Tesla investigated after crashes + Taylor Swift's billionaire showgirl era

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Deep Dive: Taylor Swift is the world’s richest female artist, has 14 Grammys and just smashed Adele’s record for the biggest album debut in history. 

But her 12th studio album Life of a Show Girl hasn’t been met with universal praise - so how did she still pull off a record-breaking week? 

In this episode of The Briefing, Chris Spyrou speaks with LiSTNR’s resident Swiftie and fandom researcher at RMIT Kate Pattison to unpack the reactions, strategy and chaos behind Taylor’s latest era. 

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