Hours after Taylor Swift fans started buzzing on Monday (Aug. 11) due to clues that a major announcement might be imminent — and that the superstar’s 12th studio album might be the subject of that announcement — a mysterious countdown clock appeared on Swift’s official website on Monday night. The countdown ends in a few hours, at… 12:12 a.m. ET, on Aug . 12. (See the countdown here.)

On Monday morning, New Heights — the podcast hosted by Swift’s boyfriend Travis Kelce and his brother, fellow NFL star Jason Kelce — teased “a VERY special guest” for their new episode on Wednesday, with a social teaser suggesting that Swift would be making an appearance on the show. Minutes later, Taylor Nation, the official fan account for Swift, posted a series of 12 photos of Swift wearing the color oran

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