Taylor Swift teased fans with her new music video "Bad Blood," posting the characters' images on Twitter. The posters feature T-Swizzle as "Catastrophe," as well as some famous celebrities such as model Lily Aldridge as “Frostbyte” and Disney star Zendaya as "Cut-Throat.”
Each poster on Twitter is accompanied by hashtag
#BadBloodMusicVideo. Aside from the mentioned celebrities, other famous friends who will join Swift's upcoming music video are Cara Delevigne (her chracter is not yet revealed), Hayley Williams as "The Crimson Curse," Gigi Hadid as "Slay-Z," Ellie Goulding as "Destructa X," Hailee Steinfield as "The Trinity" and Lena Dunham as "Lucky Fiori."
The upcoming video will premiere on May 15 at
Billboard Music Awards and is directed by Joseph Kahn, same director of Swift’s “Blank Space” video. He also helmed Katy Perry's "Waking Up In Vegas." Speaking of Perry, she is allegedly the target of “Bad Blood.”
Way back in 2014 when T-Swizzle (Swift's nickname) was interviewed by
Rolling Stone, she said the song is not all about the guys or her exes, but about a female artist who used to be her friend. At that time, she had broke up with One Direction member Harry Styles and she and the "Roar" singer allegedly had a feud.
"I know people will make it this big girl-fight thing. But I just want people to know it's not about a guy. You don't want to shade someone you used to date and make it seem like you hate him, when that's not the case. And I knew people would immediately be going in one direction," Swift said. Then she realised that she just accidentally referenced her ex-boyfriend's band.
Additional character for T.Swift's music video include Kendrick Lamar as "Welvin Da Great." According to
Jezebel Music, most of the cast members of her music video are her friends. Swift's famous friends were the ones who picked their own character name.
If Swift has "Bad Blood," the "Fireworks" singer has a song titled "She's So Creepy," which is rumoured to be her response to Swift's interview with Rolling Stone. According to a Pop Crush report on January 8, Perry is planning to re-release her album "Prism," which includes "She's So Creepy," which allegedly targets Swift. This rumour started when Perry tweeted, "Watch out for the Regina George in sheep's clothing..." The tweet seemed to be her response to Swift interview with Rolling Stone.
Watch "Bad Blood" teaser below,
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