From a book that reveals the stories behind the record-breaking singer’s songs to her favourite kind of red lipstick, these pressies picked by our music editor will delight the Swiftie in your life

Despite the rise of a new class of pop star – Sabrina Carpenter, Chappell Roan, Charli xcx – 2024 unarguably belonged to Taylor Swift. Her Eras tour smashed records; she deepened her catalogue with a surprise album, The Tortured Poets Department, and she even brought a new audience to American football after she started dating Kansas City Chiefs player Travis Kelce.

An already monumental fanbase grew even larger – meaning you’ll doubtless have at least one Swift fan in your life to buy for this Christmas. Swift’s quippy lyrics and love of cats have seen her face (and cats’ faces) plastered over all sorts of unofficial plasticky tat – but here’s a more thoughtful way to buy Swift-inspired gifts, for recipients young and old. There’s a blank space on the label: write their name!

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