Taylor Swift pops a pill to forget the pain she’s suffered at the hands of bad-boy exes after years of heartbreak for the popstar billionaire
She’s known for sharing her romantic struggles – and settling scores – through her songs.
And Taylor Swift’s latest hit has once again revealed the pain of her relationship break-ups – with a little help from American actors Ethan Hawke and Josh Charles.
The video for Ms. Swift’s song Fortnight, the first single from her new album The Tortured Poets Department, sent her millions of fans into a frenzy when it was posted to YouTube early Friday.
It’s the 34-year-old’s first album since ending her six-year relationship with British actor Joe Alwyn, and he’s the likely target of much of her anger in songs like So Long, London.
Even the title of the album – her first since 2022’s Midnights – is a mocking version of a WhatsApp group Alwyn shares with actors Paul Mescal and Andrew Scott called Tortured Man Club.
Matty Healy, ‘bad boy’ frontman of The 1975, with whom Ms Swift had a brief affair, isn’t getting away either – Swifties (the nickname of the singer’s most devoted fans) believe he is the inspiration behind the song The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived.
Taylor Swift’s latest hit has once again revealed the pain of her relationship breakup (Photo: Swift in the music video for Fortnight)
The video for Ms. Swift’s song Fortnight, the first single from her new album The Tortured Poets Department, sent her millions of fans into a frenzy when it was posted to YouTube early Friday.
A doctor comes in with a bottle of pills labeled, “Forget him.” Mrs. Swift takes a pill and is released
Will you participate in the singer’s 14-day video challenge? To mark the release of the Fortnight video, the singer also shared on YouTube Shorts 14 short video clips of her life over the past two weeks, including one of her enjoying a cocktail (pictured)
Behind the scenes with Ethan Hawke during the making of the video for Fortnight, the first single from her eleventh studio album
Swift has an extensive facial tattoo similar to that of American rapper Post Malone, with whom she dueted on Fortnight
Swift wants fans to post 14 clips of what they’ve done over the past two weeks, like playing a game of pickleball (pictured)
A singing billionaire needs to relax – and what better way than by blowing smoke from a fancy cocktail?
Working out – and 6ft tall Ms Swift shows off legs that are reportedly insured for an eye-watering $40 million
The singer said the album was an anthology of new works that reflected “events, opinions and feelings of a fleeting and fatalistic moment in time – a moment that was both sensational and sad.” She went on to say that that period in her life was over, adding, “The chapter was closed and boarded up. There is nothing to avenge, no scores to settle once the wounds are healed. Once we tell our saddest story, we can be free from it.”
Her skill in her work is to keep fans guessing at hidden messages – and that applied to the release of the Fortnight video, in which she duets with American rapper Post Malone.
The video hints that Ms. Swift has found love so difficult that it has driven her crazy. She appears to be in an asylum and is seen lying on a bed without a mattress, chained to the railing.
A doctor comes in with a bottle of pills labeled, “Forget him.” Mrs. Swift takes a pill and is released. Hawke and Charles play scientists while Mrs. Swift is hooked to a table in scenes reminiscent of Frankenstein.
To mark the release of the Fortnight video, the singer also shared on YouTube Shorts 14 short video clips of her life over the past two weeks, including one of her enjoying a cocktail and another of her at the gym . She challenged fans to follow her lead by copying her #ForAfortnight challenge.