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.