Taylor Swift’s Grammy Hat Obsession

If you haven’t heard by now, Taylor Swift made history at the Grammys on Sunday night by becoming the only artist to win album of the year four times. She won that Grammy—her 14th overall—for her album Midnights, which also won best pop vocal album at the ceremony.

We could talk about Swift’s record-breaking achievements, her impact on culture, her crazy 2023, or her mid-Grammys announcement that her next album, The Tortured Poets Department, is being released on April 19. But I have a more urgent, more pressing question that I need to get addressed.

Swift’s Unconventional Gesture

Why did Taylor Swift keep trying to put her Grammy Award on people’s heads?

This is a real thing that she did, multiple times, without explanation or preamble, during and after the awards show.

Exhibit A: The Grammy Hat Attempts

Swift had barely finished her speech for winning album of the year when she exuberantly began attempting to force people to wear her award as a hat.

After the show, Swift tried very, very hard to get boygenius to place her trophy upon their heads.

• First, she tried to get Lucy Dacus to try out her new hat.



• Then, she placed it above Julien Baker’s head.

If you’re wondering if this is just a weird photo angle, no, she really was trying to put them on their heads.

Possible Theories

Okay, so here are some theories:

• Could Grammys be the hot new accessory of the season? Should we all wear Grammys as hats?
• Or she could have just been having fun. Maybe she was a little tipsy, who knows? (We’ve all been there, Taylor.)
• But it’s Taylor, so we can’t discount the possibility this all has a deeper meaning. Grammy on head = Easter Egg for TS11? Is this Rep-coded?

What do you think? Share your thoughts in the comments!