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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.
Taylor Swift attends the 67th GRAMMY Awards on February 02, 2025. (Picture Credit score: Frazer Harrison/Getty Photos)
Artist of the 12 months, Favourite Feminine Pop Artist, Favourite Touring Artist, Album of the 12 months, and Favourite Pop Album had been all — certainly — Taylor Swift’s awards to say.
(She additionally had a nomination for Collaboration of the 12 months for “Fortnight” that includes Submit 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,” although principally all of Gaga’s different latest music was approach higher.
Taylor nonetheless has her record-holding 40 awards from previous AMAs, in fact.
On the final awards present, she took dwelling 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 somewhat over-hyped to the worst individuals alive, some of us don’t thoughts seeing Taylor depart empty handed.
(Metaphorically talking; she didn’t attend in particular person)
Taylor Swift performs on stage throughout the “Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour” at Wembley Stadium on August 15, 2024. (Picture Credit score: Kate Inexperienced/Getty Photos)
So what had been all the clues about?
As we beforehand reported, many Swifties noticed two main obvious clues.
The primary was an acronym. Taylor’s website listed Attire, Music, Equipment, and Sale — which matches up with the AMAs.
The second was numbers. Repetitions of the quantity 12 appeared to recommend Swift’s twelfth studio album. And iterations of the quantity 26 might have indicated the AMAs date of Could 26.
The difficulty with followers searching for out indicators and portents is that something may be interpreted as a secret sign. That’s the way you get superstitions, QAnon, and extra.
Typically, Swifties are proper, and so they’re collectively the primary characters in a Dan Brown novel.
Different instances, they’re not in The Da Vinci Code and are literally simply in A Stunning 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?
Taylor Swift accepts her awards through video on the 2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards at Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California on March 17, 2025. (Picture Credit score: Kevin Winter/Getty Photos for iHeartRadio)
Had been the clues deliberate?
There’s a likelihood that Taylor solely deliberate to attend the AMAs and make an announcement if she gained a minimum of one award.
We can not rule out the concept that 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.
