Anderson .Paak jokes about linking with the "wrong pop star" following Taylor Swift's album release

Last Friday Silk Sonic, the collaborative project of .Paak and Bruno Mars, released their debut album An Evening With Silk Sonic, on the same day Taylor Swift released the re-recorded version of her Red album.

On Twitter last night, .Paak shared an image of the US albums chart preview, which shows Swift's album at number one with 570,000, and Silk Sonic in second place with 102,000. He wrote alongside the image, "Looks like I linked up with the wrong pop star! Hey Taylor Swift is your number still the same!? Lmk if you need help with 1989, I’m available! #ShakeItOff."

Looks like I linked up with the wrong pop star! Hey @taylorswift13 is your number still the same!? Lmk if you need help with 1989, I’m available! #ShakeItOff pic.twitter.com/KoG4PRNP6Q

— lil Hercules (@AndersonPaak) November 17, 2021

At the start of the month .Paak announced the launch of his own record label APESHIT Inc. in collaboration with Universal Music Group (UMG).