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Taylor Swift was robbed! Proper?
Forward of the 2025 American Music Awards, Taylor had six nominations on prime of her record-setting 40 awards from years previous.
Not solely did followers anticipate her to win, however Swifties believed that Taylor was dropping hints a couple of main announcement.
However no announcement got here. And no awards got here for Swift, both.
Artist of the 12 months, Favourite Feminine Pop Artist, Favourite Touring Artist, Album of the 12 months, and Favourite Pop Album had been all — absolutely — Taylor Swift’s awards to say.
(She additionally had a nomination for Collaboration of the 12 months for “Fortnight” that includes Publish Malone)
Nevertheless, because the American Music Awards went down, these first 5 awards all went to Billie Eilish. Collaboration of the 12 months went to Woman Gaga and Bruno Mars for “Die With A Smile,” regardless that mainly all of Gaga’s different current music was approach higher.
Taylor nonetheless has her record-holding 40 awards from previous AMAs, in fact.
On the final awards present, she took house six awards. That was 2022 — as there have been no AMAs in 2023 and 2024.
From regular followers who felt that The Tortured Poets Division was a little bit over-hyped to the worst folks alive, some people don’t thoughts seeing Taylor depart empty handed.
(Metaphorically talking; she didn’t attend in particular person)
So what had been the entire clues about?
As we beforehand reported, many Swifties noticed two main obvious clues.
The primary was an acronym. Taylor’s web site listed Attire, Music, Equipment, and Sale — which matches up with the AMAs.
The second was numbers. Repetitions of the quantity 12 appeared to counsel Swift’s twelfth studio album. And iterations of the quantity 26 might have indicated the AMAs date of Could 26.
The difficulty with followers in search of out indicators and portents is that something may be interpreted as a secret sign. That’s the way you get superstitions, QAnon, and extra.
Generally, Swifties are proper, and so they’re collectively the principle characters in a Dan Brown novel.
Different occasions, they’re not in The Da Vinci Code and are literally simply in A Lovely Thoughts, discovering connections the place there are none.
So, had been followers simply imagining Taylor’s hints and clues? Or did one thing else occur?
Have been the clues deliberate?
There’s a likelihood that Taylor solely deliberate to attend the AMAs and make an announcement if she received at the least one award.
She didn’t win. Whether or not she realized this upfront and opted to not attend or would have introduced one thing nearly if she’d received, Taylor shared no massive information.
We can’t rule out the concept Taylor Swift may seed clues that by no means sprout as a result of the timing isn’t proper for an announcement.
But in addition … typically, followers simply get approach too enthusiastic and see teases the place there are none.