No one is faster with news and updates than fans of pop artists — or some ready to be. But Taylor Swift fans are on another level.
Earlier this week, Swift announced that a deluxe edition of her latest album, Midnight, Friday will be coming. The deluxe edition will include several songs from new featured artists as well as brand-new tracks — and in another surprise twist, fans visiting East Rutherford, New Jersey, learn that an exclusive track will be available later this week. Will get a chance to listen. The song, “You’re Losing Me,” would only appear on physical copies of the album for sale at the concerts at MetLife Stadium.
It’s pretty standard to have exclusive songs on some releases. But the title alone created buzz in fan circles — Swift reportedly broke up with her longtime boyfriend Joe Alwyn in April. When media outlets began reporting the news, many Swifties refused to believe it, calling it media “propaganda” and insisting that the outlets were lying about it… to do? Make fans feel bad? It’s a bit unclear. But based on the title alone, “You’re Losing Me” seemed like it could be artistic confirmation that the relationship was over, straight from Swift. some fans started chatbots asking To predict song lyrics.
The CD with the track went on sale today at 12:30PM ET, and an hour later, an upload of the song was already doing the rounds on Twitter. Fans clamored to download tracks from random Google Drive folders. Songs were transcribed, shared and analyzed. with the lines,And I won’t even marry me / A pathological people pleaser / Who only wanted you to see, I think it’s safe to say that the Swift-Alwyn courtship is far from over. And fans, as always, are on the front lines for whatever lies ahead.
