Singer-songwriter Taylor Swift has announced that she will be returning to the big screen in David O. Russell's latest film. This will mark her first onscreen appearance since 2019.
Swift has a long and distinguished history of acting, with film credits in The Lorax in 2012 and The Giver in 2014. However, after her role in the critically-panned adaptation of Cats in 2019, she began focusing more on her musical work. During the Covid-19 pandemic, Swift has published two zesty albums, Evermore and Folklore, both of which received universal acclaim. Despite her break from acting, she also released a series of concert films on the Disney+, Netflix, and Hulu.
Russell himself has not directed since 2015, when he released Joy, which starred Jennifer Lawrence and Robert De Niro. His new film, tentatively titled Canterbury Glass, has been described as a historical comedy, but the details of its plot are being kept secret. The movie will be distributed by 20th Century Studios and stars Christian Bale, John David Washington, and Margot Robbie. Its release date has not been announced yet.
Swifties are reeling about circulating theories that speculate Taylor Swift could release a third sister album on Friday to coincide with previous albums Folklore and Evermore. Today, we're breaking down these theories so you can decide for yourself.
First, let's look at how the idea of a third album even popped into fans' heads.
Upon the release of Taylor's eighth studio album Folklore, fans found a hidden word on the "Hide-and-Seek" cover art: "Woodvale."
Folklore Hide-and-Seek coverart
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You can see "Woodvale" in white text at the top right corner of the cover.
Fans on Reddit theorized what this could mean for months, but the theory that it was a third album did not come until after Evermore's release in December.
So, why April 30? In an official lyric video for "cowboy like me," the 11th track of Evermore, there is a clock found in the frame. The clock sits on top of exactly three books and is stuck on the time 4:30.
Taylor Swift Vevo
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Taylor Swift Vevo
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Well here's where it gets good: Evermore was released 140 days after Folklore, and April 30 would be exactly 140 days after the release of Evermore (and it's also a Friday).
Many Swifties think if a supposed third album is coming, it would be coming on this day.
While this is pretty convincing in itself, it doesn't stop here. Let's look to Ms. Swift's recent behavior on social medias. Fans have pointed out she keeps using everything in threes in recent tweets and captions.
Taylor Swift on Twitter
CONGRATS @lanawilson 😇😇😇 !!! And a million hugs to the fans who made this happen! https://t.co/YMRWLZTWaa
Also to be noted- the times some of these tweets were made. Repeating 3's, 1, 2, 3; 3, 2, 1?! Of course these things could be coincidences, but does Ms. Swift really do coincidences?
Something else that comes in threes is Taylor's merch. All throughout the Folklore and Evermore eras, many items came in three different colors. Even the cardigans, famous after Folklore's second track cardigan, came in three colors instead of just two.
In many instances, the third color that doesn't coincide with an album aesthetic is blue. This also caused many fans to believe the third album is water-themed, as the other two album were woodsy/mountainous themed.
Taylor Swift Merch
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Taylor has even been wearing a lot of blue recently, exhibited in this video posted from about a week ago.
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So, why isn't everyone fully convinced? There are some downsides to the arguments. First, when Taylor was asked about the Woodvale fan theories in a Jimmy Kimmel interview following the release of Evermore, she somewhat denied these claims.
Taylor explained the "woodvale" featured on some of the Folklore cover art was a codename for Folklore at the time, as she was nervous to unveil the name of the album to even some of her closest teammates. Her team was playing around with placing the title on the cover art, and it was accidentally left there.
She also tells Kimmel in the same interview:
"Jimmy, I'm so tired, I'm so exhausted… I have nothing left!"
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Many fans also reasonably believe that because Taylor has moved into releasing her re-recordings, that continuing the previous era would not make sense.
Well, are you convinced? Whether there is a third sister album or not, this still definitely proves one thing: Swifties sure are extremely creative and could probably solve some serious crimes if given the chance.
Taylor Swift has surprise-released another one of her never-before-heard songs, and we are perfectly fine with it!
This morning, Swift took to Instagram stories to subtly release one of her songs from "The Vault" that her re-recorded Fearless album will feature.
The post featured an ominous "swipe up" link that leads to the unheard song "Mr. Perfectly Fine," written by Taylor in 2008.
"Me in 2020: life is chill, writing songs based in fiction to avoid drama, feeling pretty grown up," Swift's statement on the post reads, "My 2008 music from the vault, in a goblin voice: 'REELEEEEEEASE MR PERFECTLY FIIIIIIINE'"
In the background of the post is what appears a hazy image of a man in a tuxedo.
Mr. Perfectly Fine
Taylor Swift
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This announcement comes just four days after she posted a mysterious video of a golden vault, out of it swirling anagrams that fans discovered were the titles of her songs from the vault that will make it onto her re-recorded version of Fearless.
The next day, Swift released the full list of song titles that will be featured on the new album after fans cracked the vault codes correctly. She is one elaborate storyteller!
The Taylena love is definitely not one-sided. Back in 2018, Swift posted a video of her kitty that included a framed picture of a young Gomez and Swift hugging in the background.
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On her HBO Max series Selena + Chef (2020-), Gomez gave a FaceTime call to her pal to show off her homemade Korean tacos with the help of Chef Roy Choi.
In arguably one of the best music videos of all time, Taylor Swift's "Bad Blood" (2015) featured an abundance of celebrity cameos, many of which were from the previously known "Squad." The video featured Gigi Hadid, Cara Delevingne, Zendaya, Jessica Alba, Ellen Pompeo, and more.
Gomez was featured as one of the main roles Arsyn, Swift's character Catastrophe's partner turned nemesis.
These two are the cutest pair of besties and we hope for more posts from the two!
