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What was\u00a0Taylor Swift\u00a0counting down to on her website today? It appears to be \u2026 a vinyl drop. She announced the\u00a0first and only pressing of the \u201cShiny Bug\u201d collection, which features a \u201cwintergreen & onyx marbled\u201d vinyl as well as a \u201cviolet shimmer marbled vinyl\u201d option. Each features the same new photo of Swift in a bejeweled black leotard, sparkly black gloves and fishnets.<\/p>\n
The new vinyls are only available until Aug. 20 or until supplies last.<\/p>\n
This is not the first time that Swift has announced new vinyls for\u00a0The Life of a Showgirl<\/em>. She previously revealed variants of her album that came with corresponding vinyls during the initial album announcement. She currently has the\u00a0\u201csweat and vanilla perfume Portofino orange glitter\u201d vinyl, which is orange and green, on her website.<\/p>\n Fans initially speculated that the pop star was preparing something major after a purple countdown appeared on Swift\u2019s website on Aug. 18. The site featured a ticking clock against a glittery purple background, with the countdown ending at 2 p.m. ET. Merchandise sales were temporarily disabled, fueling theories that a major drop was coming.<\/p>\n Swift\u2019s website wasn\u2019t the only place purple was being used to promote whatever the announcement would be. When fans typed \u201cTaylor Swift\u201d into Google, purple confetti rained down on the screen. A red fiery heart emoji also appeared, with a purple text block that read, \u201cAnd, baby, that\u2019s show business for you.\u201d This mirrored the Google animation ahead of Swift\u2019s\u00a0Life of a Showgirl\u00a0<\/em>album reveal, except this time the orange was swapped for purple. Swift\u2019s Apple Music page also featured the same glittery purple imagery.<\/p>\n Fans online speculated about what the purple could mean. Some were certain that it was tied to a merch drop for\u00a0The Life of a Showgirl<\/em>. Others were hopeful that the purple countdown would signal the\u00a0release of the album\u2019s first single.<\/p>\n Some fans had even bigger theories: they believed the countdown could end with the reveal that\u00a0The Life of a Showgirl<\/em>\u00a0was actually a double album, with the second album featuring a purple color scheme. TikToker Britton Rae said in\u00a0a video\u00a0that Swift\u2019s antics were making her feel \u201ca little delulu,\u201d aka \u201cdelusional,\u201d and convinced that another album was coming \u2014 especially since Swift officially announced\u00a0Showgirl<\/em>\u00a0at exactly 12:12 a.m. on Aug. 12.<\/p>\n \u201cShe was very adamant that this album only had 12 tracks on it,\u201d Rae said, pointing to\u00a0Swift\u2019s New Heights podcast interview with boyfriend Travis Kelce. \u201cWhat if there\u2019s another album that also has 12 tracks on it, and that\u2019s why we\u2019ve done the 12:12?\u201d<\/p>\n Others speculated that the countdown could lead to an Eras Tour documentary. One TikToker pointed out in\u00a0a video\u00a0that the purple glitter \u201ccould maybe lead to the behind-the-scenes of the Eras tour, since\u00a0The Life of a Showgirl<\/em>\u00a0is \u2018behind the curtain.\u2019\u201d The user also noted that Swift had filmed unseen footage from her final three shows of the Eras Tour in Vancouver.<\/p>\n Fans speculated that the pop star was preparing something major after a purple countdown appeared on her website on Aug. 18. The site featured a ticking clock against a glittery purple background, with the countdown ending at 2 p.m. ET. Merchandise sales were temporarily disabled, fueling theories that a major drop was coming.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What was\u00a0Taylor Swift\u00a0counting down to on her website today? It appears to be … a vinyl drop. She announced the\u00a0first and only pressing of the “Shiny Bug”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":91222,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-taylor-swifts"],"yoast_head":"\n