know how much her fans mean to her."

The fan mail is typically sent to a P.O. Box at a Nashville strip mall, with a member of the chart-topper's team fetching the mail regularly. Thankfully, it was simply a clerical error, Swift's rep tells Us Weekly.

"A small batch of mail that was supposed to be delivered to Taylor was accidentally put with letters headed for the recycling center," the rep explains.

Indeed, Swift's gratitude towards her fans is well known. "It blows me away how thoughtful and organized they are," Swift has said. "Sometimes they'll give me a scrapbook or a project that was made by hundreds of fans from around the world."

Steven Tyler Calls Taylor Swift "Hot," Says He Wants to "Write a Song With Her"

Taylor Swift, meet your next rock star beau: Steven Tyler! The Aerosmith frontman told Us on March 10 at the John Varvatos 10th Annual Stuart House Benefit in West Hollywood that he thought the "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" singer was "hot."

The former American Idol judge also talked about missing working on the FOX show. "I always wanted to see what the other mountains looked like…. TV is a whole other animal, and it was good. I miss J.Lo a lot and Randy [Jackson] on and off." Three celebrity judges have since replaced Tyler and Jennifer Lopez: Keith Urban and dueling divas Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj.

Tyler served as a judge on the show for Seasons 10 and 11 but decided to leave to return to his first love — music. "It feels good to be back with my band again. It feels really good," he told Us.

Taylor Swift, Harry Styles Breakup: New Details Explained in Vanity Fair

Did Harry Styles have a wandering eye? In the April issue of Vanity Fair, Taylor Swift opens up her most recent breakup with the One Direction boy bander. The 23-year-old country singer and 19-year-old British heartthrob split in early January after a few months of dating.

In the magazine, Swift says she not the "clingy, insane, desperate girlfriend" that she's made out to be. In fact, the "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" singer claims Styles pursued her.

Taylor Swift; Harry Styles
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Swift, who only discusses her romances through song, authorized a source to speak on her behalf to Vanity Fair. According to the insider, Styles "wore her down" to get her to finally agree to be his girlfriend. "He was all, like, 'You're amazing -- I want to be with you. I want to do this.'"

The relationship got rocky when Swift saw a picture of Styles "making out" with a friend. She broke things off, but Styles eventually convinced her to take him back. "But the whole time she says she feels like he's looking at every girl," the source says. When they were in London together, the boy band member "disappeared " one evening and "after that it was like he just didn't want to keep going." Styles' rep, however, says the claims are "undeniably false."

Though their relationship didn't exactly end on the best terms, Styles had only nice things to say about his exes' performance at the Brit Awards on Feb. 20. Calling the act "great," Styles told Us Weekly, "She always puts on a good show."

Swift, however, was recently photographed filming a music video her song "22" and appeared to be imitating Styles by dressing like him. The first lyrics of the song, are, in fact, "It feels like a perfect night to dress up like hipsters and make fun of our exes."

Taylor Swift, Harry Styles Avoid Each Other at NRJ Awards in Cannes, France

Timing really is everything for Taylor Swift and Harry Styles' now-defunct relationship. The former lovebirds were both in Cannes, France, on Saturday, Jan. 26, to attend the NRJ Awards, but the exes managed to time their appearances just right to avoid any potentially awkward run-ins.

Styles, 18, hit the red carpet with his group One Direction and Korean pop sensation Psy first, and Swift, 23, arrived 25 minutes later, sources tell Us .

Harry Styles attends the NRJ Music Awards; Taylor Swift attends the NRJ Music Awards on January 26, 2013 in Cannes, France;
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"It was very carefully timed so they didn't do the carpet at the same time," an insider tells Us. "Taylor didn't do any backstage interviews and didn't use a dressing room -- she changed at the hotel because she didn't want to see Harry at any point. ...Things were timed to keep them apart and for it to not become a big media circus."

Swift dazzled in a short gold-and-white Elie Saab number with a plunging neckline on the red carpet and later changed into a tiny black lace dress with knee-high boots for her performance of her hit, "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together."

The song, which was reportedly written about one of Swift's other exes, Jake Gyllenhaal, held extra meaning for the country crooner, who reportedly looked directly at Styles -- who was several feet away in the audience -- as she sang her breakup anthem.

"She was talking in French on the microphone saying, 'So he calls me up and he's like 'je t'aime, je 't'aime toujours … je ne sais pas [I love you, I still love you, I don't know]. No! We are never ever getting back together, like ever!'" an eyewitness told Us of her passionate performance.

Swift and Styles famously split earlier this month after reportedly having a huge argument during their holiday getaway to the British Virgin Islands.

"They had a fight," one insider told Us at the time. The British singer had "said something he shouldn't have … This [breakup] is definitely going to be for good."

In a cryptic tweet on Jan. 10, Swift hinted at a new song that she's penning about their public split.

"Back in the studio," she wrote at the time. "Uh oh..."

Styles has not directly addressed the breakup, and in a tweet late Saturday evening, thanked fans for their support as he and his band won Best International Group.

"Thank you so much to @NRJhitmusiconly and our fans for the award!! See you later .xx," he tweeted.

Taylor Swift Shares Picture of Herself Back in the Studio After Harry Styles Split

What rhymes with "Harry Styles"? Taylor Swift's most recent album, Red, is still topping charts and flying off digital shelves -- but it appears the "I Knew You Were Trouble" singer is already hard at work on the next big thing. On Tuesday, Jan. 15, the 23-year-old Instagrammed a picture of herself in the middle of what looked to be the songwriting process.

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"Somewhere in LA..." she wrote alongside the snapshot, which showed the newly single star strumming a guitar and jotting down notes on a pad of paper in her lap. Might some of those notes be inspired by a certain One Direction boy-bander?

  

It's definitely possible. Swift split from her 18-year-old British beau just two weeks ago, during a vacation to the British Virgin Islands. And she's been very vocal in the past about the fact that she finds inspiration for new material in old relationships. (Among her famous ex-flames: John Mayer, Jake Gyllenhaal, Taylor Lautner, Conor Kennedy, and Joe Jonas.)

"I've always lived by the theory that if a guy doesn't want me to write a bad song about him, he won't do bad things," she told Us Weekly in 2010. "And he shouldn't, you know?"

Styles, it seems, failed to heed that advice. "They had a fight," an insider told Us of the couple, who first stepped out together in November 2012. "[Harry] said something he shouldn't have...This [breakup] is definitely going to be for good."

A few days after their relationship-ending argument, the Grammy-winning songwriter shared this cryptic tweet: "Back in the studio. Uh oh..."

Taylor Swift Hints She'll Record Harry Styles Breakup Song?

Is Taylor Swift already writing the wrongs of her most recent relationship?

Just days after her split from One Direction boy bander Harry Styles, the "Red" singer was hard at work on a new project.

Taylor Swift, Harry Styles
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"Back in the studio," she tweeted cryptically on Thursday, Jan. 10. "Uh oh..."

The 22-year-old's whirlwind romance with Styles, 18, went south last week during a vacation on Virgin Gorda, the largest of the British Virgin Islands, sources told Us Weekly. They had a fight -- after which Swift cut her holiday short and flew solo back to Nashville.



"[Harry] said something he shouldn't have," one insider told Us. "This [breakup] is definitely going to be for good."

"They are 100 percent over," another source said of the couple, who were first spotted together back in November.



The Grammy-winning superstar didn't reveal any further details about her time in the studio, but she's been vocal about the fact that she regularly mines her personal relationships for new material. In the past, she has written songs about famous ex-flames including John Mayer, Jake Gyllenhaal, Taylor Lautner, and Joe Jonas.

"I've always lived by the theory that if a guy doesn't want me to write a bad song about him, he won't do bad things," she told Us in 2010. "And he shouldn't, you know?"