Taylor Swift Just Basically Gave Her Album Title Away, and You’ll Either Love It or Hate It

From ELLE

Taylor Swift is back to doing interviews (lots of interviews!) as she promotes her first single "ME!" and her upcoming seventh album, and today, she seemingly gave away one of her fans' biggest questions: What on Earth is she titling her album? Swift didn't just outright say it, but she told fans how to find it in the easter eggs she's already dropped in her new interview with The Independent.

She was asked by the British outlet how many clues there were about TS7's title in her "ME!" music video. "I think you see it once, and you hear it twice," Swift said.

And that made it easy for fans, who recognized that the word "Lover" appears on the screen once and in the lyrics twice.

Here is it in the video:

And here it is in the lyrics. The first reference was in the first pre-chorus that Swift sings:

And the second reference is later in the song, when Swift and Urie repeat the pre-chorus's hook into the chorus:

So Lover the album. Some people may love it; others may hate it because causal use of the word itself is polarizing. (I mean, how often do you see the word outside of period pieces and romance novels?)

But Swift has used "lover" before in her music. In Reputation alone, it appears in two songs.

It made its first appearance in Reputation's first track "...Ready for It?" when Swift sings, "he can be my jailer, Burton to this Taylor /Every lover known in comparison is a failure."

And in "Call It What You Want," Swift sings, "I'm laughing with my lover, makin' forts under covers / Trust him like a brother / Yeah, you know I did one thing right / Starry eyes sparkin' up my darkest night."

In both those references, "lover" was likely referring to Swift's boyfriend Joe Alwyn. Time and the music will tell whether her entire seventh album will be about him and their relationship or if she explores the word's broader meaning beyond a romantic partner (lover of life, self-lover, being someone who genuinely gives love to friends and fans, etc.).

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