Save for confirming that she will be releasing lyrics from each “1989” track over the next few days, Taylor Swift has been playing her promotional plans close to the vest.
Swift, for instance, did not even confirm there would be one instant gratification track from the album until last week, when she gave a five day warning about the release of “Out of the Woods.”
A portion of a new “1989” song, meanwhile, appears in Swift’s Diet Coke commercial, but Swift provided no confirmation of the song’s title.
But thanks to its undying thirst for new music from the singer-songwriter, the community of Swifties is not going to rely purely on Swift’s public announcements. Its efforts might have unlocked details on the next Taylor Swift release.
Early Thursday, fans noticed that the iTunes pre-order listing for “1989” now features a runtime of 3:32 for the album’s inaugural track.
The importance of the runtime clue became apparent prior to the release of “Woods.” Before the song was made available for purchase and download, fans noticed that a legitimate length appeared for the album’s fourth track. Via her Twitter account, Swift applauded one user’s “spy skills” before ultimately confirming that “Out of the Woods” was indeed track #4 on “1989.”
Save for track one, track four (“Out of the Woods”) and track six (“Shake it Off”) are the only other songs with a confirmed runtime. That bodes well for the notion that the first track will receive an identity–and an iTunes debut–ahead of the “1989” album’s October 27 release date.
If and when track one does emerge, prepare to hear the lyrics, “It’s a new soundtrack/I could dance to this beat forevermore.” Swift confirmed the line as part of her ongoing Instagram campaign.