Taylor Swift addresses theories of third surprise album on Jimmy Kimmel Live

Last night (14 December) Swift appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live to discuss her recent 31st birthday and the rumoured third surprise album.

Fans have been speculating over the possibility of a third surprise album titled Woodvale after finding the word hidden on the hide-and-seek deluxe version of Folklore. The theory also included Swift's merchandise cardigans as there's three colour variations, with fans thinking the third cardigan would reflect the colours of Woodvale.

Although the theory seemed to tie loose ends together, Swift has denied the rumours, revealing to Jimmy Kimmel that the word Woodvale appearing on her album artwork was a genuine "mistake".

Swift told Kimmel, "Okay, well, this takes a bit of explanation. So I tend to be sort of annoyingly secret agent-y about dropping clues and hints and Easter eggs. It’s very annoying but it’s fun for fans and it’s fun for me because they like to pick up on things … and then, sometimes I take it too far and I make a mistake."

She continued, "When I was making Folklore - the album that came out back in July - I was too afraid to even unveil the title of the album to even my closest teammates and management. I didn't tell anybody the album title until right before it came out, and so I came up with a fake code name that had the same amount of letters as Folklore - chose a random name, chose Woodvale, wanted to see how it would look on the album covers, mocked them up, and then decided I don't actually want to have a title on the album covers, and we forgot to take the fake code name off of one of the album covers."

Swift also revealed that Evermore's fake code name was 'November'.