Officially, Spotify has paddled with balloons for Fearless (Taylor’s Version) of Taylor Swift because it threw this digital confetti to center its celebration of the album’s fourth anniversary. Balloons hung across all pages for that album so it could generate nostalgia and excite the Swifties while it was not for some that all came to see the adornments.
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It was a celebratory touch featured by the tweet from Taylor Swift Updates while replies poured in from a variety of accounts. Under ecstatic ones was that of WanderWithUs, who rejoiced, saying: “Just when you thought it couldn’t get any better . . . Spotify throws a bday bash for Fearless (Taylor’s Version) with balloons? Yasss! Forever queen nostalgia Taylor.:”. Others such as jonathan_23783 were left confused: “guys i can’t see jt??”. (insert huge eye roll here for the typo-cause autocorrect clearly doesn’t care).
Some fans were taking offense, though, such as jvstethan, who did join in with, “happy birthday to fearless as well as to me!!” Another fan, brookelynn2009, added, “And it is my birthday!” Coincidence? Perhaps. Or maybe she just has the power to make every day feel like one of her own.
Not everyone was happy, though. While nothing stated for speak tank, a little shade was thrown by kvjcxzr because, let’s be real, Speak Now stans are still waiting for their moment. Meanwhile, Carmen Wilcox was just straight-up disappointed: “I don’t have balloons in mine 😕”—prompting jonathan_23783 to reply, “me too 🙁
And it didn’t just sound like balloons. Abby⸆⸉ pointed out that this was also the platform that messaged celebrating the four-year milestone of the album. SwiftSonnet referred to it from a broader angle by tweeting, “They’re celebrating the music industry.” True, but let’s be honest-this one was a Taylor celebration first.
Quite a surprise for some fans, like Bεятσ, who actually “didn’t know Spotify asked to do that, how nice.” (Spoiler: They probably didn’t ask-Taylor’s team most likely made that happen.)
So why balloon? Who knows. Perhaps it means throwing carefree and clear vibes that Fearless meant, or maybe Spotify simply likes the decoration. Either way, it got the word out, and those sweet days when Love Story (Taylor’s Version) first dropped.
And now with Fearless (Taylor’s Version) becoming four, and as much as everything has changed in between, more re-records, more tours, and more eras to celebrate will come; but this album started it all. And if Spotify would like to have a balloon party? Well, that just happens to be Swiftie serotonin.
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If only they could do something about Speak Now…