S-s-s-Swift keeps them guessing with snake imagery
Whether it’s a reference to the eclipse, “Game of Thrones“or Kim Kardashian, Taylor Swift has returned with her first social media posts since wiping her accounts on Friday, and it’s a total mystery.
Late Monday morning, Swift posted a 10-second video of what appears to be a snake’s tail on Instagram and Twitter.
On Tuesday, around the same time, she posted a second clip of the snake.
The posts are the first updates on Swift’s social media sites since her official pages were blacked out (including Twitter, Instagram and her own website) prompting speculation of a new album announcement.
Coincidentally, last Friday marked the threeyear anniversary of Swift’s “Shake It Off” release and “1989” album announcement, hinting that her much-anticipated sixth album may be around the corner.
Joseph Kahn, Swift’s go-to music video director, quoted her tweet with a smiley-face and cracked a joke about Monday’s solar eclipse, with many internet commenters speculating that the two events were related.
If the figure in the Swift video turns out to be a snake, it’s a hilariously self-aware choice for the star, who has been associated with reptilian imagery since her drama with Kardashian last year. Right around the time Kardashian “exposed” Swift on social media, she tweeted a string of snake emoji, which fans interpreted as her taking shots at Swift.
And earlier this year, Swift fans commemorated the anniversary of the drama by celebrating “National Snake Day” on July 17 as a holiday in Swift’s honor.
Twitter had plenty of jokes about the snake, not all of them positive.
Viewers also thought the video’s mysterious tail resembled a dragon, prompting a flurry of “Game of Thrones“references.
One date that Swift fans should keep in mind: Sept. 30, the end of the eligibility period for next year’s Grammy awards, which would give the singer a hard deadline if she wants any new music to qualify.