Taylor Swift Fans Unlock Vault Doors With Anagram Keys
Taylor Swift celebrated her one-week countdown to the April 9 release of Fearless (Taylor’s Version) by posting a video of a golden vault unlocking and revealing a series of anagrams. The video also featured an audio snippet that, when played backward, gives fans a sneak peek at a presumed bonus track.
Swift took to Instagram on April 2, sharing a video for fans to decode. While Swift implied that the video’s clues and Easter Eggs would require an “expert” to crack, Swift’s fans believed they cracked the code within a few hours of posting. According to fans, the presumed bonus tracklist will include “You All Over Me” featuring Maren Morris, “We Were Happy,” “Don’t You,” “Mr. Perfectly Fine,” “Bye Bye Baby,” and “That’s When.”
Fans also believe that the remaining anagrams spell out “featuring Keith Urban,” but none are sure which song the country singer will appear. Swift and Urban have a long history of collaboration, with Swift opening for the Australian singer back in 2009 for his Escape Together Tour. Moreover, the 2013 Tim McGraw song “Highway Don’t Care.”
While Swift has yet to confirm or deny the potential titles, the reverse-masking audio does reveal Swift singing the previously unreleased lyrics. Variety’s translation of the audio includes the lines, “I ran into you somewhere / I didn’t mean to stare / I hope she’s never like me / I’m sure she’ll make you happy.” However, it is still unknown which of the bonus tracks, if any, includes these lyrics.
TAYLOR SWIFT HOLDS SO MUCH POWER THAT SHE HAS HER ENTIRE FANDOM PULLING OUT PEN AND PAPER AND BECOMING DETECTIVES
— haley🌼 (@taysdaisyy) April 2, 2021
Meanwhile, Swift’s fans trying to piece the clues together can cross off “You All Over Me” featuring Maren Morris” from their list. Swift released the single on March 26, and the lyrics in question do not match up. The only other song from the albums fans have heard is “Love Story (Taylor’s Version),” which also does not include the lyrics.
Fearless is Swift’s second of six studio albums the singer plans on re-recording. After Scooter Braun’s Ithica Holdings company purchased Big Machine Records (the studio that produced her first six albums), Swift lost the chance to buy the masters of her songs. Coincidentally, Braun sold Swift’s masters to Shamrock Holdings, a private equity company, as part of a reportedly $300 million deal.
Fans stormed Twitter after Swift posted the mystery video to share their answers in hopes that they cracked the code.
Does anyone’s dad know Morse code? I need help with my Taylor Swift homework
— Harry Hill (@veryharryhill) April 2, 2021
I’m convinced there’s no code that can’t be cracked if the Taylor Swift stans work together 😌
— Linguini from the Gaygency™️ (@sjgayauthor) April 2, 2021
Following the sale, Republic Records (a subsidiary of Universal Music Group) have published all of Swift’s following albums, including previous albums’ re-recordings. Swift is teaming up with her Folklore and Evermore collaborator Aaron Dessner to produce the album. Joining the duo is Christopher Rowe, who produced the remixes on Fearless.
Even though fans will have to wait until April 9 to discover the official tracklist, you can pre-order the album on Apple Music, Spotify, Tidal, and through other retailers.
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