Taylor Swift has said that she loves leaving easter eggs in her work for fans to discover, and it appears that some of her devotees have uncovered a fascinating one. On “London Boy,” Swift name-drops a bunch of locations in and around the UK city, so naturally, fans have decided to map the route she describes, and it turns out that the path formed is in the shape of a heart.
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That’s cute, but it turns out that when it comes to practical travel, the route may not actually make a ton of sense. One fan decided to do a deep analysis of what sorts of public transport Swift would have to use to get from place to place, and his Twitter thread outlines a trip that begins with a logical route in mind before things unravel and Swift finds herself on an unnecessarily long and tedious journey. As another fan pointed out, though, perhaps Swift didn’t visit all these places in one day.
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Regardless, fans were impressed by the lyrical planning on Swift’s part.
omg taylor lit rally teaching us spelling, math, history, geography, geometry, politics, love and more
— jude is ᴵᴺᶠᴶ (@judimitri13) August 26, 2019
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OF COURSE IT DOES OMG BITCH IS SO EXTRA EYE-!
— 🩵 𝓛𝑜𝓋𝑒, Courty TAYRONTO 11/22/24 🩵 (@Quartzlyn) August 26, 2019
Swift is having a real moment right now. She performed at the VMAs last night, it was recently revealed that Lover became the best-selling album of the year in the US after just two days, and that she will be one of the first musical guests on the upcoming season of Saturday Night Live.
Listen to “London Boy” below.
