Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey may in fact be a Swiftie.
The Bay State governor cracked a joke on social media Friday in the wake of the 2 a.m. release of the second installment of pop sensation Taylor Swift’s newest album, “THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT.” Healey alluded to how fans of the American singer-songwriter in the commonwealth may have a special reason to celebrate the new record.
The secret double album has skyrocketed in popularity, becoming Spotify’s most-streamed album in a single day. With the release, Swift has also become the most-streamed artist in a single day in Spotify history.
The second installment of the album includes 15 songs, one of which is titled, “So Long, London,” which was the butt of Healey’s joke. The governor pointed out the release of the album falls on April 19, a date considered to be the start of the American Revolution.
Healey’s post includes a video of people reenacting the Boston Tea Party protest.
“Massachusetts Swifties listening to So Long, London on the 249th anniversary of the American Revolution,” is written over the footage. The song “Yankee Doodle,” one of the United States’ oldest marching tunes, plays as well.
“Ready for it,” Healey says in the caption of the post.
Although the Boston Tea Party took place on Dec. 16, 1773, the mention of the 249th anniversary of the American Revolution is referring to the so-called “Shot Heard ‘Round the World.”
On April 19, 1775, British forces marched on the Old North Bridge, where they met with the first wave of Colonial minutemen in what would be later called the Battle of Lexington and Concord.
“A shot was fired; although it’s not clear which side fired first. More shots ensued. After the fight came to a close, eight Americans were dead and ten were wounded,” the website of Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum says.
The battle is considered to have been the start of the Revolutionary War.
