Published 20:52 IST, June 26th 2020

Taylor Swift goes by the pseudonym Nils Sjöberg, here's when she's used it

Taylor Swift is well-known was playing mystery games with her fans. But she surprised them all when she adapted a pseudonym to write songs for new projects.

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Taylor Swift is one of most influential artists on planet. country music star turned pop sensation has delivered several hits and has ruled music charts with many chartbusters. Apart from proving her lyrical prowess from time to time, Taylor Swift is also kwn for dropping several Easter eggs for her fans through her records and music videos, and most importantly using a pseudonym for herself. Find out more details about Taylor Swift’s pseudonym and reason she uses it.

Taylor Swift’s history with her pseudonym

Over years, pop culture fans have seen several spy thrillers and mystery films use alias or pseudonyms for ir characters. se aliases and pseudonyms have frequently impressed audience and have also inspired or filmmakers to apply a similar narrative in ir films.

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But one musician has been using a pseudonym to deliver chartbusters without anybody ticing. This musician is ne or than singer Taylor Swift. Taylor is kwn for playing mystery games and dropping Easter Eggs for her fans about her music. But singer took it a step furr when she used her pseudonym twice.

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So what exactly is a pseudonym? A pseudonym is a fictional name that somebody opts for a particular reason. Taylor Swift’s w revealed pseudonym is Nils Sjöberg. So when has Taylor Swift used her pseudonym for her songs?

Taylor Swift first used her pseudonym when she wrote a song for her ex-boyfriend Calvin Harris. Blank singer wrote song This Is What You Came For in 2016. song which was sung by Rihanna also h vocals by Swift which were cleverly disguised under Riri’s vocals. Taylor Swift used her pseudonym Nils Sjöberg to t let focus of audience be shifted from song to Taylor and Calvin’s relationship.

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But when Taylor Swift’s relationship with Calvin Harris came to an end, her fans were quick to dig deep and find out this information. This is t last time Taylor Swift used her pseudonym. Taylor Swift’s fans recently got a glimpse of Nils Sjöberg once again on an episode of Sandra Oh’s TV series Killing Eve.

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This recent episode of Killing eve featured a cover of Taylor’s song Look What You Me Do, which was first single from Taylor Swift’s sixth album, Reputation. Taylor even talked about it, where it was mentioned by her that song was sung by a band named Jack Leopards & Dolphin Club. But in reality, Jack Leopards & Dolphin Club does t exist.

Taylor swift’s fans soon started speculating that this song was covered by ne or than Taylor Swift’s bror and actor Austin Kingsley Swift. fans also speculated that Taylor used Nils Sjöberg as a band member to t let Scooter Braun earn profits from this cover. Braun’s Big Machine Records’ currently owns Taylor’s previous six albums and hence he would have received song’s royalty. Hence by using pseudonym, she me sure that royalty from song was diverted towards her.

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20:51 IST, June 26th 2020