Taylor Swift has finally revealed the full tracklist for her upcoming album The Tortured Poets Department and the song “Fortnight” has already gone viral without even being released, with fan theories surrounding ex Joe Alwyn and the game Fortnite.
One of these that has been trending is the opening track “Fortnight.” This has sent Swifties into a frenzy after numerous fan theories have been circulated revolving around the title being a reference to Taylor’s exJoe Alwynand the gameFortnite.
Taylor Swift’s Fortnight track spawns viral Fortnite fan theories
Despite large numbers of Swifties justgetting confusedthinking the hit game was spelled the same as the track’s title, “Fortnight,” instead of Fortnite, legions of fans have still been convinced that it could be a reference.
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Variouspostsquickly spawned across Twitter/X. Predominantly, the buzz has focused around it being a reference to her actor ex-boyfriend Joe Alwyn: “Fortnight is a reference to the video game Joe would play all day because he was unemployed.”
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With the artist having had a long history of writing songs influenced by her previous romantic relationships, fans have also speculated that this was not the only track about the British actor.
Josh Taylor is a Trending News Writer on Dexerto’s UK team, focusing on Gaming. He is a writing graduate and an expert in several major FPS games, such as Fortnite, Counter-Strike, Call of Duty, Halo, and Apex Legends. Away from FPS, he is also a Pokemon and Nintendo fan. You can contact him at: josh.taylor@dexerto.com
