Taylor Swift may have revealed name of Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds’ third daughter on Folklore

Taylor Swift released her eighth studio album Folklore on Thursday evening and fans wasted no time uncovering any and all potential meanings hidden in each original track. 

And fans theorize that one song titled Betty may have been Swift’s clever way of revealing the name of pal Blake Lively’s nine-month-old daughter.

A source close to the situation alleged to People that the song was in fact ‘named in part’ for Lively’s third daughter, whom the actress shares with husband Ryan Reynolds.  

The beloved Hollywood couple welcomed their third daughter in October of 2019, but have yet to reveal her name to the public.

Blake and Ryan – who wed in 2012 – also share daughters James, five, and Inez, three. 

Fans of Taylor Swift were further convinced that the 30-year-old singer had unveiled Blake and Ryan’s third daughter’s name because she also used the names of the couple’s other two daughters in the song.

‘Betty, I know where it all went wrong,’ sings Swift, before launching into two lines that read: ‘You heard the rumors from Inez / You can’t believe a word she says’ and ‘She said, ‘James, get in, let’s drive.”

Taylor and Blake have been friends since around 2015, so it is no wonder that the Grammy Award-winner would pay homage to the actress’ growing family.

With 16 original tracks to scour through fans, undoubtedly, made note of plenty potential easter eggs.

In her song Mad Woman, Swift appears to make reference to her ongoing feud with former label boss Scott Borchetta and Justin Bieber’s manager Scooter Braun.

In June of 2019, Taylor was shocked to learn that Braun’s Ithaca Holdings not only acquired Big Machine Records, but also her entire six-album music catalog, according to Billboard.

Swift has since called out Borchetta and Braun for hijacking her ‘art’  and claims that she did not give permission for the sale to take place.

‘It’s obvious that wanting me dead has really brought you two together,’ sings Swift in one poignant line. 

‘What a shame she went mad, no one likes a mad woman. You made her like that. And you’ll poke that bear till her claws come out.’

Taylor hints in one line that she has not given up on the fight to acquire the rights to her music. 

‘They say, ‘Move on’ but you know I won’t. And women like hunting witches too,’ she sings.

Folklore’s fifth track titled My Tears Ricochet, which happens to be the first song written for the album, also makes reference to the tumultuous situation. 

She sings about ‘stolen lullabies’ and how she ‘can go anywhere I want. Anywhere I want, just not home.’

‘And you can aim for my heart, go for blood, but you would still miss me in your bones,’ she continues.

On a happier note, Swift appears to allude to her infamous ex boyfriend Joe Jonas and his impending child with wife Sophie Turner in the song Invisible String.

‘Cold was the steel of my axe to grind / For the boys who broke my heart / Now I send their babies presents,’ sings Taylor, who dated Jonas from July of 2008 until October of that year.

A month after their breakup, Taylor famously put Joe on blast for breaking up ‘with [her] over the phone,’ during a sit down interview with talk show host Ellen DeGeneres.

‘[Joe] is not in my life anymore, unfortunately. That’s ouch. … Someday I’m gonna find someone really, really great who’s right for me,’ she explained.

 ‘When I find that person that is right for me…he’ll be wonderful. And when I that person, I’m not even gonna be able to remember the boy who broke up with me over the phone in 25 seconds when I was 18.’ 

With Swift now in a love-filled relationship with her boyfriend Joe Alwyn and Jonas happily married to Turner, it appears the former pair have an amicable.

Joe and Sophie tied the knot in May of last year following the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas.

Though the majority of music lovers and critics have expressed their love for Folklore, rock band Smash Mouth appeared less than enthralled with Swift’s latest album.

‘borelore,’ tweeted the band, who is best known for their song All Star and their cover of The Monkees’ 1967 hit I’m A Believer.

Once fans of Taylor got wind of Smash Mouth’s blatant shade, they quickly came to their idol’s defense and criticized the artistic integrity of band’s work.

‘your career is ogre,’ wrote one comical Twitter user, who was referencing the band’s association with the Dreamworks animated film Shrek.

Shrek was a common theme among the angry tweets that were hurled in Smash Mouth’s direction.

‘be quiet shrek band,’ tweeted one passionate Swift fan, while another reminded the band that ‘Taylor could do shrek , but [they] couldn’t do folklore. Be humble.’

Despite the clear outrage over their comment, Smash Mouth has yet to remove the tweet from their Twitter page.

Smash Mouth may not have been feeling Taylor’s latest musical endeavor, but Hollywood A-lister Nicole Kidman proved to be a big fan in her latest Instagram post.

In a brief video clip – shared with her 7million followers – Nicole can be seen rocking a similar get-up to the one Taylor is wearing on the cover of Folklore, while on the set of her 2017 film The Beguiled. 

‘On the set of #BeguiledMovie #Folklore Sisters… Love this album,’ captioned Kidman, who also included a shot of the Folklore cover art.