How to find Taylor Swift's QR code mural in Chicago

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Taylor Swift's new album 'The Tortured Poet's Department' is expected to drop at 11 p.m. CST Friday

In Chicago, Swifties have the chance to get a little something extra leading up to the release -- but they don't know exactly what it is."I think it's going to be Easter eggs for a music video that's coming out," said Whitney Hansen, who came to watch aget painted on the side of a building Tuesday afternoon."I think she's going to release a music video at like 3 a.m. Friday.

While crews worked to finish the mural Tuesday, about a dozen people were lined up to try and scan the QR code -- but a large construction lift had blocked the view. By Wednesday afternoon, the mural appeared to be done -- or at least not blocked.When scanned Tuesday, the QR code led to a YouTube short on Taylor Swift's page with the message"Error 321." By Thursday morning, it led to a different YouTube short.

A similar mysterious note appeared on Swift's website in February, hours before she had announced"The Tortured Poet's Department" at theThe jumbled “hneriergrd” turned out to be an anagram for “red herring.” And “DPT: 321,” read backward, hinted at the new album’s title, “The Tortured Poets Department.”

"It's a really good secret that she's kept," Blevins said."The red herring is something that like, confuses you or distracts you. I think this could be the conclusion of that."

 

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