Taylor Swift Brings the Sexy in New Rolling Stone Cover Shoot

Sexy isn't an entirely new look for pop singer Taylor Swift, but on her latest Rolling Stone cover, she takes everything to the next level.

The "Shake It Off" singer, 24, appears soaking wet in a white tank top in the new cover photo for the magazine's September issue. Swift's thumbs are strategically hooked in her tight back jeans pockets as she looks seductively over her left shoulder. It's a far cry from her two previous Rolling Stone covers (in March 2009 and October 2012), in which she was seen far more covered up.

While the interview for the mag by Josh Eells was conducted at her $20 million TriBeCa apartment (bought from director Peter Jackson; Steven Soderbergh and Orlando Bloom live on lower floors), the photo shoot took place at her $17 million Rhode Island home, which she bought in April 2013 in the upscale community of Watch Hill.

The inside shots, which you can see here, are just as sultry. In one that's particularly Marilyn Monroe-esque, she's shot in black-and-white with tousled hair and wearing a surprised open-mouthed expression. In another, she appears on her back in the sand, with one leg flayed out and waves washing over her. In another, her arms are above her head in a sexy come-hither pose. And in yet another, she flexes her arms like a bodybuilder, with the ocean behind her. It's all somewhat reminiscent of the beach-set music video for her 2012 hit song, "22."

Theo Wenner, 27, son of Rolling Stone publisher/co-founder Jann Wenner, took all of the photos. A year ago, Theo was briefly romantically linked to none other than Miley Cyrus, although this was never confirmed. He previously dated another child of music royalty, Liv Tyler. The photographer has worked steadily since his first big Rolling Stone shoot — Robert Pattinson in 2008 — which took place while he was still an undergrad at Bard College.

In the article, titled "The New Life of Taylor Swift," Taylor discusses the minor controversy that came with accusations that she ruined the Rhode Island coastline bordering her home by rebuilding a sea wall on her property, which hadn't been updated since 1929. The former estate of the a Standard Oil heiress, the home "boasts water views in every room and a seagull Swift named George Washington that swims in her pool."

However, while Swift thought she was doing something good, neighbors and other critics lambasted her for "ruining the beach."

So how did Taylor respond? No surprise here — she chose to "Shake It Off."

"There will always be people who grumble about things," she tells the mag. "But when they saw what it looked like when it was finished — it looked so much nicer! The other wall had all this graffiti on it — it looked old, and not in a good way. But it was a problem, so I fixed it. Nothing has changed about anyone's beach experience, except that now my house won't fall on them. So, you know, sorry I'm not sorry."

Eventually, the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council confirmed that Swift hadn't done anything wrong. The critics backed away.

Also in the article, Swift discusses her full-time move away from country music to becoming a pop star. "At a certain point, if you chase two rabbits, you lose them both," she explains.

And she tells one anecdote about how her label head, Scott Borchetta, responded when she decided to move towards pop.

"[He said], 'This is extraordinary – it's the best album you've ever done. Can you just give me three country songs?'"

The new and more independent T-Swift wasn't having it.

"Love you, mean it," she says she replied to him. "But this is how it's going to be."