Shake It Off "1989"

Taylor's 5th studio album "1989" will be released in stores on October 27th 2014 and is a pop album.

Hey Guys, So on Monday 18th August Taylor announced her 5th studio album and lead single along with the music video for the lead single.

"Shake It Off" is the lead single which was released immediately to iTunes around the world at the end of the live stream announcement on Yahoo. The songs accompanying music video was also premiered during the live stream which was filmed 2 months prior.

All the information about the new album, release dates, pre-ordering and merchandise packages can be found on TaylorSwift.com Here

"Shake it Off" is a very catchy, dance pop song about not caring what anyone else thinks about your and essentially just shaking off all the hate in the world and just living a life you want. "1989" is said to be inspired by '80s pop and is something very new for Taylor. Below is the new music video for "Shake It Off" which has already hit 25 million views and counting.

Taylor has already broken some records with this new album including the record for having a single, album and music video at the top of the iTunes charts simultaneously after just one day with pre ordering for the new album sending it to the top of the charts. "Shake It Off" has topped both the country and overall charts in over 30 countries worldwide since its release.

Taylor will perform "Shake It Off" for the first time live at the 2014 MTV VMA's on Sunday 24th August and is also scheduled to perform at the 2014 iHeart Radio Music Festival on 19th September and I guess that we may have one or possibly 2 new singles by then but I see 2 singles as highly unlikely but 1 single is very possible.

I feel the new tour will be "The 1989Tour 2015" and will be and interesting mix of both new pop and old country.

Happy 1989 Era all

Here It Comes, August 18th 2014

So we now officially have a release date, well you could call it an announcement date at this pint but we all know that Taylor is most likely announce the date of release, title of the album and the lead single off the new album which will also be debuted at the same time.

I'm talking about the announcement Taylor made in the early hours of the morning on Monday 11th August 2014 which caused most people to wake up to the news across the world.

The announcement is that Taylor will be doing a worldwide live stream via Yahoo in August 18th at 5pm ET/2pm PT live from New York City.

At the last event which was the announcement for RED, Taylor and management hand picked fans who were chosen to attend the event at Taylor's parents home in Nashville however for this event you enter a contest to win a place at the live event which is to be held at a yet to be disclosed location in NYC.

A link to Taylor's website with all the information regarding the live stream can be found Here

Observant swifties have noticed that when the last web chat for RED was announced that the background image then became the lead single cover art so it is a possibility that this background image could follow the same pattern.

Sadly, I will not be able to watch the live stream well live as I have a prior uni commitment (timezone challanges)  but I will be watching and listening as soon as I get home, blogging about it and be an absolute mess all day until I get home.

The next post will be in the New Era, so I hope you all have very much enjoyed the RED Era and I will see you in the New Era.

So, Here's Your First Clue....

On Monday August 4th 2014 (American Time), Taylor gave us what is the first of possibly many clues leading up to the release of Album 5 hopefully later this month. I will be updating this post as time goes on so please check back later and if you wish to contribute let me know, I welcome other theories that are not my own (credit will be given). Taylor's next live performance is on August 24th at the 2014 MTV VMA's so should expect new music by then.

A link to Taylor's tweet is here: First Clue Tweet
Taylor Nation (@Taylornation13) has been ReTweeting a few fans tweets after the first clue was posted with the #TaylorSwiftClue

What we know from this tweet:
- Taylor pushes the button of level 18
- She pushes the button once and then 5 more time in quick succession

Theories:
- August 18th is a Monday so that is a possible release date
- The tweet came through at 12:46pm Eastern Time which adds to 13
- The first push of the button is for the first single and other 5 indicate album 5
- It is 13 days until the 18th August so could get a clue a day
- 18 + 6 button pushes = 24 which is both Taylor's age and date of the VMA's
- 18 could mean the number of tracks/new music that will be on the album/deluxe version
- 6 could mean track number of first single so track 6
- 18th letter in the alphabet is "R"( Credit to owner here)
- Nashville corespondent for USA Today has posted some good tweets which can be found here @brian_mansfield

Clue Two:

So at 7:30pm EDT on Wednesday 6th August from New York City where Taylor was seen out and about earlier in the day came the 2nd of the highly anticipated clues leading us to some mystery destination about when and where Taylor will announce the lead single and album information off the highly anticipated 5th album expected to be released later this year.

A link to Taylor's second tweet here: Second Clue Tweet

Both the #TaylorSwiftClue and #TaylorSwiftClue2 are trending throughout twitter in response to the latest tweet from Taylor.

What we know from this tweet:

- The time is 5pm

- The photo was taken at home to have Olivia photographed

- The card indicates the New York City Skyline

- The card reads "to a beautiful friend, in a beautiful home"

- The photo was posted initially on twitter and the instagram version has the Polaroid camera and card cut out of the frame

Theories:

- August 18th at 5pm

- NYC skyline indicates that the event might be held in NYC but time doesn't show what timezone will be at 5pm when it happens.

- A possible countdown as pushed button 6 times in first tweet but now showing 5 (Credit to: @slaylortaylor13)

- Could indicate time of single release, live chat or both

- Both the U in Clue and O in Two are repeated 5 times and there 5 items photographed

Clue Three:

Thursday 7th August brought the 3rd clue in what is a game of treasure hunt and mystery solving to when, where and how Taylor will announce details of  the highly anticipated 5th album. As we get more clues everything becomes clearer but does cause more rumors after people go looking online for more information.

A link to Taylor's third tweet here: Third Clue Tweet

The latest #ThisIsClue3 was trending in response to this tweet.

What we know from this tweet:
- Yahoo will most likely be the online site to host the live performance/webchat

Adding the last 3 clues together we get August 18th at 5pm live from somewhere in NYC via Yahoo.
Yahoo have previously held concerts such as Demi Lovato which are broadcast live across the world in association with iHeart Radio and have many other performances/announcements lined up for the future so Taylor using this media outlet is a real possibility.

Taylor is also one not to repeat something on more that one occasion (apart from clothes etc) so it is understandable that Taylor wouldn't want to use YouTube for this announcement as YouTube was involved for RED's release. Taylor has also not dropped such obvious hints at us before so this is following the path of something new for each album.

The August Line Up

So, we have arrived at August 2014. The month when we feel that things are about to get real and the new Taylor Swift album will be upon us.

Events this month:
August 10th - Teen Choice Awards in LA where Taylor is presenting
August 11th - The Giver Premier in NYC
August 15th - The Giver comes out in cinemas across America
August 24th - MTV Video Music Awards in LA where Taylor will be performing

What we know/expect right now:
- We expect Taylor to announce/release the first single off the new album on a Monday or Tuesday to allow a full week on the music charts.
- Mondays in August are the 4th, 11th, 18th and 25th. Now what we can assume from this is that Monday 11th August will not be release day of new music due to the giver premier. I personally think that Monday 25th August is also unlikely as Taylor would want to perform new music at the VMAs.
- Taylor is scheduled to perform at the iHeart Radio Music Festival on Sept 19th so she would definitely have released new music by then as would not want to debut new music with a liver performance.

Performing new music live for the first time when no body knows the words is something I wouldn't see Taylor doing. I don't know of any artists who may have done this in the past and I personally think it would be too risky to do such a debut of a new song on such a widely televised show such as the VMAs. MTV is a global television channel and with the show expected to be broadcast across the world both live and on playback, I don't see Taylor taking such a big leap of faith in hoping fans and critics alike enjoy the performance.

History may play a factor in debuting a first live performance of the newest single on the VMAs. Back in 2012 Taylor performed "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" live for the fist time on the VMAs after releasing the single 3 weeks beforehand.

With many festivals and award show season approaching fast, Taylor would want to be able to be nominated for awards across the board and would need new music to be able to do that. Along with nominations, Taylor is highly likely to perform at these award shows and is typically where fans will see the first live performances of new music.

Now that Taylor has given us a true clue towards the new album I shall begin a new post and will update it as we get closer to Album 5