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Taylor’s leak-proofing strategy
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Taylor Swift performs at the Z100's iHeartRadio Jingle Ball 2017 at Madison Square Garden on December 7, 2017 in New York.
(AFP/Angela Weiss)
W
ith the pervasiveness of social media, it’s not uncommon these days to see highly anticipated songs by major pop stars get leaked way before their intended release dates.
In a behind-the-scenes feature on the music video of “End Game”—a track from Taylor Swift’s “Reputation” album—the American singer-songwriter let on one of her measures to prevent such leaks from happening: She doesn’t let her backup dancers hear the full version of the song.
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“I commend them fully because they’ve been pretending like there’s music playing when there’s really not,” Taylor said, while footage of her dancers moving to a metronome’s beat.
“They have been dancing to a click track,” Taylor added, showing off a pair of ear buds she used so she could hear the song. “It’s incredibly hard work!”
