Recently, on Twitter, many individual fan accounts and Blackpink fan communities shared information that Blackpink may feature in Taylor Swift 's album "Reputation (Taylor's Version)" , to be released. in November.
This rumor quickly spread and received great attention.
Recently, Blackpink members and Taylor Swift have continuously had close interactions.
In early March, Lisa went to see Taylor Swift's concert in Singapore, part of her global tour The Eras Tour.
After that, Lisa shared a series of moments attending the show on Instagram. She and many of Taylor's fans exchanged "friendship bracelets" and even continued to take pictures with Taylor backstage.
At the end of April, Taylor Swift suddenly sent a gift to Rosé , which was the album "The Tortured Poets Department" that Taylor had just released.
Along with the album, Taylor Swift wrote a handwritten letter to Rosé: "To my members of The Tortured Poets Department. This is a little bit of my gratitude to you, for your support, sincerely. I hope you will welcome this album into your lives. With all my love, and lines of damning poetry. Your friend, Taylor.”
Before that, Rosé went to see Taylor's The Eras Tour concert in Tokyo, Japan. She was placed in a seat reserved for special guests.
Last September, during a business trip in New York (USA), Rosé was seen leaving the Electric Lady Studios recording studio at the same time as Taylor Swift. International media revealed that this is the launch party and preview of Taylor Swift's new album, with the participation of Rosé and a number of artists close to the female singer.
Rumors of Blackpink featuring in Taylor's album have not been confirmed. However, it made fans extremely excited.
“Reputation (Taylor's Version)” is a re-recorded version of the American female artist's 6th studio album "Reputation" released in 2017.
After a copyright dispute with businessman and producer Scooter Braun in 2019, Taylor Swift lost ownership of the recordings of all 6 debut albums under Big Machine Records.
Unsuccessful in buying back his own recordings, Taylor decided to re-record the entire "stolen" album. From 2021 until now, the female singer has released new versions of 4 albums including: “Fearless (Taylor's Version)”, “Red (Taylor's Version)”, “Speak Now (Taylor's Version)”, “1989 (Taylor's Version) )”.
The next album scheduled to be released later this year is “Reputation (Taylor's Version)”.
In these albums, in addition to re-recording and refreshing old songs, Taylor Swift also added a number of new songs and collaborated with other artists. So Blackpink's participation in Taylor's album is something that could happen.