Taylor Swift Vault Puzzle (2023)

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How do you do the Taylor Swift vault puzzle? ›

According to Google's Blog all you have to do is type in the search bar “Taylor Swift” and when you hit enter, a blue vault will appear at the bottom of the screen. Once you click on the blue vault, a series of letters will appear and you will have to decode each puzzle.

Swift is famous for her “Easter eggs” and making things fun for her loyalists, so she's created puzzles to reveal the titles of those tracks. The superstar linked with Google for a new series of online puzzles for the upcoming “1989 (Taylor's Version)” release.

The vault tracks are songs written from the time in her life that she produced each album. As they weren't released as a single or album, they were metaphorically locked away in her musical vault, now released as a "surprise" to fans for each "Taylor's Version" re-recording.

Google explained the game in a blog post: If a user searches “Taylor Swift” in the Google search bar, the search engine says a blue vault will appear. Fans can click on it to solve one of the word puzzles. There are 89 puzzles to solve in total.

“Search for “Taylor Swift” in the Blank Space (ahem, a Search bar). Click on the blue vault and solve one of the word puzzles. It may take a second since there are 89 puzzles to get through (a la “1989 (Taylor's Version)”) — don't say we didn't warn ya!,” as per a Google blog post.

In a way, Swift has always been associated with snakes: she was born in 1989, the year of the snake by the Chinese zodiac, and even titled her last album 1989. But previously, the slithery symbol was not an association she claimed or wanted as part of her narrative.

The Grammy-winning pop star, in collaboration with the search engine platform, challenged her fanbase to crack 89 different puzzles pertaining to the album a whopping 33 million times in order to unveil the titles of several never-before-heard "vault" songs that will feature on the upcoming re-release.

The friendship bracelet trend among Swifties is inspired by lyrics from a song on Swift's 2022 album "Midnights."

Swift reached her highest Google search interest at 3 p.m. Tuesday, two hours after her post, before declining slightly. Google appeared to solve the problem by late Tuesday evening and fans resumed the game until 33 million puzzles were solved Wednesday morning.

What is the 13 on Taylor Swift's hand? ›

"The significance of the number 13 on my hand ... I paint this on my hand before every show because 13 is my lucky number; for a lot of reasons," she explained. "It's really weird." Not only is it the day she was born on in December 1989, but over the years it has become so much more.

With each release, Swift includes several songs that she describes as "from the vault," meaning they were written during the album's creative process but cut from the original tracklist. Swift wrote "Speak Now" between the ages of 18 and 20.

Here's how it worked: Google “Taylor Swift,” click the vault, and solve the puzzle. Per Google, there were 89 different puzzles (for obvious reasons), and once 33 million were solved globally, the vault would be cracked open.

To play, fans just have to type "Taylor Swift" into the search bar. A blue vault will appear in the corner of the screen, along with a word puzzle for music lovers to solve. There are 89 puzzles to figure out, and the answers are not track titles.

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Here's how it works: Search for “Taylor Swift” in the Blank Space (ahem, a Search bar). Click on the blue vault and solve one of the word puzzles. It may take a second, since there are 89 puzzles to get through (a la “1989 (Taylor's Version)") — don't say we didn't warn ya!