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is it now Showgirl and Tortured orShowgirl and Poet? when referring to the albums?

i think the general shortenings i see are ttpd/tortured poets and showgirl, but if you want to make them match than i’d vote for poets and showgirl

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9 year old me sobbing shaking jumping for joy

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me: i have a deeply normal relationship with taylor

taylor: gets engaged

me: nevermind

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have we discussed how the eye closest to the camera has different, harsher makeup than the one farther from the camera. and how the eye closest to the camera is in shadow while the one farther away is in light

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if i bleed you'll be the last to know ;

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i have the most divorce-core family ever made is2tg. both sets of grandparents divorced and remarried, my parents divorced, my uncle is on his second wife, my other uncle is a gay widower. one set of grandparents divorced AGAIN before i was born and my not-bio-formerly-legal-grandpa fucked off back to germany and remarried. i have disowned family members, mystery biological family, people we just referred to as "[x]'s kids" my whole life and not as my aunts or cousin or whatever. its just business as usual to me but like wadda hell

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He'll never fall in love he swears as he runs his fingers through his hair, I'm laughing 'cause I hope he's wrong

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Clear blue water, high tide came and brought you in; And I could go on and on, on and on and I will

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and that's the thing about illicit affairs

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All's fair in love and poetry...

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iamhalsey: outtakes part 1

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so are we thinking wish list as the lead single or am i reading wayyyyyyyyyyyy to much into the color of the tracklist

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nothing says "crazy" like a slight tilt to the head

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I remember thinking I had you

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screaming crying throwing up ive been offline for a few months can you PLEASE tell me like. everything that happened with regards to ts12. the easter eggs, announcement, build up, countdown whatever. also what is the "expire" mention everywhere? thank you thank you thank you i love you

tried to make this as thorough as possible so its going below the cut

Public timeline of her working on the album:

Note: This kinda gets into the issue of when one album starts and one ends, but in the issue of telling a brief but complete story, I'm starting with everything after when TTPD got released.

March 16, 2024: Fan: "He [Scott Swift] was giving us ALL the deets! Saying how she went from Singapore [March 10, 2024] and instantly went back to the studio with JACK!"

Sometime in summer 2024: Jet trackers noticed Taylor's jet landing in Stockholm between Eras dates, rumors of her getting back in the studio with Max Martin and Shellback for the first time since reputation start to bubble up

September 7, 2024: Photographed arriving and leaving Electric Lady Studios

April 13, 2025: An unreleated producer lets this slip: "So now in the beginning of the year, we jumped into the studio. We talked to Erik Arvinder who is a composer and [...] And they were like, "Yeah, we just need to finish the Taylor Swift record and then we'll join." (transcript by @jessmalia, the main video was immediately taken down once it gained traction)

July 26, 2025: The Sun: "Taylor was in Los Angeles on Thursday [July 24] filming a new music video [...] It was so top secret that those working on set were not even allowed to hear the song, only the beat. Even though she’s been taking time off from touring and working a lot to spend time with Travis, there are still projects she’s working on, which will no doubt please fans."

Easter Eggs and Vibes:

Taylor liked these tweets about Easter eggs on August 12, 2025:

March 13, 2023-December 8, 2024: The final visual on the eras tour was an orange door being lowered to the stage. Taylor brought this visual back to tease the cover(s) announcement

June 23, 2024: Taylor wore this outfit, which made quite a few people go wait.... this isn't the TTPD aesthetic.. this feels like something new....

August 12, 2024: Taylor mirrors the album colors exactly a year before she announced it

August 20, 2024: Taylor posts the I Can Do It With A Broken Heart music video, and the thumbnail has the number A-12 on the sign in the background

October 18, 2024: Taylor posts a reel in front of section A12

October 26, 2024: Taylor brought out Sabrina Carpenter to sing surprise songs in an orange dress, while Sabrina wore white

November 16, 2024: Taylor brought out Gracie Abrams to sing surprise songs in an orange dress, while Gracie wore white

November 29, 2024: The Eras Tour book is released, and the last page is "See you next era" over the parachutes that open the Eras Tour, which are orange.

February 2, 2025: Showed up to the Grammys in a bright red, showgirl-y outfit (Everyone thought the T on her thigh might've been an easter egg, turns out she really does just has a big fat crush. Also her name is T).

May 30, 2025: Taylor owns her masters!!! But hey... she wrote thiiiiiiiiiiiis with twelve i's... and what's this letterhead at the top... that seems like a new aesthetic...

May 31, 2025: Taylor is photographed arriving and leaving a restaurant in an outfit with a similar 20's aesthetic to her letterhead

June 2025: After a long while without being photographed, Taylor starts popping up a lot, and with the re-recordings era officially over, the TS12 announcement definitely feels in the air...

Sometime this summer: Rumors of a September release are EVERYWHERE

Announcement shenanigans:

August 11 2025:

New Heights posts this (the orange background is apparently unusual):

12 minutes later, Taylor Nation posts this on all socials, with 12 photos of Taylor wearing orange

Republic records comments "❤️‍🔥" on taylor nations instagram post

Countdown #1 appears, set to expire on August 12, 12:12am ET. As you mentioned, it uses the word "Expires" which feels notable, especially with the fan theories about how the color scheme (burnt orange and teal) mirrors the way copper oxidizes as it ages

August 12, 2025:

TITLE REVEAL! The website crashes. Pre-pre orders of the album have an apocryphal 50-minute wait time.

Taylor posts a playlist of every song she's produced with Max Martin and Shellback titled "And baby, that's show business for you ❤️‍🔥"

As mentioned above, she likes several tweets about either intentional or coincidental easter eggs, depending on how much you think Taylor Swift controls the fate of the universe

August 13, 2025:

Countdown #2. "Expires" is back. The orange door is back. 4 different colored locks appear, matched to 4 different colored T.S.'s in the background of teasers for New Heights.

She goes on New Heights! The cover is revealed, the tracklist is revealed, many album things are discussed, I'm not gonna summarize it all, go watch it.

AND NOW YOU'RE CAUGHT UP!!