To utterly nobody’s shock, Taylor Swift is Spotify’s World High Artist of the Yr, identical to she was Apple Music’s most streamed artist for 2023, setting a brand new document for most unusual listeners for any artist in a single 12 months in each platforms within the course of.
Not content material with seven albums in three years, nonetheless, followers are satisfied the particular puzzle Spotify used to steadily reveal Taylor’s achievement is crammed with hints for the singer’s eleventh studio album.
The “Lover Home” goes up in flames
The primary main trace was the visible exhibiting the “Lover Home” up in flames, which matches completely with the lyrics from Ice Spice’s verse within the “Karma” remix, “Karma is a hearth in your home / And she or he ’boutta pop up unannounced.”
For these not totally versed in Tay-lore, the “Lover Home” began as a fan principle that every room in the home from the “Lover” music video represented an period (AKA an album). Taylor not solely took that principle in stride by including it to her Eras Tour visuals however has additionally been operating with it through the use of it in issues like merch and, now, probably, Easter Eggs for a brand new period.
Now, each Taylor fan is aware of in regards to the “Karma” principle, in line with which Taylor had a whole studio album with that identify able to go, however in the end scrapped it after the dire state of affairs the Kim Kardashian/Kanye West feud put her in. Popularity was launched as a substitute. Might Taylor be hinting on the secret misplaced album lastly making its huge entrance?
Save the date, Swifties
Spotify didn’t simply go away visible hints throughout its varied playlists but additionally included what seem like secret messages of their descriptions. Essentially the most suspicious of all is the refined for the “snow globe” playlist which rewords the lyrics from “Lover,” altering “January” to “February.” “We may go away the Christmas mild up until… February?” If that’s not suspicious, we don’t know what’s.
After all, years of Easter Egg looking have turned Swifties into quick-thinking grasp decoders, and the month of February immediately rang a bell. The mysterious latte-art clock featured within the music video for “Karma (Remix)” has lengthy been accepted as a calendar for upcoming bulletins. Every of Taylor’s fingers factors in direction of a month and the nail polish signifies which album is supposed to be introduced on which date.
The blue fingernail hinted at 1989 (Taylor’s Model)‘s announcement within the eighth month of the 12 months, and certain sufficient, the singer did go on to drop the highly-anticipated information in regards to the rerecording at her Eras Tour present on Aug. 9. Guess what month Taylor is meant to return on tour in 2024? That’s proper, the Eras Tour picks again up once more in Tokyo on Feb. 7. Perhaps the discharge she’s hinting at isn’t for an eleventh album, however the rerecording of Popularity (black nail polish)? Or may it’s each?
Swift-dom is on Orange Alert
Taylor’s hair may need not been orange within the last model of Spotify’s poster, however somewhat glimpse of fiery orange hair in one of many puzzle items was all Swifties wanted to deliver again the “orange principle.” As you would possibly know, pricey reader, every Taylor Swift album will get a colour. Followers have been satisfied for some time now that Karma (the key album, not the music) was orange. “Karma” was written in orange on the wall within the music video for “The Man” and a random orange door reveals up on the display in the course of the efficiency of “Karma” (the music, not the key album) on the Eras Tour.
Nonetheless with us? Nicely, there’s additionally a vibrant orange vault in one other puzzle piece, capturing out confetti and a 1989 seagull. Might this characterize TS11? Some have thought of that it would simply be the Fearless (Taylor’s Model) vault due to the guitar seen on certainly one of its sides however had been shortly shut down contemplating this new vault options an electrical guitar as an alternative. Followers have lengthy been requesting a rock album from Taylor Swift.
Different lone, courageous, decided troopers are nonetheless holding out hope that the usage of the colour is hinting on the rerecording of Taylor’s 2008 EP titled Lovely Eyes which, you guessed it, had a vibrant orange cowl.