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At the VMAs on Sunday, Taylor Swift made her first red-carpet appearance since announcing her first official pop album, so of course she used the opportunity to reiterate the fact that she'll be heading in a different direction on 1989. Everything about this super-short, metallic romper says, "I'm really not a country artist anymore, guys!" It remains to be seen what she'll do during her performance, but a betting woman might say this will be the night Taylor forever sheds her doe-eyed innocence and proves herself as a real, live, twerking pop star.

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