As with all things related to the launch of any Taylor Swift album, all the components for The Life of a Showgirl were meticulously worked out and in place starting last week, from teaser trailers to release-day events to talk-show appearances. And all went according to plan — except, say some Swifties, for one aspect that’s unnerved and angered them.

Timed to the album’s multi-layered kick-off, physical orange doors began appearing in cities around the world — Nashville, London, Las Vegas, among them — each sporting QR codes that connected fans to brief travelogue-style videos evoking those locales. But some Swifties say they’ve noticed odd irregularities in the clips, which can still be found online. A squirrel that, for a fleeting second, doesn’t have a fourth limb. Different f

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