"You Need To Calm Down" Music Video

Here is the music video for "You Need To Calm Down" from Taylor Swift's Lover album.

 

21 things we learn in Taylor Swift's ME! Music Video

Here is the "ME!" music video by Taylor Swift featuring Brendon Urie from Panic! At the Disco.


Like many of her music videos, cough, cough "Look What You Made Me Do" it is full of Easter Eggs!

What did we learn in this newest music video?

1. Taylor got a new cat, named Benjamin Button. It was visiting the set, Taylor was using it as a prop, asked if she wanted to hold it. It started purring in her arms and she knew she had to have him.
2. She likes pantsuits! (Nod to Hilary?)
3. Joe Alwyn may have proposed to her. Brendon is seen with a ring proposing to Taylor.
4. The Dixie Chicks might be working with Taylor in the future, there is a picture of them on the wall.
5. One of the songs on Taylor Swift's 7th album is going to be about Christmas or her home town.
6. There's a phone in the video, is that a reference to the phone from "Look What You Made Me Do"?
7. The Old Taylor is not dead, She still loves bright colors, pretty dresses, cowboy boots.
8. She let us see her without bangs!
9. Is her next song lover? Or have to do with unicorns?
10. Taylor likes Paris, cowboy boots, rainbows and pastels right now.
11. There were at least two cities represented in the video, Paris and London.
12. There were 7 briefcases, hence this will be her 7th album.
13. The album is coming in 13 weeks on July 13, 2019, if you turn the ME! on it's side it says 13 weeks.
14. There are references to Mary Poppins and Wizard of Oz.
15. The album has 14 songs, 14 clouds?
16. She included roses in the video because fans thought that was what 1989 was going to be about. It's a tribute to her fans.
17. Her dancers from Reputation were featured in the video.
18. The heart insides Brendon's jacket references the lyric, "Kaleidoscopes loud beats of heartbeats under coats" from "Welcome to New York".
19. Taylor still writes about her constant themes boots jumping and rain and fighting in the rain, and doors.
20. There are palm trees in the first scene where Taylor has shut the door and is walking.
21. And we get to see Taylor without bangs!

"End Game" Music Video

Here is the music video for "End Game" from Taylor Swift's Reputation album. It also features Ed Sheeran and Future.

"Delicate" Music Video

Here is the music video for "Delicate" from Taylor Swift's Reputation album.

 

"Babe" Music Video

Here is the "Babe" music video. The video features Taylor Swift, Jennifer Nettles, and Brandon Roth.

"...Ready For It?" Music Video Meaning and Analysis

Taylor Swift came out with the the "...Ready For It?" video on October 26, 2017. Let me just say this video was very deep. It really had nothing to do with the lyrics to the song. The lyrics had to do meeting someone and starting to date them, taking it slow.

The music video was a sci-fi thriller music video filled with parallels with what has been going on in Taylor's life the past couple years.



The video features two Taylor's, let us call them straight hair/black clothed Taylor and curly hair/Naked Body Suit Taylor. It is interesting that Taylor is showing us various "Taylors" in both videos for the Reputation album. She started doing this with her last video for 1989's "Out of the Woods" where different Taylors in that music video embodied different struggles she had gone through in her life. The message of that video is the same as this video, finding ones self, but in the "...Ready For It?" video Taylor adds all the struggles she has gone through since then and how she has found herself again.

The Body Suit Taylor is Taylor's inner self. The self she has hidden from the world. The self is timid at first, but then is empowered and set free at the end of the video. When entering the entertainment industry there is so much pressure to present one's self in a certain way. Women are pressured to look a certain way, act a certain way, date certain people, do media interviews, weigh a certain weight, do certain things, and accept certain behaviors. Up until this year of her life Taylor had been listening to all those voices. It was not until she released 1989 that she finally started standing up to those voices. She told Scott Borchetta and the team at Big Machine Label Group she was going full on Pop even though they wanted a few country songs like they had for her Red album. Her gamble paid off and she won the Album of the Year. This was the real start to Taylor's independence. But even then Taylor has always presented a certain persona, for example not wanting to leave the gym looking like she had worked out. She shows pictures of her famous friends on Instagram. She dates men and is "seen" with them in public. She had done all these things because she thought it was expected of her.

The black clothed Taylor ends up getting destroyed in this music video. A lot of people think the black clothed destruction is caused by the media. That they were out to get her. I would argue that it is not at least not the root cause. They may exaggerate the witch hunts, but they are not the cause. The destruction of the black clothed Taylor is Taylor releasing herself from these expectations. She is done trying to present her life in a certain manner pleasing to everyone else. She is hiding her relationships, not doing media interviews, gaining a healthy weight, wearing her hair the way she wants, and so many more things.

The witch hunt is other people trying to gain fame from her mistakes or miscalculations. Maybe she did make a few mistakes, but trust me the only mistake she made with Kanye West was agreeing to the line in the first place. But as I have said before she was put on the spot and it was "expected" she be okay with Kanye saying he owed her sexual favors. She did not in any way, and I am so glad women are coming forward with the #metoo campaign and standing up to that behavior.

Kim Kardashian, Kanye West, Katy Perry have all added to the witch hunt of trying to tarnish her reputation. It is not the medias fault, it is their fault for trying to capitalize on Taylor's fame. They are trying to twist the situations to make them look like Taylor's victims when in fact she is not hurting any of them. They know if they mention Taylor they will show up in more media outlets, show up in google search results, and get more followers on Snapchat. Namedropping a famous persons name in an article is a sure way to do these things. They do not care if they are name dropping and talking bad about the person. What they do not realize when they are doing this is they are bullying Taylor.

Taylor releases herself of these expectations and rises above it, become her own hero leaving in a white horse. This is a node to her "White Horse" song. At the end of the video we see a close up of her face, she is smiling, her hair is curly and she does not have a care in the world.

I think this is EXTREMELY important for women in the entertainment industry. In light of the Taylor's sexual assault trial and the Harvey Weinstein scandal that has rocked Hollywood and is only probably the tip of the iceberg for what happens in Hollywood, the music industry, everywhere, this video is very significant. Sexual assault and bullying are closely related. I would argue that Kanye's comments were sexual assault even if it was on the phone. If women can be allowed to be them self and not feel pressured to look a certain way, ie drop weight, get implants, plastic surgery, accept men treating them like crap, it will help everyone. It will especially help those little girls that look up to those women. It will help release woman of the power that men have over these industries and let them finally be themselves. And it will hopefully help them stand up to assault and bullying from others within the industry. I am so glad Taylor has found herself in the past year. I am so glad she is throwing the stupid expectations out the window. Hopefully it will help empower all women. I am so excited for the Reputation Album.

"Look What You Made Me Do" Music Video Meaning and Detail Analysis

Here is the music video and meaning for "Look What You Made Me Do" by Taylor Swift which premiered at the 2017 VMA's on August 27, 2017. This video is absolutely brilliant. Taylor does a wonderful job poking fun at herself while giving the message that she does not really care. This video is a pure mockery and continuation of the "Blank Space" music video on how the media sees her. In Blank Space she played the serial dater, in this video she play many different characters. Taylor dresses up and acts out scenes as different perceptions of herself. She references many events in her life. She references her feud with Kim Kardashian and Kanye West, and Katy Perry. She references many music videos and world tours. She references her old boyfriends and her iconic Blank Space video when she is in the bathtub.  Instead of wallowing and being sad about it she says, "Hey that's actually a really interesting character they're writing about...I could use this." Check out the video below and then check out my in depth analysis.

Click here for the meaning of the song, "Look What You Made Me Do."

This video is chalked full of references, secret clues and Easter Eggs.  Here is my in depth analysis. I have bolded important points and used caps for the different important characters and scenes. Please let me know what you think or anything I have missed.

• 0:06 SCENE 1  We see a mansion on the ground from an overhead shot with crows flying, and a lightening and thunderstorm. This reminds me of the thriller opening.
• 0:10 We see a TS in lights on the ground.
• 0:17 We see a tombstone that says Here Lies Taylor Swift's Reputation.

• 0:21 We see Taylor Swift as a ZOMBIE in her Out of the Woods dress, the last music video from the 1989 Era.
• 0:28 Taylor pulls on of the tombstones to make the stage not tilted anymore. She is holding a shovel and burying someone.
• 0:30 One of the graves says Nils Sjoberg. This is the pen name she used when she wrote "This is What You Came For" with Calvin Harris.
• 0:34 Taylor is being buried in her 2014 MET GALA dress, her first appearance of the 1989 Era.
• 0:35 SCENE 2  Taylor is in a bathtub of jewels, this look is iconic of her BLANK SPACE video, a 1 dollar bill can be see right by her. She is wearing jewels and her nails are painted red.This is the one dollar bill from her court case with Anthony Mueller, which she won! There is a heart necklace on the side of the tub. This is the necklace that Calvin gave her for their one year anniversary. It also spells out no, some have speculated he proposed.

• 0:38 The room is full of mirrors.
• 0:39 Taylor is wearing 4 or 5 rings, one is a flower like ring, another a snake. This a quote about the media in 2015 where she said they think she just sits in a marble bathtub surrounded by pearls.
• 0:47 Taylor shoots a gun in the bathtub and eats her jewels.
• 0:48 The mirrors part to...
• SCENE 3 0:50 Taylor sitting on a throne in a red robe, wearing gold shoes and a gold necklace surrounded by SNAKES. In the background on of the pillars says Brute in reference to the Et tu Brute from William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. The snakes are in reference to Kim Kardashian calling her a snake. Her hair is pulled back tightly into a half pony tail.

• 0:54 Snakes are seen on the ground slithering. There are gold snake staffs holding candles. Taylor's throne is gold and the chair has snakes on it.
• 0:55 We see a closeup of Taylor's hand. She has 4 snake rings red, gold and silver, her nails are long and painted gold. They look like snake fangs. The gold post of her throne has the words Et tu Brute in black on it, another Shakespeare reference.
• 1:00 Taylor is being served tea by a snake. 
• SCENE 4 1:06 We see a gold Maserati CAR CRASH into a pole.
• 1:07 There is a necklace, a watch, and pink/gold coffee cup flying.
• 1:13 Taylor is dressed in cheetah fur coat, with black sunglasses, gold necklace, black dress, with bright pink lipstick and hair in a pony tail. 
• 1:15 We see a stream of photographers capturing the car crash.The building in the background says TS.
• 1:16 Taylor is holding a Grammy after the car crash. She has straight blond bangs and looks a lot like Katy Perry in this scene. She may be mocking Katy for not having any Grammy's.

• 1:20 We see a cheetah in the seat next to Taylor wearing a 13 necklace.
• SCENE 5 1:21 Taylor is in a gold cage in a red swing, with an ORANGE JUMPSUIT, gold choker and orange boots. Her hair is down and curled. She is surrounded by about 7 men dressed in black with padding on top it looks like.
• 1:33 Taylor is eating a feast in the cage, with what looks like a red bird, a gold wine cooler, and a glass of wine. This is probably in reference to Katy Perry's Bon Appétit music video.
• SCENE 6 1:35 Taylor is seen with some henchmen inside a vault. The signs in the back indicate it is the Steam Company. This is in reference to her exit from Spotify and standing up to Apple and how the media said she just exited and made a big deal for the money. She is wearing a cat mask and the others in the vault are too. She is wearing a black sweatshirt with a cat and roses on it on it and "Blind for Love" at the bottom. She has on red boots and her hair is very disheveled. This is in reference to the media always saying she falls so quickly in love and jumps from man to man. She is twirling a yellow bat.

• SCENE 7 1:43 Taylor gets on a MOTORCYCLE wearing a black hat, black boots, and black leather jacket. It reminds me of Britney Spears look from her I Love Rock 'N' Roll video. It also references her "Bad Blood" music video.

• Back to SCENE 6 1:46 We see another shot of the BANK with Taylor dressed in the CAT SWEATSHIRT with money falling all around. She is also holding money in her hand and it is burning. This represents the media making fun of her for cats and saying she is money hungry.
• 1:47: We see Taylor walking with her hood up, back laying on the back of her head. She is accompanied by friends dressed in blue, pink yellow, and red wearing sunglasses and holding money with the stream company in the background. The men in the background are wearing suits and running around like crazy in their desks.
• SCENE 8 1:50 Taylor is in the front of the room on a stage at a podium with U and SQUAD on two screens. It changes to a cat and then back to the SQUAD. There are lines of woman all dressed in black lingerie. There are two people standing on either side of her. She is also dressed the same except with a cape and red boots. This represents the media saying she only has friends to show off, tells them what to do and post on social media.
• 2:02 Taylor is laying down with a bunch of the model women.
• SCENE 9 2:06 Taylor is walking into a BALLROOM of sorts with really curly hair in a black outfit with black netting on top and bottom and a black half cap with very dark lipstick, and black boots. There are men in the room dressed in suit coats following her around. They form a line and hold walkie talkies. There are 8 men. Some speculate these are all her former boyfriends, Joe Jonas, Taylor Lautner, John Mayer, Jake Gyllenhaal, Conor Kennedy, Harry Styles, Calvin Harris, and Tom Hiddleston. The Walkie Talkies represent that the media says Taylor tells her men what to do.

• SCENE 10 2:13 Taylor is standing on a GOLD JET with a saw in her hand. She is wearing a multicolored outfit with boots. The Jet represents that the media saysTaylor jet sets around the world.
• Back to SCENE 9 2:14 Taylor is standing with the men who we now see are wearing heals and shirts with I Heart TS on them. This is in reference to the shirt that Tom Hiddleston wore on July 4, 2016 on her beach. He was super mocked by the media for wearing it. 
• Back to SCENE 10 2:15 Taylor is cutting the wings off a jet in an airplane hanger.
• Back to SCENE 9 2:16 Back to the men standing in a line behind Taylor with their hands on their hips. They take off their coats to reveal their I HEART TS shirts.
• Back to SCENE 10 2:19 Taylor kicks off her wing on her airplane.
• Back to SCENE 9 2:20 Back to the men and Taylor, we see her friend Todrick Hall in the background.
• SCENE 11 2:22 In a new scene Taylor is wearing a "rep" sweater/short jumpsuit. Her hair looks wet and is pulled back. She is wearing long, silver, pointy earrings. She is standing in front of a lit up T and a bunch of people who happened to be....

• 2:26 Different Taylor's grabbing and fighting. 
• 2:31 We see a close up of  the following Taylors:
• FEARLESS TOUR Taylor wearing a silver dress with a 13 on her hand. She has her hand on back of a 
• RED TOUR wearing a red sequined jacket with a black top hat. 
• 2015 Billboard Music awards Taylor is wearing a white jumpsuit. 
• Taylor wearing a black and white dress from the 2014 ACM awards. 
• Taylor wearing pajamas from the "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" music video.
• 2:33 We see a shot from above with "rep" Taylor's head and the other Taylor's below her.
• 2:35. We see a guitar, a silver one from her Fearless Tour and Fearless Taylor reaching up and the baton from her Red Tour. We see the following Taylor's:
• BALLERINA Taylor wearing a tutu from "Shake It Off", 
• RED TOUR Taylor, 
• WANEGBT Taylor wearing pajamas, 
• JUNIOR JEWELS Taylor wearing her shirt from "You Belong With Me" music video. 
• Taylor wearing the jacket from her tour performance for "22" on the Red Tour 
• Taylor wearing a Red polka dot shirt from "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" music video. 
• 2:36 Back to a confident "rep" Taylor singing on top of the other Taylors.
• 2:37 We see Junior Jewels Taylor reaching and in anguish. She has the names of her current friends on her shirt; Martha, Selena, Blake & Ryan, Gigi, Este, Todrick, Lena, Abigail, Lily, Claire, Ed, Alana, and  Danielle.
• 2:38 Back to "rep" Taylor.
• 2:39 We see all the Taylors fighting again and Junior Jewel's Taylor is the only one looking into the distance. This time we see some more Taylors:
• Taylor wearing a jumpsuit she wore to the 2014 VMA's, 
• Taylor wearing a silver jacket from "Welcome to New York" from her 1989 tour, 
• Taylor wearing a jump suit from her Style performance on her 1989 tour, 
• Taylor wearing a dress from bleachella in 2015
• Taylor wearing a cheerleader outfit from her "Shake It Off" music video
• Taylor wearing a black crop pants/long sleeved crop top outfit from the 2015 VMA's.
• 2:40 Back to "rep" Taylor.
• 2:42 Taylor standing on Top of other Taylors, RED TOUR TAYLOR has her baton up. We catch a glimpse of more Taylors:
• Taylor wearing a black top, white shirt and black shorts from her "State of Grace" outfit for her Red Tour.
• Taylor wearing a marching band outfit from her "Fearless" tour.
• 2:43 We see FEARLESS TOUR TAYLOR and RED TOUR TAYLOR fighting over a baton I presume with Ballerina Taylor in the background.
• 2:44 We see the close of up RED TOUR TAYLOR
• 2:46 A black boot Taylor, the 2016 Vogue cover Taylor, the one where she changed her look kicking the Junior Jewels Taylor.
• 2:46 Back to "rep" Taylor
• 2:51 A full shot of all the Taylors falling with "rep" Taylor at the top. This represents Taylor's reputation being ruined with the infamous phone call with Kanye West.
• 2:52 RED TOUR TAYLOR falling
• 2:55 JUNIOR JEWELS Taylor falling.
• 2:56 We see the Taylor from the bathtub holding a phone.
• 2:57 Back to JUNIOR JEWELS Taylor
• 3:00 We see FEARLESS TOUR TAYLOR falling with her guitar
• 3:01 Back to the phone
• 3:02 We see FEARLESS TOUR TAYLOR again falling
• 3:03 Back to the phone
• 3:03 We see RED TOUR TAYLOR Falling
• 3:04 Back to the phone, "She's dead"
• Back to SCENE 1 3:05 Flash of ZOMBIE Taylor
• Back to SCENE 9 3:05 Back to BALLROOM Taylor in the room with guys, she and the guys dance
• Back to SCENE 4 3:21 CAR CRASH Taylor is walking away with the cheetah from the car crash with the TS building in the background, there is an explosion
• Back to SCENE 3 3:22 Back to SNAKE Taylor in the throne room.
• 3:23 Back to BANK Taylor in the bank.
• 3:23 Back to BALLROOM Taylor, this time the men are dancing and she is playing with her hair.
• 3:28 MOTORCYCLE Taylor is holding up two motorcycles
• 3:30 Back to the men, they are in a line again and stooping down as the camera pans to them. Taylor pushes them at the end of the sequence
• Back to SCENE 10 3:32 Back to GOLD JET Taylor painting an airplane
• Back to SCENE 9 3:34 Back to BALLROOM Taylor and the men, she ends by holding up her leg to one, END OF THE SONG
• Back to SCENE 10 3:36 Multiple Taylor's are in front of the airplane. There is a crowd applauding and all the Taylors are bowing, Reputation can be seen written on the back of the airplane. The 15 Taylors include:

1. Motorcycle Taylor
2. Bank Taylor
3. "rep" Taylor
4. Red Tour Taylor
5. Fearless Tour Taylor
6. Car Crash Taylor
7. 2009 VMA's Taylor holding an award and microphone
8. 2014 Met Gala Taylor
9. Taylor from the Ballroom with the men
10. Junior Jewels Taylor
11. Zombie Taylor
12. Ballerina Taylor
13. Snake Taylor
14. Orange jumpsuit Taylor
15. Reputation Taylor on the airplane-This is the real Taylor.
• SCENE 10 3:41 Dialog begins between all the Taylors. TS6 is written on the rudder of the airplane. This is a reference to her 6th studio album. Taylor makes fun of herself for all the things the media gives her a hard time for later. Here is the dialog:
• JUNIOR JEWELL: You guys
• ZOMBIE TAYLOR to Junior Jewel: Stop making that surprised face. It is SO annoying
• BALLERINA TAYLOR to Junior Jewel: You can't possibly be that surprised all the time
• SNAKE Taylor: Hisses
• BALLROOM Taylor fussing with her nails: What's with that b****?
• ZOMBIE Taylor to Ballroom Taylor: Don't call me that!
• FEARLESS Taylor: Y'all
• RED TAYLOR to Fearless Taylor: Oh stop acting like you're all nice, you are SO FAKE.
• FEARLESS Taylor: Cries
• RED TOUR TAYLOR: Makes a face
• MOTORCYCLE TAYLOR: There she goes, playing the victim, sigh again
• SNAKE TAYLOR: (Hisses at Ballerina Taylor is who not paying attention and playing with her neck)
• MET GALA TAYLOR to Car Crash Taylor: What are you doing?
• CAR CRASH TAYLOR: Getting receipts. (2014 VMA Taylor acts astonished 2009 VMA acts sad) Gonna edit this later. (This is in reference to Kim Kardashians fake life, taking selfies all the the time and editing everything later)
• VMA TAYLOR: Uh, I would very much like to be excluded from this narrative.
• ALL TAYLORS: Oh Shut Up

This video was amazing. I am glad that Taylor has enough confidence in herself to make a video like this. She is nothing like this video portrays. She is a caring, kind person that just happens to be hugely successful at writing music about her life. I am excited to see what the Reputation album has in store if it is more poking fun of herself or we will see her true self. We will see on November 10th!

"Out of the Woods" Music Video, Meaning

Taylor Swift debuted her "Out of the Woods" music video from her 1989 album December 31, 2015 on Ryan Secrest's Rockin' New Year's Eve celebration.

Here's the video with the words that appeared on the screen before and after the video:

SHE LOST HIM

  

BUT SHE FOUND HERSELF, AND SOMEHOW THAT WAS EVERYTHING

The video is amazing.  It shows Taylor in the same blue dress the whole time, but shows her facing different elements; water, fire, snow, earth, air.  The music video was directed by Joseph Kahn.  I think this was their best collaboration yet, probably because it's one of my favorite songs.  The music video also features elements from the song "Clean", the beginning and ending text for the video are from the liner notes for the song, "Clean".  And at her 1989 World Tour Concert the video background was Taylor in the water for most of the song, like some of the elements in "Out of the Woods" video.

In the beginning of the video Taylor is scared, the woods are starting to grow on the beach.  She is then in the woods with the vines still growing and the wolves are chasing after her.  It is getting thick and cold.  She falls down and the wolves grab her dress.  The next part she is on top of a cliff through the air, but this time she is walking with the wolves, not as scared of them anymore.  She is walking barefoot through the snow, which had to be cold.  She rips off her paper airplane necklace and with the wolves behind her she throws it over the ledge, she then falls off the edge into water and then is on a barren wasteland with a single tree.  She walks to it and it becomes an icy tree.  Her hand become icy, and then her whole body is icy and it breaks.  She is then running again through the mud, then crawls through the mud.  The trees grow around her, and now she is not muddy, but part of the tree.  There are fireflies all around.  In the end there are scenes from all of these trials she went through, the snow, dessert, mud, cliff, water, snow, fire and the tree in the end.  These trials are how she found herself.  Gradually through the video Taylor is becoming more and more confident with the wolves and herself and is not afraid anymore.  The woods disappear and all of the sudden Taylor is walking towards herself.

Perhaps the most poignant moment is when Taylor finds herself in the end.  She is on the beach and another version of herself walks up to her and touches her shoulder. She went through all these trials, but she is finally clean and out of the woods.

What does all this mean?  The wolves are the reporters, media and paparazzi.  At first she was scared of them, but after a while Taylor has become a master of using them to her advantage.  The elements all represent the same things, but by using all the elements she shows how hard that was. She was going through a really hard time in her life before she wrote 1989.  It was not just the relationship with Harry Styles, but relationships with others, the portrayal in the media, her own label not wanting to let her do pop music, an probably more things the public does not even know. The iciness represents how lifeless and out of control things were for her, but when the ice broke the control people had over her did too. She had to drag herself through the mud and embrace it to become a beautiful tree. She embraced the cliff and jumped off of it, symbolizing taking chances and risks.  She did not drown when she came out, but was in a dessert. It is interesting to note the fire was only present in the end sequence signifying a cleaning a release of all the things that had held her back.

In the end, Taylor found herself, and she did what she wanted for the first time in a long time.  She produced the record she wanted to, she figured out how to handle her fame, she was really happy with who she was and she was finally clean. I'm glad she found herself and is so happy, she definitely deserves it!

"Wildest Dreams" Music Video

Taylor released the Wildest Dreams music video at the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards on August 30, 2015.  This is my favorite music video from the 1989 era. This video is so reminiscent of other videos that Taylor has done.  There is a story.  Two actors are filming a movie in Africa, they have a relationship of sorts and really enjoy their time together.  When they attend the premiere Taylor finds out that he is now married and longs for their relationship they had while filming.  She runs away from the premiere heartbroken. This video is like You Belong to Me, Love Story and Story of Us all rolled into one, and is really what Taylor does best, story telling. There are many little details within the video that can be discovered with multiple viewings. The music video really enhances the song and endears the song even more.  There is an ode to the Style video with a shot of the eye at the beginning a prominent shot in the Style video, which many fans felt was more like a Wildest Dreams video.  Good job Taylor!

As a plus all the proceeds from the video will go to the African Parks Foundation of America.

"Bad Blood" Music Video featuring Kendrick Lamar

Without further adieu, here is the "Bad Blood" featuring Kendrick Lamar music video from Taylor Swift's 1989 album.  Although I'm not a big fan of rap I think it fit well with the song.  The music video is fun and certainly start studded.  It features Taylor as Catastrophe and Selena Gomez as Arsyn.  I think it needed another minute or two of intro honestly to set up the plot and characters.  It was a little confusing what had happened to Selena and Taylor in the beginning.  It would have been cool to feature them as friends somewhere else besides this new world and had them forced to become enemies, as often happens with war.  Good job Taylor on setting us all on fire!

Click here for the meaning of the song "Bad Blood".
Click here for the Bad Blood Remix feat. Kendrick Lamar song lyrics.

 

 Jessica Alba-Domino, 

Lily Aldridge-Frostbyte, 

Cindy Crawford-Headmistress 

Cara Delevingne-Mother Chucker 

Lena Dunham-Lucky Fiori, 

 Selena Gomez-Arsyn 

Martha Hunt-Homeslice, 

Elle Goulding- Destructa X, 

Gigi Hadid-Slay-Z, 

 Mariska Hargitay-Justice 

Karlie Kloss-Knockout, 

 Kendrick Lamar-Welvin Da Great, 

 Ellen Pompeo-Luna 

Serayah-Dilemma, 

Hailee Steinfeld-The Trinity, 

Taylor Swift-CATastrophe 

 Hayley Williams-The Crimson Curse, 

 Zendaya-Cut-Throat.

In case you wanted to see pictures of the whole cast, here it is!

*The only other thing I wish about the video is I wish Taylor wasn't trending towards the style of dress she is, sultry and sexy.  If she wants to its okay, but I hope she isn't being pushed by stylists to present a certain image.  I see it far too often with many pop stars, they feel they need to show more in their craft and are pushed. At other times in their life they have been uncomfortable showing that much.  Let's take a step toward feminism and say no to having to dress like that to get more album sales etc. 

"Bad Blood" Music Video Introduction and Cast

Who is excited for the premiere of the music video "Bad Blood" directed by Joseph Kahn?  The "Bad Blood" music video will premiere May 17 at the Billboard Music awards where Taylor Swift is nominated for 14 awards. Good luck Taylor! Click here for the meaning of "Bad Blood".

And in case you missed it, here's the rest of the cast for the music video "Bad Blood".  It's an all star A list cast, many which star in their own shows or movies! As a side note, they all chose their own names. One of the hints so far is the video will be Catastrophe vs. Knockout, Taylor Swift versus Karlie Kloss, one of her best friends. Now we also know that Selena Gomez will play the rival character to Taylor. Another side note is Mariska plays Olivia Benson on Law and Order and Ellen Pompeo plays Meredith Gray on Gray's Antomy.  Taylor has named both her cats after these characters! 

Jessica Alba-Domino,
Lily Aldridge-Frostbyte,

Cindy Crawford-Headmistress
Cara Delevingne-Mother Chucker
Lena Dunham-Lucky Fiori, 

Selena Gomez-Arsyn

Martha Hunt-Homeslice,
Elle Goulding- Destructa X,
Gigi Hadid-Slay-Z, 
Mariska Hargitay-Justice
Karlie Kloss-Knockout, 
Kendrick Lamar-Welvin Da Great, 
Ellen Pompeo-Luna
Serayah-Dilemma,
Hailee Steinfeld-The Trinity,
Taylor Swift-CATastrophe 
Hayley Williams-The Crimson Curse, 
Zendaya-Cut-Throat.

Here are the awards Taylor is nominated for. Good luck Taylor!

Artist of the Year

Top Female Artist

Top Billboard 200 Artist

Top Hot 100 Artist

Top Radio Songs Artist

Top Digital Songs Artist

Top Streaming Artist

Top Social Artist

Billboard Achievement Award

Top Billboard 200 Album-1989

Top Hot 100 Song-"Shake It Off"

Top Digital Song-"Shake It Off"

Top Streaming Song (Video)-"Shake It Off"

Top Streaming Song (Video)-"Blank Space"

"Style" Music Video

Here is the music video for "Style" by Taylor Swift from her 1989 album. I am not the biggest fan of this video. It would be a great video minus some parts, like the creepy eyes showing up everywhere. It just doesn't fit the song. The song is upbeat and happy, this could have been such a fun happy video celebrating their relationship. This footage in this video could have been used for "Clean" or Wildest Dreams" much more appropriately.

"Blank Space" Music Video

Here is the music video for "Blank Space" by Taylor Swift from her "1989" album.

 Click here for the meaning of the song, "Blank Space".

Here is the American Express UNSTAGED: Taylor Swift app for iPhone and Android that provides an interactive experience with the video.

"Shake It Off" Music Video

Here is the music video for "Shake It Off" by Taylor Swift from her "1989" album.

You can buy the single here, as an MP3, or as a cd.

 

"The Last Time" Music Video

Here is the music video for "The Last Time" by Taylor Swift from her "Red" album.

Click here for the meaning to the song, "The Last Time".

    

"Highway Don't Care" Music Video

"Highway Don't Care" Music Video

Tim McGraw, Taylor Swift, Keith Urban

A touching music video about love and the dangers of being a distracted driver.

 

"Red" Music Video

Check out Taylor's latest video. It's footage from her tour. Happy 4th of July. I'm so excited to see her concert next week!

Click here to see the meaning of the song "Red". 

"Everything Has Changed" Music Video Meaning

Taylor just released the video for her song, "Everything Has Changed".  This video features a little boy and girl, that resemble Taylor and Ed Sheeran.  They do a ton of stuff together and are best friends.  I won't surprise the ending, but this may be one of her first videos where she is hardly in it. It is cutest video ever! (I've decided to include my take on this video below the video, so I don't spoil it and you can read it after you watch.)

Click here for the meaning to the song, "Everything Has Changed".



The theme for this video is based on "The Notebook" a novel and movie by Nicholas Sparks.  The novel is about two kids that spend their summers together, fall in love, meet when they get older, overcome giant obstacles and fall in love for forever. In the novel there is not much description of what their childhood romance was like.  This music video gives a glimpse of what this young love could have been like.  It is not the same setting, the setting in the novel is a summer at the beach and the setting for the video is a day at school, but the concept of young love and soul mates is very apparent in this video, as it was in the book.

The music video features mini me's of Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran innocently enjoying all the activities of youth.  I wonder if some of the activities they participate in were some of Ed and Taylor's when they were young.  Here is the chronology of events in the music video:

• It starts out with Taylor's mini getting on the school bus, where she sees the mini Ed. 
• They make cookies at school. Taylor's is nice and pretty and Ed's is a ... mess. 
• They are in a school play where Taylor dubs Ed a knight, and then they are on a playground.  
• They are in the band room. All the kids are wild, except mini Ed and Taylor. Mini Ed is playing the guitar with mini Taylor watching. 
• They are in PE class, doing Yoga by themselves, while the rest of the class is playing soccer.  
• They are in class watching movies. Mini Ed and Taylor sneak off to look a snake, build forts, hang out in the library, sew (Taylor), draw (Ed), wander the halls, color on themselves with markers, read (Ed) the Notebook outside (gotta include the reference), play with an origami bird made of leaves (Ed). 
• Taylor uses a lego device to give Ed a fake tattoo.
• Taylor dances while Ed draws.  
• In separate locations, they share Ipod art with one another. 
• The climax of the video is a dance in the middle of the gym between mini Ed and Taylor. 
• At the end of the video they meet their parents or siblings, big Ed and Taylor dressed much like their min me's.  Taylor is wearing a white dress, her mini me is wearing one too and Ed is wearing a black shirt and jeans, just like his mini me.  The real Taylor and Ed share a glance and a smile, then go their separate ways. 

This video really shows and portrays the innocence of young love, before everything becomes so complicated. Who knows what these two have in store for them and if they will find their true soul mates as easily as they did in childhood. I hope they do!

PS. For those of you who want to get the backpack Taylor's mini me is carrying.

"22" Music Video

Taylor Swift's new music video "22" is here!  And today is the start of her Red Tour!

"I Knew You Were Trouble" Music Video

Here's Taylor Swift's "I Knew You Were Trouble" music video, with the introduction narration and the ending narration.

Click here for the meaning of the song, "I Knew You Were Trouble".

Introduction:

"I think, I think when it's all over it just comes back in flashes you know
It's like a kaleidoscope of memories, but it just all comes back.
But he never does.

I think part of me knew the second I saw him that this would happen
It's not really anything he said or anything he did
It was the feeling that came along with it
And crazy thing is I don't know if I'm ever going to feel that way again.
But I don't know if I should.

I knew his world moved too fast and burned too bright, but I just thought,
How could the devil be pulling me towards someone who looks so much like and angel when he smiles at you?
Maybe he knew that when he saw me.
I guess I just lost my balance.

I think that the worst part of it all wasn't losing him, it was losing me."

Ending:

"I don't know if you know who you are until you lose who you are."




I Knew You Were Trouble Lyrics (Red Album)

Written by Taylor Swift, Max Martin, Shellback

once upon a time, a feW mistakes ago
i was in your sigHts, you got mE aloNe
You found me, you fOund me, you foUnd me…
i gueSs you didn't cAre and i guess i liked that
and i When i fell hard, you took a step back
without Me, without mE, without me…
and he's long gone when he's next to me
and i realize the blame is on me, cause

CHORUS
i knew you were trouble when you walkeD in
so shAme on me Now
flew me to plaCes i’d never been till you put me down
oh I knew you were trouble when you walked iN
so shame on me now
flew me to places i’d never been
now i’m lyinG on the cold hard ground
oh oh trouble, trouble, trouble
oh oh trouble, trouble, trouble

no apologies, he'll never see you cry
pretends he doesn't know that he's the reason why
you're drowning, you’re drowning, you’re drowning…
and i heard you moved on from whispers on the street
a new notch in your belt is all i’ll ever be
and now i see, now i see, now i see…
he was long gone when he met me
and i realize the joke is on me
hey!

REPEAT CHORUS

and the saddest fear
comes creeping in
that you never loved me
or her...or anyone...or anything
yeah

REPEAT CHORUS

i knew you were trouble when you walked in
trouble, trouble, trouble
i knew you were trouble when you walked in
trouble, trouble, trouble