Taylor Swift is releasing a new album this Friday. Shortly following this release, she will also premiere a music video. For most pop stars, this sequence of events would be so predictable and commonplace that it would hardly require any elaboration or interpretation. But since the year is 2024 and the star in question is Swift, this announcement comes with a series of blaring siren emojis and (presumably) plenty of Easter eggs in the announcement video clip that Swift posted to Instagram on April 16. Swift’s 11th album, The Tortured Poets Department, was announced at the Grammy Awards on Feb….
