Taylor Swift‘s upcoming album, Reputation, was reportedly played over the weekend in a U.K. record store—six days ahead of its Friday release date. Now her fans are going to war over it.
An HMV record store in Birmingham reportedly played the album on Saturday for its unsuspecting shoppers. Since the reported leak, a tracklist circulating the internet reveals the 15-song album, with apparent features from Ed Sheeran and Future.
The “Swifties” have been waiting three long years for Swift to release another album since 2014’s 1989. Their anticipation has been building since Swift released “Look What You Made Me Do” in August and announced her album with a new bad-girl image. Reputation is Swift’s sixth studio album.
Tracks confirmed. #TaylorSwift #Reputationhttps://t.co/JXIe0IkFc6 pic.twitter.com/rH1KZaPKsV
— Has it Leaked (@hasitleaked) November 6, 2017
The “Has it Leaked?” official Twitter account also posted the tracklist and was met with upset Swifties, demanding the tweet be taken down out of respect for the artist.
https://twitter.com/SUNSETNDVlNE/status/927587036214603776
Because fake or not it’s disrespectful to the artist and those who made it. It’s out in 4 days, y’all can wait
— katie 💜 (@kat13lovestay) November 6, 2017
https://twitter.com/BurningRedLips/status/927675321587036161
One fan even called the record store to confirm the leak and has been relentlessly working on Twitter to defend Swift and explain to non-Swifties the severity of the leak.
https://twitter.com/lara_disco/status/926851859020697601
https://twitter.com/lara_disco/status/926853788551516160
PLEASE STOP TWEETING INFORMATION ABOUT REPUTATION
— Lara Disco 🪩 (@lara_disco) November 4, 2017
Other Swifties also did not take this news well and were upset with the apparent leak. The Birmingham Mail reported that some fans have even made death threats to Birmingham HMV. (The record store has not confirmed or denied reports.)
https://twitter.com/SwiftSnake13/status/926898843165212672
https://twitter.com/shakenswift/status/928011046329159688
@hmvbirmingham I WANT A APOLOGY FOR WHAT YOU DID PLAYING TAYLORS MUSIC @taylorswift13 AND @scottborchetta TRUST BRANDS LIKE U #badblood
— tay (@pwincessa971) November 4, 2017
https://twitter.com/SwiftLifeRep/status/926893531318366208
Swift has not commented on the apparent album leak.
H/T Birmingham Mail
