Despite Taylor Swift (and her social media) aggressively reminding us that the old Taylor is dead and gone, it seems that she is very much alive and well and still trying to be the human embodiment of a feline.
Case in point: On Wednesday, Swift released behind-the-scenes footage of ‘Look What You Made Me Do,’ her first music video from her upcoming album, Reputation. In the clip, Taylor embodies all of her past selves, donning her iconic old looks (curly hair and all) to film the scene in which the “new Taylor” stands atop a mountain of her old personas. She also meets a gaggle of blondes chosen to play her extras—a scene that even Taylor couldn’t fathom.
“OK, this is the trippiest thing I’ve ever seen in my life,” she says, walking onto set. “Seeing all of them together is the weirdest feeling, but it’s awesome. It’s like, ‘Oh, that’s the phase I went through when I was 16 but a girl is wearing it who looks just like me.’ We’re having a great time. We’re all just chatting about life. That’s gotta look weird,” she also quipped.
Yes, not going to lie, watching Fearless-era Taylor—note the 13 on her hand—scream “I hate you, get out of my house” at Red-era Taylor is really a lot for any Swiftie to handle.
But more entertaining than seeing the choreographed fight scenes come to life or the nostalgia-inducing costuming are the moments when the old Taylor spectacularly shines through: She jokes about being graceful! She almost falls off a rig! She names a move after a cat (“kitten strangle fight”)!
It is undoubtedly the most old Taylor fans have seen since she released an ad for AT&T earlier this month. So perhaps she’s really not dead at all. Maybe she’s just a ghost? Let the fan theories commence.
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