Taylor Swift Hints at Drake Collaboration
Do Taylor Swift and Drake have a collaboration in the works?
The pop superstar graces the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly. In the cover photo, she wears a denim jacket covered in pins with references to several artists including Selena Gomez, Troye Sivan, Dixie Chicks, and Drake. A photo of the rapper from the “Hotline Bling” video appears on a button, which sits alongside another pin that says “Track 5.”
“Wanted to rep as many things/people I love on the jacket and more in the interview,” tweeted Swift.
Thank you for such a wonderful experience @EW – I loved getting to talk with @AlexJSuskind (yep I said it, I did an actual interview with a human journalist!! ) Wanted to rep as many things/people I love on the jacket and more in the interview. https://t.co/C6dtAPFgfF pic.twitter.com/zp0IiEPTn2
— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) May 9, 2019
Track 5 features drake? pic.twitter.com/9WzwNKsMfe
— Taylor Swift Belongs with ME! (@tellmewhy_ts13) May 9, 2019
Fans immediately started speculating that Taylor’s upcoming seventh album will include a collaboration with the 6 God.
ok so what I have gathered is that she’s collaborating with @dixiechicks @selenagomez & @Drake & the album will be called Calm THANK YOU GOOD DAY @taylorswift13 @taylornation13 pic.twitter.com/Xx1thpFUYp
— MEE HEE HEE (@karleighbrunson) May 9, 2019
drake mentioned arya stark at the BBMAs & taylor swift has been mentioning GOT in a lot of interviews lately & how the show inspires her. i feel like taylor & drake has a collab coming, and it’s something about arya stark or game of thrones in general. I’M EXCITED ASF pic.twitter.com/qILfe3WQWV
— SAM (@samanthaswft) May 9, 2019
Are we getting a @taylorswift13 x DRAKE collab?!? WHAT pic.twitter.com/6rdNxZpIn1
— Erica S. NOLA (@EKSwiftie) May 9, 2019
List of pins was featured on Taylor Swift’s EW cover:
• Selena Gomez
• Olivia and Meredith
• Dixie Chicks
• CATS
• CALM
• AWESOME
• FRIENDS
• Daenerys Targaryen and Dracarys
• Sansa Stark
• Arya Stark
• Drake
• Track 5
• I tried
• Dun Dun
• 7 hearts pic.twitter.com/6iABD32kba— Taylor Swift Facts (@blessedswifty) May 9, 2019
Swift also praised Drake in the magazine. “I love his one-liners,” she said before quoting “Summer Games” and “Nonstop.” “Like ‘You say I led you on / But you followed me.’ Or ‘This a Rollie, not a stopwatch / It don’t ever stop.'”
In 2016, Swift shot an Apple Music commercial featuring her running on a treadmill while rapping along to Drake and Future’s “Jumpman.”
This would not be the first time Swift has dropped Easter eggs to tease music. Her upcoming album title and the title of her second single are included somewhere in the “ME!” music video. “I love that [the fans] like the cryptic hint-dropping,” she told EW. “Because as long as they like it, I’ll keep doing it. It’s fun. It feels mischievous and playful.”
So… the new album title is actually revealed somewhere in the video AND so is the title of the second single, but I haven’t seen people finding them yet…
️♂️️♀️ #MEmusicvideohttps://t.co/cdxQ6dFiar— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) April 26, 2019
During the interview, Swift also praised Ciara. “‘Thinkin Bout You’ is amazing,” she said of Ciara’s latest single. “I listen to it every day when I wake up. She’s so nice, too. She’s been working hard and challenging herself and making cool stuff.”
Swift also revealed that her new album will include more songs than any of her previous releases. “I try not to go into making an album with any expectation,” she said. “I started to write so much that I knew immediately it would probably be bigger.”