Taylor Swift’s countdown clock finally ran down last night, leading to the reveal frantically awaited by fans—the first single of her new era.
The track, called “ME!” and featuring Panic at the Disco’s Brendon Urie, dropped at the same time as its music video.
And it’s either the gayest straight video or the straightest gay video to ever exist.
A number of fans fully expected Taylor to hop on out of the closet to kick off this era, based in no small part on a series of clues that she seemed to be dropping to indicate as much. After all, if there’s one time to read into every small detail, it’s when something’s up with Tay.
But instead, we got a profoundly rainbow-filled collab that Taylor herself says is about individuality and learning to celebrate that in yourself.
Another reason fans were up in a tizzy was that Taylor promised a hidden message in the video, something she had been keeping from all the fans for months.
In one scene, Brendon gives Taylor a new cat—and it turns out, yes, Taylor got a third cat.
In the video, the cat is presented after Brendon tries to propose to Taylor, leading a number of fans to now suspect Taylor is engaged to longtime boyfriend, Joe Alwyn.
Either way, knowing Taylor, I’m sure we’ll find out more when the next single comes.
