Mastermind (song)
{{Short description|2022 song by Taylor Swift}}
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{{Infobox song
| name = Mastermind
| artist = Taylor Swift
| album = Midnights
| released = {{Start date|2022|10|21}}
| studio = * Rough Customer (Brooklyn)
- Electric Lady (New York City)
| genre = * Electropop
| length = 3:11
| label = Republic
| writer = * Taylor Swift
| producer = * Taylor Swift
- Jack Antonoff
| misc = {{External music video|1={{YouTube|Tmz1lz0zcLQ|"Mastermind"}}|header=Lyric video|type=song}}
}}
"Mastermind" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift from her tenth original studio album, Midnights (2022). She wrote and produced the track with Jack Antonoff. An electropop and synth-pop song, "Mastermind" features synth arpeggiators, layered vocal harmonies, an expansive bass, and subtle orchestration in the refrains. Inspired by the 2017 film Phantom Thread, the lyrics are about a calculating woman: Swift's narrator confesses to her lover that she was the one who initiated and planned their romantic relationship.
Music critics generally praised "Mastermind" for its production and Swift's songwriting. The track peaked at number 13 on the Billboard Global 200 and the top 20 on national charts in Australia, Canada, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and the United States. It received certifications in Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Swift performed the song on the Eras Tour (2023–2024).
Background and music
The American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift announced her tenth studio album, Midnights, at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards on August 28.{{Cite magazine |last=Martoccio |first=Angie |date=August 29, 2022 |title=Taylor Swift Announces New Album Midnights: 'A Journey Through Terrors and Sweet Dreams' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-announces-new-album-1234583475/ |url-access=limited |access-date=November 11, 2022 |magazine=Rolling Stone |archive-date=August 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220829064007/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-announces-new-album-1234583475/ |url-status=live }} On a video via her Instagram account on September 6, 2022, titled "The making of Midnights", Swift revealed that Jack Antonoff, who had worked with her before on her five studio albums since 1989 (2014), was a producer on the album.{{Cite web |last=Shanfeld |first=Ethan |date=September 16, 2022 |title=Taylor Swift Confirms Jack Antonoff as Producer on Midnights in New Behind-the-Scenes Look |url=https://variety.com/2022/music/news/taylor-swift-jack-antonoff-producer-midnights-album-1235375271/ |access-date=November 11, 2022 |website=Variety |archive-date=September 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220916200440/https://variety.com/2022/music/news/taylor-swift-jack-antonoff-producer-midnights-album-1235375271/ |url-status=live }} Starting from September 21, 2022, exactly a month before Midnights{{'}} release, she announced a thirteen-episode short series called Midnights Mayhem with Me on the social media platform TikTok.{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Damian |date=October 7, 2022 |title=Taylor Swift reveals all song titles on new album Midnights |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/taylor-swift-midnights-album-tracklist-3314098 |access-date=November 15, 2022 |website=NME |archive-date=September 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923075749/https://www.nme.com/news/music/taylor-swift-midnights-album-tracklist-3314098 |url-status=live }} The series' purpose is to announce a song title every episode by rolling a lottery cage containing thirteen ping pong balls numbered one to thirteen, each ball representing a track.{{Cite magazine |last=Aniftos |first=Rania |date=September 23, 2022 |title=Taylor Swift Announces Next Midnights Song Title & It's Spicy |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-midnights-track-8-song-title-vigilante-shit-1235143475/ |access-date=November 15, 2022 |magazine=Billboard |archive-date=September 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923075749/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-midnights-track-8-song-title-vigilante-shit-1235143475/ |url-status=live }} "Mastermind" was the first track title Swift revealed.{{Cite web |last=Hudak |first=Joseph |date=September 21, 2022 |title=Taylor Swift reveals first Midnights song title 'Mastermind' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/taylor-swift-reveals-first-midnights-song-title-mastermind-22914/ |url-access=limited |access-date=November 9, 2022 |website=Rolling Stone UK |archive-date=November 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221109102027/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/taylor-swift-reveals-first-midnights-song-title-mastermind-22914/ |url-status=live }}
Swift wrote and produced "Mastermind" with Antonoff, who recorded the track with Laura Sisk at Rough Customer Studio in Brooklyn and Electric Lady Studios in New York City. The song was mixed by Serban Ghenea at MixStar Studios in Virginia Beach and mastered by Randy Merrill at Sterling Sound in Edgewater, New Jersey.{{cite AV media notes |title=Midnights |type=liner notes |year=2022 |publisher=Republic Records |last=Swift |first=Taylor |author-link=Taylor Swift}} "Mastermind" is a subdued electropop and synth-pop{{Sfn|Zaleski|2024|p=222}} tune that lasts for three minutes and eleven seconds.{{Cite web |last=DeWald |first=Mike |date=October 20, 2022 |title=Album review: Taylor Swift strikes Midnights on her return to pop |url=https://riffmagazine.com/album-reviews/taylor-swift-midnights/ |access-date=November 15, 2022 |website=Riff Magazine |archive-date=November 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221115101204/https://riffmagazine.com/album-reviews/taylor-swift-midnights/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last=Swift |first=Taylor |date=October 21, 2022 |title=Midnights |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/midnights/1649434004 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221021195215/https://music.apple.com/us/album/midnights/1649434004 |archive-date=October 21, 2022 |access-date=October 12, 2022 |website=Apple Music (US)}} In line with other Midnights tracks, the production features an electronic groove, swirling synth arpeggiators, an expansive bass, and layered vocal harmonies.{{Cite magazine |last1=Chow |first1=Andrew R. |last2=Gutterman |first2=Annabel |date=October 21, 2022 |title=A Close Read of Taylor Swift's 'Mastermind' |url=https://time.com/6223855/taylor-swift-mastermind-lyrics-explained/ |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221106055331/https://time.com/6223855/taylor-swift-mastermind-lyrics-explained/ |archive-date=November 6, 2022 |access-date=November 6, 2022 |magazine=Time}}{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Mikael |date=October 21, 2022 |title=Out of the Woods, Taylor Swift's Midnights Heralds the Return of a Pop-Music Mastermind |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2022-10-20/taylor-swift-midnights-album-review |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221021040329/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2022-10-20/taylor-swift-midnights-album-review |archive-date=October 21, 2022 |access-date=November 26, 2022 |website=Los Angeles Times}} Its instrumentation incorporates drums, electric guitars, saxophones, percussion, violin, and Juno and Minimoog synthesizers. The bridge features cinematic strings,{{Cite web |last=Mylrea |first=Hannah |date=October 21, 2022 |title=Taylor Swift – Midnights Review: A Shimmering Return to Pure Pop |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/reviews/album/taylor-swift-midnights-review-3333261 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221126034615/https://www.nme.com/en_asia/reviews/album/taylor-swift-midnights-review-3333261 |archive-date=November 26, 2022 |access-date=November 26, 2022 |website=NME}} and the refrains incorporate subtle orchestration.{{Sfn|Zaleski|2024|p=222}} Ilana Kaplan from the Alternative Press compared the opening synths to the "jittery" introduction of the Who's song "Baba O'Riley" (1971).{{Cite web |last=Kaplan |first=Ilana |date=October 21, 2022 |title=Review: Midnights Is Taylor Swift's Darkest, Most Self-Reflective Work to Date |url=https://www.altpress.com/taylor-swift-midnights-review/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221021051418/https://www.altpress.com/taylor-swift-midnights-review/ |archive-date=October 21, 2022 |access-date=November 26, 2022 |website=Alternative Press}} Billboard's Andrew Unterberger described the synth arpeggiators as "OMD-worthy" and the track's beat as "a racing heartbeat".{{Cite magazine |date=March 16, 2023 |title=The 100 Best Taylor Swift Songs: Staff Picks |url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/best-taylor-swift-songs/ |access-date=November 20, 2023 |magazine=Billboard |archive-date=April 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230411021029/https://www.billboard.com/lists/best-taylor-swift-songs/ |url-status=live }}
Lyrical interpretation
"Mastermind" is about reflecting upon one's romantic relationship and declaring that the protagonist is the mastermind behind everything that happened.{{Cite web |last=Dwyer |first=Matthew |date=November 4, 2022 |title=Taylor Swift's Midnights Is the Solution and the Problem |url=https://www.popmatters.com/taylor-swift-midnights-review-2 |access-date=November 6, 2022 |website=PopMatters |archive-date=November 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221104140735/https://www.popmatters.com/taylor-swift-midnights-review-2 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Clark |first=Meredith |date=October 28, 2022 |title=Taylor Swift Fans Reveal How They Tricked Their Partners with 'Mastermind' Trend |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/love-sex/taylor-swift-mastermind-midnights-reactions-b2212880.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221106055324/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/love-sex/taylor-swift-mastermind-midnights-reactions-b2212880.html |archive-date=November 6, 2022 |access-date=November 6, 2022 |website=The Independent}} Swift revealed in a 2023 cover story with Time journalist Sam Lansky that she was inspired to write the song after watching the 2017 film Phantom Thread.{{cite magazine |last=Lansky |first=Sam |author-link=Sam Lansky |date=December 6, 2023 |title=Person of the Year 2023: Taylor Swift |url=https://time.com/6342806/person-of-the-year-2023-taylor-swift/ |magazine=Time |access-date=December 6, 2023 |archive-date=December 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231208023550/https://time.com/6342806/person-of-the-year-2023-taylor-swift/ |url-status=live }} The song opens, "Once upon a time, the planets and the fates and all the stars aligned/ You and I ended up in the same room at the same time". Time critics interpreted this part as a throwback to Swift's 2008 single "Love Story"—both songs reference William Shakespeare's trope of star-crossed lovers but with contrary effects. Throughout the verses, Swift's character paints herself as the grandmaster scheming a plan to "assess the equation of you". In the refrain, the narrator asserts that "none of it was accidental" and proclaims themselves as the person responsible for everything that happened, "What if I told you I'm a mastermind? And now you're mine/ It was all by design." For some critics, these lyrics contrast with the theme of love guided by fate and destiny on Swift's past songs (as cited by critics, namely "You Belong with Me", "Don't Blame Me", "Invisible String", or "Long Story Short").{{Cite magazine |last=Lipshutz |first=Jason |date=October 21, 2022 |title=Every Song Ranked on Taylor Swift's Midnights |url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/taylor-swift-midnights-album-songs-ranked/ |access-date=November 26, 2022 |magazine=Billboard |archive-date=October 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221021040336/https://www.billboard.com/lists/taylor-swift-midnights-album-songs-ranked/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Moreland |first=Quinn |date=October 24, 2022 |title=Taylor Swift: Midnights |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/taylor-swift-midnights/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221024063311/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/taylor-swift-midnights/ |archive-date=October 24, 2022 |access-date=January 11, 2023 |website=Pitchfork}}
Some critics commented that the song's confessional and openly personal sentiments are representative of Midnights{{'}} overarching lyrical theme. Jon Caramanica from The New York Times described the track as Swift's "villain origin story", highlighting the bridge's lyrics, "No one wanted to play with me as a little kid/ So I've been scheming like a criminal ever since/ To make them love me and make it seem effortless."{{Cite news |last=Caramanica |first=Jon |author-link=Jon Caramanica |date=October 21, 2022 |title=Taylor Swift, Caught Between Yesterday and Tomorrow on Midnights |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/21/arts/music/taylor-swift-midnights-review.html |url-access=limited |access-date=October 21, 2022 |archive-date=October 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221022110127/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/21/arts/music/taylor-swift-midnights-review.html |url-status=live }} Hannah Mylrea from NME considered the cited lyrics a personal revelation that only comes to light "in the wee hours". Rob Sheffield from Rolling Stone considered "Mastermind" a "flip side" of Swift's "Enchanted" (2010) and highlighted the lyric, "Checkmate! I couldn't lose."{{Cite magazine |last=Sheffield |first=Rob |author-link=Rob Sheffield |date=October 28, 2023 |title='Mastermind' (2022) |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/taylor-swift-songs-ranked-rob-sheffield-201800/mastermind-2022-1234615347/ |access-date=November 20, 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone |archive-date=November 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231120042058/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/taylor-swift-songs-ranked-rob-sheffield-201800/mastermind-2022-1234615347/ |url-status=live }} He said it was the appropriate "theme song" for Midnights, which he described as a concept album about Swift's "pathological lack of chill".{{Cite magazine |last=Sheffield |first=Rob |author-link=Rob Sheffield |date=October 21, 2022 |title=Welcome to the Lavender Labyrinth: Taylor Swift's Midnights Is the Mastermind's Ultimate Power Move |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/taylor-swift-midnights-sheffield-1234615239/ |url-access=limited |access-date=November 20, 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone |archive-date=October 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221022185255/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/taylor-swift-midnights-sheffield-1234615239/ |url-status=live }} For Variety's Chris Willman, the track was also a representation of how "women historically have to go to extreme lengths to be the steerer in relationships that controlling men typically screw up".{{Cite web |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=December 13, 2022 |title=Taylor Swift's 50 Best Songs, Ranked |url=https://variety.com/lists/best-taylor-swift-songs-ranked/ |access-date=November 20, 2023 |website=Variety |archive-date=January 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230108035828/https://variety.com/lists/best-taylor-swift-songs-ranked/ |url-status=live }}
According to The A.V. Club{{'s}} Saloni Gajjar, the track also makes fun of Swift's public image and dating history.{{Cite web |last=Gajjar |first=Saloni |date=October 21, 2022 |title=Taylor Swift seeks to reclaim her glittering pop era in Midnights |url=https://www.avclub.com/a-review-of-taylor-swifts-album-midnights-1849681836 |access-date=November 26, 2022 |website=The A.V. Club |archive-date=October 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221022162445/https://www.avclub.com/a-review-of-taylor-swifts-album-midnights-1849681836 |url-status=live }} In a review for the Los Angeles Times, Mikael Wood wrote that in addition to being a confession of Swift's love life, "Mastermind" is also about her career maneuver from a teenage country musician to a global pop star ("I laid the groundwork/ and then just like clockwork/ the dominoes cascaded in a line"). For some critics, the lyrics were not meant to be taken too seriously; Willman cited the lyric, "I swear, I'm only cryptic and Machiavellian 'cause I care", and said that Swift was both "kidding" and being "dead-serious". Brittany Spanos of Rolling Stone thought that the said lyric demonstrated Swift's "clue-leaving ways".{{Cite magazine |last=Spanos |first=Brittany |date=October 21, 2022 |title=Taylor Swift Lets Us Into Her Darkest Dreams on Midnights |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/taylor-swift-midnights-1234611211/ |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221021040124/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/taylor-swift-midnights-1234611211/ |archive-date=October 21, 2022 |access-date=October 21, 2022 |magazine=Rolling Stone}} Entertainment Weekly{{'s}} Lauren Huff thought the track displayed Swift's "self-deprecating humor", similarly to her 2014 single "Blank Space".{{cite magazine |last=Huff |first=Lauren |date=October 21, 2022 |title=Taylor Swift's Midnights: The 6 Biggest Takeaways From the New Album |url=https://ew.com/music/taylor-swift-midnights-5-biggest-things-learned/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231120050107/https://ew.com/music/taylor-swift-midnights-5-biggest-things-learned/ |archive-date=November 20, 2023 |access-date=November 20, 2023 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly}}
Release and reception
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Republic Records released Midnights on October 21, 2022; "Mastermind" is number 13 on the track listing and serves as standard edition's closing track.{{Cite web |last=Gularte |first=Alejandra |date=October 21, 2022 |title=Everything We Know About Taylor Swift's Midnights |url=https://www.vulture.com/2022/10/taylor-swift-midnights-theories-clues-tiktok.html |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206104837/https://www.vulture.com/2022/10/taylor-swift-midnights-theories-clues-tiktok.html |archive-date=December 6, 2022 |access-date=December 6, 2022 |website=Vulture}} Swift included "Mastermind" on the set list of her sixth headlining concert tour, the Eras Tour (2023–2024).{{Cite web |last=Shafer |first=Ellise |date=March 18, 2023 |title=Taylor Swift Eras Tour: The Full Setlist From Opening Night |url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/taylor-swift-eras-tour-setlist-1235552488/ |access-date=August 6, 2023 |website=Variety |archive-date=March 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230318073358/https://variety.com/2023/music/news/taylor-swift-eras-tour-setlist-1235552488/ |url-status=live }} "Mastermind" peaked within the top 20 of singles charts in Australia (12), Canada (12), the Philippines (13), Singapore (14), and Malaysia (18); and further debuted in Portugal (33), Vietnam (33), Lithuania (51), the Czech Republic (52), Sweden (56), Slovakia (62), and Spain (80). On the Billboard Global 200, all 13 tracks of the standard edition debuted inside the top-15 of the chart simultaneously; "Mastermind" was at number 13. In the United States, it peaked at number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100. "Mastermind" received certifications in Australia (platinum), Canada (gold), and the United Kingdom (silver).
Music critics gave "Mastermind" generally positive reviews, focusing on the songwriting. Mikael Wood of the Los Angeles Times picked "Mastermind" as an album highlight. He praised the "intricate rhythm" of the lyrics for conjecturing an "indelible picture" and, citing the lyric "If you fail to plan, you plan to fail", wrote: "Only Swift could make a self-help slogan sound like a fairy tale." Caramanica also selected the track as a standout on Midnights for portraying Swift's self-observation about her image. For Mylrae, the song displays Swift's songwriting at its most candid. Paste's Ellen Johnston said the track was "gratifying",{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Ellen |date=October 20, 2022 |title=Taylor Swift Deals in Dark Magic on Midnights |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/taylor-swift/midnights-album-review/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221022212054/https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/taylor-swift/midnights-album-review/ |archive-date=October 22, 2022 |access-date=November 26, 2022 |website=Paste}} Esquire's Alan Light complimented it as "breathtaking",{{Cite web |last=Light |first=Alan |author-link=Alan Light |date=October 24, 2022 |title=Taylor Swift's Midnights Does Something Astonishing. Even For Her. |url=https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/music/a41752359/taylor-swift-midnights-review/ |access-date=November 20, 2023 |website=Esquire |archive-date=January 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117101209/https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/music/a41752359/taylor-swift-midnights-review/ |url-status=live }} and Beats Per Minute described it as a "luxuriously sexual and clever song" with "striking" lyricism.{{Cite web |last=Wohlmacher |first=John |date=October 24, 2022 |title=Album Review: Taylor Swift – Midnights |url=https://beatsperminute.com/album-review-taylor-swift-midnights/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221104144526/https://beatsperminute.com/album-review-taylor-swift-midnights/ |archive-date=November 4, 2022 |access-date=November 19, 2022 |website=Beats Per Minute}} Light favorably compared the confessional vulnerability of "Mastermind" to the "defensive, reactive" sentiments of Swift's 2017 single "Look What You Made Me Do" and described the development between the two songs as a "breakthrough".
Other critics also praised the production. In Vulture, Nate Jones highlighted the lyrics as either "parody masquerading as confession" or "confession masquerading as parody" and praised the synth production in the pre-chorus.{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Nate |date=November 8, 2023 |title=All 214 Taylor Swift Songs, Ranked |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/all-taylor-swift-songs-ranked-from-worst-to-best.html |url-access=limited |access-date=November 20, 2023 |website=Vulture |archive-date=September 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190913234630/https://www.vulture.com/article/all-taylor-swift-songs-ranked-from-worst-to-best.html |url-status=live }} Ludovic Hunter-Tilney from the Financial Times lauded Swift's vocals for switching "between cool self-possession and enraptured transport".{{cite web |last=Hunter-Tilney |first=Ludovic |date=October 21, 2022 |title=Taylor Swift: Midnights Review—Fourth New Album in Three Years Finds the Singer Flagging |url=https://www.ft.com/content/3b710ad6-e522-46f9-a8c6-abbfcf8bf337 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230518161526/https://www.ft.com/content/3b710ad6-e522-46f9-a8c6-abbfcf8bf337 |archive-date=May 18, 2023 |access-date=November 20, 2023 |website=Financial Times}} Billboard
Personnel
Credits are adapted from liner notes of Midnights.
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- Taylor Swift – vocals, songwriter, producer
- Jack Antonoff – songwriter, producer, engineer, recording, drums, programming, percussion, Juno, Minimoog, electric guitars, background vocals
- Bobby Hawk – violin
- Evan Smith – synths, saxophone, engineer, recording
- Michael Riddleberger – drums, engineer
- Mikey Freedom Hart – programming, Minimoog, engineer
- Zem Audu – saxophone, engineer, recording
- Megan Searl – assistant engineer
- Jon Sher – assistant engineer
- John Rooney – assistant engineer
- Serban Ghenea – mixing
- Bryce Bordone – assistant mix engineer
- Randy Merrill – mastering engineer
- Laura Sisk – recording
- Jon Gautier – recording
- David Hart – recording
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Charts
Certifications
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References
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