'Reputation' is the hottest album of 2002
And lo, it was decreed that whenever Taylor Swift should do/announce/reveal a thing, a thousand memes would be born.
Last week was no exception. After a mega-dump of new album details, a new single and a reference-laden music video, the good people of Twitter went into overdrive trying to compose the wittiest reactions. A lot of people took particular interest in the album artwork, which is thought to be referencing Kanye West’s ‘The Life of Pablo’ graphics.
Did Taylor try and shade Kanye with a FONT?! pic.twitter.com/8PKLVjQ5A3
— Sam Stryker (@sbstryker) August 23, 2017
But looking past just the Kanye comparisons, the ‘Reputation’ graphics have been slated by some as… perhaps a bit basic.
i am a taylor swift apologist and i still must say that album cover is really really bad. thank you
— haim defender (@red_lipbatfish) August 23, 2017
Hahaha man this new Taylor Swift album cover sucks
— Pastor Pipes (@Pipes89) August 23, 2017
congrats to the AS Level Graphic Design student who got to design the new Taylor Swift album cover
— susan website (@hellodabwood) August 25, 2017
And thus a Twitter meme-storm was born. Here’s a sprinkling of the best.
RT for Taylor, fave for "Jam" by Kim K pic.twitter.com/JCeZASeM9f
— Sam Stryker (@sbstryker) August 25, 2017
All that's missing from the new Taylor Swift album artwork is a portion of fish and chips pic.twitter.com/UabtehsDZA
— Jeremy Allen 🤖 (@jeres) August 23, 2017
New Taylor Swift album cover is cool but coulda used some of these on it pic.twitter.com/7o0wqSHJuD
— Chris Ledford (@chrishledford) August 25, 2017
How did SJP get Taylor Swift's #reputation artwork on her dress a full 17 years before its release pic.twitter.com/nhd7S0tUgZ
— Bianca Bosso (@bianca_interns) August 25, 2017
Exclusive: artwork for the #Reputation deluxe edition (probably) pic.twitter.com/QEdO1I5xtk
— Kyle Burbank (@KyleBurbank) August 25, 2017
Album artwork for Taylor Swift's new album, "Reputation" pic.twitter.com/oVtNYZ1l7X
— Steph (@StephhhGuerra) August 23, 2017
Meanwhile people have realised you can put literally anybody on the album cover instead of Taylor…
taylor swift's new album cover but with michael cera pic.twitter.com/pLlBE6jQ8b
— Pigeons & Planes (@PigsAndPlans) August 23, 2017
Taylor Swift isn't the only one with a famous #Repuation… pic.twitter.com/zJJA7fJeSE
— The Walking Dead (@TheWalkingDead) August 24, 2017
what if gerge was taylor swift pic.twitter.com/uOLe0qZcWm
— Seinfeld Current Day (@Seinfeld2000) August 23, 2017
Taylor Swift's new album cover but with Morgan Freeman (inspired by @pigsandplans) pic.twitter.com/w40hxKehrh
— Funny Or Die (@funnyordie) August 23, 2017
Maybe the expanded deluxe version will have more details unveiling the artwork’s cryptic messages. Roll on November 10!
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