Taylor Swift gave fans a behind-the-scenes look at her creative process while making the Fortnight music video, which she wrote, directed, and starred in.
On Friday, the pop star, 34, shared a nearly four-minute YouTube video containing previously unseen footage from her time on set working alongside collaborator Post Malone.
The recording begins with the Cruel Summer hitmaker throwing a metal cart at a two-way mirror inside a white-walled mental institution.
However, unlike the official video, the car bounces towards her, instead of breaking the glass, as in the final cut.
After the cart falls to the ground, narrowly missing her face, the 14-time Grammy winner can be seen immediately bursting into laughter.
Taylor Swift gave fans a behind-the-scenes look at her creative process while making the Fortnight music video, which she wrote, directed, and starred in.
“So we used the other one,” he mused.
The billionaire, originally from West Reading, Pennsylvania, proceeds to explain that, in her opinion, the video takes place in the Department of Tortured Poets, which she describes as a “municipal government building where the behaviors and minds of poets are studied.” poets.” ‘
“One of the stereotypes of poets over the years is that people said they were crazy,” he explains, before watching his face on a monitor making a “disturbing” face at the camera.
Later, she talks about working with Post Malone and can be seen instructing him on how to use a typewriter.
For their scene, she explains to him that all he has to do is write and when she says “look,” they both need to “look at each other.”
“Almost like when you realize that you and the other person have the same thought in your head at the same time,” Swift says.
“Yes, ma’am,” he says.
When he finishes, she takes off her headphones and tells the rapper that his performance was “awesome.”
On Friday, the pop star, 34, shared a nearly four-minute YouTube video containing previously unseen footage from her time on set working alongside collaborator Post Malone.
The footage begins with the Cruel Summer creator throwing a metal cart at a two-way mirror inside a white-walled mental institution.
However, unlike the official video, the car bounces towards her, instead of breaking the glass, as in the final cut.
After the cart falls to the ground, narrowly missing her face, the 14-time Grammy winner can be seen immediately bursting into laughter.
“What I really love about being on set is that sometimes you like to figure out the shot two seconds before you do it and that makes a difference.”
She then revealed that she was inspired to leave a clue for Swifties in a book, which had the word “We” scrawled in her handwriting.
It seems he was hinting at his collaborative track with Gracie Abrams, called Us, released on June 21.
The final moments of the video show cameras rolling as Swift runs into Post Malone’s arms, before they watch the scene together again.
The billionaire, originally from West Reading, Pennsylvania, proceeds to explain that, in her opinion, the video takes place in The Tortured Poets Department, which she describes as a “municipal government building where the behaviors and minds of poets are studied.” “.
“One of the stereotypes about poets over the years is that people said they were crazy,” he explains, before looking at a monitor in which he appears making a “disturbing” face at the camera.
You went crazy! he exclaims, before she also tells him that she did a great job.
She continues enthusiastically: “It’s amazing… I’m so excited!”
He then calls her ‘One-Take Tay’.
Following the music video released in April, Taylor took to her main Instagram page to share a series of behind-the-scenes images.
Later, she talks about working with Post Malone and can be seen instructing him on how to use a typewriter.
For their scene, she explains to him that all he has to do is write and when she says “look,” they both need to “look at each other.”
At one point, the rapper sweetly refers to her as “One-Take Tay.”
He also shared a message to his fans about the meaning behind the music video, writing, “When I was writing the music video for Fortnight, I wanted to show you the worlds I saw in my head that served as the backdrop for making this music.” ‘
‘Practically everything on it is a metaphor or a reference to one corner or another of the album. For me, this video turned out to be the perfect visual representation of this album and the stories I tell in it.’
She gushed: “@postmalone blew me away on set as our tortured tragic hero and I am so grateful to him for everything he put into this collaboration.”
“Still laughing about working with the coolest guys in the world, @ethanhawke and @mrjoshcharles (tortured poets, meet your colleagues on the other side of the aisle, the dead poets).”
