She is known for her love of Easter eggs in music videos.
And Taylor Swift has apparently taken a secret swipe at her ex Joe Alwyn in the video for Fortnight, the first single from her new album The Tortured Poets Department.
The gothic video shows the singer, 34, working on a typewriter and in a very brief shot it is seen that the machine is missing the number 1 key, despite having the buttons for two, nine and even the zero.
Taylor’s 2020 album Folklore included a song titled The 1, in which she sang about a previous love: “But it would have been fun if it had been you.”
She also changed another song for The 1 during her Eros Tour in March 2023, just days before it was revealed that she had split from the British actor, 33.
Taylor Swift, 34, apparently took a secret swipe at her ex Joe Alwyn, 33, in the video for Fortnight, the first single from her new album The Tortured Poets Department.
Taylor dated Joe (pictured in February) from 2017 to 2023, during which the 14-time Grammy winner all but retreated from the spotlight.
The gothic video shows the singer working on a typewriter and in a very brief shot it is seen that the machine is missing the number 1 key, despite having the buttons for two, nine and even zero.
Taylor dated Joe from 2017 to 2023, during which the 14-time Grammy winner mostly retreated from the spotlight.
They won a Grammy together for Album of the Year in 2021 after he co-wrote and co-produced several Folklore tracks under the pseudonym William Bowery.
With apparent references to their six-year relationship throughout the album, a source said. People that the actor wanted to keep their romance as ‘his own personal story.’
Although the news “took a lot of people by surprise” in Alwyn’s life, he “wasn’t bragging in any way.”
In new song ‘So Long, London’, he also seemed to reference his relationship with the lyrics: “I stopped trying to make him laugh / I stopped trying to drill the safe.”
‘And it pisses me off that you let me give you all that youth for free,’ Swift sings.
She also seemed to imply that Joe cheated on her in the song ‘Fresh Out the Slammer.’
‘Another summer covering / Rolling thunder, he doesn’t understand me / Splintered in winter / Silent dinner, bitter I was with her in dreams,’ he sings.
Taylor’s 2020 album Folklore included a song titled The 1, in which she sang about a previous love: “But it would have been fun if it had been you” (pictured together in 2019).
She also changed another song for The 1 during her Eros Tour in March 2023, just days before it was revealed that she had split from the British actor.
In the video, Taylor stunned in a stunning $6.2K dress while exuding Victorian Gothic elegance alongside Post Malone.
The Grammy winner initially uploaded a black and white teaser to her fans on Thursday ahead of the music video’s premiere.
The singer was joined not only by the Circles hitmaker, 28, who also features on the song, but also Dead Poets Society stars Ethan Hawke and Josh Charles, who made surprise cameos.
Moments before the video began, a countdown clock appeared on the screen with the sound of typewriters clicking in the background.
Then a title card appeared with ‘Fortnight’ and it imitated the beginning of a silent movie.
The video then shows Taylor lying on a bed with no mattress while chained to the railing. The bed itself was placed high up a wall inside a large room that looked like it was inside an asylum.
In the video, Taylor stunned in a stunning $6.2K dress while exuding Victorian Gothic elegance alongside Post Malone.
The singer was joined not only by the Circles hitmaker, 28, who also features on the song, but also Dead Poets Society stars Ethan Hawke and Josh Charles, who made surprise cameos.
A doctor then walked in face down on the roof while holding a tray of medications, with a bottle of pills labeled “Forget it.”
Swift could be seen wearing a $6,200 strapless dress by Australian designer Toni Maticevski, which featured a dramatic neckline and fitted bodice.
The skirt portion contained layered details as well as a thigh-high slit on the left side. She paired the stunning piece with sheer white gloves and a custom vintage diamond watch choker from Joseph Saidian and Sons.
Taylor opted for a smoky shadow around the eyes and a bold tint on the lips. Her eyebrows were covered while she drew on a thinner eyebrow, similar to the style of the 1920s.