Taylor Swift has officially released the MV for lead single Fortnight (ft. Post Malone).
At exactly 7 a.m. on April 20 (Vietnam time), Taylor Swift “released” the MV for lead single Fortnight. The song is the first track of the newly released album The Tortured Poets Department, featuring Post Malone. On the morning of April 19, the “Snake Queen” released a teaser revealing the upcoming “bombshell” MV, making people restless. Using black and white as the main color tone, Taylor Swift still portrays a cruel love story through many hidden meanings and majestic frames.
As revealed, Taylor Swift has transformed into a “poet crazy about love”. Fortnight opens with the white space of a mental hospital and the female singer’s somewhat mysterious, classic image. She was chained to a white bed, and the scene of taking medicine left viewers haunted. Not only that, Taylor Swift and Post Malone also brought the famous “magic duel” scene from Harry Porter into the MV. But this time the two stars “fight” each other with poetic words pouring out of the typewriter.
Fortnight opens with the white space of a mental hospital and the female singer’s somewhat mysterious, classic image.
Taylor Swift and Post Malone also brought the famous “magic duel” scene from Harry Porter into the MV
The MV is enhanced with happy memories of Taylor Swift with her old love. It’s not difficult to recognize the detail of Taylor Swift running to hug Post Malone as reminiscent of the moment she hugged “British poet” Joe Alwyn backstage at the reputation tour. The two lie next to each other, on love songs. But all that is in the past, the painful reality of Taylor Swift is still in the mental hospital.
Details of Taylor Swift running to hug Post Malone as if reminiscent of the moment she hugged “British poet” Joe Alwyn backstage at the reputation tour
The scene where the female singer is examined and given electric shocks in Fortnight like recreates her close friend Emma Stone’s “blockbuster” movie Poor Things. Both the pose and the “dark” look in the mourning clothes of the Victorian years at the end of Taylor’s MV are reminiscent of the Oscar winner – female lead Poor Things. In the track Florida!!!, Taylor also gives special credit to Emma Stone for her inspiring craziness.
The torture scene is impressive
Both the pose and image are reminiscent of the Oscar winner – the female lead Poor Things
It can be seen that Emma Stone has a significant position in this comeback of Taylor Swift, especially when the album is mainly written about her 6-year love affair with Joe Alwyn. The fate of Taylor and Joe Alwyn meeting each other was thanks to Emma Stone’s matchmaking after the 2016 MET Gala.
Taylor Swift takes the FORGET HIM pill
From the love candy in Blank Space, it has now turned into a pain pill because of love
As a specialty of Taylor’s music products, Fortnight also cannot lack “easter eggs” – details with meaning behind them, linked to old stories. Most impressive is the detail of the pill Taylor Swift took captioned FORGET HIM. On the pill bottle are two series of numbers: 121389 – Taylor’s birthday and 041924 – the release date of the album The Tortured Poets Department. From the love candy in Blank Space, it has now turned into a pain pill because of love.
Taylor Swift has burned every track ever present in Lover
Taylor’s image is created by countless love letters that also link up to the iconic image in MV Style
Taylor’s image is created by countless love letters that also link up to the iconic image in the MV Style. At all times, love is always present in the female singer’s mind. But Fortnight is a painful love song, Taylor Swift burned every track ever present on Lover, proving a dead love. The MV Fortnight has countless subtle details hidden in many layers of meaning.
Many people think that Taylor has revealed all the scenes worth watching, making the MV release nothing more impressive
However, after the official release, people were a bit disappointed. While the teaser reveals epic scenes, the finished version of Fortnight lacks a climax and fails to meet viewers’ expectations. Many people think that Taylor has revealed all the scenes worth watching, making the MV release nothing more impressive.
Taylor brings a world of chaos and cruelty, like how poets are “tortured” by too many thoughts.
On social networking sites, Taylor Swift describes the MV Fortnight. “When I made the MV Fortnight, I wanted to show you the world that I had in mind, describing the creation of this music. Quite a lot of the things in there are metaphors or refer to a corner of album. For me, this video is the perfect representation of the record and the stories I tell in it…” She wanted to bring to life a world of chaos and cruelty, as the poets were subjected to. “tortured” by too many surrounding thoughts.
Like the authentic storytelling across the album’s 31 tracks and the extended play, Fortnight also freely weaves in stories that have happened, linking to real events. Music and images are closely related, a song that focuses on storytelling does not necessarily need to use explosive footage to portray it. This is how Taylor Swift delivers Fortnight to viewers.
