#tscollab

This is the first post in a series about the collaboration theories that have been floating around.

THEORY: Taylor is collaborating with Paul McCartney.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

STATUS: partly true

WHY IS THIS PARTLY TRUE? Taylor announced her collaboration with Stella McCartney, Paul’s daughter. Though it’s not a musical collaboration, it’s excited to see Taylor dabble with a fashion collaboration with a well established designer.

Paul McCartney. He’s obviously an icon, and Taylor is and always has been a big fan. We first got a glimpse of the duo when they performed Shake It Off together after the 40th anniversary party for SNL. And we can’t forget that time that Taylor “saved” Dave Grohl at one of McCartney’s parties.

But, the collaboration theory all started with a little blue dress by Stella McCartney. You know, the one she wore to the BAFTAs and tagged Stella in? Of course - Stella is Paul’s daughter.

Taylor has worn her designs quite frequently since the release of ME! - most recently at her Wango Tango performance. I DO want to point out that Taylor mentioned that there was an Easter Egg in her WT performance... however, she did also say that the Easter Egg was hidden in the set design.

This, along with her mention of Paul as an inspiration for Time 100 has lead fans to believe that there will be a collaboration on TS7 between the two.

“𝙸 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚊𝚝 𝙿𝚊𝚞𝚕 𝙼𝚌𝙲𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚗𝚎𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙸 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚑𝚎’𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚖𝚊𝚣𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚛—𝚑𝚎’𝚜 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚞𝚗𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚛𝚝,” 𝚂𝚠𝚒𝚏𝚝 𝚜𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚎𝚛 𝙱𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚕𝚎, 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚋𝚞𝚖, 𝙴𝚐𝚢𝚙𝚝 𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗, 𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝟽𝟼. “𝙷𝚎’𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎, 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚕𝚜𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚎𝚛.”⠀⠀⠀

Paul also has a song about Taylor’s fans called “Who Cares”. I know that fits in here somehow but I can’t place how, exactly.

I also think that it’s worth mentioning that Taylor did an interview with Pattie Boyd for Harper’s Bazaar in late 2018. If you’re not sure who Pattie Boyd is - she was married to George Harrison during Beatlemania.