Taylor Swift fans – known as Swifties – have now taken aim at Elon Musk on his own social media platform after asking the megastar to post her music on X.
As the 33-year-old Bad Blood hitmaker is known for having some of the most passionate fans on the planet, many of her followers blasted the 52-year-old business magnate on the social media site formally known as Twitter.
It all began when Taylor took to the microblogging site to share some of the back covers for her upcoming 1989 rerelease.
Elon certainly had driving up engagement on his mind as he replied on the post: ‘I recommend posting some music or concert videos directly on the X platform.’
Swifties did not stand for the South African giving the artist unsolicited advice as they flooded the replies section to blast the businessman.
Head-to-head: Taylor Swift fans – known as Swifties – have now taken aim at Elon Musk on his own social media platform after asking the megastar to post her music on X
Buzzworthy: It all began when Taylor took to the microblogging site to share some of the back covers for her upcoming 1989 rerelease
Elon certainly had driving up engagement on his mind as he replied on the post: ‘I recommend posting some music or concert videos directly on the X platform.’
‘With all due respect Mr. Elon sir I think miss Swift knows what she’s doing’: Swifties did not stand for the South African giving the artist unsolicited advice as they flooded the replies section to blast the businessman
One user wrote: ‘With all due respect Mr. Elon sir I think miss Swift knows what she’s doing.’
As this is not the first time Elon has @’d her on the social media site to zero reciprocation from Taylor, he was mocked for being a reply guy.
A Swiftie posted: ‘This is the 3rd or 4th time Elon tried to shoot his shot and got ignored by Taylor.’
As Taylor’s current Eras Tour is on track to make a projected $2.2billion in North American revenue, one of her fans had quite the sarcastic reply.
They wrote: ‘Great point. If she posted some videos of her singing she could become a millionaire in no time from the ad revenue.’
This comes as Taylor revealed the names of all five bonus tracks off the upcoming re-recording of her fifth studio album 1989, which comes out on October 27.
On Wednesday, after fans managed to unscramble dozens and dozens of word clues on Google to unlock her Vault track titles, her official management team, Taylor Nation, teased that the ‘search was worth the pain.’
In a video, uploaded to Taylor Nation’s account, the 12-time Grammy winner could be heard sharing the names of her new songs: Is It Over Now?, Now That We Don’t Talk, Say Don’t Go and Suburban Legends.
Exciting: This comes as Taylor revealed the names of all five bonus tracks off the upcoming re-recording of her fifth studio album 1989, which comes out on October 27
Later in the day, she finally revealed that the fifth bonus song, which is part of her Target-exclusive record, is called Slut!
After it was revealed the track is spelled with the numbers ‘T-S-!-U-L’ earlier this week, many began to speculate the track was either named ‘SLUT!’ or ‘LUST!’
Additionally, the Cruel Summer singer released the four back covers, which showed her enjoying a beautiful day outside.
In one image, she held her hands over her mouth as if she was shouting while in another she licked a vanilla ice cream cone while sporting a blue polo shirt.
The third featured Swift balancing on a log and the fourth showed her posing with her arms over her head like a ballerina.
‘Here are the back covers and vault track titles for 1989 (my version) I can’t wait for this one to be out, seriously. Thank you for playing along, sleuthing, puzzling and making these reveals so much chaotic fun (which is the best kind of fun, after all),’ she captioned the slideshow.
Swift is currently the most searched person/term on Google after enlisting Swifties to play a came, which involved googling her name and finding a a blue vault at the bottom of their screen, which contained clues to solve a puzzle.
Last month, the pop star, 33, announced her next re-release album would be 1989.
‘Here are the back covers and vault track titles for 1989 (my version) I can’t wait for this one to be out, seriously. Thank you for playing along, sleuthing, puzzling and making these reveals so much chaotic fun (which is the best kind of fun, after all),’ Swift wrote on Instagram
Beautiful: The Shake It Off singer looked blissful on the various covers as she rocked a red lipstick and striped shirt
A the time, Taylor gushed that it is her ‘most FAVORITE re-record’ that she’s ‘ever done because the 5 From The Vault tracks are so insane.’
‘I can’t believe they were ever left behind,’ she admitted.
The 2014 album, which originally featured 13 songs on the standard version and 16 songs on the deluxe edition, includes her hit singles Shake It Off and Blank Space among others.
Taylor’s news was met with huge excitement when she made the announcement inside SoFi stadium in Los Angeles at Eras Tour show as she teased:
‘So here we are on the last night of the US leg of the Eras tour on the eighth month of the year, on the ninth day,’ before telling the crowd she had been ‘planning this for a long time.’
Afterward, Taylor gushed on Instagram: ‘Surprise!! 1989 Taylor’s Version is on its way to you. The 1989 album changed my life in countless ways, and it fills me with such excitement to announce that my version of it will be out October 27th.
The Taylor’s Version of 1989 had been rumoured by fans for weeks, with the star dropping Easter Eggs for Swifties during her current world tour.
Ahead of her LA run of gigs, SoFi stadium posted four telling photos with clues pointing to the 1989 album.
Cracking codes: On Wednesday, after fans managed to unscramble dozens and dozens of word clues on Google to unlock her Vault track titles, her official management team, Taylor Nation, teased that the ‘search was worth the pain’
New tracks: In a video, uploaded to Taylor Nation’s account, the 12-time Grammy winner could be heard sharing the names of her new song: Is It Over Now?, Now That We Don’t Talk, Say Don’t Go and Suburban Legends
Taylor has been remaking her earlier albums after a dispute with her old label Big Machine Records.
She has so far released Fearless (Taylor’s Version), Red (Taylor’s Version) and Speak Now (Taylor’s Version).
Back in 2019, Taylor took to her Tumblr to reveal ‘bully’ Scooter Braun acquired the label she was previously at Big Machine Records.
His company Ithaca Holdings LLC bought Big Machine Label Group for a reported $300 million.
Last month, Swift announced her next re-release album would be her hit 2014 record 1989
Re-record: Unveiling the album cover on her Instagram page after the show, Taylor gushed that it is ‘my most FAVORITE re-record I’ve ever done because the 5 From The Vault tracks are so insane. I can’t believe they were ever left behind’
Pop star: The 2014 album, which originally featured 13 songs on the standard version and 16 songs on the deluxe edition, includes her hit singles Shake It Off and Blank Space among others
The deal included the master recordings of all six of her albums – all of her previous music and her legacy.
On her Tumblr post, Taylor slammed Scooter as well as Big Machine Label Group CEO Scott Borchetta and revealed she was not offered the opportunity to buy her own masters and that the former bullied her for years.
Meanwhile it has been rumoured that the busy star is also currently shooting a documentary after fans spotted a professional film crew at her LA gigs.
Flashback: Swift seen performing at The 1989 World Tour show (pictured in 2015)
Per TMZ, film crews have been actively trailing the music artist and catching her best angles as she performs to sold out crowds, as well as capturing behind-the-scenes moments.
In August, she announced the release of a concert film of The Eras Tour in theatres in North America.
Taylor has packed her Eras shows with an eye-popping 45 tracks, as well as a selection of surprise songs, with fans eagerly waiting to see which tracks would make an unlikely appearance each night.
Swift previously released the Netflix documentary Miss Americana in 2020.
