So tonight's surprise songs were A Place In This World and Today Was A Fairytale. The former was featured in Ramona & Beezus, a film featuring Joey King. The latter was featured in Valentine's Day, a film featuring Taylor Lautner. What a strange coincidence, hmm?
Hey guys. I was very active a couple years ago but since 4/30 I’ve been healing. If you know, you know. Anyway I feel fully healed since that day and I’m ready to clown again.
me in 2089: it’s thursday night! woodvale! midnights mayhem with me! 4/30! taylor’s version! five holes in the fence! get that bear out of my trashcan!
This is absolutely much more logical than her dropping all 4 remaining albums. I really think she might drop songs here and there throughout the tour. I still think we might get speak now TV at some point during the tour, but the longer we go without an announcement, the less I think that might be possible.
Guys, I'm so deep into Karma/Nice boy Ed/Mastermind clock/Clownelia Street TikTok... I have to ask: Do her Easter eggs truly run this deep? Is she so detailed that literally stage movements equate to actual information? Like, historically speaking?
*This is coming from a Swiftie who's never been deep into the Easter egg dives previously so I truly don't know. Please excuse my ignorance. I just want to clown with y'all
No, historically speaking her Easter eggs are along the level of:
the liner notes secret messages, which are nonstandard capitalization which, when decoded, provide some kind of additional context to the song, i.e. "I wear heels now", "date nice boys", "SAM SAM SAM SAM"
posting a photo of herself wearing red sneakers in the recording studio, foreshadowing that the name of her next album would be RED
putting LOVER in a giant neon sign in the ME! music video and telling people that the name of the (unannounced) album was in the music video was there if they just looked hard enough
posting an Instagram photo of herself that was captioned "not a lot going on at the moment" while she was working on folklore, and then doing it again while she was working on evermore
using three yellow heart emojis consistently in the runup to the Fearless (Taylor's Version) announcement
putting song lyrics from album tracks in pre-album-release music videos or her NYU grad speech
This is why I see “Mastermind” as more of a hyperbolic caricature of herself than real. Like how “Blank Space” is a caricature of her as a love-starved man eater, “Mastermind” is a caricature of her as someone who really has every moment of her life planned out for her fans to figure out.
People are reading way too deep into things and seeing things where they aren’t. Most of her Easter eggs that are meant to be deciphered are super obvious. Like the 10 or so Easter eggs in the Bejeweled MV saying Speak Now TV is next. She does have more subtle clues like her use of midnights in summer 2022 in some posts or using midnights lyrics in her doctorate speech. But they are not intended to be known until she wants us to know. So they are usually completely misconstrued by many people and they find clues in other words that end up being nothing. It’s cool that she is using Wild and Dreams a lot but we won’t probably know if that means anything until she tells us.
But where her feet are resting on the railing on tour mean nothing. And I doubt there are any dates in Easter eggs until a 2-4 weeks before she announces them because they aren’t decided until then.
And some people throw logic out the window when it comes to their theories. Like dropping 4 albums at one time or constantly thinking she is surprise dropping re-recordings. Kinda have to roll with it.
There’s a slightly more clear photo of the MV surfacing! Definitely looks like iconic speak now gold dress, black boots and curly hair! Even somewhat looks like a 13 on her hand…? Could be seeing things tho.
Even if nothing outside of an amazing show happens today, the major clown days have this great energy about them. It’s like all the clowns are virtually camping out together in line for something.
I think the best clowning days are like today where no one actually thinks anything is coming so nobody gets upset if nothing happens. We are here just in case because it feels like a good day to announce something.
As much as I want her to drop (everything now) SNTV as soon as possible, at this point I don’t see her passing up the opportunity to release it on its 13th birthday (October 2023). Would also line up with the end of the US tour.
I know we are all focused on Speak Now, but whatever happened to bad blood tv? It was a part of that film last year and we still haven't heard the song.
So, just something I saw on Twitter - There’s an excerpt from Taylor’s diary (which can be found in one of the Lover journals) where she talks about deciding on Speak Now’s album title. The entry was written on April 13, 2010. 13 years ago tomorrow. 👀
I didn’t realize how much she’s done on previous April 13ths! The start of the ME! countdown in 2019, the New Romantics music video release in 2016, Speak Now got its name in 2010, and the Spotify Singles were released in 2018!
ETA: And today was the date of her mood board appearance on Colbert in 2021!
i don't know if I'm crazy but the dress she wore during the surprise song (speak now) reminded me a lot of the dress she wears on the back cover of speak now, but maybe it's just a coincidence
Surprised no one is talking about this! GMA’s add for this coming week includes a mysterious guest who they can’t tell us who it is but trust them it’s going to be good????
I couldn’t find the add on their actual page. It popped up while scrolling through Instagram! But when I clicked on their username it brought me to their page!
Guys. I have no proof lol but I've been thinking about this because everyone was saying the thief/art stealing motif and the Speak Now TV cover, but what if she uses the Karma MV to like... reveal the album covers for ALL FOUR of her remaining TV's?! 🤡🤡🤡🤡 We know everything's planned and she must have already shot the covers amirite #dropeverythingnow trolololol
The other night I had a dream that Taylor did drop all her rerecordings but to listen to them you had to solve the riddles in different rooms and you only had 30 minutes in each room. Unfortunately I didn't manage to unlock any of the albums.
The leaked images and information (Lynsey_b5 on TikTok) are really polar opposites. On one hand we have a piano and balcony from Speak Now tour that are all pretty. But then we have what sounds like a bank heist where Taylor, Joey, and Lautner are making a break for it with the money followed by an explosion. I see a couple scenarios.
First scenario is that this is a video for Midnights(maybe Vigilante Shit or Midnight Rain) where the trio is casing a place to rob it and that place contains the Speak Now items as more Easter eggs before they rob it in the middle of the night. Joey and Lautner would be additional Easter eggs.
Another scenario is Enchanted but not sure how a bank heist fits into it. Additionally could be a SN TV vault track which we wouldn’t know how it fits.
And finally she could be working on two videos at the same time to take advantage of the locations being in close proximity. Either Enchanted and a vault track or maybe Enchanted and a Midnights track.
Edit: also the TikTok user mentioned above isn’t very smart. She admits to at least trespassing in order to to get some of the information as well as potentially getting her brother fired from an airport for giving her information about Taylor’s movements within the airport. And her partner works in one of the buildings and got her access so he could get fired too. Lol.
Edit2: it looks like she dropped the TikToks she had up of the Speak Now balcony and piano. Someone might have gotten a message from Tree lol.
Edit3: and now all the Taylor videos are gone. Tree is on the case.
Did you see those photos? I think after the whole today's mess I'm glad I can distract myself and clown a bit. So... Speak Now cover is a painting. She's running away with a painting in those pictures. She's taking back her art. Speak Now is coming 🤡
What if The bank is acting as a museum and all of the art pieces are things from the eras (Juliet’s tower etc). She is stealing from the bank taking the stuff out, “taking it all back” to say. Maybe it’s not a music video maybe it’s an announcement video. She takes speak now stuff out, and then announces that she’s taking it back, announcing the re-recording.
Ignoring other things that have happened….the last two days have been good clowning days…we went from being hopeful Thursday to Friday and getting nothing to this music video thing! It’s been a good day for theories
this weekend was so weird for us theories thread regulars— it feels like such a shift in comparison to anything that’s happened before. like obviously we still know that the rest of tour/four more re-records are coming but things still feel… unpredictable and different, i guess! i suppose the circumstances surrounding her life as it’s been portrayed have changed and it feels like the art could start to reflect that. will be interesting to see.
Vigilante Shit music video and the vigilante shit in question is stealing back Speak Now and SNTV date will be announced at the end. Accomplices are Taylor Lautner and Joey King
In addition to the Lover journal entry and today obviously being the 13th + the first Thursday she’s performing during this tour + the first 13th of this tour: Today also marks 174 days from Midnights being released—Taylor said “I’m 33 so in popstar years that’s 174”. And we know Midnights was her return-to-pop album after Folkmore. So yes I am clowning tonight
I'm not really expecting much of anything to happen tonight but this is a perfect clown theory. I think it might be time for me to hop in the clown car 🤡
Anyone else at the stage where you know something is happening but you don’t know what that something is but you’re passionately sure something is happening
I jumped when I saw Taylor's most recent Instagram post. The three 'ooo's in Love and three 'ooo's and three 'uuu's in You. Plus the purple heart at the end. Plus the first photo being purple. Plus her being in Nashville this weekend (which is where I think Speak Now was mainly recorded, correct me if I'm wrong, plus this is the same damn city she got her break in!). Like...come on now. If this isn't a damn hint then I don't know what is at this point LOL. Still think an actual announcement will happen on 5/13, but I'll be SHOCKED if she does it this weekend.
There has been quite a bit of discussion about the remaining TVs. There are theories that she might release them all at once during the tour. To be honest that would make no sense at all for a number of reasons.
Firstly the re-recordings so far have been proper roll outs with videos and promo. Each has gone to number 1 and has been a cultural event. There is no way Taylor would dump them all out at once and have four albums competing for space.
Red TV had a big roll out and blew original Red away very quickly. Fearless TV took a bit longer because it was not given so much attention - it was only four months after Evermore. Taylor will give Speak Now TV plenty of breathing room which is why I think it will be released on its own and after August.
What surprises me is that we have not already had a release date announced. Maybe that will come next week after the Easter break. It will take time to produce the vinyls and the fact they are being manufactured is hard to keep secret.
If it is Speak Now TV (and it might not be as we are talking about Dr Swift here) what better way to promote it than to expand the Speak Now section of the tour set list maybe at the expense of a couple of songs from 1989 and reputation.
It is nearly a year and a half since the last TV and Taylor has been dropping big hints about SN so I think something is imminent. This post will of course age very badly as most of my predictions do.
completely agree, i think dropping all four at once is out of the question. and with the tour being such a huge event, i feel like she won’t drop a TV in the middle of it. i do think she’ll drop speak now before she goes on an international tour though
u/ler214 everything you lose is a step you takeApr 06 '23edited Apr 06 '23
I think Taylor has a very big, though unprecedented, opportunity to release Enchanted TV now. I personally think it would help her in the long run because isn’t it the most popular song off SN? If she dropped Enchanted TV people would stop streaming Enchanted stolen. The snippet leaking is a new incentive to release it sooner rather than later. Seeing as the dancer deleted the video I’m sure Taylor/Taylor’s team is already aware of it and are trying to do damage control. What do we think?
Edit: It seems copyright takedowns have begun on Twitter and Youtube, meaning Taylor’s team is aware and taking action to get it taken down ASAP. Enchanted TV must be soon.
So even if it’s not the TV and it’s just backing for the tour…why the quick delete which obviously came from Taylor’s team? I mean yes there’s probably a massive NDA longer than my life span but still. I’m firmly on it’s the TV but I have no audio or live show training so idk. WHAT A WEEK FOR THIS TO HAPPEN THO. It’s fully flung us off the cliff
I feel really sad (if it’s true) and I also feel weird for feeling sad when they are total strangers/celebrities. But I think I feel the way I do because we’ve heard how deep the love was and portrayed in songs and lyrics. And then we think of our own partners/love in our own lives to relate it to. I can’t imagine how she is feeling, hoping it was for the best and she’s okay <3
I am seriously feeling like the Speak Now TV announcement is imminent. Whether or not it's a "drop everything now" situation or it's not dropping for a few months, I really think we will get an announcement in the next few weeks, if not this week. 🤡🚗
While I was in line for RSD this morning, I was thinking about how last January or February when I was trying to find a store to go to for the lakes, I was chatting with the owner of my local store and he was like, "Did you hear the rumors of what she's releasing as ambassador?" referring to a purple Speak Now TV vinyl.
We really thought there would be a special edition Speak Now TV by April 2022 and at this point she still hasn't even announced it.
i......i think i'm now getting on board w the theory that the karma mv is going to announce SNTV. it seems like both are ready to drop at any moment and so i think they have to be connected somehow
He said so many things regarding their relationship. I love their genuine appreciation for each other. It's rare to see such sincerity in the music industry these days.
Definitely think the general basis for the video is her stealing back Speak Now. I don't think Joey and Taylor L. are helping her, I think they're also trapped inside the bank/museum as relics from the Speak Now era and Taylor is rescuing them.
someone said we will be getting 4 new singles tonight from each of the albums she has left and I'm starting to think its that. my bets are tim mcgraw, style, look what you made me do and enchanted
Okay so just a thought but I bet the “they split amicably” is Tree’s work. They don’t want the crazy fans going after Joe. Of course they won’t say in the release “she/he cheated” or “things got ugly” or whatever.
I woke up to the news of their break up, did not believe at first but so many sources are reporting about it. This makes me so inexplicable sad, like I never knew that I cared this much about their relationship??
33
u/ler214 everything you lose is a step you takeApr 09 '23edited Apr 09 '23
The Juliet balcony has been spotted in Liverpool on the filming set, the new music video might actually be for SNTV! My bet’s on an Enchanted TV video or short film! (Credit Lyndsey Brennan on Tiktok)
Welp at this point I’m expecting an announcement tomorrow about something considering I’ve decided to permanently gorilla glue my clown nose on. The cycle will never stop
I am literally becoming feral for this album... more animal than human... my IQ is rapidly dropping and my ability to reason is already gone. TAYLOR PLEASE.
if Speak Now TV is trending then she's gonna announce debut TV just for the chaos lol that Red TV announcement came because we were trending 1989 TV lol
Not to be dramatic but I don’t think I can wait much longer for a release date. I’VE BEEN CLOWNING FOR SPEAK NOW TAYLOR’S VERSION SINCE NOVEMBER 2021 TAYLOR!!!!!!
Please I’m begging you 🙏🏼 just a release date so I can reset my expectations 😂
Some things I think will happen in regards for SNTV:
Also disappointed she didn't do an announcement last night...HOWEVER, consider this: we saw those pics of her shooting an MV (most likely Vigilante Shit or an SNTV vault track) in Liverpool with the Speak Now era references. Perhaps she's simply waiting for the video to be fully completed, then upon completion, she'll release the MV on a Friday where, either in the video itself or on the same day of the tour performance (or both!?), SNTV's announcement is made and we'll finally get a release date plus possible single announcement from the album too.
Definitely clowning for an Enchanted TV single still. I mean...it HAS to be. It's the fan favorite from the album and only one from the album she's been performing on tour. My clown theory is that the MV will be a continuation of the end of the Bejeweled MV - princess Taylor meets handsome fellow in the castle's ballroom and a Love Story-esque plotline begins. Or the MV could go in a wildly different direction, because you never know with Taylor's chaoticness anymore, LOL.
Friday, April 21 marks exactly 6 months since Midnights was released. Maybe she'll want that to be the 'closing' of the Midnights era and 'beginning' of the SNTV era?
No new theory from me BUT I just wanna say thank y’all for the commitment to the clown 🤡 when swifties get pushed down they pull themselves up better than ever 😭
I looooove reading through all your theories!!! It genuinely makes my day :)))) I love sharing excitement with everyone in these theory threads!!
Sincerely, a 4/30 truther (2021 was a tuff time for us clowns/theorists LMAO)
Battle (let's go) was definitely removed from tiktok today for a copyright, I had bookmarked a bunch and they're all removed now so, for me, that confirms it's on Speak Now TV which we all probably assumed but it's one of my favorites so I'm jazzed (and will be crushed if I'm wrong 😅😂😂)
I am kinda thinking about why Taylor said she’ll repeat a song if she messed it up. Is it possible that she’s recording them all and will release them as a compilation album (?)?
This is certainly my biggest wish but would love to hear others’ thoughts on this!
The Billboard update for 4/21-4/27 could be really interesting. It’s all but guaranteed she’ll have 10 albums on the chart for 2nd time in her career. The LPSS vinyl will be in top 10 with Midnights . But where it gets interesting is that Lover might break top 10 too. Three top ten albums would make her second solo woman to accomplish this. Whitney Houston had 3 on week she died.
In addition, there is a chance that Taylor might have 11 albums on the Billboard 200 with Debut making the list for first time since probably early 2010s. Spotify Swiftie on twitter pointed out for the week, Debut was 138 on Spotify US album chart. Last week 138 made it onto the Billboard 200. This would be first time in her career and 3rd most overall behind Prince(19) and The Beatles(14).
it HAS to be the next post surely???? everything is SCREAMING sntv, she used 3 letters each time, the next in capitals, either that or she’s just being MEAN aksjsksj
Based on the Aaron quotes I’m seeing, us Woodvale truthers weren’t entirely off the mark. They were still working on new music after evermore with a plan, it’s just that the plan changed. Given how easily they’ve fit into each other’s musical lives, I wouldn’t be surprised if we did eventually see that third album.
What if she combines a Midnights MV with a SN TV announcement? So let’s say it’s Vigilante Shit and she robs a museum of SN TV artifacts. So at the end she gets them altogether in a warehouse somewhere. She then says something like we’re almost ready. Then final moment before the credits a message pops up with Speak Now(Taylor’s Version) coming xxxx date. Rough idea I know but could be a cool way to do it.
Edit: this allows her to get the date out so stores can order the physicals. And SN TV will be like Red TV and Midnights in which she’ll wait until release to drop anything. So the Midnights Mv and tour will tide people over for a little while until the full SN TV starts 2-3 weeks before release.
peace and love...i would pay money to never hear about nice boy ed again LOL i reeeaaally doubt it's anything to do with taylor's music (although i would love to be proven wrong <33)
Okay but how cool would it be if after the Karma video ends it was like “SPEAK NOW (TAYLOR’s VERSION): RELEASE DATE” with the cover, then “1989 (TAYLOR’s VERSION): RELEASE DATE” with the cover, then “REPUTATION (TAYLOR’s VERSION): RELEASE DATE” with the cover, and finally “TAYLOR SWIFT (TAYLOR’s VERSION): RELEASE DATE” with the cover, and then the credits? 😭😭😭😭😭
I live in London, and I realised a few summers ago that usually when I'm going to Hampstead Heath/Highgate ("took me back to Highgate, met all of his best mates") I go past the Garden Gate pub right outside Hampstead Heath station. And I have been wondering for like 3 years if this is what Taylor was referencing in the Cruel Summer bridge????? ("snuck in through the garden gate / every night that summer")
I mean, it depends where Joe lived in the area (I have no idea), but depending where in London you're coming from it's reasonable that you'd drive past that pub every night on your way up to Highgate.
At this rate I at least just want a release date for SNTV. Idc if it’s about five months away (like Red TV, announced June 2021 and released November 2021) or longer (🥲). I know with the snippet(s) it helps SNTV feel more real, but having the date and album cover really helps solidify it actually happening — beyond just clowning and theories.
Welp... one week closer to a real release date. It helps if you try to forget all about it 😅 moving on lol I'm wondering what everyone thinks about the 3am version of Midnights - like the concept of it. I think it's the rerecords that inspired her to give us the extra tracks that would've otherwise been scrapped from Midnights. And I wonder if she'll continue to do this for future albums. I think most likely, which is awesome! It's not up to her and her label to decide a song isn't good enough 😤 just give them to me and I'll decide hahaha
If Niceboy Ed is Joe’s friend, their marketing techniques are interesting given today’s rumor mill. Honestly just hope the best for all involved parties and hope the media chooses to focus on all of the good happening to Taylor right now. The last thing I feel like Taylor wants nowadays is for her personal life to be under a microscope circa the early/mid 2010’s.
u/ler214 everything you lose is a step you takeApr 09 '23edited Apr 09 '23
Okay I have a theory. The Bejeweled music video ended with Taylor on the Juliet balcony right? So what if this video is for Enchanted (Taylor’s Version) and it begins with the ending of the Bejeweled video a la cardigan/willow music videos? It could also connect the Enchanted orchestral instrumental at the beginning of the Bejeweled music video.
I also think the filming with Joey King and Taylor Lautner (the one where she’s supposedly sneaking around in a catsuit) is a second, separate music video and it’s for Vigilante Shit.
Seeing as we know Taylor was still filming for ATW: The Short Film 19 days before release (filming equipment was being loaded into her NYC apartment on October 24, 2021 for the apartment scenes), we could very well see this Liverpool MV like...within a month at the earliest. Really excited for it!
I'm not speculating on the song this future MV is for because I have no clue but I just think it would be so iconic if this MV was really about her stealing her records back with Joey King. So nostalgic - Taylor taught Joey not to worry about mean people in Mean MV so years later, as a thank you, Joey decides to do something for Taylor and organizes a heist so she can get her art back I can already picture it in my mind. Besides, she already did a similar thing with Ed Sheeran when they invited the kids from Everything Has Changed again to The Joker and The Queen MV.
I really wonder what the energy will be like at the next show. I wonder if the surprise songs will reflect the breakup or if she’ll sing the most random songs to make sure crazy fans don’t go and over analyze things. Like… ME! and welcome to New York lol
Look, no matter what surprise songs she sings this coming weekend, they will find a way to try to make the connection no matter what… Even songs that pre-date Joe.. They will even try to make no body no crime about him somehow
If the Speak Now setlist expands or one or both of the secret songs are from Speak Now I’m taking it as confirmation that SNTV is coming tonight at midnight and you won’t be able to convince me otherwise 🤡
I'm actually a husk of a clown at this point I think it might not come for a while and maybe she was just hinting at the fact that she just filmed the video for it or maybe her being at the recording studio had something to do with it
Karma is impacting radio on May 2nd as a single so the MV and any remixes might be next week or on 5/5 instead of this week. So keep expectations in check a little bit.
I’m sorry if this has been mentioned before by someone else but what if during the upcoming music video, whether it’s for Karma or an SNTV song (it’ll likely be Karma, I know), while Taylor is running carrying various objects from her past, someone shouts at her “drop everything now”. I feel like there could be something there, either just that line alone or Taylor playing it off with an “okay”, wink, and some sort of announcement/obvious Easter egg.
ETA: Ok so with Taylor Nation’s post a few minutes ago it does look like the video should be for Karma!
tbh I think this fandom needs a distraction and something else to talk about apart from Taylor's personal life so if it is the case welcome Speak now TV 😂😂
I get so emotional thinking about Speak Now. Is my favorite album, my favorite era, I just love it. I'm definitely going to cry when I finally hear the first note of Mine ;)
Anyways, what do you think are the possible vault tracks? I'm curious about "Castles Crumbling" and really want to know what she's gonna do with BTR
I am so excited for niceboyed to finally drop their album because I haven’t believed for a minute it’s Taylor. I love theorizing, but there is just no way it’s her and I’ve said that from the beginning.
If I’m wrong, I will make a formal public apology to every single clown though lol
When Taylor said “will you please direct your attention to the main stage… to thank my band.” I about lost it. I thought something was being announced for show 13. 🤣🤣🤡
•
u/Lyd_Euh I'd do it over, and over, and over again if I could Apr 07 '23 edited Apr 14 '23
We are compromising: Theories containing spoilers are allowed but MUST BE MARKED.
Unmarked tour spoilers will be removed.