Sound the alarm: Taylor Swift has released a new music video for her glittering love song “Opalite.” showgirl lifeand well, it’s a world away from the sophisticated showmanship of “The Fate of Ophelia.” Watch now. And read below for all the questions I had when I first saw it with my jaw on the floor.
- What is this ad? Am I seeing the right one?
- Why is this only done on Spotify and Apple Music and not YouTube? (Oh, it’s to get more streams, right?)
- Does it contain opalite spray? showgirl lifealbum colors, orange and oxidized green?Classic.
- Is this living room somehow Taylor-coded?
- Is Taylor wearing a scrunchie? I never thought that day would come.
- And is she a brunette?
- Is this going to be shot like a Wes Anderson movie?
- Is there something very cozy and 2000s about all of this?
- Friendship bracelet?!!!
- Is that a George Michael poster on her bedroom wall?
- And is it a nod to the “father figure” of? showgirl life?Of course it is.
- What will Taylor sing at karaoke? Does she also do karaoke?
- Is Greta Lee appearing on MTV?
- Will the bartender be played by Elas Tour dancer Rafael Thomas?
- And Natalie Reid, a dancer from the Elas tour, will play the girl sitting next to Taylor?
- Did Taylor order Cosmos? (Also: of course. )
- Is Taylor Carrie, Charlotte, Miranda, or Samantha?
- Is Jodie Turner-Smith a fitness instructor?
- Domhnall Gleeson to be Taylor’s other half?
- Isn’t the person in charge of the ticket office Kevin Scheitzbach, a dancer on the Elas tour?
- Is this the most British Christmas setup ever?
- And now they are together!!!???
- Is the photographer Lewis Capaldi?
- Is this Starcourt Mall? stranger things?
- Is this the weirdest music video Taylor has ever made?
- Nothing says love like matching pretzels, right?
- And Graham Norton too?! Oh, this is everyone Taylor was on Graham Norton’s couch with, right?
- And are Elas tour dancers Sam McWilliams and Whyley Yoshimura talking to Graham?
- Is Cillian Murphy also in an ad?
- Is this glittering dance number surprising?
- Is this literally a city hall dance contest?
- Who can judge this other than Eras Tour dancer Kameron Saunders?
- What’s with this weird end credits about where are the rocks and cacti now?
- Is this Domhnall Gleeson’s best free publicity? paper?
- What projects were Jodie and Greta pursuing again?
- Oh, wow, did Killian also do the voiceover for the Opalite ad? I guess that’s what he does after he wins the Oscar.
- How long after this episode did Taylor approach all of them to do this? Just the mastermind.
- Is this proof that Taylor is, and always will be, an Anglophile?
