Taylor Swift drops video for Submit Malone collaboration ‘Fortnight’
Taylor Swift has shared the video for the lead single from ‘The Tortured Poets Division’, her Submit Malone collaboration ‘Fortnight’.
The video was unveiled at 8pm ET/1am following the discharge of a trailer yesterday (April 19) and begins with Swift in darkish make-up being tied to a bedframe in a white room the place the furnishings is the wrong way up. She is later seen wiping her face to disclose facial tattoos much like Malone’s.
The pair are later seen hammering away at typewriters, writing out the lyric ‘I really like you, it’s ruining my life’. Swift and Submit Malone are additionally proven dramatically looking via recordsdata, throwing issues and emotionally embracing on the street.
Swift is then seen being experimented on by a bunch of scientists, together with Malone, whereas he later finally ends up singing in a telephone field on a mountain, sheltered from the pouring rain.
Take a look at the visuals for ‘Fortnight’ under:
In a three-star evaluate of the album, NME wrote: “‘The Tortured Poets Division’ finally ends up chasing its personal tail with frenzied makes an attempt to answer critics regardless of Swift’s present stature.”
It continued: “Swift appears to be in tireless pursuit for superstardom, but the detrimental public opinion it may possibly include irks her, and it’s a drained theme now plaguing her discography and leaving little room for the poignant lyrical observations she excels at. It’s why the pitfalls that mire her eleventh studio album are all of the extra disappointing – she’s confirmed time and time once more she will do higher.
“To a Melbourne viewers of her ‘Eras Tour’, Swift mentioned that ‘The Tortured Poets Division’ got here from a “want” to jot down. It’s simply that possibly we didn’t want to listen to it.”
Quite a few artists are namechecked all through ‘The Tortured Poets Division’. The title observe refers to a “Lucy”, which followers appear satisfied is a reference to Lucy Dacus, one third of the Grammy-winning group boygenius. Charlie Puth will get a shout out on the identical music, whereas followers are additionally speculating about whether or not ‘thanK you aIMee’ is geared toward Kim Kardashian.
Swift additionally namechecked the cult Scottish indie band The Blue Nile on ‘Responsible As Sin?’, which seems to be one other nod to The 1975’s Matty Healy, with whom Taylor was romantically linked for a brief time period in 2023.
Following the LP’s launch, Swift will resume her career-spanning ‘Eras Tour’ in Europe subsequent month earlier than heading to the UK and Eire in June. Swift is because of play eight reveals at Wembley Stadium in London this summer time as a part of the run, with help coming from Paramore.