Here we go again, everybody. Remember in 2017 when people accused Taylor Swift of ripping off Beyoncé with her “Look What You Made Me Do” video? (They said the choreography and sets heavily referenced Bey’s “Sorry” clip from the Lemonade era.) Well, it’s time for round two: Now fans seem to think Swift’s music video for “You Need to Calm Down” is a little too similar to Beyoncé’s 2011 video for “Party.”

Watch the two videos, below, before we break down what evidence social media users are using to argue their case.

“You Need to Calm Down”:

“Party”:

First, the videos both take place in trailer parks and have a festive vibe. “If Taylor Swift wants people to stop accusing her of ripping off Beyoncé, maybe she should quit ripping off Beyoncé,” one person wrote on Twitter. “Her whole ‘above-ground pool party in a trailer park’ vibe cribs a lot of shots from Bey’s ‘Party’ video. This is just one example.”

There are also similar shot-from-above scenes of Beyoncé and Swift floating in aboveground pools, along with similar props.

Some people pointed out that just the overall aesthetics are similar:

Some Swift fans are coming to her defense, though. “Y’all are tripping if you’re saying Taylor Swift copied Beyoncé’s ‘Party,'” one wrote on Twitter. “Taylor didn’t just have a pool party, she literally showed off everything supporting the LGBTQ+ community and did it in a fun manner. I love Bey, but I think the BeyHive is TRIPPIN this time.”

It should be noted that Swift does pay tribute to Queen Bey in the video, literally, by including a drag queen in her likeness during the pop queen pageant scene. (She also included drag queens styled after Ariana Grande, Lady Gaga, and Adele, among others.) Swift has not commented on the latest Internet hubbub, but we’ll update this post if she does.

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