Fans Are Convinced This 'Killing Eve' Cover of 'Look What You Made Me Do' Was Recorded By a Fake Band
On Sunday, Taylor Swift tweeted about the cover of her 2017 song "Look What You Made Me Do," which played on the latest episode of Killing Eve last night. "VERY STOKED about this cover of lwymmd on @KillingEve by Jack leopards & the dolphin club!!," she tweeted with a clip of the show credits. It didn't take long for Swifties to catch wind of something suspect: Is "Jack Leopards & the Dolphin Club" even a real band?," they wondered. Turns out it's probably not.
VERY STOKED about this cover of lwymmd on @KillingEve by Jack leopards & the dolphin club!! pic.twitter.com/fhkLfOssfm
— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) May 25, 2020
The band appears to have credits on streaming services, including Spotify. But there is only one song under their name. Yep, that's right. The song from Killing Eve. The Taylor Swift cover. Nils Sjöberg is credited as the producer on the song. That's the pseudonym that Swift used in 2016 when she co-wrote the 2016 song "This Is What You Came For" with Calvin Harris and Rihanna. Hmm. Hmm!
Per The Independent, Swift's brother, Austin Swift, once used the name "The Dolphin Club" as his Twitter name, and late last year, he was seen at the studio with his sister and Jack Antonoff. This leads to the fan theory that this is when the cover was recorded. Last year, music entrepreneur Scooter Braun acquired Scott Borchetta's Big Machine Records, along with Swift's six-album catalog.
This could have been Swift's attempt to keep Braun away from her song. Her fans seemed pretty convinced by that theory:
Nils Sjoberg (Taylor’s songwriting pseudonym) is listed on the LWYMMD cover’s credit. She’s using the pseudonym again to get around her music being hijacked from her.
Taylor Swift will not be silenced and I love it. pic.twitter.com/TV6J2x1ACD— Ryan Schocket (@RyanSchocket) May 25, 2020
Here’s a comparison between the vocals from “Look What You Made Me Do” cover by Jack Leopards & The Dolphin Club and Austin Swift talking on “Cover Versions”.
We believe it’s Austin Swift singing on the cover!
What do you guys think? pic.twitter.com/sJ24CL3j6I— Taylor Swift Facts (@blessedswifty) May 25, 2020
Taylor releasing a cover of her own song under a fake band name with her brother singing on it so that no coin goes into the pockets of Scott and Scooter! 👀👏
Support Jack Leopards & The Dolphin Club! https://t.co/yDj9fLJ5tY pic.twitter.com/Hch13uawCR— Taylor Swift News (@TSwiftNZ) May 25, 2020
so this band doesnt exist past the look what you made me do cover and one of the producers is...NILS SJOBERG https://t.co/sk6ZGribrN
— Sara (@stateoftay16) May 25, 2020
Nils Sjoberg (Taylor’s songwriting pseudonym) is listed on the LWYMMD cover’s credit. She’s using the pseudonym again to get around her music being hijacked from her.
Taylor Swift will not be silenced and I love it. pic.twitter.com/TV6J2x1ACD— Ryan Schocket (@RyanSchocket) May 25, 2020
you're telling me she got away with putting her own song on her favourite tv show and made sure scooter doesn't earn a single penny from it by producing a fake band and later she thanked herself on her ig story with a nose scrunch? her galaxy brain is wilding i love it here 😭
— rafia (@repromantics) May 25, 2020
If this theory is correct, then Swift truly pulled off another impressive move. Her fans clearly agree.
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