Taylor Swift Fans Spotted Snake References in Her 'End Game' Music Video
Taylor Swift’s music video for “End Game” has dropped, and if you thought she was going to leave the snake motif in 2017, think again. In fact, the pop star now appears to be doubling down on the whole snake thing for the new year, featuring not one, not two, but at least four serpenty references in her new video. She puts a slew of snakes in very obvious places, making sure to include enough lingering close-ups for social media-bound screen-caps. And as usual, Twitter has spotted them all.
The premise of “End Game,” which features Future and Ed Sheeran, is that Swift is partying in three cities around the world with her friends. All of these parties take place at night, the implication being that Swift’s reputation is so bad she has to be ferried from soiree to soiree under the cover of darkness. The first snake pops up in city number 1, Miami. As Taylor Swift saunters down a hotel hallway with Future, a black earring wrapped with a silver snake can be spotted dangling from her ears. The second and third snakes reside in city number 2, Tokyo. Spotted by eagle-eyed Swifties @steady7phine and @rebekahswiftie, Swift enjoys a drink with a neon green snake-shaped stirrer while she parties with Ed Sheeran and zooms down the streets of Tokyo in a snakeskin-printed suit, respectively.
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Swift, however, saves the best for last, in city number 3, London. In a very aggressive visual pun, the “Look What You Made Me Do” singer sits on a bar-top playing the mobile game “Snake”, while a clubgoer feeds her a drink. As explained by YouTuber Raphael Gomes and Twitter user @swiftienanami, Swift is, literally, “playing snake.” And, better yet, she’s on level “1-3” referencing her lucky number.
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Swift has not been subtle about her snake-reclaiming branding, having decked herself in snake-shaped jewelry since before Reputation dropped, literally handling a serpent while sipping tea in her “Look What You Made Me Do” video, and even sending out a “ssssss”-filled card over the holidays. If you’re growing weary of the references, though, they’re probably not going to end any time soon. This is, after all, the woman who has written almost an entire album about a moment that’s ancient history in Kardashian-Jenner years.
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