Taylor Swift pulled again the curtain on the making of her new video for “Lavender Haze” on Friday morning (Jan. 27), revealing in a tweet that the therapy for the Midnights opening observe was the primary one she wrote out of the three visuals she’s dropped so removed from her newest album.
“This one actually helped me conceptualize the world and temper of Midnights, like a sultry sleepless 70’s fever dream. Hope you prefer it,” she wrote.
In a second tweet, Swift shouted out her “unbelievable” co-star Laith Ashley, the sultry mannequin and trans activist who she mentioned, “I completely adored working with.” The latter additionally included 4 behind-the-scenes pictures from the shoot, together with one of many singer sitting on the ground, and a mattress, trying forlorn, dancing in a plume of purple smoke and trying out some photographs on a monitor whereas surrounded by solid and crew.
Swifties have been eagerly anticipating the “Haze” video for months, ever for the reason that “Bejeweled” visible premiered in late October. Swift shared the Cinderella-inspired “Bejeweled” clip simply two weeks after dropping the video for the album’s No. 1 lead single, “Anti-Hero.”
The video for “Haze” — which was co-written by Swift, Jack Antonoff, actress Zoë Kravitz, Mark Anthony Spears, Jahaan Akil Candy & Sam Dew — was additionally directed by the singer. It opens with Taylor waking up at midnight, naturally, staring on the ceiling whereas listening to vinyl, burning incense and tracing the define of the universe on the again of her Ashley’s again. The scene then explodes into Swift dancing by means of a purple haze and lounging in a retro 70s lounge, the place she crawls throughout a carpet blooming with, clearly, lavender.
Try Swift’s tweets and the “Haze” video beneath.
