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BGUK_2492275 - Los Angeles, CA - Taylor Swift references her eating disorder and attends her own funeral while acting out her own 'nightmare scenarios' in brand new Anti‐Hero music video. The singer released the music video for her new single, Anti-Hero, after releasing her tenth studio album Midnights just hours before. In the five-minute long video, Swift doesn't hold back exploring the themes of 'self-hatred', depicting herself as two separate entities, one who she sees as her own worst enemy and one that is too afraid to let loose and have fun. The video sees her fending off ghosts, being shot through the heart with an arrow, referencing her eating disorder battle, drinking shots before vomiting purple glitter, face mental health struggles and even attending her own funeral. The video depicts Taylor spending time with another version of herself who drinks and parties - showing the two different sides of her as she repeatedly sings: 'It's me, I'm the problem'. She can be seen downing shots of alcohol, smashing her guitar and going on a rage with the alter-ego before reaching all time low. In another scene, she references her battle with an eating disorder, showing herself stepping onto weighing scales that read: 'fat’. As Taylor weighs herself, the second version of herself is seen standing beside her, looking shameful at the weight on the scales. The singer previously admitted she used to 'just stop eating' if she saw a photo of herself where she felt she looked too big or if someone made a cruel comment about her size. In one scene, Taylor addresses the backlash surrounding her decision to break her years-long political silence in 2019 when she slammed 'autocrat' President Trump and said Americans are being 'gaslighted'. The subtle yet thinly veiled reference came in the form of her placing a pin on her shirt during the video, reading 'vote for me'. She also discusses her battle with depression in the video, singing: “Midnights become my afternoons / When my depression works the graveyard shift' as she is shown alone in her home with her own vices.” The album Midnights is filled with references to Taylor's boyfriend of six years Joe Alwyn, with the actor even co-writing the twelth track on the album - dubbed Sweet Nothing. But in Anti-Hero, the references delve deeper into Taylor's fear of losing her partner as she predicts being left alone, singing: “One day I'll watch as you're leaving cause you got tired of my scheming (for the last time).”*BACKGRID DOES NOTPictured: Taylor Swift stars in her music video Anti HeroBACKGRID UK 21 OCTOBER 2022
Legger ikke lokk på noe: Taylor Swift deltar i sin egen begravelse i videoen til «Anti-Hero», den første singelen fra hennes nye – og sedvanlig personlige – album.
Ando Woltmann
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