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The highly anticipated video of Taylor Swift's "I Bet You Think About Me," featuring Chris Stapleton is finally here. Taylor Swift’s close friend and Gossip Girl alum Blake Lively directed and co-wrote the video’s story alongside the singer which both of them teased yesterday on their social media. Austin Swift, Taylor Swift's brother also appears as a producer towards the end of the credits.
Taylor Swift took to her social media to share the new music video as she wrote, "I finally got to work with the brilliant, brave, and wickedly funny @blakelively on her directorial debut. Join us as we raise a toast and a little hell. " The music video features actor Miles Teller as the groom haunted by his past, i.e., a vengeful ex played by Taylor Swift herself. Miles Teller’s real-life wife, Keleigh Sperry, is also featured in the movie, along with Aaron Dessner as a cameo.
The video for "I Bet You Think About Me" is one of the previously unreleased tracks added to her album "Red (Taylor’s Version)." The video includes tonnes of references to other albums in Taylor Swift’s catalog, particularly 1989 and Speak Now. As soon as the music video dropped, the Swifties started making predictions about which of her LPs will be the next to get the re-release treatment.
The Easter Eggs in the video:
In the video, Taylor Swift is seen donning a red dress, red suits, red tops, and hats, along with a red wedding gown. The usage of red in the video is a nod to Taylor Swift’s album "Red," but let us look at the Easter eggs that fans saw in the video:
Red Scarf: The red scarf is iconic because it was first seen in "All Too Well," and she gives it to the bride in this film.
Red Scarf in 'I Bet You Think About Me'. Image Source: US Weekly
Wedding Cake: The red velvet wedding cake seen in the video has a red logo ring pattern in the frosting, as well as bird silhouettes that appear to be identical to the seagulls on the singer's sweater on the cover of the 1989 album. The wedding cake display also suggests that 1989 may be the next album to be released, and the red velvet cake was also used in the video for "Blank Space."
Red velvet wedding cake in 'I Bet You Think About Me'. Image Source: POPSUGAR
Red Box: Taylor Swift also appears to be handing the bride a red box with a bow, which appears to be the same one she teased in the "Red (Taylor's Version)" countdown video from October. The box also appeared in a scene with actress Sadie Sink in All Too Well: The Short Film.
The red box in 'I Bet You Think About Me'. Image Source: POPSUGAR
Red Dress: Taylor Swift's "I Bet You Think About Me" red dress was also teased in that same countdown video. It makes you wonder if she shot the full countdown video on the set of the music video for "I Bet You Think About Me." Some of the items she wore, as well as a crimson version of the wedding cake shown in the music video, maybe see if you look closely.
Red Rings: The red ring she wears on the album cover for "Red (Taylor's Version)" is the same ring she wears on the album cover for "Red (Taylor's Version). The ring is an homage to Taylor Swift's "Love" ring, which she supposedly wore while writing the original Red Album and later presented to pop diva Olivia Rodrigo. She also wears a crimson heart ring in the video, which Blake Lively was seen wearing just a few days before on Instagram.
Red rings in 'I Bet You Think About Me'. Image Source: US Weekly
The wedding: The theme in the freshly released video is "Speak Now," which is about a wedding that the narrator wants to stop since the groom still loves her. Taylor Swift doesn't want him back in this situation; instead, she just wants to ruin his wedding.
Weddings in 'I Bet You Think About Me'. Image Source: Entertainment Weekly
The wedding dress: In the end, Taylor Swift's white gown turns red towards red, making it look very similar to the voluminous gown she wore on the Speak Now deluxe edition cover. The red dress, in contrast to the 1989-themed cake, has led some fans to believe Swift is planning to re-release Speak Now next, rather than 1989.
Red wedding dress in 'I Bet You Think About Me'. Image Source: POPSUGAR
The Hat: Taylor Swift performs magic acts for her young countrymen at the wedding, including pulling a rabbit from a hat that should appear familiar to anyone who saw the Red Tour. She wore a black top hat with a red sequined band and the circus-like ringmaster attire she wore for her 2013 concert appearances.
The hat in 'I Bet You Think About Me'. Image Source: US Weekly
Taylor Swift said about the song, "We wanted this song to be like a comedic, tongue-in-cheek, funny, not-caring-what-anyone-thinks-about-you sort of breakup song because there are a lot of different types of heartbreak songs on Red—some of them are very sincere, some of them very Stoic and heartbreaking and sad—we wanted this to be the moment where you're like, "I don't care about anything. And we wanted to kind of make people laugh with it, and we wanted it to be sort of a drinking song".
The singer wrote this song with Lori McKenna, and talking about it, she shared, "This is a song I wrote with Lori McKenna, who's one of my favorite singer-songwriters ever. I'd always wanted to work with her. I wrote this with her at her house when I was playing Foxboro [Gillette Stadium] on the Speak Now Tour".
Taylor Swift has been re-recording her songs released before 2019 after she lost the rights to the master recordings of her songs to the previous label, Big Machine Records after the company was purchased by Scooter Braun. Taylor Swift promised that she would recover her music through re-recordings, and she has started doing so. Following the release of Fearless in April 2021, "Red" is Taylor's second re-recorded album. Because she now owns the re-recorded tracks, her name appears on the copyright, and each song title is followed by the phrase "Taylor's Version."
While Taylor Swift hasn't said when the re-recorded albums would be released, fans have begun to speculate based on hints or "Easter eggs" they believe she's hidden in her videos and social media posts. She intends to re-record all of her first six studio albums. Taylor Swift's Speak Now, 1989, and Reputation are the remaining albums.
