Taylor Swift debuted a back tattoo along the release of her unmarried "You Need to Calm Down." Is it real? Plus main points on her new album and upcoming tour!
The cover art for the blonde good looks’s new unmarried, "You Need to Calm Down," options a giant tattoo masking the Grammy winner’s back — and plenty of lovers are wondering if the ink is permanent. Here’s the whole lot we know about Taylor’s upcoming album and the imagery behind it.
Did Taylor Swift get a tattoo?
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Sorry to disappoint, but the 29-year-old’s large tattoo is certainly fake. However, the important thing this is that butterflies play a important position in Taylor’s post-"Reputation" character; representing a rebirth from the dark, snake-filled imagery she used to advertise her last album.
The artwork mimics the opening of Taylor’s music video for her contemporary single "ME!" A snake is seen slithering throughout rainbow-colored cobblestones, however just as its about to strike, the animal explodes into a kaleidoscope of butterflies.
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Similarly, the tattoo depicts two intertwined snakes surrounded by butterflies. Taylor teased this motif back in March when she wore sneakers embellished with the fragile insect to the iHeartRadio Music Awards.
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Taylor’s album "Lover" shall be released on Aug. 23.
It’s no secret that Taylor loves to drop clues for her followers relating to new music, and her lead-up to "Lover" was no other. She first hinted at the album’s colorful and dreamy tone with a photo on Feb. 10. It displays the Pennsylvania native in a refined, light blue dress from Stella McCartney, and effectively ushered in the present pastel section.
She followed up that submit with extra strategically timed pictures. "Those Easter eggs were just trying to establish that tone, which I foreshadowed ages ago in a Spotify vertical video for 'Delicate' by painting my nails those [pastel] colors," Taylor explained to EW.
"I love that [fans] like the cryptic hint-dropping," she added. "Because as long as they like it, I’ll keep doing it. It’s fun. It feels mischievous and playful."
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As for the album itself, "This time around I feel more comfortable being brave enough to be vulnerable, because my fans are brave enough to be vulnerable with me," the songwriter admitted. "Once people delve into the album, it’ll become pretty clear that that’s more of the fingerprint of this."
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The scoop on Taylor Swift’s "Lover" tour:
Though Taylor has yet to announce any excursion dates tied to her new album, based on previous releases, the Golden Globe nominee generally begins traveling round the 6-month mark, so expect to peer tickets for dates in late February/early March 2020 at the earliest.
"Lover" is indisputably a stark distinction to the "Reputation" technology, but given Taylor’s blossoming relationship with boyfriend Joe Alwyn, it makes sense that she’d need to write a bunch of affection songs.
"I think that romance can be found in loneliness or sadness or going through conflicts in your life," she shared. "[The album] just looks at things in a romantic gaze." Hopefully it gained’t make the ones people who are single too depressed.
Watch the lyric video for "You Need to Calm Down" on YouTube now.
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