Keep in mind that you haven't been here in four--
no.
How long has it been?
Yeah, four years.
I was recovering from the fall.
No, no, no.
But look at all the content we had
and you haven't been here in four years.
You'd think you'd want to come back
because you had so much fun.
I know, and now I have.
OK, and now you've come back.
Yeah, I have come back.
I had an album out called Reputation.
I know.
And I really--
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
You guys.
[LAUGHING]
You guys are friendly.
Yeah, with the album, I just basically wanted
to just make music and not explain it.
But I missed you so much.
It worked out.
It was really--
You sold a bunch of albums without even talking.
[LAUGHTER]
I mean, usually people go to promote their music
because it helps sell albums.
You don't have to do that.
Well, that's nice of you to say.
It's true.
I am having fun being back here.
It's been really great to be back here.
I definitely do--
I think as a songwriter, I enjoy communicating
about what I've made.
I really do like that part of the process.
But I also just feel like with my career,
I want to do what feels right at the time.
So it just-- at that time I coined this phrase,
"There will be no explanation.
There will just be reputation."
Cause I am dramatic.
Yes.
That's a very dramatic thing.
But it rhymed, it was kind of catchy, and so I stuck with it.
Right.
Is that in one of your songs?
Because if it isn't, it should be.
Thank you, no.
And I think it's a little late for that
because now we're onto like another different album.
I know, but you still could have that.
For an album that's not Reputation?
Yeah.
[LAUGHTER]
It's a little off brand, but I will think about.
No, just like clothing comes back in style,
you can come right back around to that topic
again if you'd like.
It could be like a vintage.
You can do anything you want Taylor Swift.
Thank you for saying that.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
Really, people thought, oh, God.
She's been away for so long.
How is this album going to do?
And they put so much--
I don't think pressure on you.
Because I don't think you felt pressure.
Yeah, there's pressure.
Really?
Yeah, for sure.
Oh, OK.
Because it seemed like people were
like expecting this not to be as good
or that album not to be as--
and you just came back and proved them all wrong.
Aww.
It's true.
Because you didn't worry about how certain people do things.
You do things your own way, and it all works out for you.
Thank you so much.
You're welcome.
Now let's talk about me.
[LAUGHTER]
No, not talk about me.
Let's talk about you're on the cover of Entertainment Weekly,
and you have all these Easter eggs on here.
Right?
Yeah, and I feel like--
Explain what the eggs are to people who don't understand.
Yeah, because I think it's--
I think that is necessary.
So it's like when we say Easter eggs,
we're not only talking about Easter eggs
that you would go on an Easter egg hunt for on Easter.
It's kind of like a clue--
like a foreshadowing kind of thing.
I like to plant Easter eggs in a video that
will be like a lyric from unreleased music,
or like a little hint, or a little wink
to what's coming in the future.
Right.
So yeah, that was kind of the theme
of what we did the Entertainment Weekly thing on.
And it's just been really fun to kind of expand
the musical experience past just listening to a song.
I also want people to be like watching the music video,
and what's that thing in the background?
And what's that song playing underneath there?
And is there a reason she said that in French?
[LAUGHTER]
Right.
And usually your fans are pretty good at figuring it out.
Right?
They're excellent at figuring it out.
What is the worst--
how far off have they been?
What's the worst they've been.
Oh, man.
Well, there were some fans that thought I had something
to do with Avengers Endgame.
[LAUGHTER]
Oh, really?
Which I would have loved to have been asked,
but I wasn't asked to be in it at all.
No, you weren't.
Because we had the single coming out the same day,
and I have a song that was called "End Game."
And so they were like, oh, my God.
She's going to defeat Thanos.
[LAUGHTER]
I let everyone down again.
Well, that was confusing.
On your jacket, you have a lot of things on here.
But you don't have something that--
next time you wear a jacket, that's--
Thank you.
You're welcome.
[LAUGHTER]
It's you as a kitty cat.
And that's two things you love.
Those are the two things I love the most in the world.
Together-- put together.
Yeah.
All right, we have to take a break.
Thank you.
I'll let you cry about that.
We'll be back.
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