A Canadian sports reporter refused to “glitch” this week as he name-dropped all 13 tracks from the standard version of Taylor Swift’s new album, “Midnights.”
Faizal Khamisa, an anchor for Canadian outlet Sportsnet, used his time on air Friday to make various references to the singer-songwriter’s latest release, which broke several streaming records after debuting at 12 a.m.
“[Third baseman and shortstop] Alex Bregman was once baseball’s ‘anti-hero’; now he’s just playing hero for Houston,” the reporter said in an apparent reference to an Astros cheating scandal from 2017.
“On some ‘vigilante’ stuff here, landing a few punches on the big guy,” Khamisa also commented, referring to a brawl involving Montreal Canadiens defenseman Arber Xhekaj during a Thursday game.
Khamisa, who appears to be a “mastermind” of Swiftie lore, said he referenced the 13 songs from the new album prior to Swift’s 3 a.m. release of several bonus tracks.
“Midnights” quickly became the most-streamed album in a single day on Spotify and Amazon Music, as well as the most-streamed pop album in a single day on Apple Music.
You can watch all of Khamisa’s references to “Midnights” below.