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If there’s pain in Fifty Shades, there’s pleasure in its soundtrack

The musical stars of Fifty (clockwise from top left): Sia, Halsey, John Legend, Tove Lo, Nick Jonas, Nicki Minaj, Zayn and Taylor Swift

HOW DO YOU GET AN ARTIST LIKE TAYLOR Swift to write and record a song just for your movie? As the producers of Fifty Shades Darker learned, you start the conversation very early. “We

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