Taylor Swift Confirms the 'Gorgeous' Baby Is James Reynolds
There’s one element to Taylor Swift’s song “Gorgeous” that people have been talking about for weeks: the baby’s voice at the beginning. I mean that literally, by the way; the song begins with an actual baby cooing the word “gorgeous.” Seconds after the song dropped, fans started theorizing about the identity of this child, who was quickly dubbed on social media the “‘Gorgeous’ Baby.” Some Swifties thought it was her godson; others even posited it was North West. (Can you imagine?) But the dominant hypothesis out there was that the “‘Gorgeous’ Baby” was James Reynolds, Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively’s eldest daughter—which makes sense. Reynolds and Lively are close friends with Swift, after all, so it’s not implausible to think they’d allow James to lend her 2-year-old pipes to the song.
And those super-fans were right: Baby James is the child whose voice you hear on “Gorgeous.” The production credits on the song, which became available after Swift dropped Reputation late last night, list James next to “baby intro voice.” See it for yourself, below:
Case closed, my friends. Let’s be honest: James’ voice is the best part of “Gorgeous.” Fingers crossed this is the start of a very successful career making cute cameos in female pop stars’ songs. Britney Spears, Selena Gomez, Lady Gaga—hell, everyone—would seriously benefit from adding a little Baby James to their music. She’s coming for the charts, people. Watch out.
Reputation is now available to download.
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