Swifties were gifted with a magical treat when the clock struck 12 a.m. overnight!
“Bejeweled,“Taylor Swift’s second video fromMidnights, dropped in the early hours of Tuesday morning, and the singer-songwriter’s “twist on a Cinderella story” has a little of everything.
“I want[ed] to make a video that was just for the fans who like certain things like glitter and Easter eggs and lots of little cameos,” Swift, 32 — who also directed the video — said Monday night during an appearance onThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
Indeed Swift delivered on all her promises in the cinematic “Bejeweled” music video.
The video kicks off with Swift as Cinderella, scrubbing the floor while her evil stepmother (Oscar winnerLaura Dern) and equally rude stepsisters (Haim sistersEste, Danielle and Alana) mock her.
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She’ll need a makeover first, of course, and quickly transforms her dull dress into a sparkling, shining outfit.
Dita Von Teese, whom Swift said onFallonis “one of the most iconic performers,” also appears in the music video as “the fairy goddess.” The two duet on a sultry burlesque number, dancing and posing in two oversized martini glasses, with squeezable olives and all.
But the show doesn’t end there.
For the talent portion of the evening, Swift rocks a bedazzled two-piece number as she and her collection of backup dancers put on a flapper-inspired performance — much to the chagrin of her miserable stepsisters, who watch on from the sidelines in anger.
All impresses “Queen Pat” (makeup guruPat McGrath), who bestows Swift’s Cinderella with the key to the castle and “forces” Antonoff’s bachelor to propose.
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The story ends with a happily ever after, natch — though with a Swift twist.
Despite winning her “prince,” Swift ghosts him but keeps the castle, reigning supreme in the end.
By Tuesday morning, “Bejeweled” had been viewed nearly 3.5 million times on YouTube.
According to Swift, the music video also has a “psychotic amount” of Easter eggs, to the point where a PDF document was created for it.
Midnightsdropped on Oct. 21 and has since broken records for Swift, quickly earning the title of the most-streamed album in a single day in Spotify’s history.
The record-breaking numbers came after Swift addedseven additional songs to the album’s tracklist, just three hours after its initial release.
“How did I get this lucky, having you guys out here doing something this mind blowing?!” Swift asked her fans on Twitter. “Like what even just happened??!?!”
The singer has said that she would bereleasing multiple music videosfor the new album, which marks her first project of entirely new material since the release of 2020’sEvermoreand its predecessor,Folklore, five months before.
source: people.com
