Maybe the date nights were Joe’s idea, since he has a movie out and could use a bit of extra publicity. But, then again, the upcoming flick, The Favourite, stars a slew of women with arguably higher star power (Rachel Weisz, Emma Stone and Olivia Colman — yep, all in the same film!), so it’s not like he was necessarily desperate for publicity, either.
Public political endorsements
Before the past weekend, there were two things we could hold to be true about Taylor Swift: 1. She is a big time Cat Person and 2. She’s wouldn’t touch politics with a ten-foot pole. Our worlds were thusly rocked when the 28-year-old took to Instagram to endorse Democrat Phil Bredesen for the senate seat in Tennessee over his Republican opponent, Marsha Blackburn.
A performance at the AMAs
Despite releasing an album at the end of 2017, Taylor has hit only one major red carpet this year: The 2018 Billboard Music Awards, which marked her first appearance on a step-and-repeat in nearly 2 years. When it came time for the VMAs in August, she was like, “nah” — though that might have to do with the fact that she was shut out of the major awards categories, nominated only for technical achievement.
Last week, however, it was announced that she would not only be showing up at the American Music Awards, which are taking place on Tuesday evening, but she’s performing, too. It helps that she’s nominated for Best Artist, Best Pop/Rock Female Artist, Best Album and Best Tour, but it’s a surprise nonetheless, considering her last performance at the AMAs was in 2014.
All of the above beg the question: Taylor, what are you cooking?
Some guesses:
New music
This is by far the most obvious guess, but it might be a bit too soon to expect anything from the singer considering she released reputation just under a year ago. (For reference, she waited three years to put out reputation following 2014’s 1989.) According to Billboard, however, Swift hinted at putting out a new record before she turns 30 at the end of 2019, so a tease-y single could be on the horizon.
That said, it’s also good to keep in mind that she’s been kind of busy with that whole world tour thing. Speaking of …
She needs to sell more tickets
This is purely speculation, of course, but one way to get fans to snatch up her tickets is to remind them that, hello, she exists. Swift’s reemergence into tabloid spotlight could be her way of advertising her current show, especially considering that tickets are, in fact, still available. And even if fans can’t make it to a show, there’s still big money in tour merch, which can be purchased online.
A relationship bombshell
Is she taking a cue from Beyoncé and Cardi B before her by using her stage (perhaps at the AMAs) not to reveal a pregnancy, but an engagement? *Strokes chin.*
She’s gearing up for the Cats press tour
We can’t tell who is more brilliant: Swift, for accepting perhaps the most on-brand movie one could possibly think of for the 28-year-old singer/bonafide Cat Person, or director Tom Hooper for casting her in the movie remake of the hit Andrew Lloyd Weber musical. The movie has no release date as of yet, though it’s slated to hit theaters some time in 2019.
A political run
We acknowledge that this one’s a stretch, but stranger things than “Taylor 2020” have happened. Plus, could you imagine a Taylor vs. Kanye debate?
There’s no denying her reach, either. The Washington Post reported that following Swift’s political endorsement, the number of voter registration applications surged. Though it’s unclear if Swift was the root of the cause of the spike, the Post also reports that Vote.org — the nonpartisan website that she called out in her Instagram saw a huge uptick in daily visitors, up from the average 14,078 to 155,940.
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