Taylor Swift released the video for her new single “The Fate of Ophelia” on Sunday.
The music video for the lead single off her new album, The Life of a Showgirl, was released just two days after it premiered as part of the theatrical event Taylor Swift: The Official Release Party of a Showgirl.
Swift directed the video, which was filmed by Oscar-nominated cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto (Barbie, Killers of a Flower Moon, Brokeback Mountain), who previously worked with the singer on videos for “Fortnight,” “Cardigan” and others.
Wrote THR film critic Angie Han in her review: “[The video] twirls through a century’s worth of showgirl-ing, following Swift as she pivots from a model posing for a John Everett Millais-esque painting to a performer in a Busby Berkeley-style musical to a singer in a ’60s cabaret, and so on. The costumes are dazzling, the sets extravagant, the choreography (by Mandy Moore) sharp and the transitions seamless; it’s a feast for the eyes that I look forward to seeing yet again once it’s officially online Sunday, Oct. 7.”
Watch the video below.
