{"id":79467,"date":"2024-04-16T12:04:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T16:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2024\/04\/16\/taylor-swift-mural-appears-in-chicago-with-cryptic-qr-code-message-about-tortured-poets\/"},"modified":"2024-04-16T12:04:00","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T16:04:00","slug":"taylor-swift-mural-appears-in-chicago-with-cryptic-qr-code-message-about-tortured-poets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2024\/04\/16\/taylor-swift-mural-appears-in-chicago-with-cryptic-qr-code-message-about-tortured-poets\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift Mural Appears in Chicago With Cryptic QR Code Message About \u2018Tortured\u00a0Poets\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tA cryptic mural teasing Taylor Swift<\/a>\u2018s fast-approaching new album The Tortured Poets Department <\/em><\/a>has appeared in Chicago, complete with an enormous QR code that leads fans to an error message on the pop star\u2019s YouTube channel.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tEverything We Know About Taylor Swift\u2019s New Album \u2018The Tortured Poets Department\u2026\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n

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\n\tA group of painters was still working on the mural as of Monday (April 15), brushing the black-and-white piece onto the side of a building in the River North district of the city. Fan photos of the installment show a large QR code surrounded by partially faded lines of code that, upon taking a closer look, appear to be made up of repeating \u201c13\u201ds and \u201cTTPD\u201ds, Swift\u2019s lucky number and the initials of her new record, respectively.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tBut here\u2019s the best part: Scanning the code with one\u2019s phone leads viewers to an unlisted Short on Swift\u2019s official YouTube page. Press \u201cplay,\u201d and a message reading \u201cError 321\u201d will appear onscreen, as if someone on a typewriter were spelling it out one character at a time.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tArriving Friday (April 19), The Tortured Poets Department <\/em>features 16 main tracks<\/a> \u2014 two of which are collaborations with Post Malone and Florence + the Machine \u2014 and four bonus songs spread out across various deluxe editions of the album. Swift first announced<\/a> the project while accepting best pop vocal for Midnights <\/em>at the 2024 Grammys, shortly before which a similar \u201cError 321\u201d message appeared on her website<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tThe new mural is just the latest way the musician and her team have been getting fans excited for the arrival of Tortured Poets<\/em>. Swift has also hidden one-word clues<\/a> about the album in the lyrics to her older songs on Apple Music and unveiled five \u201cStages of Heartbreak\u201d<\/a> playlists on the platform, as well as launched a library installation<\/a> in support of the record with Spotify in Los Angeles.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tSee the Tortured Poets<\/em> mural in Chicago, as well as the video linked through its QR code, below.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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