On Monday, Swift shared two cryptic video snippets across her social media platforms of what appeared to be a snake.But Swift has a bit of history with snakes.
#TaylorSwiftIsASnake became a thing a few years ago as a diss against the singer, who has had a few feuds with fellow celebrities.The hashtag and the posting of snake emojis on Swift's social media accounts reached a fevered pitch in the summer of 2016 with the confluence of several events.
Soon after, Swift revealed that she had written "This Is What You Came For" under the pseudonym,"Nils Sjoberg." The hit, recorded by Harris and Rihanna, topped the charts all summer.
Harris didn't appreciate her taking credit and responded in a series of now deleted tweets.
"I wrote the music, produced the song, arranged it and cut the vocals though. And initially she wanted it kept secret, hence the pseudonym," Harris wrote at the time. "Hurtful to me at this point that her and her team would go so far out of their way to try and make ME look bad at this stage."Fans who were #TeamCalvin went after Swift on social media, using the snake emoji.
Then came a blowup with Kanye West and his wife, Kim Kardashian West when he referenced her in his song.The "Bad Blood" singer took West to task for it. In a now deleted tweet, West claimed he "had a hour long convo with [Swift] about the line and she thought it was funny and gave her blessings."Kardashian West also tweeted about National Snake Day, which some interpreted as being aimed at Swift.
"Wait it's legit National Snake Day?!?!?They have holidays for everybody, I mean everything these days," Kardashian West wrote.Also, let us not forget that in the Chinese zodiac 1989 was the Year of the Snake. That's the year Swift was born and the title of her mega-successful 2014 album. So, there may be indeed be reason to hope new music is coming soon. If it's music we just cant wait long enough!
