Taylor Swift just released the 'Elizabeth Taylor' music video - but she's not the star of it
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- Taylor Swift released the music video for “Elizabeth Taylor,” a track from her 2025 album The Life of a Showgirl, as a tribute to the late screen legend Elizabeth Taylor, premiering exclusively on Apple Music and Spotify.
- The video features clips from some of Elizabeth Taylor’s most iconic films and was released to honor the last day of Women’s History Month.
- Swift explained that the song reflects her emotions and issues with fame through the lens of cosplaying Elizabeth Taylor’s life, highlighting their shared experiences as glamorous yet polarizing figures.
- Some fans criticized the video as a “waste of potential” and likened it to a fan edit, expressing disappointment over the lack of a narrative or original footage compared to Swift’s previous cinematic music videos.
- This tribute follows Swift’s recent self-directed videos for other songs from The Life of a Showgirl, including “Opalite” and “The Fate of Ophelia.”
