Before Taylor Swift’s new album release, fans are going crazy searching for any little clue for her upcoming album “The Life of a Showgirl”. And as per usual, she left a little trail of easter eggs unti the release of this album on October 3rd. In case you haven’t cracked all the clues, here are some that you might have missed!
- The orange door
During Swift’s last song, “Karma,” on “The Eras Tour,” 10.1 million people saw an orange door on the stage. Although inconspicuous at first, as the shows went on, fans began picking up on this easter egg. The first shows only had a door on the big screen, but at the last show in Canada, a physical orange door appeared at the back of the stage. Instead of exiting the stage, she walked through the physical orange door at the last show, symbolizing the transition into a new era.
“I went to the eras tour and I did not know what the orange door meant at the time, but now that I know it’s so cool how she’s entering this new era,” 6th grader Oliva Welsh said.
Later, it was revealed that the color of the door matched the album colors.
- Apple Music lyrics
On September 30th, as fans went to listen to one of Swift’s albums, “Reputation,” they noticed a change in the Apple Music lyric page – some of the letters were capitalized. Soon, fans realized this was a hidden message, once all of the capitalized letters were found and put together, it spelled out: They don’t make loyalty like they used to. Which, at the time these were found, did not seem like much, but later, during the album release, these were the exact lyrics found in her new song “Father Figure.”
- Plaid
Fans also began noticing plaid all over the place: plaid when Swift went to a restaurant, plaid when she was seen walking around. She was caught by fans and the paparazzi wearing plaid countless times, whether it was a skirt or a top, the adornments had the signature orange and green of the new album. People speculated that the reason she was wearing so much plaid had to somehow contribute to the new album.
“The spread of these easter eggs usually is on social media, like Instagram and TikTok, and that’s how I find out,” junior Taylor Swift fan Presley Sherman said.
All the plaid drew the fan’s attention to National Plaid Day which happens to be on October 3rd, the day of the album release.
- Eras Tour Stage
The Eras Tour Stage seemed like a regular stage, with a long walkway and big platforms, but there was actually more to it than that. After the album was released, the stage proved to have much more significance. The song titles, in her new album, all made the shape of the stage when put together in order. Swift explains that the album was written to give fans a glimpse into her life during the shows. This makes the connection of the stage and the actual performance to the album, where it is more personal. The new album goes along with the stage as it reflects the changing eras of Swift’s life.
