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By Michelle McGahan
Contributing Entertainment Writer
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After a mysterious figure appeared at one of Taylor Swift's Madrid Eras Tour shows in late May, fans are desperately trying to figure out the shadow's identity — with their trademark sense of humor.
Footage of the shadowy figure went viral after a TikTok user posted a video zooming in on the faceless audience member, who could be seen — by themselves — in an illuminated section at Madrid's Santiago Bernabéu Stadium as Swift performed "Delicate."
Fans were not only simultaneously perplexed and obsessed with this person, they also immediately theorized just who the puzzling figure could be.
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Matty Healy, who briefly dated Swift in May 2023 and is thought to have inspired many of the tracks on her latest album, The Tortured Poets Department, proved to be a popular theory — with one TikTok user even quipping that the mysterious figure is "The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived" (a reference to the TTPD song highly theorized to be about the 1975 frontman.)
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Other guesses included Swift's most long-term ex, Joe Alwyn, and, of course, her current boyfriend, Travis Kelce. (Kelce, for his part, has attended multiple Eras shows all over the world, but has always been spotted in the actual crowd.)
Some hilarious theories even ran the gamut from Edward Cullen to Jesus, while others ran with the joke about how insanely hard it's been to score tickets to the Eras Tour.
"Literally me because i can't get tickets," one person commented on the TikTok clip.
"Even ghosts are showing up for this concert," another wrote.
"I like to imagine it's someones soul vibing to Taylor swift," a third fan quipped.
Until the mysterious figure comes forth — or Swifties, Sherlock Holmes-level detectives they are, figure it out — the world is just left to theorize.
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