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Taylor Swift fans detail the emotional 'hidden meaning' behind her new album cover
Eagle-eyed Taylor Swift fans have spotted a potential hidden meaning about her life in the spotlight, following her new album announcement on Tuesday.
Swities are nothing but observant when it comes to finding Easter eggs, and now they've noticed a similarity between the colors of the album cover and the Statue of Liberty - theorizing the star is making a comment on her life of fame wearing her down.
The hitmaker, 35, sent her loyal fans into a frenzy on Tuesday after she revealed her new music, which will be called The Life of a Showgirl, on boyfriend Travis Kelce 's New Heights podcast.
Now, diehard fans have found a connection between the Grammy-award winning artist's new album cover and the oxidization of Lady Liberty over the years.
Swift revealed her new album cover in a teaser clip from the episode which showed her holding up a record. The cover, which had been blurred, featured hues of light green and rust colored orange.
Fans immediately shared their theories online, convinced the artist was revealing a hidden message through the colors - noting they are the same as those when the Statue of Liberty was first built as well as its faded state now.
'OH I AM SICK. I AM SICK!' one user exclaimed, along with a graphic showing a chart breaking down how the color of the Statue of Liberty has changed over the years.
'The color scheme is copper oxidizing because a showgirl is on a pedestal for the world and over time, in the public eye they lose their shine… the weathering from being the target for the world's misogyny. #TheLifeOfAShowgirl,' mused another.
'Super into whoever brought up the oxidation of copper with the color scheme... the inevitable degradation and unwanted changes in appearance that come with a woman aging in the limelight...' another chimed in.
'Statue of Liberty oxidized from orange to become green, symbolizing Taylor herself being corroded/destroyed by the industry but the oxidation actually protects the metal from further corrosion so she was hurt but it made her stronger,' someone else shared.
Some even thought the new album could be extending an olive branch her ex-best friend Blake Lively, who dressed as the Statue of Liberty in 2022 in a Versace gown at the Met Gala.
'And I'm taking that as Taylor standing ten toes behind Blake Lively! I don't care what you man-obsessed losers think, Tay knows what it's like to be subjected to a misogynistic hate campaign and how to overcome it, so it'd be no surprise she's helping Blake through the same,' one user declared.
The pair had a reported falling out after the pop superstar was dragged into the feud between Lively and It Ends With Us director Justin Baldoni after a legal letter filed by Baldoni's lawyers in May alleged that Lively's lawyers had attempted to 'coerce' Swift to issue a public statement in support of her, and urged her to delete text messages between them.
The court filing claimed Lively's lawyer, Michael Gottlieb, had contacted Swift's attorney and demanded 'that Ms. Swift release a statement of support for Lively, intimating that, if Swift refused to do so, private text messages of a personal nature in Lively's possession would be released.'
Lively's lawyers later filed a motion asking the court to strike the accusations from its docket as 'baseless, unnecessary, improper and abusive,' and Lively's lawyer's motion to dismiss Baldoni's lawyer's letter was granted.
Soon after the album announcement the star curated a new Spotify playlist for her upcoming album titled: 'And, baby, that's show business for you.'
The playlist, which was originally created two weeks ago and went public shortly after her album announcement, features 22 Taylor songs all from previous albums.
Fans were quick to notice that the list of curated songs only featured Max Martin-produced songs - leading them to believe her new album will heavily focus on a pop theme.
Martin previously worked on her 2017 album Reputation - known for its huge and vibrant pop and electropop hits such as Delicate and Look What You Made Me Do.
He is known for his pop and R&B sound and has worked with the likes of Ariana Grande, Britney Spears and Selena Gomez before.
It comes in stark contrast to her last offering The Tortured Poets Department which was full of ballads following her split from long-term boyfriend Joe Alwyn.
The superstar's website initially featured a countdown over a glittering orange background and the cryptic text below: 'Expires August 12 at 12:12AM ET' the release date is yet to be confirmed
While Swift's website crashed immediately after the timer ran out, once it was back online, it had transformed into a 'pre pre-order' store for the upcoming album.
She was offering a $30 vinyl version of the album, a $13 CD that came with a double-sided poster decorated on either side with photos of the hitmaker and a $20 cassette version designed to appeal to fans with a retro streak.
Each display featured a heavily blurred version of what appeared to be the album cover, and the description promised that the various formats would have unique cover designs.
The vinyl version appeared to be tailored to collectors, as it was described as being printed on 'Portofino Orange Glitter Vinyl,' which was described as translucent orange vinyl decorated with gold glitter.
