The list of things we know for sure about Taylor Swift’s next album isn’t nearly as long what we wish we knew. Does it exist? Is it coming? Surely soon. Will it be a surprise? Define “surprise.” Do we think it’ll be as reptilian as its teasers suggest? If only. All signs are pointing to an imminent Taylor release; whether it’s merely a new single followed by a traditional rollout or the whole shebang all at once remains to be seen. This is Taylor’s narrative and none of us are excluded from it. Here’s what little we know about #TS6 so far.
Maybe Taylor will reveal herself as a true Slytherin.
From the time that Kim Kardashian sought to expose Taylor Swift as a disingenuous conniver caught lying about approving Kanye West’s misogynistic verse about her on “Famous” in a leaked phone call, the snake emoji has followed Taylor wherever she goes. So much so, that Instagram intervened and created a new sensor feature that filtered out all snakes from her comments. But now it appears Taylor is embracing the reputation that precedes her. After wiping her social-media footprint off the grid, she returned days later with short, silent, grainy clips of what some believe might be a snake.
(Her third teaser confirms it.) To our frightened eyes, it’s more like a Basilisk. Maybe she’ll sing the whole album in Parseltongue.
— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) August 21, 2017
— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) August 22, 2017
— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) August 23, 2017
— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) August 23, 2017
The first single could be called “Timeless.”
A new website launched shortly after the first snake clip appeared on Taylor’s socials promoting what appears to be a new single called “Timeless” that’s “coming soon.” According to Us Weekly and Variety, it’ll arrive on Friday ahead of a reported appearance (and possible performance? with host Katy Perry?) at the VMAs, where she may also debut its video. Given her go-to video director Joseph Kahn’s sly tweets, it’s likely he’ll have something to do with it.
