Taylor Swift’s new bonus track “The Albatross” has Swifties already trying to deduce its meaning just hours after its announcement. She continued, “This edition is called ‘The Albatross’ because there ...

Taylor Swift’s new bonus track “The Albatross” has Swifties already trying to deduce its meaning just hours after its announcement. “I’m really, really proud of this record,” Swift, 34, said of The ...

Swifties are known for being serious amateur investigators, and many are already speculating on the meaning behind the mysterious track. Many speculate that the entire new album is about Swift’s ...

Alternatively, The Albatross could be a reference more in line with a different literary meaning. Charles Baudelaire's 'L'Albatros' (1859) tells of an albatross' mistreatment at the hands of sailors.