[Applause.] We have had a lot of fun with our first guest over the years. Take a look. Our next guest has had the number one album on the country charts for a record 10 weeks in a row. Please welcome Taylor Swift. [Music.] [Applause.] Your musical crush. Somebody in the business. Oh, Justin Timberlake. Justin Timberlake is your favorite. Justin, that's the best surprise ever. This is the best day ever. Finish this statement. I am Taylor blank. I think just like birth certificate wise, it's Swift. Like I am Ellen blank. I am Ellen DeGeneres. I am Ellen DeGeneres, and I am married to Portia Dorothy. I am Taylor Swift. I am dating blank. Nobody. [Applause.] That's true though. I am Taylor Swift, and my publicist told me to say blank. My publicist told me not to answer any personal questions. That now we're getting somewhere. [Applause.] Kitty corner is a show for people who

love cats and we'll answer your questions about cap. Yeah, you can call us with your questions and we can call it cat calls or look what the cat called in. [Applause] [Music] eight times [Music] hiding in the bathroom. [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] is [Applause] [Music] [Applause] up in the air being on ellen's show is one of the best monotone like that being on the ellen show is one of the best experiences you can have now laugh in a monotone way. That was an yep montage. I know and that's that's no no one's in there. Okay, we're not going to do it to you today and it's not amateur hour. No, no, I'm not gonna you're because I can't top how I did it the first time. You were the best scare. Well, I don't know sarah paulson was pretty good too but that was a

near-death experience. It kind of was. You went down. Yeah, were there several ways I could have died. Well, now you're being dramatic. Yeah, yeah. No, that's extreme. Yeah, no, it's it. I really just was watching that backstage, and I was just thinking like, thank you so much for going so above and beyond to make people happy. And yeah, well, that's not a good example of. No, no. But no, you could have hit your head on the. It was funny afterward. You did this laugh afterward that I have found myself. I loved the sound so much that I found myself doing it sometimes when I laugh hard enough. You went, you went like you couldn't breathe. That's how happy I was. That's how happy you were to see me fall down. Like yes, yes. And now you do it too. You said it's, it's caught on. Yeah, that's a great sound. If you go back and watch it on YouTube, listen for her laugh. And then who will be the one that's embarrassed, not the one on the ground. Keep in mind.

that we you haven't been here in four no how long has it been yeah four years i was recovering from the fall no no no but but look at all the content we had and you haven't been here in four years you'd think you'd want to come back because you had so much fun i know and now i have okay and now you've come back yeah i have come back i mean i had an album out called reputation i know and i really you guys are friendly um yeah with the album i just basically wanted to just make music and not explain it yeah um but i mean it worked so much it was really you still sold a bunch of albums without even talking i mean usually people go to promote their music because it helps sell albums you don't have to do that well that's nice of you to say i mean i i am having fun being back here it's been really great to be back here and like i definitely do i think as a songwriter i enjoy communicating about what i've

made like I really do like that part of the process, but I also just feel like with my career, I want to do what feels right at the time, you know? Like, so it just, at that time, I coined this phrase, There will be no explanation, there will just be reputation, because I am dramatic. Yeah, that's a very dramatic thing, but it rhymed, it was kind of catchy, and yeah, and so I stuck with it, right? Is that in one of your songs? Because if it isn't, it should be. Thank you. No. And I think it's a little late for that because now we're on to like another different album. I know, but you still could have that for the for an album that's not reputation, yeah. So it's a little off-brand. No, but I will think about it. No, just like clothing comes back in style, you can come right back around to that topic again if you'd like. It could be like a vintage. You can do anything you want, Taylor Swift. Thank you for saying that. You

i mean, I really people people thought, Oh, God, she's been away for so long. How is this album going to do? And they put so much. Now, I don't think pressure on you because I don't think. Yeah, there's pressure, really. Yeah, for sure. Oh, okay. But because it seemed like people were like expecting this not to be as as good or that album not to be as. And and you just came back and proved them all wrong. Oh, you know, it's true because you didn't. You didn't worry about how certain people do things. You do things your own way. And and it all works out for you. Thank you so much. You're welcome. Now let's talk about me. Um, no, not talking about me, but so these uh, these here. Let's talk about you're on the cover of Entertainment Weekly. You have all these Easter eggs on here, right? Yeah, yeah. And I feel like explain what the eggs are to people who don't understand. Yeah, because I think it's. I think that is necessary. So it's like when we say Easter eggs, we're not only

talking about like easter eggs that you would go on an easter egg hunt for on easter. It's like, it's kind of a like a, it's kind of like a clue, like a foreshadowing kind of thing. I like to plant easter eggs in a video, like that will be like a lyric from unreleased music, or like a little hint, or a little link to what's coming in the future, right? Um, so yeah, like that was kind of the theme of what we did, the entertainment weekly thing on, and it's just been really fun to kind of expand the musical experience past just listening to a song. Like, I also want people to be like watching the music video and, what's that thing in the background, and what's that song playing underneath there, and what's, what's, is there a reason she said that in French? So, right, because people, and usually your fans are pretty good at figuring it out, right? They're excellent at figuring what is the worst, what, how far off have they been, what's

the worst they've been. Oh man, um, well, there were some fans that thought I had something to do with Avengers Endgame. Oh, really, which I would, which I would have loved to have been asked, but I wasn't. No, you asked to be in it at all because we had the single coming out the same day. And I have a song that was called Endgame. And so they were like, Oh my God, she's going to defeat Thanos. And I let everyone down. Yeah, yeah. Again, that's, well, that was confusing. On your jacket, you have a lot of things on here, but you don't have something that, um, next time you wear a jacket, um, that's, thank you. You're welcome. It's you as a kitty. Yeah. And that's two things you love. Those are the two things I love the most together. Work together. Yeah. All right. We have to take a break and let you cry about that. We'll be back. We're back with Taylor Swift, who was just telling me about washing her legs in the shower. I couldn't hear you. Did

you say you do wash them, or you don't. I do, because when you shave your legs, isn't the shaving cream is like soap, right? Yeah, it is. That is, that. I think that's the reason that most women wash their legs, because we have to, because we shave our legs. Yeah, yep, so that counts. Oh, for sure, it's the right side of history though, unless, unless you're not shaving, and then you're, then you're not washing. So, whenever you're not shaving, you don't wash, you're saying. No, I don't. I don't think I would say that. Well, it seems like it seems like you did just, but I kind of always shave my legs every day. I mean, yeah, every day. Yeah. God, you must be harry. All right. So, [Laughter] let's talk about so sweet. I think, well, I don't know why you don't come here more often. Yeah, um, all right, let's talk about me. We were just playing it during the commercial break, which I love that song. I love that.

video so much. Thank you. That must have been so fun to shoot. It was. It was so fun. That's actually um, is that your new kitten? That's when you get Benjamin. Wait, did first of all, let's finish talking about the video because it's so good. Brendan, uh, Yuri, right? Is that Brendan Yuri? I love that y'all were together in that. Oh yeah, I mean he does this little dance coming up. Or he already did it, but all his little dances are like that. He's. He's just like. He would raise the energy in any situation. Like I love him. He was. He was just amazing. All right, we're gonna get to the kitten in a minute. But um, did the speaking French in the beginning of it. Does that mean something? Yeah, definitely. Okay. Did you know French already or did you learn it for that? I've tried to learn French several times in my life because I think it's a really beautiful life. It's beautiful. And I definitely made sure that I had native.

french speakers on set because i didn't want to butcher the language of life like that's not what i came here say something in french right now um you're putting me on the spot but i mean jessie come ah thank you i don't know what does that mean it means i am calm oh uh oh that's good that's a good one thanks i don't know what that means but that sounded real french um all right because i love cats so was it okay let's talk about cats so was that kitten it doesn't know so was that kitten um just there to be in the video or did you and then you took it home or did you put it in the video and it was yours already he was he was a little cat actor he was there apparently there was i didn't know this at the time all i know is there's we had to have a kitten in the scene because i wanted to have this scene where it's like you know he gives me a ring i'm like no he gives me

flowers. I'm like, No, and then he gives me a kitten, and I'm like, Yes, absolutely, you know me clearly. Um, and so, you know, they show up with this little kitten, and the handler was like, Do you want to hold him first? I was like, Absolutely, I do. And so they hand me this tiny cat, and I've never really experienced a cat. The second I held this little kitten, he started purring like a motor, and I was like, Okay, whose cat is this? You're really lucky, whoever owns this cat. And then the girl was like, Actually, he doesn't have a home. And then my eyes turned into hearts. Yeah, I just immediately was like, I can't think about anything else. And so, how did the other two get along? You can't just bring a cat home. Cats don't, they're not like that. They're like little puff balls getting into fights like marshmallows throwing each other like that's good then. And his name is Benjamin. Benjamin Button, that's right because it's an incredible movie. Yes.

is it's an incredible film he ages backwards yeah all right so you're back with the only person who loves cats possibly as much as i do or more but i think no we i don't want to get in a fight about it no but no we both love cats let's just leave it at that all right taylor swift is who i was talking about um okay so uh there's video of your other two cats on on the plane i think is that what we have i think it's just a picture but it's a good demonstration of like just what my personal life looks like yeah it's just well that's i mean that's just olivia stretching that's just that's my middle child yeah she's she's kind of like a seal like and she just lays on her back oh my god isn't she amazing and her tail just never grew up and then she stands up here's meerkat yeah get it she's a really special animal and that was when she was a baby

meowing. Oh my god, they're just so cute. You so you would be and you're doing the movie cats. Yeah, so you probably have a, you know, an advantage because you probably understand them. Yes, yes, more suddenly because James Corden had had to learn. They went to cat school. We all went to cat school. You have no idea. It was like all my dreams came true on the set of this film. It was like they literally um, they're like, you can come to set as much as you want. And I ended up being there like every day for four months just like they're all like, Oh, Taylor's doing cat school again. Again, she's still here. She's still doing cats. What did you learn? Well, you crawl around on the floor and you pretend to be a cat, right? I bet you're really a good cat. I mean, I don't. We'll see. I really don't know. I had the best. I had the most fun. Yeah, I've had the best time. Um, all right. So wait, there's a new album.

coming out are you finished with the album yet yeah and unless i like write something else okay i'll just like probably put it on the album okay and then you have another video coming out soon ish yeah when is it coming out uh i don't know yet because we have to finish it first okay yeah and then uh i think you said you wanted me in it yeah i mean that would be a dream yeah would you want to do that um i don't know but i um i'll think about it okay for sure please do yeah okay great yeah i'll do it cool okay that's great all right um [Music] all right we have to take a break and then uh we're gonna come back and she's gonna talk all about her boyfriend we'll be back what i'll do is i'll read a question and then you will answer the question and then hit this for no apparent reason i love it it's fun right yeah yeah it's like a game show but yet you win nothing oh what's the title of your next

single oh um i can't tell you that that's crazy no i was gonna try can you sing some of it uh no okay all right if you can't sleep in the middle of the night what do you do i go downstairs and rummage through the kitchen and eat whatever i can find and it's really less like a human being and more like a raccoon in a dumpster like the next morning we just we walked downstairs what it what happened here i don't remember does that help you sleep if you eat a whole lot and then it's not really voluntary oh do you sleep eat i think so i don't really remember it but i know it happens because it could have only been me or cat right well that wasn't the question we're learning something different i said if you can't sleep at night what do you do but it sounds like i'm still sleeping and doing it yes it sounds like you've got an issue yep okay currently what is your favorite tv show

oh god um okay, so Killing Eve, Game of Thrones, Downton Abbey, um Queer Eye. I'll just, I gotta stop though, getting too excited. Killing Eve is, yes. What is the most rebellious, rebellious thing you did as a teenager? Probably when I, like, put Joe Jonas on blast on your show. That was too much, yeah, that was too much. Okay, I was 18. Yeah, we laugh about it now. Oh, that's good. That was mouthy. Yeah, yeah, just, all right, teenage stuff there. Well, that's held on to you because I don't remember that at all. What is your favorite curse word? Okay, you say yours and we'll say it together on one, two, three. One, two, three. It's just a good solid one because it can also mean like really good. Like, who'd you share your first kiss with? Um, I, it was my high school boyfriend when I was 15. What was his name? Drew. Drew, yeah. Did you leave an Easter egg during our interview? Yes, really? Yes, it's, I'm not supposed to do it every

word no okay your friend invites you to dinner. Uh what do you bring? White wine. What kind? Sansai Pinot Grigio or Samia on Blanco. Good choices. Thank you. I just found a really good one. I'll tell you about. Oh thank you. What's your favorite holiday? I think it's Christmas. Definitely Christmas. Okay. What's your favorite place to go on holiday? Like cold, do you like snowing, do you like island? I'm sorting. Okay. Um, sorry, sorting. I think, um, Rhode Island. Okay. It's a great state. Uh, yeah, yeah. Um, what's your favorite movie? It's a tough one. How do you narrow it down to one? You can. No, but you can't. You, I'd have to go favorite movie I've seen in the last week. Okay. Um, Someone Great on Netflix. Oh yeah. Don't know that one. It's a great movie. Oh, well, that's it. Okay. Name three words to describe yourself. Um, oh, curious, cat lover. Make it one word. Sure. Um, romantic. Yes. Huh, I would say creative. Oh, that's

nice, thank you. Yes, okay. Um, smart. I'm going to add that too. You're doing five of them, yes, because you deserve more than three. Okay, that's, oh, it's out of time. Go to my Spotify page to hear more of Kayla's music. We'll be back.

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