“She needs to take some time off, first and foremost,” says Jack Saunders, host of Radio 1’s New Music Show, “because it’s completely unrealistic to expect a human being to operate at the performance level that she has been doing for the last couple of years and dive straight back in.

“We’ve heard a lot from Taylor – so it’s healthy for us and it’s healthy for her to step back and take some time away, so that she can fuel herself for whatever’s next.”

Indeed, Swift has hinted she’s tiring of the music industry grind.

Clara Bow, a track from her latest album The Tortured Poets Department, is a barbed commentary on the industry’s lust for new blood.

Other songs find her daydreaming about wedding rings and “pushin’ strollers” – so there’s every possibility Swift will take a year off to focus on her romance with American football star Travis Kelce.

“She probably will take a break,” says West, “but she’s not one that necessarily sits still. She’s always creating. She’s always coming up with new projects.”

If Swift does head back to the studio, singer-songwriter Self Esteem hopes she’ll spend the cultural (and financial) capital she’s built up over the last two years to do something unexpected.

“If I was her, I’d indulge myself in making music in all the different genres and styles I hadn’t been able to explore because of branding and expectations,” she says.

“And it sounds really worthy, but I can’t wait until I have enough money to fund working class people who can’t get access to music – so if I was her, I’d do that.”

(It’s worth noting that Swift has a history of charitable giving, including donations to local foodbanks on every stop of the Eras tour).