The Taylor Swift Memorial Mural Got Another Face Lift

Melbourne's Taylor Swift—wait, "Smith"—mural has received another facelift. And Lushsux, the artist behind the original, seems pretty pissed off. Just yesterday morning, he woke to find Swift's face had been defaced and replaced by the face of Harambe, the young gorilla that was recently shot dead earlier this year by zookeepers in Ohio.

Now overnight, it seems somebody else has put their spin on the Hosier Lane wall, replacing Harambe's face with that of Kanye West's. The grinning Kanye—still sporting the Swift's signature blonde locks—is accompanied by the words, "In loving memory of Haramye the Savage, 2016. Murdered Taylor Smith on Snapchat."

Early this morning, Lushsux took to Instagram again, this time posting a photo of the murals second revamp in two days, accompanied by the caption, "WHO DID THIS PLEASE STOP PLAYING WITH MY WORK."

Hosier Lane is Melbourne's most well-known street art spots/place for people to take photos of themselves with street art. Repaints aren't unusual. But the rolling transformation of Lushsux's most recent creation has become a fitting commentary on the Swift/Kimye saga, which continues to dominate news headlines worldwide.

In a nutshell, Swift—who was recently in Australia with current boyfriend-future veiled reference in a number one song, Tom Hiddleston—attempted to call Kanye out for not seeking permission to reference her in his song, "Famous." But stepping in to support her husband, Kim Kardashian responded by leaking a video on snapchat that showed Swift giving Kanye verbal permission to use her name.

Swift has been skewered pretty much everywhere on social media. But it appears Lushsux's take caught the attention of her lawyers, reportedly they sent him an email which threatened legal action if the mural was not removed.

Even Swift tweeted about the Melburnian mural, which she probably noticed while sipping her morning coffee and flipping through the local newspaper at her Gold Coast hotel, where she is rumoured to be "hiding out."

"I didn't approve this mural @lushsux: It's clearly a Taylor SMITH mural," the pop singer wrote. The tweet has since been removed, but it's been crystallised for all to see in another one of Lushsux's recent Instagram posts.

Waking each morning to a new version of the Swift/Smith mural, observers are speculating whether it's Lushsux himself behind the ever-changing faces, not an unidentified street artist as Lushsux's frequent Instagram posts suggest.

Lushsux was the only Australian street artist to have work featured at Banksy's "Dismaland," in London last year, and is no stranger to attracting controversy. He was also forced to remove a Melbourne mural depicting Kim Kardashian taking a nude selfie earlier this year. "Maybe I'm as much of an attention seeker as she is?" said the artist, when asked about why he chose to paint a nine-metre high Kim K.

Stay tuned, because we're positive we'll wake up tomorrow to yet another witty rendition of the unravelling Swift/Kimye saga.

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