“Funny how Taylor Swift got us all to pick up pens when online school never could.”
Taylor Swift Challenged Fans to Decode Her Latest Puzzle—And We Think They Did
Taylor Swift fans are known for investigating and decoding literally anything the pop star does—sometimes even when there's nothing to find!
That was not the case on Friday, April 2, when the pop star challenged Swifties to an “expert” level puzzle. “The vault door is about to be as unhinged as you’ll think I am after you watch this video, she wrote on Instagram and Twitter. “Level: Expert. Happy decoding!”
https://twitter.com/taylorswift13/status/1378014758583025666
In the video, a golden vault opens up revealing a series of jumbled up words like “EYB," “INFE," “GENAURIFT," and more. Nonsense, right? Maybe not.
Given that Taylor Swift is set to release her 26-track-long rerecording of the Fearless album in one week, many fans quickly began unscrambling what they believe to be bonus track titles. While the comments were turned off on Instagram, they were able to show off their code-cracking skills on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/taytaeshoe/status/1378023846674976772
Stans were also quick to theorize that at least one song will feature Keith Urban.
https://twitter.com/goldroserush/status/1378017578283540480
Others tried to work out what, exactly, Taylor Swift was really singing over the video, which was also clearly a piece of the puzzle. “Played backwards I hear, ‘I run into you somewhere I didn’t mean to stare I bet she's nothing like me I'm sure she'll make you happy,'" one user tweeted.
https://twitter.com/kris10mor10sen/status/1378032785328271360
The Taylor Swift Updates account seems to have come to a similar conclusion, though they heard, “I ran into you somewhere..I didn't mean to stare. I hope she's never like me. I'm sure she'll make you happy.”
https://twitter.com/SwiftNYC/status/1378017264541241357
Others were simply along for the ride. “Funny how Taylor Swift got us all to pick up pens when online school never could,” one Twitter user joked. The memes only got better from there.
https://twitter.com/reputushion/status/1378030560266743809
https://twitter.com/zainubamir/status/1378015182698450952
https://twitter.com/taybeautifulll/status/1378023402603175941
https://twitter.com/louisvirtel/status/1378023488053645315
https://twitter.com/alexandergold/status/1378022820949549057
Meanwhile, I'm still over here wondering about the third part of the Folklore trilogy that will never come. As one Twitter user tweeted, “Taylor Swift thinks I'm a lot smarter than I am.”
This story originally appeared on: Glamour - Author:Emily Tannenbaum
