Taylor Swift Might’ve Dropped Major Hints ‘Reputation (TV)’ Is Coming Very Soon & I’m Unwell

Taylor Swift’s  one of the greatest artists of our generation, partly due to her ongoing project of re-recording her catalogue so she can reclaim her masters. TIME noted this along with many of the star’s accomplishments over the years in her Dec. 6 cover story, as the magazine honored her with the 2023 Person Of The Year title. In Swift’s extensive interview along with an art piece commissioned for TIME to celebrate the honor, many Swifties spotted hints surrounding the singer’s the next re-recorded album. 

So far, Swift has put out updated versions (marked as Taylor’s Version) of Fearless, Red, Speak Now, and 1989, with only Reputation and her debut self-titled album left. It’s been widely theorized that Reputation (Taylor’s Version) will be the next project, and fans are predicting this will be announced in either Dec. 2023 or Feb. 2024. The easter eggs that many have spotted in the TIME interview and the art piece seem to confirm the Dec. 2023 announcement theory but as I’ve come to learn over the years, nothing is ever set in stone until Swift herself confirms. 

CLUES IN THE PORTRAIT

In this collage, many symbols representing Swift and her legendary career are seen in the background.

These include friendship bracelets with various track titles, lyrics, cats, butterflies, hearts, and her lucky number “thirteen” spelled out with Scrabble letters. Eagle-eyed fans noticed individual friendship bracelet beads  spell “Prove it.” Though Swift’s often said this while performing “Cruel Summer” live, inviting fans to scream along to the bridge, some fans think this phrase might also be a vault track title. 

Furthermore, there’s a clock in the bottom right corner and the time on it is 12:07. Could this hint at a Dec. 7 announcement? 

SWIFT’S SOCIAL MEDIA

When Swift posted the TIME photoshoot to her Instagram, she unpinned the 1989 (Taylor’s Version) post, leading fans to think that a Reputation (Taylor’s Version) post would replace it. 

Plus, one of her posts about the TIME interview has a caption that parallels the one for her Reputation Stadium Tour documentary post. 

Last but not least, there’s some suspicious capitalization in this Instagram caption. I have no idea why the four S’s are uppercase, but could the R stand for “Reputation”? 

THE REPUTATION VAULT TRACKS

This one’s probably the most obvious hint of all. Swift directly spoke about the Reputation vault tracks in her TIME interview, describing them as “fire.” 

I might be a little delulu, but I’m also impatient and there’s just too much evidence for a Dec. 7 theory at this point. I’m ready to shed my snake skin whenever Swift is! 

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