Swifties are reacting to a new wax figure of their pop star idol — and just can’t shake it off.
The Panoptikum in Hamburg, which describes itself as “the oldest and largest wax museum” in Germany, unveiled a statue of Taylor Swift Tuesday that has left fans more than a little unnerved.
Video shared by the museum on Instagram shows the wax figure dressed in a sequined romper reminiscent of Swift’s outfit at the 2019 iHeart Radio Music Awards, but Swifties are already pointing out some other details the creators overlooked.
“Wow. I didn’t even recognize her, and also, Taylor always makes that heart gesture with her whole hand. They should’ve learned that while researching. Truly embarrassing,” wrote one fan in German, with another commenting: “What did they do to Taylor.”
Swift has made a heart gesture with her hands onstage for years now, and while only an eagle-eyed Swiftie would catch the fact that the fingers on her wax figure are unusually stretched out, that’s presumably the exact clientele the Panoptikum intended to win over.
“Darling, it’s a daydream dressed like a nightmare,” one fan commented on Wednesday’s post in a reference to Swift’s “Blank Space” song, with another stating: “The face looks different somehow, she wears red lipstick and she does the heart with her whole hand.”
Swift has long made red her lipstick hue of choice, as evident by the slew of coverage on it. While the Panoptikum oddly decided to forgo red for bright pink instead, not every Hamburger who loves Swift has a bad taste in their mouth.
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The singer brought her Eras Tour to town last month for two sold-out shows and marked the stop with a heartfelt Instagram post at the time, writing, “Hamburg!! I loved those crowds so so so much. AND we got a rain show night one, unlocking Fuzzy Hair Me.”
Swift likely enjoyed her time in Hamburg far more than Vienna, Austria, where three of her concerts were canceled over fears of a terrorist attack. Later, it was revealed that two suspects with bomb-making materials were arrested before they could attend.
The wax figure mishap is thus an arguably welcome change of pace and, while some fans claimed that the museum’s other statues of Angelina Jolie, Queen Elizabeth II and Ed Sheeran are far truer to their subjects than Swift’s, others remain hilariously infuriated over the museum’s newest addition.
“Oh no,” one fan commented on Instagram. “It can’t get any worse than this.”