{"id":257532,"date":"2026-08-14T18:28:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T18:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/14\/is-taylor-swifts-13th-album-on-the-way-unpacking-the-possible-easter-eggs\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T18:28:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T18:28:01","slug":"is-taylor-swifts-13th-album-on-the-way-unpacking-the-possible-easter-eggs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/14\/is-taylor-swifts-13th-album-on-the-way-unpacking-the-possible-easter-eggs\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Taylor Swift\u2019s 13th Album on the Way? Unpacking the Possible Easter Eggs\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"p1\">It\u2019s been almost one year since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/taylor-swift\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Taylor Swift <\/b><\/a>released <i>The Life of a Showgirl<\/i>, but is she already planting seeds for a potential 13th album?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In the months since Swift dropped her 12th studio album in October 2025, eagle-eyed fans have wondered whether the pop star has started leaving Easter eggs about future projects.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThere are dos and don\u2019ts. I\u2019m never going to plan an Easter egg that ties back to my personal life,\u201d Swift said on husband <b>Travis Kelce<\/b>\u2019s \u201cNew Heights\u201d podcast in August 2025 about her penchant for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/taylor-swifts-life-of-a-showgirl-easter-eggs-and-fan-theories\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dropping clues about her records<\/a> in advance. \u201cIt\u2019s always going to be toward music or something that I have coming up. A plan I have coming together. Something that you don\u2019t know I\u2019m saying for a specific reason that you\u2019ll hear later and go back and go, \u2018Oh, my God.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Swift, who married Kelce in July 2026, has not revealed any plans for a 13th album \u2014 though it\u2019s no secret the number is the Grammy winner\u2019s favorite.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/taylor-swift-fans-think-shes-hinting-at-13th-album\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/taylor-swift-fans-think-shes-hinting-at-13th-album\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Why Taylor Swift Fans Think She&#8217;s Already Hinting at Her 13th Album<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tCould Taylor Swift\u2019s highly anticipated 13th studio album already be on the way? Swift, 36, and fianc\u00e9 Travis Kelce attended a friend\u2019s wedding on Saturday, May 16, where the pop star\u2019s ensemble fueled fan speculation a new record is on the horizon. Swift glittered in a golden Maria Lucia Hohan gown, which she paired with [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">Allow Us to break down the biggest clues that Swift\u2019s 13th record could be in development:<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><b>All About the Numbers<\/b><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">While attending a friend\u2019s wedding in May 2026, Swift paired her golden Maria Lucia Hohan gown with opal drop earrings. The baubles <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/taylor-swift-fans-think-shes-hinting-at-13th-album\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\">featured 13 stones<\/span><\/a>, which would correspond to the potential album number.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Swifties were quick to point out that Swift similarly wore red earrings with 12 stones to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/stylish\/news\/taylor-swift-wears-t-charm-to-2025-grammys\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\">the 2025 Grammy Awards<\/span><\/a> \u2014 months before she announced <i>The<\/i> <i>Life of a Showgirl<\/i>.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><b>Lilac in London<\/b><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">Swift <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/stylish\/news\/taylor-swift-shows-off-haircut-and-massive-ring-in-london\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\">stepped out in London<\/span><\/a> in August 2026, rocking a lavender-colored Delphine mini dress as she exited a members\u2019 only club. She was previously spotted leaving the same venue in August 2024 while in town for her <i>Eras Tour <\/i>performances at Wembley Stadium.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Swift <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/ranking-taylor-swift-fans-freakouts-throughout-august-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\">sported a plaid Vivienne Westwood<\/span><\/a> blazer and matching miniskirt at the time, following a period of multiple plaid getups. <i>Showgirl<\/i> was ultimately released on National Plaid Day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThis taysighting was the beginning of the massive plaid era taylor wore during 2024-2025 which we later found out was pointing to plaid day when showgirl was released (october 3rd),\u201d a fan <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SwiftiesHQs\/status\/2087979141102727562\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\">tweeted<\/span><\/a> on August 2026. \u201cTwo years later, Taylor is seen in the exact same spot dressed in a color that has been highly theorized to be the ts13 color and with an exit sign nearby which was heavily emphasized during the <i>Showgirl<\/i> era\u2026.. like HELLO.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Swift promoted <i>Showgirl <\/i>in fall 2025 with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/pictures\/a-complete-guide-to-taylor-swifts-life-of-a-showgirl-variants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\">the release of multiple covers<\/span><\/a> shot by<b> Mert Alas <\/b>and <b>Marcus Piggott. <\/b>In one pic, Swift rocked a bedazzled corset while standing underneath an exit sign backstage. (<i>Showgirl <\/i>was written about Swift\u2019s life during the <i>Eras Tour<\/i>, which was also the catalyst for her romance with Kelce.)<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-narrow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-narrow\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><b>It All Comes Back to \u2018Bejeweled\u2019<\/b><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">In the 2022 music video for \u201cBejeweled,\u201d Swift rode on an elevator with different colored buttons. Fans deduced that each button corresponded to the colors associated with Swift\u2019s past albums, including red for <i>Red<\/i>, blue for <i>1989 <\/i>and yellow for <i>Fearless<\/i>. The 13th button at the top was painted lilac.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cTaylor has been teasing TS13 being lilac since the Bejeweled [music video]. The 13th floor is <span class=\"s2\">\ud83d\udc9c<\/span>,\u201d one fan wrote via <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/thisisnothend\/status\/2088110312579121282\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\">X<\/span><\/a> in August 2026. \u201cBut the <span class=\"s2\">\ud83d\udc9c<\/span>is paired with <span class=\"s2\">\ud83e\udde1<\/span>tones, she did it with [\u2018I Can Do It With a Broken Heart\u2019] mv, \u2018Anti-Hero\u2019 mv, at <i>Eras<\/i> with the mixed colors [\u20181989\u2019] outfit, and today with the pap walk outfit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Another fan <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Taydefender1\/status\/2087945544673194458\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\">noted<\/span><\/a> that the same color scheme was featured in Swift\u2019s <i>Eras Tour <\/i>book.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/is-taylor-swift-teasing-her-13th-album-fan-theories-clues\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s been almost one year since Taylor Swift released The Life of a Showgirl, but is she already planting seeds for a potential 13th album? In the months since Swift dropped her 12th studio album in October 2025, eagle-eyed fans have wondered whether the pop star has started leaving Easter eggs about future projects. \u201cThere [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":257533,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-257532","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=257532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257532\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/257533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}