Why Taylor Swift fans have been left fuming over trailer for Colleen Hoover movie It Ends With Us – starring singer’s best friend Blake Lively
Taylor Swift fans are furious after hearing the pop star’s hit My Tears Ricochet in the trailer for Colleen Hoover’s film It Ends With Us, which stars the singer’s best friend Blake Lively.
Last week, the trailer for Blake’s highly anticipated film, an adaptation of Colleen’s book, was released.
The author has previously come under fire for romanticizing domestic violence with her book and launching a nail polish and coloring book inspired by her novel.
Blake, 36, plays Lily Bloom, a woman who begins a passionate – and then violent – relationship with Ryle Kincaid (Justin Baldoni, 40) – before the return of her ex, Atlas Corrigan (Brandon Sklenar, 32).
The film, which will be released on August 9, is also directed by Baldoni.
Taylor Swift fans are furious after hearing the pop star’s hit My Tears Ricochet in the trailer for Colleen Hoover’s film It Ends With Us. Pictured is star Blake Lively
Blake and Taylor are known for being best friends, but Swifties weren’t impressed with the tune in the movie’s trailer
Following the trailer’s release, Taylor’s fans were quick to voice their opinions on the artist’s use of the song from her eighth studio album, Folklore.
Fans responded to a post from Taylor Nation, the singer’s official PR account, on X, formerly known as Twitter, promoting the trailer.
One person said: ‘Delete, please, everyone is asking you to delete.’
Another user added, “My tears are ricocheting off Colleen Hoover’s movie trailer? Absolutely don’t take my baby away from that damn trailer.’
“A Colleen Hoover adaptation of a Taylor Swift song, this belongs in the depths of hell along with everyone gagging over this,” someone else wrote.
“Sorry, but a Taylor song won’t make me watch a Colleen Hoover movie,” one user typed, prompting many other people on the internet to claim the same thing.
Someone else wrote: ‘Same as sorry girl, I love myself too much for this.’
‘Yes, in the same boat! But grab your bag Blake and Taylor haha,” one user added.
The film, out August 9, is based on Colleen Hoover’s best-selling book (due in 2023).
Following the trailer’s release, Taylor’s fans were quick to voice their opinions on the artist’s use of the song
One response read: ‘Couldn’t even finish the trailer.’
Previously, many took a dim view of the trailer itself and accused it of giving away the entire plot of the film before its release.
The trailer opens with Lily meeting Ryle at her new flower shop, before the duo hit it off and enter into a romantic relationship.
The duo goes on a date and it doesn’t take long before things get exciting.
“I want to see you again,” Ryle tells Lily.
“Now you see me,” she jokes.
“You know what I mean,” he replies.
But then a dark side of Ryle emerges.
During a tense conversation, Ryle is shown standing up and slamming an object into the floor.
“I’m so sorry,” he tells her tenderly afterwards.
But then Atlas returns. Lily is shown encountering him, while flashbacks of their relationship as children flash in front of the screen.
Blake, 36, plays Lily Bloom, a woman who begins a passionate – and then violent – relationship with Ryle Kincaid (played by Justin Baldoni, pictured)
The trailer opens with Lily meeting Ryle at her new flower shop, before the duo hit it off and enter into a romantic relationship
But things take a toxic turn when Ryle’s dark side emerges
“I still remember the day I saw you through the window,” Atlas muses.
“Yes, we were just kids then,” Lily replies.
Atlas sees the man she is holding hands with and asks, “Is that your husband?”
‘Yes. That’s Ryle,” she answers.
Ryle seems suspicious of Lily when at one point he asks her, “Do you love him?”
“I love you,” she assures him.
“That wasn’t my question,” Ryle replies.
Lily asks Ryle a powerful question: “If you had a daughter one day, what would you say to her?
“She came to you and said the person she loved hurt her? What would you say to her?’
She muses about the voice-over: ‘No matter how difficult this choice is. We break the pattern. Or the pattern breaks us.’
It isn’t long before Lily meets her old love Atlas, who she knew during her childhood
The film is based on the novel It Ends With Us of the same name, which became extremely popular at the end of 2021.
It Ends With Us is scheduled for release on August 9.
Colleen previously revealed that It Ends With Us is “the hardest book I’ve ever written” because it was based on her parents’ relationship.
As of 2019, the book has sold over a million copies worldwide and has since been translated into over 20 different languages.
The book gained renewed popularity in late 2021 thanks to TikTok’s #BookTok community.
It Ends With Us was the best-selling print book of 2022 and spent more than 90 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list.