Ngokusho komthombo wohlelo lwe-US masonto onke, uTaylor, izinyanga ezimbalwa ezigcinwe ukuthula futhi cishe azibonakalanga emphakathini, athatha isibonelo esivela kumngane wakhe osondelene naye - u-Ed Shiran. Ekupheleni kuka-2015, naphezu kwama-albhamu amabili aphumelelayo kanye nokuphakanyiswa kukaGrammy, u-Ed wanquma ukuthi umsebenzi wakhe waphela, futhi izinyanga wanyamalala - wabe esekhipha i-albhamu entsha yezwe. "Unyamalala unyaka - futhi manje abantu sebevele balambile kuze kube ubuhlakani bakho," kwabika kamuva kakhulu engxoxweni nalo msebenzi.
Kulo nyaka, uTaylor wajabula ngabalandeli bakhe ngoFebhuwari, ngaphambi kweSuper Bowl-2017, egcwalisa ingoma entsha angifuni ukuthi baphile phakade, ebhalwe nguZayn Malik nge-sequel "amathunzi angamashumi amahlanu." Umculi wenqaba ngisho namanethiwekhi omphakathi, ezinyangeni ezimbalwa emugqeni onganaki ababhalisile abangu-101 ababhalisile kwi-Instagram - konke ngenxa yokulungiswa kwe-albhamu entsha, e-6.
Umthombo uthi: "UTaylor ubhalwe phansi izingoma ezintsha izinyanga ezimbalwa ngaphandle komsindo owengeziwe. "Uhloselwe ngokuqinile ukukhulula i-albhamu lokhu kuwa."