“If you can’t beat them, join them”, seems to be Taylor Swift’s new mantra. Days after drawing headlines for ending her six-month absence from the public spotlight by wiping her social media accounts, the 27-year-old filled the Blank Space and uploaded a glitchy, 10 second, silent clip of what appears to be a slithering snake.
Fans are preparing themselves for a new album to drop, and a possible image overhaul, but why the snake?
Well, strap yourselves in and get ready to be taken back to July 2016, when the carefully curated world of Taylor Swift™ came tumbling down after the Queen of Calabasas Kim Kardashian West released her second most popular home video of all time and the green snake emoji became code for the former country singer. It all started when West and Swift reignited their long-running feud not long after they seemingly buried the hatchet (following their 2009 VMAs battle) when West referred to her in his now infamous song, Famous: “I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex … I made that bitch famous.”