ICYMI: Taylor Swift Knows the Internet All Too Well

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🗓️ 13 November 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Taylor Swift just released her version of the 2012 album Red, but if you’d asked her fandom what was coming the answers would’ve included all sorts of red-string conspiracy theories. On today’s episode, resident Swiftie Madison takes Rachelle down Taylor’s rabbit hole, explaining her origins as a MySpace teen, the easter eggs she has and hasn’t hidden, and how her savvy engagement with fans demonstrates just how much she’s mastered the online medium. Podcast production by Daniel Schroeder and Derek John. Support ICYMI and listen to the show with zero ads. Sign up to become a Slate Plus member for just $1 for your first month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey guys, it's Taylor, and my new version of Red, including the 10-minute version of
0:06.2	All Too Well, is out now, and all of the songs are available on TikTok, so I can't wait
0:10.6	to see what you make.
0:12.6	Hi, I'm Rachel Hampton, and I'm Madison Malone Kircher.
0:16.6	You're listening to ICYMI, in case you missed it.
0:19.6	Slates podcast about internet culture.
0:21.8	Before we do quite literally anything else, yes, we will answer the question we have
0:26.9	gotten approximately 27,000 times.
0:32.9	It's true.
0:33.9	Every single ICYMI guy did, in fact, ask us where the hell that viral Instagram, for
0:41.8	every picture of a pet posted, we will plant a tree thing came from.
0:46.0	Spoiler alert, ain't no trees being planted.
0:48.4	We all know our ozone, it's broken.
0:56.0	Here's the deal, Instagram has this new sticker feature called Ad Yours, where somebody
1:00.7	can start by posting a prompt to their Instagram story, like, last pick in your camera roll,
1:06.7	and then share the sticker with the last pick in their camera roll.
1:10.2	Then their followers can tap the sticker to create their own, thus creating a giant
1:13.1	chain of photos all based on a single prompt.
1:17.0	Important to note, Instagram does not display which account starts any given ad yours
1:22.0	sticker.
1:23.0	So, this week, someone posted, we'll plant one tree for every pet picture, which combines
1:30.5	the internet's favorite things, pets and slactivism.
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