Name: Taylor Swift's New Single Is a Freaking Gay Anthem for Pride
Uploaded: 2019-06-14T14:34:00Z
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Taylor Swift just released the blatantly Pride-themed bop of the summer and fans are DEAD over it.

Because filling the first single from her upcoming album with an astounding number of rainbows somehow wasn’t gay enough, Tay stepped it up a notch for “You Need to Calm Down" with an entire verse that’s literally about going to a Pride parade.

“Sunshine on the street at the parade/But you would rather be in the dark ages/Makin’ that sign must’ve taken all night,” she sings, in an obvious reference to protestors at Pride.

And in case it wasn’t clear enough, she goes on to mention how the person or people she’s singing about “need to take several seats and then try to restore the peace and control your urges to scream about all the people you hate.”

Why?

And just in case even that wasn’t clear enough to get it through people’s heads that Taylor Swift is literally screaming gay rights, her lyric video shares the lyric “why are you mad when you could be glad” as “GLAAD.” Yes, all caps, no, not a typo. It also highlights anytime the letters “E” and “A” are next to each other, which is already commonly believed to be highlighting the Equality Act, which Taylor has been pushing really, really hard for on her social media this month.

There is absolutely zero doubt whatsoever that this song is for the gays. We hear it, we accept it, and we celebrate it.

\u201chearing Taylor swift sing SHADE NEVER MADE ANYBODY LESS GAY has added several thousand years to my life I am now immortal\u201d
— Jemima Skelley (@Jemima Skelley) 1560488290

\u201cdid @taylorswift13 just --\u201d
— GLAAD (@GLAAD) 1560485886

\u201c@rachelkiley TAYLOR THREW THE FIRST BRICK AT STONEWALL\u201d
— mollie cahillane (@mollie cahillane) 1560485042

\u201c\u201c- Cause shade never made anybody less gay so\u201d\nTAYLOR SNAPPED!!! SHE DID IT \n#TaylorSwift #YouNeedToCalmDown\u201d
— MOTOMMMAMY\ud83e\udd8b (@MOTOMMMAMY\ud83e\udd8b) 1560485085

\u201cWhen you think you heard Taylor Swift say \u201cShade never made anybody less gay\u201d and you rewind and realize she really did just say that.\u201d
— Alex Goldschmidt (@Alex Goldschmidt) 1560485545

\u201c\u201cCan you just not step on HIS gown\u201d \n\u201c\u2018Cause shade never made anybody less GAY\u201d\n\nGlad spelled as GLAAD as in LGBTQ organization @glaad \n\nEA highlighted in every word for support of the Equality Act, which you can sign @taylorswift13\u2019s petition here: https://t.co/GRNCgJNMJu #YNTCD\u201d
— Zainub Amir (@Zainub Amir) 1560486440

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While this song is 1000% going to play at any and all remaining Pride celebrations this month, it has also returned queer fans to the question that dominated the countdown clock to the release of “ME!” back in April — Is Taylor Swift about to come out?

\u201cyou know that moment right before you come out and you\u2019re so belligerently pro-gay rights that all your friends are like \u201cwe agree but you good dude?\u201d\n\ud83d\udc40\n\ud83d\udc40\n\ud83d\udc40\n\ud83d\udc40\n\ud83d\udc40\n\ud83d\udc40\n\ud83d\udc40\n\ud83d\udc40\n\ud83d\udc40\u201d
— Jill Gutowitz (@Jill Gutowitz) 1560487445

\u201ctaylor swift: let's see how many references to rainbows and gays i can put on my songs before they finally get it\u201d
— clara \ud83c\udf08\ud83c\udf08\ud83c\udf08\ud83d\udddd\ufe0f (@clara \ud83c\udf08\ud83c\udf08\ud83c\udf08\ud83d\udddd\ufe0f) 1560505640

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\u201cDoes Joe Alwyn know what any of the words in the new Taylor Swift song mean arranged in that order\u201d
— Tricia Gilbride (@Tricia Gilbride) 1560486637

\u201cif taylor swift is tryna drop the gay bop of the summer, can she please confirm that she's fingerbanged karlie kloss\u201d
— lyndsay (@lyndsay) 1560485866

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On the chance that Taylor IS trying to tell us something, we won't have to wait too long for the next set of blazing rainbow-themed clues. The video for "You Need to Calm Down" is set to premiere on Good Morning America this Monday.

But after that, it may be a long wait for Swifties. Her new album, Lover, isn't dropping until August 23, and we have no word on whether there will be new music...or anything else...coming out before then.

In the meantime, at least we've got this amazing gay anthem to blast for the rest of the month!! And speculate about. And obsess over. And-- sorry, gotta go listen again!