The curtain has been drawn. The stage lights are on. It's time for .

For Taylor Swift's most dedicated audience, a new album means new opportunities to decode Easter eggs in her lyrics and music videos. The pop superstar's 12th studio album, which dropped last night at midnight, has no shortage of clues and references to her public life and discography.

Many are opaque, revealing just enough to inspire myriad fan theories. Others are concrete — explicit names and places worth exploring.

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Here's a guide to some of the references and how they relate to the pop star.

Elizabeth Taylor

"That view of Portofino was on my mind / When you called me at the Plaza Athenee"

When Swift announced her new album, she

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