Trending badgeTrendingPosted 58 minutes agoSubscribe to Taylor Swift NewsletterCaret Down15 "The Life Of A Showgirl" Easter Eggs, Clues, And Fan Theories You Probably Missed (Including Some Confirmed By Taylor Swift Herself)I do not say this lightly, but I screamed when I realized the shade her album's title subtly threw at Kanye West. ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥by Angelica MartinezBuzzFeed StaffFacebookPinterestLinkHot Topic🔥 Full coverage and conversation on Taylor Swift On Monday, Taylor Swift's official fan account, Taylor Nation, and her boyfriend Travis Kelce's podcast, New Heights, hinted at Taylor having a big announcement coming up...specifically around a new project. Later that night, a countdown appeared on her website, which ultimately led to the announcement of her 12th studio album, The Life of a Showgirl. The release date is still TBA. Taylor Swift / New Heights / Instagram / Via Instagram: @https://www.instagram.com/taylornation/reel/DNPd7VKNkGR/?hl=en While we have a name and a color scheme, the album's track list and cover have been kept under wraps, likely until Taylor's appearance on New Heights Wednesday evening. Nonetheless, Swifties like myself have been passing the time by searching far and wide for Easter eggs, clues, and anything else our beloved, glittery Jigsaw of a pop star left behind for us to piece together what might be in store for the Showgirl album. Kevin Mazur / Getty Images for TAS Rights Management Well, my fellow Swifties, I present to you, the Tortured Poets Department, this here thesis, in which I have scoured the internet, my memory of the Eras Tour, and Taylor's tour book for every bit of evidence we have thus far for what The Life of a Showgirl era may have in store for us. Here are 15 Easter eggs and fan theories regarding Taylor's new album, a few of which have already been confirmed by Taylor herself: 1. During the final act of her record-breaking Eras Tour - The Midnights Era - an orange door descended on the massive screen at the very back of the stage. At the time, many of us speculated that the door hinted at Taylor's next project or era, and given that The Life of a Showgirl is, in fact, orange, it seems like we were right! Angelica Martinez Taylor also usually left the stage after her final "Karma" bows from beneath the stage, but on the very last night of tour, she exited through where the orange door had been on the screen, which many fans took as her "walking into" her next era. BuzzFeed TrendingHot TopicThink you're Blondie's biggest fan? Put your ~reputation~ to the test.
See our Taylor Swift Discussions 2. In Taylor and Travis's New Heights promo, there are four suspiciously album-shaped items labeled "T.S." on the bookcase behind them. There's an orange one, a silver one, a red one, and a blue one. Wondery / @taylorswift / Instagram / Via Instagram: @taylorswift Could this mean a multi-part album like TTPD and Midnights with The Anthology and the 3AM editions, respectively? The Life...and Death of a Showgirl, maybe? Or perhaps these are hinting at alternate covers for the album? 3. As shared in a Spotify advertisement in Times Square last night, Taylor also dropped a playlist titled, "And, baby, that's show business for you ❤️🔥," seemingly teasing a lyric from the album... Taylor Swift / Spotify / Via open.spotify.com You can find the playlist here. 4. But also? The playlist consists exclusively of songs from Red through Reputation that were produced and co-written by her previous collaborators, Max Martin and Shellback. The trio created hits like "Style" and "Shake It Off," and it looks like they'll be teaming up again for this album, hinting that it's likely to have a pop-y, 1989-esque sound. Spotify That being said, at the present moment it looks like Jack Antonoff and Aaron Dessner aren't currently involved with the project, but never say never! Not to alarm anyone...but the first song added to the playlist is 22, and it was added two weeks before all the others. Could we be getting a single on the 22nd of this month? Or maybe there are 22 songs? 5. As the album's title suggests, it appears as though, like The Tortured Poets Department, Taylor worked on much of this record while on the Eras Tour. Some eagle-eyed fans pointed out that the sparkly orange background that's made an appearance in her New Heights teaser, her TS12 announcement countdown, the temporary album cover, and in several other pieces of The Life of a Showgirl promo has been seen before. Where, you might ask? In the Eras Tour book, in the "Behind the Scenes" chapter, which had led fans to believe that the album is perhaps a look at her life "behind the scenes" of the Eras Tour. Angelica Martinez / Taylor Swift Publications 6. Do you remember the theme of "I Can Do It With a Broken Heart" (her last music video release pre-Showgirls era) on the Eras Tour? The performance was showgirl-themed, of course, as was its segment in the Eras Tour, which depicted Taylor as an exhausted, overworked showg