Swift and the couple have had competing narratives as to whether Swift signed off on West calling her a “b***h” in a song lyric.
Some fans think Swift took a shot at West with the lyrics “I don’t like your little games, don’t like your tilted stage/The role you made me play of the fool, no, I don’t like you.” The rapper’s last concert tour featured a floating and tilted stage.
The moment at the end of the video when Swift said “Getting receipts, gonna edit this later” as she pointed her camera phone and mimicked the act of recording a video was interpreted by some fans as a swipe at Kim Kardashian, who was said to have “brought receipts” to her husband’s spat with the pop star.
Said “receipts”– an internet catchphrase used to call for proof or evidence — was a video of a phone conversation between the rapper and Swift, which Kardashian said proved the singer knew about the song lyric she later complained about. Swift shot back at the time that no where did the video show her approving being called a “b***h.”
The internet also has some theories about a scene in which Swift dressed up to look like Katy Perry.
One fan tweeted a screen grab of the scene writing “#TaylorSwift personates #KatyPerry holding a #Grammy because Taylor has plenty & Katy doesn’t have one.”
Recall that Swift gave a nod to last year’s hoopla over then-boyfriend actor Tom Hiddleston, who wore a white “I Heart T.S.” tank while the pair frolicked with friends at the beach for Fourth of July weekend. She cheekily had a group of male backup dancers wear crop tops with the same message, though in black, possibly to match the stilettos they rocked.
And if you dig the look, you too can proclaim your love as it’s part of the merch for sale on her site.
“Swifties,” as her die-hard fans are known, were thrilled with the singer owning a bit of her hater history.
#TaylorSwiftIsASnake has been the hashtag for those on Twitter wishing to take the singer to task, and the reptiles showed up in her video, with one even serving her tea.
Swift’s many faces and signature looks of over the years made a stunning appearance rife with symbolism.
Dressed in a furry one-piece which read “Rep,” the new Swift stood on a mountain made up of the older versions of herself from different music videos and red carpet appearances.
The old Swifts fight to climb to the top before they are all seen falling away.
And if that imagery wasn’t obvious enough, we see the new Swift saying into the phone “I’m sorry, the old Taylor can’t come to the phone right now. Why? Oh, cause she’s dead.”
Those old Taylors help Swift close out her music video as she uses them to parody some of the stinging comments that have been made about her over the years.
There’s earnest, nerdy Swift from the “You Belong With Me” video who was scolded by zombie Swift saying, “Stop making that surprise face, it’s so annoying.”