10 of the wildest music conspiracy theories ranked, from Paul is Dead to Taylor Swift as a government psyop

10 of the wildest music conspiracy theories ranked, from Paul is Dead to Taylor Swift as a government psyop

Armchair sleuths will have you convinced that Justin Bieber is really a lizard and Stevie Wonder isn’t actually blind. Ellie Muir and Roisin O’Connor unpack some of the weirdest rumours around our biggest pop stars

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