Decoding Taylor Swift’s ‘…Ready for It?’ video
Ready For It features her playing several roles in the same music video, much like her first video from the album, Look What You Made Me Do. That would mean that each song had its own persona, and in turn, its own video.
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All those luminescent lightning bolts could be to refresh everyone’s memory about her songwriting collaboration with ex-boyfriend Harris for the 2016 single with Rihanna “This Is What You Came For”.
Taylor Swift’s latest video has arrived in all its glory, and while the clip is a feast for the eyes, it wouldn’t be a *true* Taylor video without plenty of hidden meaning.
The highly-anticipated video, which was released Thursday, featured a nearly-naked cyborg Swift battling within an explosive sci-fi world.
In tune, Swift is head-over-heels in love- a modification from the dark, scathing sound of “Look What You Made Me Do”.
Swift’s sixth studio album, Reputation, drops November 10. If you want to say something about her, that’s fine but she’ll just be over here letting her music tell her truth.
“There’s a lot to unpack in it”, writes Elle of the high-concept video.
“As for how “.Ready For It?” would fit into the visual album, one fan points out how the song will be the first track on Reputation.
“What I took from it is that Taylor freed herself from how others view her life on display”.
Adding fuel to the fire is the fact Sjöberg sounds rather like Cyborg, with Taylor playing a robotic human in the video.
The below fan theory from Tumblr has been widely circulated and even “liked” by Swift herself, so could prove to be an excellent insight. “Fans are already looking DEEP into the “…