- Swift’s latest album was released on April 19 – and to celebrate, she collaborated with Spotify to create the pop-up exhibition
- Fans of the singer spotted that Swift left a few clues about the album in the shelves of the library
- Among them was a dried bunch of lavender, novels named after the track titles, and a certain type of pen – but can you piece the hints together?
Fans have been eagerly anticipating her new album for months.
And this week, Taylor Swift gave her followers another treat – a pop-up poetry store!
Working alongside Spotify to create the project, the singer, 34, set up a special ‘library installation’ at The Grove in Los Angeles, curated specifically for her eleventh studio album, The Tortured Poets Department.
Fans flocked to the exhibit – and, of course, couldn’t help but play detective to try and find some of Swift’s trademark Easter eggs.
According to reports, one of the biggest clues was an open book where followers of the star could catch a glimpse of a few of her new lyrics.
“One less temptress. One less dagger to sharpen,” read one line, and another said, “Even statues crumble if they’re made to wait.”
Also spotted on the shelves were ‘novels’ authored by ‘Taylor Swift’ which featured the titles of some of the tracks from the album, including Clara Bow, But Daddy I Love Him, Down Bad, and The Bolter.
On closer inspection, the eagle-eyed Swifties noticed hints that – much like most of the Karma singer’s songs – the record could see her sing about her ex.
Swift dated British actor Joe Alwyn for six years until early 2023 – and when a library card catalog displaying 72 individual boxes was noticed in the exhibit, some amateur sleuths pieced together that 72 months equates to six years.
Other attention was paid to the statue of Diana of Ephesus on a bookshelf.
“The goddess of childbirth and fertility and the goddess of the moon,” one fan explained via Twitter/X, “The original statue of Diana crumbled while waiting to be shipped to London in the 6th century due to years of neglect, succumbing to the passage of time and the elements.”
While her 2022 song Lavender Haze is about the love she felt for Alwyn, 33, fans noticed a dried-up bundle of the herb in the exhibition.
And another huge clue came when people spotted that only quill and feather pens were displayed in the installation.
Swift previously spoke about how her songs fall into the three different pen categories.
While she revealed the “glitter gel pen” songs are usually happy and upbeat, with “lyrics that make you want to dance, sing and toss glitter around the room”, “fountain” songs are “modern personal stories, written like poetry, about those moments you remember all too well where you can see, hear and feel everything in screaming detail”, while “quill” tracks feature a “period-piece detail … all old fashioned, like you’re a 19th century poet crafting your next sonnet by candlelight.”
Piecing together her own words with the clues, fans therefore deduced that the album would be a very emotional one from Swift.
