Heads up: Swifties are in full Sherlock mode and the latest hunting ground is The Life of a Showgirl, Taylor Swift’s 12th studio album, dropping October 3. Clues are strewn like glitter across her socials, dressing rooms, and even Travis Kelce’s podcast background.

Vegas residency vibes? Fans eye the album title “Showgirl” and are shouting “viva Las Swift!” Echoing her glitzy, cabaret-y aesthetic, this theory is glitzy enough to be true according to her most fevered stans.

Then there’s the copper oxidation hypothesis. The album’s bold orange and mint-green color palette inspires deep metaphor, talk oxidation = aging, change, reinvention. Let’s call it Swift’s patina glow. Sophisticated, right?

Others whisper that Showgirl is secretly a sister album to Midnights flirting with dreamy visuals, introspective glam, and that signature emotional core. Could we get archival style companion tracks? We stan potential twin albums.

Not to be ignored: the Super Bowl halftime show rumors. When Swift dropped “sourdough 60% of the time” on Travis Kelce’s New Heights podcast, alarm bells rang for Super Bowl LX (60). Paired with a Lombardi trophy cameo and recurring number 47 shoutouts tied to Eras Tour stadiums, Swifties are seeing it all and calling it the next halftime surprise.