It was bound to happen eventually. A perfect storm of consumer anticipation, a new album ready for release, and the complexity of the digital music construction process.

Taylor Swift had a new album in the hopper, ready to go, and somehow 8 seconds of white noise slipped into the mix known simply as “Track 3”. Fans being the fanatics they are, the hive mind crowd-tapped that track to number one on the Canadian iTunes charts. For obvious reasons, the track has since been removed. Collector’s item?

This tweet said it best. Heh. (hat tip to Stu Mark)