As one (masked) door shuts, another opens.

As Fox prepares to close the curtains on The Masked Singer season 4 on Dec. 16 — don't worry, the show will be back for another season next year — it's debuting the latest entry in the Masked television universe, The Masked Dancer.

The spin-off event is set to debut Dec. 27, and to prepare, EW is rounding up all the info we know about the show so far.

When does The Masked Dancer season 1 start and where can I watch?

The Masked Dancer will premiere on Fox after an NFL doubleheader on Sunday, Dec. 27 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. It will then make its time‑period premiere at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Wednesday, Jan. 6, meaning it will air at that time for the remaining episodes. Episodes of the show are also going to be available on Tubi shortly after their linear premiere.

Who is hosting the show and who are the judges?

The show is executive-produced by TMS EPs Craig Plestis and James Breen. Comedian and The Office actor Craig Robinson will host, and the panelists are Ken Jeong, Paula Abdul, Brian Austin Green, and Ashley Tisdale.

Which celebrities are under the masks?

As for the talent behind the masks, we won't be certain until they're sent home, but at a press event for The Masked Dancer with the show's producers and cast, Tisdale teased that fans can expect a lot of surprises. "I can see how, if celebrities who haven't sung could be really kind of nervous to go out and sing, where dancing, I feel like everyone loves to dance," she said. "And so, I think it opens it up to even more people. It could be anybody."

Plestis added, "We are looking for people who are fans of the Masked brand, who want to go under a mask, and a lot of the people that we have on the show are actually skilled dancers and [dancing is] more of their secret hobby that they have. And we were able to have some incredible talent on the show." When asked if a former contestant from The Masked Singer could appear on the spin-off, Plestis didn't rule it out, saying "anything can happen."

What is the format of the show?

The format will be familiar to Masked Singer fans — 10 costumed contestants will battle it out in two groups of five to start the season. They will get whittled down one-by-one to the Super Six, and eventually to a group of three finalists after that. The initial groups will be Group Fire — consisting of Exotic Bird, Tulip, Hammerhead, Disco Ball, and Cricket — and Group Ice, which will consist of Sloth, Ice Cube, Zebra, Cotton Candy, and Miss Moth.

What are the costumes like?

See the exclusive portraits of all the costumes here. Like with The Masked Singer, keeping the masked dancers' identities a secret was paramount when it came to designing the costumes. But at the press event, Breen said they did have unique challenges for the new costumes. "They are lighter than most of the Singer ones. And our costume people worked really hard with the celebrities, knowing the range of movement they have, whether they could flip or whether they were going to bounce around, to make sure they could perform to the best of their ability in them," he said, adding, "I'm not going to say it's easy."

What will the clues be like?

According to panelist Abdul, clues will be everywhere, from the stage settings, to the costumes, to the clue packages. New to The Masked Dancer will be a segment after the performances called "Word Up," where the panelists will be able to hear the contestants' unaltered voices. The dancer will only say one word, which also happens to be a clue as to who they are.

Do we have any clues yet?

Yes, the first clues are out! Fox has teased that the celebrity competitors have amassed more than 38 million albums sold worldwide, 20 Emmy Award wins, 20 Grammy Award nominations, 10 World Dancing titles, five New York Times best-selling titles, four Olympic gold medals, and three Broadway show appearances.

How many episodes will the show have?

Right now, at just nine episodes, The Masked Dancer is being billed as an "event," but the producers hope to do it again in the future. "I think we will hope it does [go on for more seasons], but now, it's an event," Breen said. "It's just nine episodes, which, in Masked Singer land, is a much shorter run. Obviously, we want to keep going forever, and I think there's the potential there. It's a really fun show. So, we want to keep going as long as it can."

What else do I need to know?

There will also be a wide variety of dancing styles, with everything from breakdancing to more classical dances being represented. Check out the latest teaser for a more in-depth look:

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For Rosamund Pike, playing bad is good fun.

Luckily for her, her latest film, I Care a Lot, allows her to be very bad indeed. In it, Pike plays the vicious and cunning Marla Grayson, a legal conservator who runs a lucrative scam on elderly clients with her partner, Fran (Eiza Gonzalez).

Pike says the dark satire, which hits Netflix Feb. 19, presented an intriguing challenge for her as a performer. "We were trying to work out how to achieve that tonal balance where you can play somebody who's awful, but they're still fun to watch," she tells EW.

To achieve that, Pike and writer-director J. Blakeson looked to films such as The Last Seduction, starring Linda Fiorentino — Pike says she's "kind of a bitch, but she's also really watchable and fun" — and To Die For, starring Nicole Kidman, for inspiration. "When a director has commanded the tone, these things are very, very delicious," she adds. "I just knew I had to push Marla, and I wasn't trying to win any admirers with her."

Another film Pike and Blakeson found particularly helpful was Martin Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street, which notably features a stockbroker making a huge fortune by defrauding wealthy investors out of millions of dollars. "That sort of wonderful rise of Leonardo DiCaprio's character, where you just see them just taking everyone for a ride and you just think, 'Well, you know, it's a brilliant scheme. Yeah, I have to give it to him.' I felt a bit like that when I read Marla," Pike says. "And I haven't seen a modern film with a woman [doing that] and running it sort of like a business."

That business starts to fall apart when Marla's seemingly perfect new target (Dianne Wiest) is not who she appears to be, which pits her against a powerful gangster, played by Peter Dinklage. And it's at this point that Pike's character is forced to go from being a cunning con woman to something else entirely.

Pike is so convincing as Marla (and the similarly manipulative character of Amy Dunne in Gone Girl, which earned her a Best Actress Oscar nomination) that it almost makes one worry she's a little too good at playing bad. But Pike says not to worry. "I have nothing in common with Marla Grayson, and I think that's why it was so freeing, to be honest," she admits. "I think there are characters where you can channel bits of yourself and spin your own character flaws and character strengths sort of around the qualities that you find in a character, and with Marla there was nothing, and therefore I kind of could completely let go and sort of just be free, I suppose." In fact, she adds with a laugh, "I think the only thing we have in common is that she looks like me."

Lately, Pike has made a habit of playing courageous characters in biopics — more heroine than antihero. And while she says she loves the responsibility that comes with playing a real person such as journalist Marie Colvin (2018's A Private War) or scientist Marie Curie (2019's Radioactive) and "diving into that heart and soul," as she puts it, I Care a Lot gave her an opportunity to play someone completely without remorse.

"I think most people feel a tremendous degree of shame," Pike says. "I found it so intriguing that this was a woman — and I looked for it — and I thought, there's no shame here, there's no shame in this woman. She doesn't feel it. And she is blessed not to feel it, because it's one of the curses of being human, isn't it?"

Ultimately the British actress, who says she has a tendency to take herself too seriously, hopes audiences will be able to find the humor in Marla's ruthlessness. "You're talking about a very dark subject of people taking advantage of the most vulnerable people in our society, and yet J gives you permission to let that sink in while you're still laughing in kind of a mixture of appall and horror and delight," she says. "It's a complicated cocktail."

Complicated it may be, but it's a libation well served by this icy film. "It's obviously dealing with a very serious subject," Pike says, "but I think had it been treated as a sort of very serious drama, it might not have left you thinking about it in quite the way that this does."

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Warning: This article contains spoilers about Wednesday's episode of The Masked Singer.

The Jellyfish is swimming away from The Masked Singer after a brutal triple elimination on Wednesday night's semi-finals. The tentacled spectacle was unmasked to reveal snowboarder Chloe Kim, who became the youngest woman to win an Olympic snowboarding gold medal when she won the women's snowboard halfpipe at just 17 years old at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Kim reminisced with EW about her time on the show, including her embarrassing first day on set, her special moment with panelist Ken Jeong, and more.

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: You were a big fan of The Masked Singer before signing on for the show, right? How did you react when the producers reached out?
CHLOE KIM: Yes, so my parents actually were obsessed with the Korean version of the show, where it kind of started. So they would always watch it on Korean news channels and all of that. I would jump in and watch with them, when we were all together. And we have these karaoke nights, too, sometimes at our house. One time, my sister was like, "Oh, you should go on The Masked Singer!" And I was like, "Actually, I might be!" And she was so excited and she was asking me all these questions that I didn't even know the answer to. It was still kind of early, so it wasn't set in stone. It was fun for me, because I knew how much my family loves this show, and how much I love to watch it with them and how fun it was. I love all the reveals and everyone's performances, and the costumes are always so amazing. So I was really excited to be on.

And you had never had any formal vocal training, is that correct?
No, nothing.

Wow! You sounded great. That's so impressive.
Thank you, thank you. I love to sing. I taught myself how to play guitar, so I'd always travel with the guitar while I was on the road. Singing is actually really therapeutic for me when I'm stressed or something. But I've never taken it seriously, it's just been a hobby of mine. And I got on the show, [and they told me] I'm gonna get a vocal coach. I thought I was just going in there and doing my thing, you know? I didn't know I'd get so much support from the show —all of these awesome people to help me out and help me improve my voice and stuff. It was honestly the best experience ever. I'm so grateful.

One of your sponsors is Monster Energy, and your costume is green and glows. Was that a nod to your sponsor?
It kind of just worked out that way. I didn't really think about that. The costume was really pretty, and I love it so much. Fitting it was really cool, and it's amazing. The costume team, they're so incredibly talented. They were putting all these cool pieces in and we'd kind of bounce ideas off of each other. There were a lot of moving pieces, and it was really fun to watch everything come together so perfectly. I was hoping I'd get a cool costume and it really worked out.

As a fan, what surprised you the most about what happens behind the scenes of the show?
I think it was really cool the process of getting there and leaving. When I was a spectator just watching, the show says no one knows who the other singers are and no one knows anything. And I didn't necessarily think that was serious, but they give you these jackets, and you're super incognito and you have no idea who anyone is. They have these visors that are all blacked out, and you can't see anyone, you can't see through them at all. You might get a glimpse of like one hair strand that's out, but people are quick to tell you to tuck it back in and hide it.

My first day I went to the set, and because I didn't know, I literally went in ripped jeans. Everyone was like, "Oh my gosh, you can't wear those!" People can't know you're a girl or anything about you. Oh my gosh. I was so insecure about my rips in my jeans and I was furiously trying to cover my knees. I don't want people to recognize me from my knees! Then the next time I rolled up in sweats — we were all good.

What's more nerve-wracking, competing on The Masked Singer or in the Olympics?
Definitely competing on The Masked Singer. I know some people are gonna find that hard to believe, but I feel like going into the Olympics I had a lot of sources. I had a lot of people telling me what to expect, because a lot of people I competed with had been and had experienced it. I'm really good friends with [Olympic gymnast] Laurie Hernandez, she's one of my best friends. So I would call her and be like, "Yo, what's up? What's the deal? What is it gonna be like? Give me the full rundown from A to Z." With The Masked Singer, though, I don't know anyone who's been on it personally, so I never had anyone to ask. And I can't ask either, because no one can know that I'm on the show. So I was really nervous about that, because I'm going in blind. I had no idea what to expect, but it was so fun. I highly recommend being on it. To anyone out there who's considering being on it, do it.

You had a special moment with panelist Ken Jeong during your reveal. Tell me about that.
Yeah, so I love Ken. I really respect him and his career. I think he's hilarious, and he's a fellow Korean American, which is awesome. We definitely bonded over that, and it was a super special moment for me especially because I just really appreciate Ken and am inspired by him and love everything about him. We just totally had this heart to heart, which is really cool. That was probably one of my favorite moments of being on the show.

After this, would you consider signing a record deal?
I don't know, maybe! I don't know if anyone wants me like that, but if they do, come my way. I'm down. I'm down to drop a few bangers.

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Warning: This article contains spoilers about Wednesday's episode of The Masked Singer.

In one of the more shocking eliminations in the show's history, The Masked Singer said giddy up to the Seahorse before the finals.

The sequined fish with powerful and versatile vocals was revealed to be two-time Grammy winner Tori Kelly. Ahead, the gospel artist and former American Idol semi-finalist reveals what she would have sung in the Masked Singer finale, why she was initially hesitant to do the show, and she gives EW the lowdown on her new Christmas album.

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Why did you say yes to doing The Masked Singer?
TORI KELLY: So they asked me to do it, and I'm gonna be honest, at first I was like, wait, that show is crazy. I don't know if I can do it — it's really out there and wild. After giving it some thought, I realized that it could be a cool opportunity to kind of show many different sides to me, really, and kind of show my alter ego a little bit and have fun with the songs. So after a little bit of thinking it through, I got really excited about it. So I said yes.

Your costume was so beautiful, but the panelists made a good point that it doesn't have a tail. Did it ever have one? The show is usually so fond of its costumes with tails.
Thanks. The costume team is just incredible. I was obsessed with them. And I don't think it originally had a tail. I just know when I saw the sketch of it when they kind of presented it to me, I thought it was cool, but I didn't realize how sparkly and amazing it would be in person. So it wasn't until I went to the fitting and kind of tried it on and saw it in person that I was just blown away. I believe this is the first time they were experimenting with airbrushing too on a mask, which I thought was really awesome. [There was] so much detail. I remember they were literally adding rhinestones every episode, like every time I put the outfit on, it was like, oh, there's more rhinestones in this little corner near my hand! Every single centimeter of my body was covered in rhinestones. So that was fun for me to notice little things like that every time.

I was stunned that you were sent home this week. Were you disappointed?
I mean, it's hard to say disappointed because it's just such a fun experience as a whole. And I think there is a little part of me too, right when they said I was going home, I was like, oh, okay, cool. I get to show people that it's me. It's such a unique show. So it's hard to be so sad when I feel like I got to show so many different sides of me. Each of my song choices were really, really particular actually. From the Rihanna song, I wanted to show just kind of the sassier side of me and really focus on my strut in that song. For the Britney [Spears] song, I love doing vocal impressions, so I thought that was a fun opportunity to kind of throw them off a little bit and try to sound like Britney a little bit. Even doing the Bruno [Mars] song, the last song I did, I wanted to just dance. I wanted to do choreography and kind of step out of my comfort zone in that way because I'm so used to being seen with a guitar. So yeah, I guess to answer your question, I don't think disappointed is the right word, but it's just a whole mixture of feelings. You feel kind of exposed when you take the mask off. It's just weird because you're like, "Wait! You're not supposed to see who I am!" It's a whole mixture of things and it was really, really unique — I guess that's the best word to describe that feeling.

What would you have sung in the finale if you had made it?
I was thinking of doing a Sam Smith song, actually. [I wanted to do their] song "Latch" with Disclosure because I just wanted to, if I made it to the finale, just kind of have like a party song and just have fun with it and jump around and go crazy on stage. So I think that was going to be an option for the finale.

How did you feel when Robin Thicke and Nicole Scherzinger finally guessed it was you?
Ironically, the two musicians ended up finally guessing me and I've actually met both of them before. So they were kind of like, "I can't believe I didn't realize it was you!" I've literally sang with both of them before. So that felt kind of good, though, because that was my goal, to really throw them off and and try to make them think of other people. So I feel like I accomplished that with the panelists.

Your fans were a different story. They clocked you immediately! Did you follow along with the theories online at all?
Oh, yeah. I mean, I would be lying if I said I didn't go on Twitter and look at all the comments, and Instagram and all of that. I mean, I kind of had a feeling that my fans are gonna know right away that it's me. I mean, they were finding like old videos of little hand movements that I would do and put it right next to the Seahorse clips and they're dissecting the clues, but they knew right away. I can't even try to hide from them, even when I would do the little impression stuff they knew. So yeah, I guess that's a good thing that my fans know me. I can't hide. So I'll take that as a good thing. [Laughs.]

Who was your "Spiritual Advisor" in your third clue package?
That was Kirk Franklin actually. We actually did a whole gospel album together. And he's become not just a producer to me, but he's really become like a mentor, him and his wife, to my husband and I. I can call him and ask for advice on anything. And I just really value who he is in my life. So yeah, he seemed like a good choice to kind of have on there and make a little cameo about. I think he was talking about when we first worked together and everything. That was a fun little test.

Now that you've performed with all of the finalists, did you find yourself trying to guess who else was on the show with you?
Yeah, I mean I had some idea… I was definitely trying to guess and I was trying to play the game with everyone else. I had some idea, but we'll see. That's the whole fun of the show, you know?

You've been busy this year. Tell me about what you've been working on lately.
I put out a Christmas album this year, so that's been really fun and something I've always wanted to do. And I mean, ironically, this year of all the years as crazy as it's been, it was the year to do it. I've been home and I have a recording studio at home. So it just kind of happened and I'm so proud of how it turned out. I got to record it all with the legendary Babyface. And we did it all remotely like on Facetime and emails and stuff. I'm just so thankful that I get to even put out music and continue to create during such a crazy time. That's kind of my Christmas gift to everyone this year.

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Warning: This article contains spoilers about Wednesday's episode of The Masked Singer.

Everyone's favorite buttery treat has popped off of The Masked Singer stage.

In a crushing triple elimination, the Popcorn was revealed to be none other than three-time Grammy-nominated '80s hitmaker Taylor Dayne. Ahead of the reveal, the singer-songwriter opened up to EW about her season-long bit of flirting with host Nick Cannon, what it was like having her friend Leah Remini on the show, why she chose the Popcorn costume, and more.

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: First off, what about the Popcorn costume spoke to you?
TAYLOR DAYNE: Well, costume design came to me with a couple of looks, and we were looking at them and talking about them. One look in particular was kind of obvious to me, meaning, over my years working with costuming and things, and I liked her, I thought she was sexy. We'll leave it at that. Then Popcorn was just something far more unique, and considering the year we're in, I mean, this is about five months ago and I had to make some quick decisions. But this is an election year, we've been in a pandemic, and I just needed something joyful, and she was joyful. She was more humanistic. She also had that face. And knowing the way I sing, which is powerful, I also knew that it was going to be hidden behind this mask with those big beautiful eyes. I felt she had a presence to her that was joyful, as well as knowing me [and I'm] a little sassy, sexy, but also playful. And that's why I chose her, and she was also really just glittery and glam.

Did you find it difficult to maneuver around in that costume? Yours seemed like it maybe was one of the more moveable costumes.
We had to tone her down. At first her bottom was a lot more difficult — it has a drum on the bottom. Originally it was supposed to go down a little longer and be a little tighter and tougher. But I had them put it to the knees so she was more movable. But if you see what's going on on the top, there's a whole bunch of kernels, and that ain't going anywhere. It was hooked on basically — it's like having a case of kernels on. It's not easy. And then you can't see. You know when a man says, "Oh, I'm so fat, I can't see my blank?" Yeah, I basically couldn't see my feet. You can't see where you're walking, so they have to plant you on your station, which is a little difficult, but can be done through all the choreography. So this last one I went for it. You kind of have to memorize where your marks are. You can see maybe two feet out in front of you, and I had vision from one eye, basically. You can't play at home with these toys. [Laughs] No, no, everybody has their own challenges. I imagine the Crocodile was hitting people with his tail. Everybody has their challenges, trust me. But it was very ornate and beautiful and just so perfect.

And speaking of your last performance, you sang Tina Turner's "Better Be Good to Me." Did you have any idea that they'd be guessing you were Tina? What did you make of that?
They did that from the start of the show, from the very first song I did! No, I had no idea. Like [my performance of Pink's] "What About Us" — how is that Tina? I just brought it down with Tina because I did write a Tina Turner song — I wrote a song for me that Tina recorded — so that's funny.

Popcorn flirted with host Nick Cannon throughout the season. Tell me where that came from.
I've watched the show before in the past, and I think he's the cutest, the funniest. I don't know, it just was so easy to do. Where did it come from? It ain't hard honey. [Laughs.] He's right there bored while listening to Ken [Jeong] for 20 minutes. I just figured I'd help him out. Let's just get some fun up there. That's Popcorn. That was all Popcorn.

The friend that popped up in your third clue package was Leah Remini, right? Why won't you sing at her karaoke parties?
Yeah. My lovely Leah. Bossing me around like she always does. They made her look like a Russian babushka. [mimicking Remini] "Just sing, come to my house and sing, just do it." She was so ahead of the karaoke curve. It's ridiculous. She has a karaoke machine in her living room. I'm like, "What is that for?" She goes, "Just sing." Like, what does that mean? She was like, "Just pick it up and do it. If you come to my house, you got to sing."

Well now you can just tell her to watch you on The Masked Singer!
She doesn't take any of that kind of direction, you understand that, right? [Laughs]

This morning it was announced that The Masked Singer is coming back for a fifth season. What advice do you have for the new contestants?
Do some cardio before you do the show because you're going to be hot under the mask. And get ready for an amazing time. It's an amazing, amazing experience, but yeah, get your cardio down.

What's next for you?
Right now I have my Christmas single, "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm," that just came out. My book is out. Everything's online. And getting ready for the holidays here, goodness gracious. I'm working on new music right now — new music for the new year!

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Surprise!

He's been tapped to host the forthcoming Fox series The Masked Dancer, but in an exclusive sneak peek of tonight's episode of The Masked Singer, Craig Robinson makes quite an entrance with an enthusiastic performance of Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive." In the clip, below, the actor and comedian even plays the piano as he sings the song for host Nick Cannon and panelists Robin Thicke, Jenny McCarthy-Wahlberg, Ken Jeong, and Nicole Scherzinger.

Robinson is joining the panelists this week for Wednesday's jam-packed episode, during which the Super Six — consisting of Popcorn, Sun, Crocodile, Mushroom, Jellyfish, and Seahorse — hit the stage and come together for the semi-finals and one not-to-be-missed super competition.

Three singers will be unmasked in the all-new “The Semi Finals - The Super Six” special two-hour episode, which airs from 8-10 p.m. ET/PT on Fox.

The Masked Dancer, which will feature celebrity contestants dressed head-to-toe in elaborate costumes, performing dance routines with equally disguised partners and backup dancers, will debut on Fox on Sunday, Dec. 27 before moving to its normal slot on Wednesdays on Jan. 6.

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Just in time for Thanksgiving, Taylor Swift has given fans something else to be thankful for: a Folklore concert film!

Officially dubbed Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions, the film, which launched on Disney+ in the wee hours of Wednesday, follows Swift and her co-producers Aaron Dessner and Jack Antonoff as she performs all 17 songs off of her latest album and the trio provides all the stories and secrets behind each track. Justin Vernon of Bon Iver also joins in the fun (remotely, from Wisconsin, due to the pandemic) to perform "Exile" with Swift.

It's the first time Swift has performed all the songs live, and also the first time all the collaborators have been together in one place since the album was produced remotely during quarantine earlier this year. Naturally, a lot of tea was spilled and secrets revealed. Here, EW breaks down the all of the things we learned from the film.

William Bowery Unmasked

When Folklore released, fans were quick to point out that a mysterious figure named William Bowery helped co-write two tracks: "Exile" and "Betty." There was one problem, though — Bowery doesn't seem to exist. This led to rampant speculation that he could be Swift's boyfriend, Joe Alwyn; her brother, Austin Swift; or perhaps another singer-songwriter in the industry. Swift and her co-producers have remained mum on his true identity, until now. In the film, Swift reveals it's none other than her longtime boyfriend. "So it's Joe, as we know. And Joe plays piano beautifully and he's always just playing and making things up and creating things," she says. Swift goes on to explain that she heard Alwyn singing and playing the first verse of what would later become "Exile," which is sung by Bon Iver's Justin Vernon in the final version, and she was "entranced" and asked if they could work on that song together. And when it became clear that the song should be a duet, Alwyn and Swift both wanted Vernon involved, so she pitched it to Dessner, who reached out to Vernon, and the rest is songwriting history.

For "Betty," Swift says she overheard Alwyn singing the fully realized chorus of the song from another room and approached him about writing the song together. "So, he was singing the chorus of it, and I thought it sounded really good from a man's voice, from a masculine perspective," she says, adding that that's where she got the idea to do the song from a guy's perspective.

A Truly DIY Album

Swift built a recording studio in her house because all of the recording studios were closed on account of the pandemic. Footage in the film shows her makeshift studio — which she fittingly dubbed the Kitty Committee Studios — and her recording engineer Laura Sisk freaking out about the set-up. She also didn't tell her label about the new record until right before the release. In a forthcoming interview with EW, Swift explains, "It was a very do-it-yourself experience, even down to my management team who created all of the art, everything. We created absolutely everything in advance, every lyric video, every individual album package, and then we called our label a week in advance and said, 'Here's what we have,' and showed them PDF files of all the things we already had." In fact, it was the first album she made where only a very select few people knew about it in advance. "The only people who knew were the people I was making it with, my boyfriend, my family, and a small management team. That's the smallest number of people I've ever had know about something," she says.

Where It All Started

The first song Swift wrote for the album was "My Tears Ricochet," which also happens to be the only one on the album she wrote solo. In the film, she says it's one of the saddest she's ever written, and Antonoff remarks that it's one of her best songs, which is probably why it got the coveted fifth spot on Folklore. Longtime Swifties know that Swift reserves the fifth track on an album for the song she feels is the most emotional.

Speaking with EW, Swift likened it to a 15-year relationship — be it personal or professional — that ends messily. "That was what started to happen [to me], so I wrote 'My Tears Ricochet' and I was using a lot of imagery that I had conjured up while comparing a relationship ending to when people end an actual marriage, and all of a sudden this person that you trusted more than anyone in the world is the person that can hurt you the worst."

A Teenage Love Triangle, Explained

Three songs on the album — "Betty," "August," and "Cardigan" — follow the same three characters through a teenage love triangle, told from their different perspectives. Although two of the characters are named, Betty and James, the name of the "other woman" with whom James cheats on Betty is never explicitly stated. In the movie, Swift reveals that she calls her Augusta or Augustine in her head. With "August," which grew out of a note on the singer's phone that had the lyric “meet me behind the mall” on it, Swift says she doesn’t see the other girl as the villain. "Everybody has feelings and wants to be seen and loved, and Augustine, that’s all she wanted," she says. And — surprise! — Swift thinks that James and Betty do actually end up together. “In my head, she ends up with him but he really put her through it,” she says. In a later part of the film, Swift emphatically calls James "a fool" and, well, she's not wrong.

Less First Person, More Fiction

This is the first album of hers that is not largely autobiographical in some way, and Swift says that came from a place of her watching a ton of movies and reading books and thinking about those characters. “I was kind of outside of my own personal stuff. I think that’s been my favorite thing about this album is that it’s allowed to exist on its own merit without it just being, ‘Oh, people are listening to this because it tells them something that they could read in a tabloid.’”

A Response to Scooter Braun?

Fans have speculated that "Mad Woman" and its themes of female rage could be a reference to Swift's ongoing public feud with music mogul Scooter Braun, which you can catch up on here. While Swift doesn't outright confirm this in Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions, she does confirm it's based on recent personal experience.

“It’s a person who makes me feel, or tries to make me feel, like I’m the offender by having any kind of defense to his offenses," she says. "It’s like, ‘Oh, I have absolutely no right to respond or I’m crazy. I have no right to respond or I’m angry. I have no right to respond or I’m out of line.’” She adds that the musical track Dessner sent her provided "the musical bed" for her that allowed her to figure out how to put what she'd been feeling into a song.

Another song on the album could refer to the battle over her old masters. The last track, "Hoax," which she says embodies the album’s themes, is about more than one scenario. “One is about love, and one is about a business thing that really hurt, and one is about a sort of relationship that I consider to be family, but that really hurt,” she says.

Inspiration Behind the Songs

Throughout the film, Swift frequently explained the inspiration to her songs. The album's opener, "The 1," is both about updating a former lover on how you are currently and about where she sees herself creatively. With "Mirrorball," Swift explains that she started with the imagery of a mirrorball, but it came to represent a metaphor for her celebrity and for people who feel they need to be "on" constantly. "Seven" came out of her pondering kids throwing tantrums at the grocery store, and that point in everyone's life when you grow out of doing that. She confirmed that "This Is Me Trying" is about addiction, with the first verse being about "someone who is in a life crisis and trying and failing in a relationship," and the second verse follows someone who has a lot of potential, but has feels they have lost in life and starts drinking. One of the more autobiographical songs on the album, "Invisible Strings," was inspired by her sending a baby gift to an ex-boyfriend (presumably Joe Jonas, who welcomed a baby with wife Sophie Turner earlier this year). “I just remember thinking this is a full signifier that life is great,” she says.

“Epiphany” almost started as a sports song because she had been watching Michael Jordan miniseries The Last Dance, but she moved away from that as she thought more about her grandfather’s war experiences. Her imagined experiences of COVID first responders informed the second verse. “Peace” is about how she wants to have a normal life but she can’t stop some of it from happening. "So this song was basically like, is the stuff I can control enough to sort of block out the things that I can’t?" And she says it brings her, ahem, peace to know that people have related to the song in other ways.

"The Lakes" Is the Real End to the Album

At the end of the film, Swift confirmed that bonus track "The Lakes," which sees her romanticizing a future in which she runs away with her "muse" to the U.K.'s Lakes District and retires, is the real end to Folklore. "'Hoax' as the ending song for the record I thought was interesting for a couple weeks, but then I wanted to actually come in with the real last song of the record, with is ‘The Lakes,'" she says. "[It] shows you exactly what the overarching theme of the whole album is — of trying to escape, having something you wanna protect, trying to protect your own sanity and saying, ‘Look, they did this hundreds of years ago. I’m not the first person who’s felt this way. They did this.'"

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Season 4 of The Masked Singer is officially in full swing, which means new performances to enjoy (and, okay, maybe a few to laugh at, too).

The new episodes are sure to feature hit songs sung by incredible singers and non-singers alike, and in honor of those brilliant renditions, EW is breaking down all of the best performances from each episode of season 4 of The Masked Singer. Be sure to check back, because we will be updating this list throughout the season.

Sun singing "Cuz I Love You" by Lizzo

Week 1: Sun's version of Lizzo's "Cuz I Love You" made us feel like we were truly walking on sunshine. This performance kicked off the season, and it's no wonder — it was one of the best vocal performances on the show to date. Belting and sustaining those high notes was a piece of cake for Sun, who made the whole thing look all too easy.

Seahorse singing "Only Girl (In the World)" by Rihanna

Week 2: Looks like Sun has some major competition! In her first performance, Seahorse proved she's in it to win it with her incredible vocals that were a perfect match for Rihanna's hit. Choreography has been rather light on the show up to this point, but she still brought the energy, and those blow-up cactus costumes worn by the background dancers were hard to resist. Seahorse won this week by a landslide.

Sun singing "Praying" by Kesha

Week 3: The judges praised this performance as one of their favorite vocals from a female singer ever on the show, and we have to agree. Sun once again belted her way through all the high notes, bringing the emotion along the way. The gorgeous set decorations and costumes on the backup dancers didn't hurt either. Shoutout to Snow Owls, who bring the adorable duet game week after week, though.

Crocodile singing "Toxic" by Britney Spears

Week 4: (In best Ken Jeong impression): Ok, hear me out. Yes, Seahorse had the most astounding vocals tonight, Serpent's smooth voice could melt butter, Whatchamacallit brought the rap game, and Baby Alien boldly pulled double duty as a puppeteer and singer. But, after several weeks of tamer choreography and less theatrics overall, Crocodile kicked off the week with camp galore, fun choreography (was anyone else concerned about the back-up dancers meeting the wrong end of that tail?), and he managed to sound good while completely throwing his voice for a second week in a row. An effort like that deserves a shoutout.

Mushroom singing "This Woman's Work" by Kate Bush

Week 5: After what seemed like the longest wait in Masked Singer history (thanks, World Series!), we finally met Group C, and they sure did bring the party. Mushroom, though, brought the emotion with their goosebump-inducing performance of "This Woman's Work," which was sung entirely in falsetto. That's not an easy thing to do well, but they spore did nail it. We're looking forward to more entrancing performances from this fungi.

Jellyfish singing "Crazy" by Patsy Cline

Week 6: It came down to Mushroom and Jellyfish this week, and while we loved both, Jellyfish gets the edge here for overcoming her first episode nerves and bringing a fresh spin to a classic. Her vocals were perfectly suited to Cline's song, and really allowed her to showcase her vocal chops. Her voice has a nice sultry edge to it, and she definitely played that up here. You glow, girl.

Sun singing "Piece Of My Heart" by Janis Joplin

Week 7: This week gave us the Group A Finals, and you could say everybody brought their A game accordingly. It's just so hard to resist Sun's vocals, especially when she switches things up a bit. This week, she brought a sultry-rock vibe to the stage, and even rocked some pants to go with it! The nightmare-inducing centaur things were weird, and we're not entirely sure why they were there, but Sun can't be faulted for that.

Seahorse singing "...Baby One More Time" by Britney Spears

Week 8: Season 4 is rapidly turning out to be the season of Britney Spears! First, Croc gave us his all-falsetto version of "Toxic," and now Seahorse has given us a truly great Spears impression with "...Baby One More Time." Not only did she sound just like the pop star, she also managed to elevate the original by taking some of those notes to the stratosphere. It allowed her to horse around a little, and the performance was great enough to sea her through to the Super Six.

Mushroom singing “A Song for You” by Donny Hathaway in the Smackdown

Week 9: Seems like Mushroom really should have been cast as a Chameleon this season! Everyone’s favorite fungi showed yet another part of their range in this smackdown performance, which also featured a richer tone than we’ve seen in the past. It was a shorter performance by definition but it packed a punch. Mushy’s emotional and at times sultry take on the song was beautiful, and was easily enough to see the talented spore through to the Super Six.

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The Masked Singer is officially back for its fourth season, which means new clues to obsessively overanalyze.

Every week, we'll be updating this list with all of the clues from each contestant's clue package, as well as what songs they sang, the judges' guesses, and other observations.

So get out your thinking caps and fire up those search engines: It's officially time to identify those masked celebrity singers!

Mushroom

Clue package:

• Sneak peek episode clue: "If you want to know who's behind my mask, you’ll need to figure out who’s under my hats."
• "How does a mushroom grow up to be a healer and a scholar? I sprouted up underground — young, scrappy, and fungi," Mushroom says in first package, the first of numerous references to Hamilton lyrics
• A hotdog stand topped by a brown hat, a green grasshopper playing violin, cheese, gardening tools, and a giant turnip with a tie all show up in the package
• Mushroom started out in "the rat race, at a job that may surprise you"
• Says their world turned upside down and they got their shot to turn "a hobby into a career"
• People didn't understand them but they kept "growing and grinding until somebody said yes to this"
• "Shroom where it happens"
• "Now I'm able to rise up and help others grow. It may have been a broken road to get here, but it means the world to share my story on this stage"
• Second clue package starts at a high school called "North Spore High School"
• "Even as a young shroom, I knew I was off-beat"
• An orange slice, a cup of orange juice, a sunny side up egg, two black beetles, bedazzled sunglasses, and a tiara all appear in the second clue package
• Mushroom is seen holding a Mean Girls-esque burn book with a picture of a buck and the Kangaroo from season 3 in it
• "You can't sit with us" — another Mean Girls reference?
• "I was around strange food and customs, but then I realized under the surface, we're all entangled together as one, and even a porcini or cremini can be a prom queenie"
• They were a "nerd and outcast" who decided to proudly share their "unique gift"
• Says their "weirdness" led them here
• Mushroom's third package comes courtesy of a "real life government agent," which the show calls "Mushroom's Secret Confidant"
• The confidant has a "Top Secret" folder for a head and is surrounded by a doll in a pink dress with long brown hair, a water jug with a brown hat on top, folders, a flashing red light, and a red telephone
• "Off the record, Mushroom has always been a go-getter. In high school, Mushroom was class president with a GPA over 4.0"
• There's a yearbook entry from Mushroom that says, "K.I.T. Have an awesome summer! Stay cool!"
• The yearbook also has the following names in it: Morel Hershiser, "Fun" Gus Smith, Wood Ear Harrelson, Steve Enoki, Chanterelle Jeffries 
• "Whether it's helping underprivileged youth, or making phone calls for important causes, Mushroom's work ethic is unrivaled"
• An empty boxing ring and a bull are given a close-up and the doll is shown getting her hair brushed
• The third clue package ends with "Secret Confidant" taking a call from "Mr. President"

On stage:

• First performance: Sang "This Woman's Work" by Maxwell (originally by Kate Bush)
• Mushroom said of their costume, "The earth is such a beautiful place, and as the mushroom, I want to remind everyone that we are all connected."
• Second performance: Sang "If I Could Turn Back Time" by Cher
• Mushroom's magical clue was a brain on a platter. "A mind is a terrible thing to waste but it makes for a pretty sweet clue," they said.
• Third performance: Sang "Unconditionally" by Katy Perry
• Mushroom's game-changing clue was a note that said "Do not open, especially on TV" on the outside. On the inside, it read, "The name that I go by now was not my name when I first sprouted."

Judges' guesses: Donald Glover, Usher, Frank Ocean, Adam Lambert, Jaden Smith, Taye Diggs, The Weeknd

Jellyfish

Clue package:

• Sneak peek episode clue: "I assure you that while I may be cold-blooded, I have a warm and glowing flow with H20."
• Her first clue package has her sharing her "little fairytale" with a book titled "The Little(ish) Jellyfish"
• "Once upon a time, I reigned supreme over an entire underwater kingdom, but after moving from coast to coast for so long, my castle started to feel like a gilded cage"
• Red and white fans, white lilies, an organ, steam pipes, a tiara, a flower crown, and baby powder all appear in the first package
• Says she got to branch out and experience things she missed out on, like making friends, going to parties, and being free
• There's a sign that says, "New Rules: No rough guys, no just can't get enough guys, no chest always so puffed guys"
• There's a reference to Coachella called "Glowjella"
• Says she's "going with the flow" on a new adventure
• She's shown next to an angel fish and a stingray
• Says she's super competitive and "usually the best" at what she does
• A film projector, a ship called USS Big Bird, a candle, a blowfish, a triangle, cereal, and a purple double-sided lightsaber are all given a close-up in the second package
• Says she's here without "the people who pick me up when I fall" — her family, which is portrayed as having five total jellyfish in it
• "My parents are the sea's knees, sacrificing time and their careers so I could follow my dream"
• Says her "Papa Jelly" helped engineer her whole world, as they're shown meditating/doing yoga together
• She says her dad would wake up at 3 a.m., put her in the car, and she'd wake up "hours later at gigs in faraway lands”
• Jellyfish's third clue package comes courtesy of her sister, who has a calculator set to 57714 as a head and is surrounded by a tic-tac-toe board, a rainbow fidget spinner, a coffee mug, a golden stapler, a palm plant, and books
• "Jellyfish has always been the rebel of our by-the-book family and in reality she's also the overachiever" — Nicole says it could be a reality show reference
• The sister is shown filing her nails with a pink nail file as she says Jellyfish has had so many accomplishments already, but she "is always eager to challenge herself in new arenas"
• Jellyfish is shown in what looks like a karaoke bar as her sister says they love singing along to The Masked Singer and she's "no stranger to her gorgeous voice"
• "With her work ethic, it's no surprise she's come this far. Good luck Jelly! By my count you've got a great shot at the Super Six. You're number 1!"

On stage:

• First performance: Sang "Big Girls Don't Cry" by Fergie
• On what made her decide to do the show, she said, "Jellyfish have a powerful sting. I'm really competitive with myself, so I wanted to come here and prove something."
• Second performance: Sang "Crazy" by Patsy Cline
• Jellyfish's magical clue was a tiger. "If you can earn your stripes and pounce on this clue, grrr," she said.
• Third performance: Sang "Don't Start Now" by Dua Lipa
• Her game-changing clue was a message in a bottle that says, "If you find this, you'll know I've never performed on a stage quite like this before.

Judges' guesses: Gabby Douglas, Awkwafina, Sofia Richie, Lana Condor, Jamie Lynn Spears, Halle Bailey, Charli XCX, Kylie Jenner, McKayla Maroney

Broccoli

Clue package:

• Sneak peek episode clue: “I'm a Broco-lean, mean, heart-pumping machine. After all, it’s how I got my six-pack."
• First clue package starts off like a TikTok video with "60m likes and 75 comments" on it
• "First, you snap, two, three and then brocco-lean back, two, three" — Nicole mentions it's like Jason Derulo doing a TikTok dance
• Dogs made out of peppers, a soup can, cheese, a Mariachi band, a yellow sports car with the license plate LD1ESMN, and a car wash appear in the first package
• "A contest greased the wheels for my career, and now I'm so humbled to work with the biggest artists"
• Calls himself a "kid rolling with the OGs" but performing is his passion and he's been on "many stages"
• Second clue package spoofs GoodFellas with "FoodFellas"
• "As far back as I could remember, I have always wanted to be a broccoli — I dreamed of being a superfood that enriches people's lives"
• He's seen at the Copabanana, an obvious play on Copacabana, which has the number 900 painted on the door
• "I had dinner with a legendary friend, the big cheese… I raced home and after pulling an all-nighter, I cooked up a beauty that really packed a punch"
• The numbers 3-7-2-6-5, an anchor, red wine, a Hawaiian pizza, a guitar, an oven set to 6 a.m., and a pay phone all appear in the package
• Says he created a "classic, and all from one meal"
• Broccoli's third package comes courtesy of his "Leading Ladies" who he says are the keys to his success
• The ladies are dressed in black and white stripes and polka dots, and have top hats for heads
• They're surrounded by a giant inflated die, a lit-up bullseye, and a giant ball — very Vegas vibes
• Broccoli is "the master of our lives" and always "the greatest showman"
• They say he's "larger than life" and "lives to light up a room" as Jason Voorhees' mask is shown
• Apparently Broccoli used to sneak into the local circus and watch through a hole in the curtain, dreaming of one day being a performer, but then he got caught 
• A toy moose head is shown, as are a bunch of beetles 
• "The other contestants better watch out — he approaches everything with unparalleled perfectionism and pizzazz"

On stage:

• First performance: Sang "House Is Rockin'/Whole Lotta Shakin Going On" by Stevie Ray Vaughan/Jerry Lee Lewis
• When asked if he's a big fan of broccoli, he said, "I love broccoli. I eat it all the time because I believe in eating healthy."
• Second performance: Sang "Hello" by Lionel Richie
• Broccoli's magical clue was a roulette wheel with the ball on black 26. "Take this clue for a spin and you may land on my identity if you're lucky," he said.
• Third performance: Sang "Old Time Rock & Roll" by Bob Seger
• His game-changing clue was a note that said, "Do not put your Broccoli in the microwave, which was invented after I was born."
• Of his favorite Thanksgiving food, he says, "Turkey, of course. I [also] like candied yams and a 42-year-old in Chicago."

Judges' guesses: Bill Murray, Howie Mandel, Steve Guttenberg, Wayne Newton, Martin Short, Jason Alexander, Al Roker, Ringo Starr, Paul Anka

Crocodile

Clue package:

• Sneak peek episode clue: "A special set of keys reversed my game forever. Tic-tac-whoa."
• First clue package takes place in a lagoon with tiki torches and tropical paradise details
• "Soon I'll croon and make you swoon"
• Says becoming the crocodile was natural because he's "happiest in water," as he's shown sliding down a slip 'n slide with red heart balloons around it
• Says he grew up in Hollywood surrounded by "heartache and instability"
• Seen sitting at a table with an Italian flag nearby and a pineapple with a fish in it
• He's a "warm, sensitive creature who just wants to be loved back"
• A rainbow, a hotel, and a fountain are shown as Nicole remarks that she's getting "Vegas vibes" from the package
• "I can't wait to share my hidden talent as I make a wicked big splash"
• His second clue package starts off with a house with a 5 on the door, an American flag and pirate flag out front, and a pond with lily pads in the yard
• Inside the house, an anchor, hair spray, a mirrorball, and a "Crocodile Family Reunion 2014" photo are shown
• He's then shown in the backyard surrounded by an orange tree and dead roses as he says he used to "stand in my backyard performing to each weed and rose petal"
• "My own father didn't believe in my talent," he says, as a mustachioed crocodile is seen inside the house watching "30Croc"
• He says he later gave his first paycheck of $100 to his father, who cried "actual crocodile tears and believed in me"
• "A few years later, shazam! My field of dreams became a field of reality. Tonight, I'm putting the toxic parts of my past behind me."
• Crocodile's third clue package comes courtesy of his close friend "Interviewer to the Stars," who is shown in a DJ booth
• A red speedboat, a toy airplane, a house of cards, a lottery card with 130 million on it, and a globe all appear in the third package
• "We've been all around the world together. Once, we traveled the six continents in a hundred hours," Interviewer says
• Says Croc will go "relentlessly, step-by-step" to beat the high score at a video game, and says he has a "one-track mind"

On stage:

• First performance: Sang "It's My Life" by Bon Jovi
• Said of becoming the crocodile, "I've had to have tough skin my whole life to survive, because I'm really sensitive on the inside, and being anonymous gives me the opportunity to share my true self with the world."
• Second performance: Sang "Toxic" by Britney Spears
• His childhood clue was a crocodile piñata with dolphins inside. "I just cracked the case wide open, because this clue has an important porpoise to it," he said.
• Third performance: Sang "Bleeding Love" by Leona Lewis
• His game-changing clue from a former contestant that he has a connection with came from season 1's Bee (Gladys Knight). The clue read, "Croc was in a huge cult classic movie."

Judges' guesses: Jon Hamm, Nick Lachey, Donnie Wahlberg, Adam Lambert, Lenny Kravitz, Harry Connick Jr., Jared Leto, Jordan Knight, Justin Guarini

Seahorse

Clue package:

• Sneak peek episode clue: "Living in the ocean can be dangerous, so it's always good to find a quiet place to hide."
• Her first clue package takes place in "OK Coral"
• She's shown wearing a cowboy hat ("howdy partners") and blowing a bubble
• Two dogs (possibly poodles or goldendoodles), a rainbow stuffed frog, teacups, and a white dove are shown
• "All my life I've felt trapped by my insecurities and shyness, too scared to release the fire burnin' inside," she says with a Southern accent
• "You may call me melodramatic but at times I felt lost in this world," she says, as a giant hollowed-out tree and a hog with warts on it are shown
• Dolphins and lassoed cowboys are shown as she says, "I was always swimming upstream, but here I get the chance to stop playing tug-of-war with myself and finally expose the dauntless diva within"
• The "Emotion Ocean" appears as she says she's on a "path to glory"
• Her second clue package starts off with her on a wagon that has a crossed out broken smile symbol on it
• She shows up to the "Under the Sea Saloon and Rodeo" that has a "Place Your Bets" sign out front
• "I'm a bit tame in my normal life, but when I stepped into this costume, my inner diva Seahorse Fierce comes alive."
• The men in black are wearing Daisy Duke shorts
• A clown with a "fail" sign, a bull, a green light, a broken heart sign that says "A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes," and clocks with wings that are set to 9 o'clock all show up in the second package
• When she was young she acted like a "hero" and wanted to make a name for herself
• "Heartbroken, I posted up in my room for what felt like a thousand years, spilling my soul onto the page"
• Like many people lately, she says she has experienced "unimaginable loss and pain"
• Seahorse's third clue package comes courtesy of her "Spiritual Advisor," who has a box of tissue for a head and is surrounded by two baby dolls, a Christmas wreath, a bunch of grapes, and Nashville hot chicken and pickles
• He describes Seahorse as "the girl next door, with just a backpack and a guitar, ready to work"
• A brief shot of a neighborhood is shown, and there's a bonfire in front of one of the houses
• "I must confess, she even made this tough hombre cry. She's just so unassuming she doesn't even know how good she really is"

On stage:

• First performance: Sang "Only Girl (In the World)" by Rihanna
• Said of her costume, "It's just so fun to have this alter ego, honestly, and something about putting a mask on, you really just get to let it shine."
• Second performance: Sang "My Heart Will Go On" by Celine Dion
• Her childhood clue was a periwinkle balloon with rainbow-colored feathers inside. "Alright Nick, light as a feather, heavy on clues, this should help you not confuse," she said.
• Third performance: Sang "...Baby One More Time" by Britney Spears
• Her game-changing clue from a former contestant that she has a connection with came from season 3's Astronaut (Hunter Hayes). The clue read, "Seahorse was never in a girl group." Of the clue, Seahorse said, "That's right guys. I've never been in a girl group, I've always been solo."

Judges' guesses: Halsey, Hailee Steinfeld, Bebe Rexha, Camila Cabello, Jessica Simpson, Kesha, Kellie Pickler, Sia

Sun

Clue package:

• Sneak peek episode clue: "This sun knows how to shine like a torch even during the freezing winter."
• A badge with "fun director gold member" on it is shown
• "I’ve had some extreme seasons in life"
• Masked Singer guards are seen bathing poolside with floaties on — the pool shows a "shallow area" and 2 ft. and 7 ft. markers
• A chihuahua, asteroids and planets, a tennis racket, a jaguar, and a Mickey Mouse head are all shown
• "When I sprung into existence, I felt like the center of the universe... at first, stardom was great, but it was a ton of pressure"
• She says she got burned out, and fell into “deep depression”
• "I was frozen, but within the darkness of a quiet place, I transformed into a ray of light"
• Says she missed out on a lot of her childhood "growing up in a fractured home" but she's made up for that by "discovering childlike outlets to make life magical"
• A black widow and hourglass, birds, and a heart-shaped blue butterfly all show up in the second package
• She's shown going into the woods, leaving footprints behind
• "I love dirt in my toes, a young memory of mine, and the land that slides as my heart walks the line"
• She's seen stirring a cauldron with purple liquid in it that she puts candy canes and blonde pigtails into
• Says she's become "a wiz at cooking up tasty treats for a like-minded and material girl"
• "I'm always looking at the bright side, burning ugly rumors out of my life," she says as she's pictured in a circle of candles
• Sun's third clue package comes courtesy of her "Sol Mate," who is sitting next to a windchime with blue angels on it, cow figurines, a picture of the aurora borealis, and a blue sleeping bag
• Says he and Sun have made the most of their time off by taking their RV out on roadtrips, and a Welcome to Baltimore sign flashes on screen
• A sign for Alaska is shown as he says they don't need a lot to be happy, just each other
• Sun is shown next to a Greetings from Mexico sign as her "Sol Mate" says she misses entertaining people and "she's never taken this long of a break from spreading her light"

On stage:

• First performance: Sang “Cuz I Love You” by Lizzo
• Said of her costume, "Well, when I put this mask on I felt like it was a reflection of who I am personally, and I like it."
• Second performance: Sang "Praying" by Kesha
• Her drone clue was a Magic 8-Ball: "Will this Magic 8-Ball help you conjure up my identity? Outlook not so hot."
• Third performance: Sang "Piece of My Heart" by Janis Joplin
• Her loved one's special clue was: "Now panel, I got you a game-changing clue. The Sun is actually golden. She's got at least one single that went certified gold."

Judges’ guesses: Katharine McPhee, Demi Lovato, Madonna, Mandy Moore, Carrie Underwood, Jewel

Popcorn

Clue package:

• Sneak peek episode clue: "When you watch my onscreen performance it will be in 3D: dynamic, delightful, and diva-licious. Mirror mirror on the wall, what makes me the biggest miracle of all?"
• First clue package is an homage to Sex and the City called "Snacks and the City"
• "Hey all you cool corns and cornettes" — reference to Tiger King?
• "I'm Ms. Popcorn, if you’re tasty"
• Speaks with a strong New York accent, but could be faking or exaggerating it
• Says she built a career "around love," but that doesn't mean she's "soft"
• A green snake, a partially eaten red apple, meatloaf, Vogue and Better Homes and Gardens magazines, tigers, a silver starfish, and gold hoops on a gold fish all appear in the first package
• Mentions "jet-setting to exotic places with royalty"
• A bus drives by with an ad for her Broadway show on it
• "You may think I'm a little cheesy, but I worked for what I got"
• Second clue package has soap opera vibes and is called "The Corn and the Beautiful"
• Says she picked the Popcorn costume because she wanted to step "far out of [her] comfort zone," but her favorite part of the show is flirting with Nick Cannon
• "I wasn't always the healthiest treat," she says as she's pictured laying in a hospital bed
• When she was young, she suffered from a "bizarre condition" where she couldn't eat or sleep, and it led to anxiety and her feeling like she was in an "emotional prison"
• Three cats are shown, as are candles in the shape of the number 16
• A hair crimper and a Rubik's Cube appear
• A rainbow flag appears as she says she survived her ordeal because of her voice
• Popcorn's third clue package comes courtesy of her "Royal BFF"
• "I know Popcorn through a mutual friend — technically a queen associate"
• A stuffed deer, a sewing kit, bunny ears on top of a bowl of matzo ball soup, and grey stones all appear in the third package
• Says she can never get Popcorn to sing at her "famous karaoke parties"
• "At least she's singing for you all here, on a stage I've been on before, dun dun dun"
• Says she's always in Popcorn's "court"

On stage:

• First performance: Sang "What About Us" by Pink
• Said of her costume, "Well, Nick, just like popcorn I can be quite buttery at times, very salty, but also very sweet."
• Second performance: Sang "Falling" by Harry Styles
• Her drone clue was Venus: "The second rock from the sun may be far away, but it should bring you closer to me."
• Third performance: Sang "Domino" by Jessie J
• Her loved one's special clue was: "To my friends up there, not only have I been here before, but in the show's history, one of you has also guessed Popcorn."

Judges' guesses: Tina Turner, Carole Baskin, Mary J. Blige, Gloria Gaynor, Katy Perry, Vanessa Williams, Taylor Dayne, Cyndi Lauper, Anita Baker, Anika Noni Rose

Serpent

Clue package:

• Sneak peek episode clue: "If you want to know how I instantly appeared, here's the prescription number to my identity: 31118."
• First package features him eating a banana while sitting next to a fire surrounded by books, including "How to Dig Yourself Out of Debt" and "Serpent's Manual"
• A map of the Caribbean is shown as he says "there was a series of miraculous events to get here"
• Signs for musicology and medicine are shown
• Apparently, he was a troublemaker in his youth, as he's shown throwing a paper airplane on fire
• "I was slithering furiously down a path towards destruction, but my pops saved me by buying me a one-way ticket away from the wrong crowd and on to a path towards success"
• His dad is shown with a hat that says "Serpent Sr." and he has a red mustache
• There's a book called "How to be a Good Serpent"
• Says he then aspired to "new heights" and he didn't want to "cause pain, but heal pain"
• Second clue package starts off with him holding a croissant with bacon on it, standing at an ATM where he gets a receipt for $2
• "I've taken an unorthodox path to get here. Starting out, I could barely make rent" — is that a Rent reference?
• He's shown in a clothing store where there's a mannequin dressed as a doctor in the background
• He said he sold clothes and did manual labor to make money
• He's portrayed in a hard hat next to a sign that says "electrical transformer"
• "I had patience, but all I heard from the gatekeepers was, 'No, no, no.'"
• A pink Cadillac and golden croissant trophy appear
• Serpent's third clue package comes courtesy of his "College Roommate," who has a pizza box for a head and is surrounded by more pizza, chips, cups, a baseball bat, a poster that says "Serpent Strikes Backsss," a foam finger, trophies, popcorn, and a toy ambulance
• A "good peanut butter" and "good mayo" also appear
• "He suffered through a million setbacks, but I remember the day when suddenly everything changed. It was like God finally flipped the light switch"
• "College Roommate" says Serpent wasn't looking for fame but fame found him as sunflowers appear in the background
• A bucket of suds with gloves and a sponge are given a close-up
• Offers Serpent a piece of advice, noting he doesn’t sing as well when he’s stressed: “Take a breath, calm your nerves, and imagine yourself in the Super Six”

On stage:

• First performance: Sang "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" by The Proclaimers
• "It's so surreal to be on this stage as a serpent. Music has the power to heal the world and I love to be able to share this gift with you"
• Second performance: Sang "The Bones" by Maren Morris
• His childhood clue was a baby bottle on wheels. "This baby bottle should get your wheels turning," he said.
• Third performance: Sang "Cool" by Jonas Brothers
• His game-changing clue from a former contestant that he has a connection with came from season 2's Eagle (Dr. Drew Pinsky). The clue read, "Serpent has sung with one of you before."

Judges' guesses: John Legend, Daveed Diggs, Leslie Odom Jr., Taye Diggs, Jesse Williams, Brian McKnight, Jamie Foxx, Donald Faison, Dr. Elvis

UPDATE: Serpent slithered away on Nov. 18. Click here to see which viral sensation he turned out to be.

Whatchamacallit

Clue package:

• Sneak peek episode clue: "Some might say my career had a magical start."
• His first clue package is very candy-colored
• He's seen high-fiving the men in black
• "I-I-I-I-I'm magical, mythical, jazzy and snazzy and full of pizzazz-y"
• People think he's shy because he "lets others absorb my spotlight"
• Fruit jello, a sun, chocolate bars, rainbow-colored bees, keys, and a black panther are all shown
• "I can dance with stars, surf candy bars, buzz with the bees, and swing from the keys"
• "It's time to turn the tables on the world, cuz I don't wanna be hair today and gone tomorrow"
• A cuckoo clock is shown, but instead of normal numbers, it has the numbers 2, 7, 8, 4.0, 1, 6, 12, a record player, a shrimp, the Bear from season 3, khaki pants, and a triangle on it
• Gives a shout-out to his glam squad for the "36,524 brush strokes" it takes to keep his costume camera-ready
• Says he's "free, free, free"
• He's seen on top of a dandelion with green airplanes flying towards him
• A golden staircase and a purple house are seen in the background as he rides balloons like in the movie Up
• He says at the height of his career, he was "ready to dance like never before" but then he got a deflating phone call that his mom was "in bad shape"
• "I wanted to be by her side, but she wanted me to continue the ride. She made me realize my dream was her dream, so I pushed forward"
• The second clue package features rainbows, a phone made out of a shoe, a blue mirror, and five 10-cent coins
• Whatchamacallit's third clue package comes courtesy of his mentor and teacher "Whatchaperone," who has a whistle as a head and is shown at a high school prom
• A coffee pot, Smarties, a crown, a guard bobblehead, and a paddle ball set all show up in the third package
• "Whatchaperone" says Whatcha always had a good head on his shoulders
• Says he was "focused and hard-working, but he could still surprise you"
• Apparently Whatcha took a senior girl to prom as a sophomore and busted out his impressive dance moves

On stage:

• First performance: Sang "I Wish" by Skee-Lo
• Said of choosing his costume, "I love the name Whatchamacallit because I can be whoever I want to be inside this, and to me, that's my true self to present to the world."
• Second performance: Sang "Money Maker" by Ludacris (feat. Pharrell Williams)
• His childhood clue was a book called "Hairy Tales of the Whatcha Fam" by Doodad Doohickey. "I love a bedtime story, and I'm an open book. So Ken, you should know exactly who I am," he said.
• Third performance: Sang "Lean Back" by Terror Squad ft. Fat Joe & Remy Ma
• His game-changing clue from a former contestant that he has a connection with came from season 2's Ice Cream (Ninja). The clue read, "Whatcha's already won a championship."

Judges' guesses: Swizz Beatz, Damian Lillard, Tyler the Creator, Cam Newton, Terrell Owens, Armie Hammer, Lonzo Ball, Carmelo Anthony, J.B. Smoove

UPDATE: Whatchamacallit was sent home on Nov. 18. See who was ultimately under all that hair.

Snow Owls

Clue package:

• Sneak peek episode clue: "You can try and figure out who we are, but as for who is more talented, it’s a tie."
• Their first clue package takes place in "Jam-a-lot"
• "So you haven’t seen us together in a while, but now it's time for a family reunion"
• "Working with him, he’s a prankster — a real wise guy," the female owl says
• "Anything for a laugh," he says, while pulling out a red rose from his pocket
• A street sign at the corner of Magnolia and Quarrel Canyon (a stand-in for Laurel Canyon) is shown
• The female owl says, "Oh, brother" — possible sibling vibes?
• They were working in Hollywood, and the male owl was driving the female owl home one day and singing "Let It Snow" off-key to "egg her on"
• "I just wanted to make Christmas extra magical," he says
• A castle in a forest, a pearl in a shell, and Christmas lights on a birdhouse are shown
• Male owl says they've always been there for each other, like when he was going through a messy breakup and "got swept up in an avalanche of emotions"
• An electronic "D" is shown on the floor
• An anchor with the word "management" with the "man" emphasized is shown as the female owl says she was his anchor
• A basketball with "DAL" on it appears
• He was her "knight in shining armor" during bad times as well: "I had an opportunity fit for a queen that I was too scared to do"
• The male owl tells her, "You can do it!" — Ken mentions it could be a reference to The Waterboy
• She says she then "took a leap of faith" and it was "life-changing"
• A bouncy house and a knotted rope are shown
• Both of them say "Huzzah!"
• Snow Owls' third clue package comes courtesy of their "Branchy Buddy"
• "Oh, I know the Owls. They've been perching on my arm for over 20 years now. For two total opposites, they really complement each other," he says
• There's a NASA space shuttle figurine, a Roy Rogers drink, a rocking horse, and a Parthenon figurine in the third package
• Their friend says the male owl pushes the female owl to believe in herself, and she has gotten him to "settle down from all the horsin' around"
• "He's got the louder voice of the two, and sometimes I feel Lady Owl gets overlooked, so it's been amazing to watch her step out from under his shadow and truly shine"

On stage:

• First performance: Sang "Say Something" by A Great Big World
• When asked if they ever imagined being on stage in an egg, the male owl said, "No. I knew it would happen for me one day because I love wings."
• Second performance: Sang "Like I'm Gonna Lose You" by Meghan Trainor (Feat. John Legend)
• Their drone clue was a witch's hat: "We will tip our hats to whichever one of you figures out the clue."
• Female owl told Ken she's not Bjork or Honey Boo Boo. And the male owl told him that he's not Fabio or on JAG.
• Third performance: Sang "The Prayer" by Andrea Bocelli and Celine Dion
• Their loved one's special clue was: "Now panel, ready for a game-changing clue? Two Snow Owls, sitting in a tree, k-i-s-s-i-n-g."

Judges' guesses: Amy Grant and Vince Gill, Donny and Marie Osmond, Eugene Levy and Catherine O’Hara, Rachel McAdams and Will Ferrell, Rob Schneider and Elle King, Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood, Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman, Brad Paisley and Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman

UPDATE: Snow Owls took flight on Nov. 11. See which famous couple was under those feathers.

Squiggly Monster

Clue package:

• Sneak peek episode clue: "It’s very fitting that I have so many appendages. After all, I’m known for having a lot of hands to latch onto."
• "Good evening, my fellow Americans. I chose the Squiggly Monster because people always roll their eyes at me, but now I can roll all mine at them," he says in the first clue package
• A salami link and an Emperor penguin are seen next to a sign that says "Super Squiggly World" (major Super Mario vibes here)
• Ken Jeong appears in the package
• Pink balls of yarn, chocolate chip cookies, a man with a large pink bow tie and monocle, a stethoscope, a newsdesk, and a DJ's turntable all appear in the first package
• Says he's a "patchwork of personas, the father figure and the scoundrel, a hyperactive voice of the people, a worry-wart and a maniac"
• "I'm no Dumbo, and ladies, let's be honest, I'm easy on the eyes"
• Political-tinged second package starts off in the Oval Office
• "Despite my unbridled handsomeness, I have to report an inconvenient truth that while I have a colorful exterior, there's more than meets the eyes"
• Says he was bullied for being different and he was struck by several different tragedies
• A corn field, popcorn, an Emperor penguin, a pineapple, a banana, the Snow Owls, a football, crepes, and a baby all show up
• Says he found that "laughter was my best medicine"
• "You may get knocked around, you may slip and fall, you may get hit in your piggly squiggly, but the big picture is, our time on this green Earth is too short not to embrace the silly daily"

On stage:

• First performance: Sang "Have You Ever Seen the Rain" by Creedence Clearwater Revival
• Said of being the Squiggly Monster: "It's just awesome. I just want to make people happy and spread peace and love. And another thing is, this is actually the size of my real head. Huge brain."
• Second performance: Sang "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" by The Rolling Stones
• Squiggly Monster's magical clue was a giant teddy bear. "I'm here to bear it all — yes I said that — and that starts with this very cuddly clue," he said.
• He also brought out a hat for Cannon that's covered in eyes, and he revealed that he is married

Judges' guesses: Ray Romano, Al Franken, Dr. Fauci, Brad Garrett, Ted Danson, David Hasselhoff, Al Gore

UPDATE: Squiggly Monster was unmasked on Nov. 4. See who was under all those arms and eyeballs.

Lips

Clue package:

• Sneak peek episode clue: "If you want a hint about me, I own who I am. I know my voice can go high, but my dishes go deep."
• Her first package takes place in a roller skating rink
• Leopard skates, a kangaroo on skates, a disco ball, cheese fries, a giant nose, a No. 12 jersey, a giant ear, and vanilla ice cream with cherries on top appear in the package
• "You may have strong opinions about me, but I always speak my truth"
• Says she has a big mouth and loves making waves
• She's shown at the "West Wing Snack Bar"
• "Isn't that fire?"
• Says she's been "shocking" the public for decades
• She's shown getting electrocuted as she says her fans would never expect her on the show

On stage:

• First performance: Sang "Native New Yorker" by Odyssey
• Said of choosing the Lips costume: "Why not? They're sexy and when I do get my filler, they're this big before they deflate. Jenny, you know what I'm talking about!"

Judges' guesses: Sandra Bernhard, Wendy Williams, Allison Janney, Mariah Carey

UPDATE: Lips ended her Masked Singer journey on Oct. 28. See who was under those luscious lips.

Baby Alien

Clue package:

• Sneak peek episode clue: "All you have to do is look to the stars." (The number 5 is shown in the background)
• First package starts off with a Ferris Bueller's Day Off reference
• "It's time for my rebirth. See, I'd been stuck in second gear for a while" — is that a Friends reference?
• Says back in his heyday, he was in "a theater every week" and was even "beamed onto the Tony Awards stage"
• Then, he became "a second thought, lost in space" and moved on to "other passions"
• A red sports car spaceship, trumpet, horseshoe, homecoming float, the Liberty Bell, a ninja turtle, and red roses all show up in the package
• "Baby Alien training hard to be most special competitor ever. I practice wearing 30-pound backpack at home and do hours of puppet choreography," he says in his (probably) faux accent
• His second clue package features a Baywatch spoof titled "Babywatch"
• There's a horse made of sand, a lifeguard hut, sunscreen, a black and white umbrella, a hotdog stand, sharks swimming through sand, and an orange fire hydrant
• "See, I've been roasted before, under beaming spotlight of big city"
• Says he had "public relationships probed and close encounters with money-hungry sharks"
• He's shown with a crown on his head as he says, "Now, I can help baby-er aliens avoid same sand traps"

On stage:

• First performance: Sang "Faith" by George Michael
• "I come to planet earth and share hidden talent. [I'm] a big fan of Pussycat Dolls, and also [a] big fan [of] Jenny McCarthy. [I] had your poster on [my] wall as [a] teenager," he says with some kind of Eastern European accent.
• Second performance: Sang "It's Time" by Imagine Dragons
• His childhood clue was a firetruck. "This particular toy is near and dear to my heart. But Joel McHale, you're hot on my trail."

Judges' guesses: Ralph Macchio, David Schwimmer, Freddie Prinze Jr., Eric Bana, Sacha Baron Cohen, Taylor Lautner, Jeff Dunham

UPDATE: Baby Alien blasted off the stage on Oct. 14. See who the show's first puppet costume really is.

Giraffe

Clue package:

• Sneak peek episode clue: "You should know I share something in common with a powerful giant," he says, as a giant giraffe walks down 10th Ave. in New York City.
• Carnival music plays, with lots of carnival references throughout (bumper cars, a Ferris wheel, fireworks)
• He has had a "roller coaster career full of ups and downs"
• Says music is in his blood but he "took a gigantic risk and became the butt of everyone's jokes"
• Lots of portraits of himself are shown
• Green apples and tomatoes are being thrown, like at a comedy show
• Said he "was in knots and felt so lonely" but it drove him to "swing even higher"
• A $3 sign is shown in the background
• “Now I'm in the driver's seat, and I’m off to the races tonight. That’s a wrap!” (or did he mean rap?)
• Says he's having fun on the show, which is something he "really needs in [his] life right now"
• There are still lots of portraits of himself in the second package
• Says he's "survived and thrived in the animal kingdom by seeing the big picture and staying above the drama," as a closeup of season 2's Fox is shown
• Peaches are shown — a possible Georgia reference?
• Says his life recently came crashing down, but he's kept it "mostly secret" and his life was transformed in "the blink of an eye"
• He had a terrible episode that "scrambled" his brain and he couldn't walk or talk, but he came out stronger on the other side
• "Now, I'm at a crossroads, but the one thing that keeps me going is my herd," he says as five giraffes and two birds are shown

On stage:

• First performance: Sang "Let's Get It Started" by Black Eyed Peas
• When asked if he ever saw himself singing as a giraffe, he said, "Not at all. This has really been fun. It allows me to have a bit of anonymity which is nice, plus it was a big deal for me to not have to focus on my vocals. Plus it's super sexy."
• Second performance: Sang "Get Down on It" by Kool & the Gang
• His drone clue was a domino with two fours on it: "That was a really important tile to me, but does it help you guys score my identity?"

Judges' guesses: Garth Brooks, Travis Barker, Vanilla Ice, Scott Wolf, Shia LaBeouf

UPDATE: Giraffe went home on Oct. 7. See who was under the mask here.

Gremlin

Clue package:

• Sneak peek episode clue: "Check the gremlin manual and you'll see, I can thrive when the temperature is a cool 66.5 degrees."
• His first package is an '80s style dating video titled "Fast and Friendly Dating Service"
• His reference number is 6219
• "Despite my checkered history, I can actually be quite charming, a true romantic"
• "You may have heard I can be a bit combative," he says as he wrestles with a shark with boxing gloves
• He's seen ironing a bright green shirt
• Says he adores animals, and a tiger, boar, pig, and a chinchilla or some kind of rodent are shown
• Loves "long spins on the beach"
• He uses a 41-proof alcohol bottle to hit a guy as he mentions "bashing opponents"
• He is shown chopping carrots as he says he loves to cook and then a fly buzzes around his head
• "I'd love to have you for dinner... I mean have you over for dinner. But first, let's snuggle up as I serenade you"

On stage:

• First performance: Sang "Stand By Me" by Ben E. King
• "It meant a lot because this song was sung by one of my best friends ever," he said of his song choice. "His name was Willy DeVille. He passed away years ago and I've missed him for a long, long time and I think the other night for some reason Willy sent me down this song."

Judges' guesses: Jerry Lee Lewis, Mickey Rourke, Steve Austin

UPDATE: Gremlin unmasked himself on Sept. 30. See his true identity here.

Dragon

Clue package:

• Sneak peek episode clue: "If you want a hot clue to finding my identity, just look into stocks and bonds."
• Seen at his "lairz," which has race cars parked out front
• "Sorry, it's a bit humid in here," he says as he breathes smoke out his nose
• "As you can see, dressing up in funky outrageous costumes isn’t new to me," he says as he walks by several portraits of himself in different outfits
• A stopwatch, weights, a dog bone, a spa, the Statue of Liberty, and a lot of trophies are shown
• "At first my fire was dangerous. Then I got a tip that helped me calm down and switch gears. And now, I got me this shiny treasure den."

On stage:

• First performance: Sang "Mama Said Knock You Out" by LL Cool J
• On becoming the Dragon, he said, "It's been an incredible experience. This whole outfit looking like I am really one of the most powerful and dominant characters in existence."

Judges' guesses: DMX, Michael Phelps, Busta Rhymes

UPDATE: The Dragon retreated to his lair on Sept. 23. See who he turned out to be.

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Author:Lauren Huff - Source: EW