No, Taylor Swift is not surprise-dropping an album this month

Over here in non-debate news, there's been a lot of chatter over the past few days about whether Taylor Swift will be dropping her sixth studio album in the next few weeks (most notably, the Washington Post lays out a few reaching reasons here).
As any good Swiftie is aware, Taylor is a highly regimented professional who has dropped an album right around the end of October every two years for the past decade — like clockwork. She first soared into our hearts with Taylor Swift on Oct. 24, 2