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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 count on her to win, however Swifties believed that Taylor was dropping hints a few main announcement.
However no announcement got here. And no awards got here for Swift, both.
Artist of the Yr, Favourite Feminine Pop Artist, Favourite Touring Artist, Album of the Yr, and Favourite Pop Album have been all — absolutely — Taylor Swift’s awards to assert.
(She additionally had a nomination for Collaboration of the Yr 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 Yr went to Girl Gaga and Bruno Mars for “Die With A Smile,” although principally all of Gaga’s different current music was manner 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 a bit of over-hyped to the worst folks alive, some people don’t thoughts seeing Taylor go away empty handed.
(Metaphorically talking; she didn’t attend in particular person)
So what have been the entire 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 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 could 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 Stunning Thoughts, discovering connections the place there are none.
So, have 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 gained a minimum of one award.
She didn’t win. Whether or not she discovered this upfront and opted to not attend or would have introduced one thing nearly if she’d gained, Taylor shared no massive information.
We can’t rule out the concept that Taylor Swift would possibly seed clues that by no means sprout as a result of the timing isn’t proper for an announcement.
But additionally … typically, followers simply get manner too enthusiastic and see teases the place there are none.
