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Topics: Taylor Swift, Kanye West, Music, Celebrity, News
Niamh Shackleton
Topics: Taylor Swift, Kanye West, Music, Celebrity, News
Taylor Swift fans are embracing their inner Sherlock Holmes and debunking parts of her new album cover.
Last week, Swift set the internet on fire after announcing the news of her 12th studio album, The Life of A Showgirl.
The news came during Swift’s appearance on the New Heights podcast, hosted by her NFL star boyfriend Travis Kelce and his brother Jason, who formerly played for the Philadelphia Eagles.
Unveiling a copy of the new record, the singer said: "This is my new album, The Life Of A Showgirl. It’s something I was working on while I was in Europe on the Eras tour."
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Swift went on to tease that the upcoming record was 'a lot more upbeat' than 2024’s The Tortured Poets Department.
While on New Heights, Swift also debuted her upcoming album's artwork, in which she is seen in a sparkly, showgirl-like bodice and is partially submerged in water.
Around her reads the title of her new record — which will be released on October 3 — in an orange, glittery font.
Well, music fans think that the title of the album and its orange typography is a swipe at Kanye West; someone she's had a feud with for the best part of two decades.
In 2016, West released his album The Life of Pablo, which featured tracks like 'Ultralight Beam', '30 Hours', and 'Real Friends'.
Arguably the best known song on the record is 'Famous' which became, well, famous, for its controversial music video and lyrics that mentioned Swift.
The line in question goes: "I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex. Why? Because I made that b*tch famous," which is in seeming reference to the rapper interrupting Swift's MTV Music Video Award win in 2009.
West alleged that Swift approved of the lyrics, but the 'Cardigan' hitmaker has always denied this.
Now, Swift's followers think The Life Of A Showgirl is mimicking West's 2016 record title.
In regards to the orange font used on the cover, others have suggested that this is also linked to The Life of Pablo because the rapper's cover was on a bright orange background.
Noting the similarities (the album titles in particular), someone penned on Twitter: "Taylor naming her album ‘The Life Of A Showgirl’ to show up before Kanye’s ‘The Life Of Pablo’ in search results… her mind."
Echoing similar sentiments, another said: "Taylor Swift doesn’t do anything by accident. It’s probably not a coincidence her album shows up in searches before Kanye’s Life of Pablo."
"Not Taylor releasing an orange aesthetic album titled the life of a showgirl when Kanye has an orange aesthetic album titled The Life of Pablo," added a third.
A different person argued: "You cant tell me that Taylor Swift's new album is not inspired by Ye. Same colour scheme and same name format of The Life of Pablo."
Do you think it's a coincidence?
UNILAD have approached Swift's reps for comment.