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Could Taylor Swift’s highly anticipated 13th studio album already be on the way?
Swift, 36, and fiancé Travis Kelce attended a friend’s wedding on Saturday, May 16, where the pop star’s ensemble fueled fan speculation a new record is on the horizon. Swift glittered in a golden Maria Lucia Hohan gown, which she paired with opal drop earrings.
Eagle-eyed fans were quick to point out that Swift’s baubles featured 13 stones, which would match the number of her next album.
“There is just NO WAY she’s wearing an earring with 13 stones ????!!!!!” an X user wrote on Saturday night, positing that the choice is “fun teasing.”
Other fans thought the 13 gems were an update to the 12-stone ruby earrings that Swift rocked at the 2025 Grammy Awards, shortly before announcing 12th album The Life of a Showgirl that same year. It’s also possible that the 13 is a nod to Swift’s favorite number.
“TS13 easter eggs are going to be impossible [because] is it 13 because it’s Taylor Swift or because it’s TS13????” another fan tweeted.
Others, however, don’t think Swift’s jewelry is a clue to her future music at all.
“Taylor attending a wedding, she’s not Easter egging while attending her fiancé’s friend’s wedding,” another Swiftie wrote via X. “Use your brain.”
Swift has not publicly addressed any plans for a 13th album just yet, though she’s long denied that any of her cryptic clues are through hints about her relationship.
“There are dos and don’ts. I’m never going to plan an Easter egg that ties back to my personal life,” the Grammy winner said on Kelce’s “New Heights” podcast in August 2025, detailing the art of planting Easter eggs. “It’s always going to be toward music or something that I have coming up. A plan I have coming together. Something that you don’t know I’m saying for a specific reason that you’ll hear later and go back and go, ‘Oh my god.’”
Swift, who got engaged to Kelce that month after two years of dating, released Showgirl the following October. There were multiple love songs about Swift and Kelce’s romance and future hopes, including “Opalite” about the man-made version of the NFL star’s birthstone.
“‘Opalite’ is a song [where] that word is something I wrote down because I thought it was beautiful,” Swift said during her Release Party of a Showgirl screening in October 2025. “I came back to it when [Max Martin, Shellback and I] were writing to this really infectious, hook-y track. Opalite is man-made opal, so I’ve always loved opals [and] my mom has always loved opals.”
She added, “I loved the metaphor of, like, a man-made opal and you also have to make your own happiness in your life. You had to get yourself through some difficult times to get to the positive place you’re in now.”
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