There’s new information about how Taylor Swift kept her Grammy-winning album 1989 was leaked in 2014, the year it was originally released.
Of course, song leaks are a big concern for artists in the digital age. Understandably, Taylor was determined to protect her ’80s synth-pop album.
The singer-songwriter took some pretty extreme security measures at that time.
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Variety reported that when Taylor hosted a listening party for about 20 fans at her Los Angeles home, she and her crew blasted heavy metal music through the windows so that no NSA-grade microphone could pick up the music from very far away. .
When the New York journalists heard 1989 In 2014, they were asked to sign confidentiality agreements beforehand. Then, they listened to the new music through headphones connected to an iPad that was flown in by a member of Taylor’s team and accompanied by a bodyguard.
During an October 2014 interview with Jimmy Kimmel, the “Anti-Hero” singer explained her concerns about potential leaks.
She revealed that the album was only on her phone until its release, and that she only let people listen to it through headphones in case someone recorded it.
“I have a lot of fears, maybe or maybe not irrational, of a security invasion, wiretapping and people eavesdropping,” Taylor said. She jokingly added that his phone was “covered in cat stickers and the volume buttons don’t work as well because there’s candy on there.”
On Friday (October 27), Taylor released 1989 (Taylor version) and apparently put an end to bisexual rumors in the album’s prologue.
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