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Mystery Upcoming Book Is About K-Pop Band BTS, Not Taylor Swift

Headline from Wall Street Journal

Newest development May 12, 2023 · 4 reportsMysterious book at center of Taylor Swift fan theory is actually about BTS

Flatiron Books to publish the book on July 9, a key date for fans of both pop acts.

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Developments in this update

3 dated developments, oldest first, newest marked. Each is named by one outlet's own headline; open its reports to see every outlet that covered it.

  1. Taylor Swift Is Not Releasing a Memoir in July, Contrary to Rumor

    Headline from Variety ·

  2. Mystery Upcoming Book Is About K-Pop Band BTS, Not Taylor Swift

    Headline from Wall Street Journal ·

  3. Newest

    Mysterious book at center of Taylor Swift fan theory is actually about BTS

    Headline from The Week ·

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Reports & sources

10 articles, oldest first.

  1. Variety

    Taylor Swift Is Not Releasing a Memoir in July, Contrary to Rumor (opens Variety)

    Published

    Variety's feed description

    A mystery book with no declared title or author has become a bestselling pre-order on Amazon and Barnes & Noble based on rumors it's Swift. It's not.

  2. Salon

    The Mystery of the Taylor Swift memoir: Who profits, who leaked it and who is it even by? (opens Salon)

    Published

    Salon's feed description

    As pre-orders roll in for a book with no author, is this a Swift memoir? Or an exploitative move by an industry?

  3. New York Post

    Taylor Swift fans send random book to top of bestseller list (opens New York Post)

    Published

    New York Post's feed description

    Hyped-up Swifties thought that they have discovered that she was secretly releasing a memoir in July — which she is, in fact, not.

  4. The Guardian

    The Taylor Swift effect: why a mystery book is rocketing up US charts – despite no one knowing anything about it (opens The Guardian)

    Published

    The Guardian's feed description

    Wild speculation over a book known as ‘4C Untitled Flatiron Nonfiction Summer 2023’ has seen excited Swifties placing pre-orders. The bad news? It is likely not by her

  5. Rolling Stone

    Mystery Book Is About BTS, Not Taylor Swift (opens Rolling Stone)

    Published

    Rolling Stone's feed description

    After days of speculation, BTS has confirmed a book chronicling their story

  6. Wall Street Journal

    Mystery Upcoming Book Is About K-Pop Band BTS, Not Taylor Swift (opens Wall Street Journal)

    Published

    Wall Street Journal's feed description

    Flatiron Books to publish the book on July 9, a key date for fans of both pop acts.

  7. The Week

    Mysterious book at center of Taylor Swift fan theory is actually about BTS (opens The Week)

    Published

  8. CNN

    Sorry, Swifties. That mystery book you've been preordering is actually by BTS (opens CNN)

    Published

    CNN's feed description

    An unpublished, as-yet-untitled book by an unnamed author shot up the US bestseller lists this week, thanks to preorders from Taylor Swift fans who believed it to be her memoir.

  9. Fortune

    Swifties let down as mystery nonfiction book revealed as oral history of K-Pop royalty BTS (opens Fortune)

    Published

    Fortune's feed description

    Fans had seized on the publication date, page count, even Taylor Swift's love of the number 13.

  10. The Guardian

    Sorry, Swifties: BTS revealed as authors of mystery book that intrigued the internet (opens The Guardian)

    Published

    The Guardian's feed description

    Beyond the Story: 10-Year Record of BTS will be out on 9 July, ending feverish speculation that the previously untitled book was a Taylor Swift memoir

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