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"THE FATE OF OPHELIA" TAYLOR SWIFT, MUSIC VIDEO REACT (Patreon)

Published:
2025-10-10 05:19:42
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2026-09

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(YES! This was an hour long DEEP DIVE into this music video) But let me be truthful here and say that at first I was actually disappointed with this music video. I had a certain image in my mind of what it was going to look like and this was NOTHING like it! It wasn't until...

...the very end that I realized what it was meant to be.

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Jenna Bolmgren

I think the video is meant to feel more “surfacey” or more digestible for the masses, but the depth is definitely still part of the song. She does everything intentionally.

Jenna Bolmgren

And omg just got to the point of you getting to the bath. 🙌👏

Jenna Bolmgren

It’s the Los Angeles Theatre, it’s very orange and showgirly! 🧡 The part from the Delicate mv that you played is from the Biltmore Hotel in LA, but the part where she changes to invisible (with all the mirrors) is in the LA theatre. (Ok I swear this is my last comment 🫣)

Lady RedShee

If they ever do a "reboot" or something of Chicago can we have Taylor be the new Roxie PLEEEEASE! She looks soooo good with that hairstyle!

Jonesy96

I love how this song can be fun for a casual viewer and visually incredible, but there is also some storytelling below the surface that hits you right at the end. Taylor is very good at that, and she is really enhancing her skills the more she directs! :)

Cody

I do believe that would be a cute halloween costume. My wife is going to dress up as Taylor swift and I'm going as a tree trunk. Or Travis Kelce from Wood. Lol.

Amy Winslow

I read someone's breakdown somewhere, but I cant find it. In each acted scene, she is also portraying showgirls or stars of those eras. She did Ophelia, Grace O'Malley, Marilyn Monroe, Ronnie Spector, Esther Williams, Elizabeth Taylor, and then herself as the popstar at the end. But the people behind each of those other eras had difficult or rather tragic stories, until her.

Amy Winslow

You missed that in the entry staircase railing, on the left is 'The" on the right is 'Fate', on the stairs is 'Of' and then on the carpet is Ophelia.

Amy Winslow

The orange bird is called an American Singer canary.

Amy Winslow

I'm sure the really fine details that people saw were in the theater, with the 15 ft high screen, rather than us on a tiny monitor. :)

Amy Winslow

I think its a ferris wheel in the window. one is mentioned in Eldest Daughter, and there is one in Genoa, Italy.

Amy Winslow

supposedly, there is lighting in the bottles in the bathroom, but I can't ever see them.

Hannah Alfred

Thanks for this! Super helpful! Wow a lot of these women had awful abusive relationships

Amy Winslow

I didn’t find all this out, I read a breakdown, with the actress history, but I couldn’t find where I saw it to post a link, unfortunately.

Fiona Webster

glad to hear someone got the Esther Williams reference

bre

does anyone think she is talking about her dancers, band, and her team from saving her from the fate of Ophelia??

Ariana Herrera

i don't think so because she makes too many references about travis for it to be anything other than him saving her

Lady RedShee

Her poses in the paintings at the beginning are a reference to John William Waterhouse who painted the iconic Ophelia portrait and other paintings similar to the pose Taylor did with the bird, specifically "The Lady of Shalott" painting. The scene on the boat with the pirates is also possibly a nod to this painter who did a painting of Miranda from Shakespeare's "The Tempest". Miranda was stranded on an island with her father and had a tragic tale like Ophelia. And according to Google the red heart on the dress is possibly a nod to the myth of Cupid and Psyche. And is it just me or did Taylor kind of give off Bernadette Peters vibes with that hairstyle? I heard that the "sequins are forever" thing was also a nod to Sabrina Carpenter's "Diamonds Are Forever" song. And it is also likely a nod to Elizabeth Taylor as well who had numerous sayings about diamonds as well as her infamous White Diamonds perfume. There is supposedly an opalite rock on the floor beside the tub and the Oscar award but I haven't spotted it yet so this is just an Easter egg i've only heard about. Also quick question: when you said that you felt like Elizabeth Taylor was going to be in Taylor Swift's next music video, did you mean more references/old footage of her or did you mean Elizabeth Taylor herself? I only ask because I was confused by the wording because Elizabeth Taylor died back in 2011. Sorry if I'm just missing the obvious but I didn't quite get what you meant.

Lizel

Omw! That's going to be epic!

Lizel

Has someone mentioned that the orange bird represents Taylor in the bird cage in her music video "Look What You Made Me Do". Remember she was swinging inside the cage wearing orange? The orange bird here is free. Just like Taylor is now free from being in a cage, in a tower, locked away from the world because the fragile men in her life couldn't handle her fame. Sorry if I'm repeating something that was mentioned.

Erika

interesting, i’ve never seen that!

Erika

HAHAA i love this!

Karley Harper

She actually said in the behind the scenes of the music video that she ACTUALLY made that sourdough bread that is in the video, She carried it in that day to film. She also said the symbolization of the show girls with the floating devices dancing with water in the back ground symbolizes being saved from drowning. I believe when she is in the hallway on the cart she is wearing a fuzzy coat like the karma ones from her concert.

Karley Harper

In the music video for "The Fate of Ophelia," Taylor Swift and her visuals reference John William Waterhouse's painting The Lady of Shalott. The items of bread, a peach, and a bird seen on a table during this scene are specific allusions to her song "The Life of a Showgirl". The artistic and lyrical references combine in the video in the following ways: The Lady of Shalott painting: Taylor Swift's pose and aesthetic in the scene strongly mirror Waterhouse's famous 1888 painting, which depicts a character from an Arthurian poem. The bread: This refers to Swift's well-known love of baking sourdough. The bread may also symbolize her artistry or "bread and butter," which she has regained full control over. The peach and pearls: These objects directly reference lyrics from the Showgirl album's title track, which mentions "pearls of wisdom" and being "sweeter than a peach". The orange bird: The appearance of a freed orange bird is a direct contrast to her 2017 "Look What You Made Me Do" music video, where she was trapped in an orange birdcage. Its presence in the Ophelia video signifies her newfound freedom.

Dakota Croy

I think if the video as a representation of multiple things in her life. I think of it as all the different versions of herself as a showgirl (having to redefine herself with every album to stay relevant) but also how the evolution of her career and fame has given her everything she’s wanted. She’s saved from all the things she worried about before. And lastly it represents getting her masters back. Owning her masters saved her from the fate of Ophelia. And of course Travis haha

Lieslix

Pyro grows fire in the backround and there is an Exit sign in the backround, too.

SongsFromASuitcase

It’s pretty crazy when you think about how many times she’s had to re-create who she is with each album. I think she talked about that in one of her documentaries.

SongsFromASuitcase

Oh, that’s a crazy symbol all the way back from her. Look what you made me do music video!

SongsFromASuitcase

I did just read it, but I think you mentioned it first. Either way that’s wild that it’s something all the way from her music video of 2017 question mark.

SongsFromASuitcase

No, with Elizabeth Taylor, I was thinking that would be the next song that she makes a music video out of

SongsFromASuitcase

Yeah, it’s almost like when you read a book and then you watch a movie of it. Your imagination has filled in what you think everything will look like and then when you actually watch the movie, it never is the same. In the end, I understood what it all meant, but I still feel like I got such a deeper connection to the songthen what the music video showed. However, I do see why she would do this because I think a lot of people aren’t going to do such a deep dive into her song before they watch her music video.

SongsFromASuitcase

I was pleasantly surprised at the end when I understood what it meant. And then it was fun to go back and deep dive into all of it.

SongsFromASuitcase

So are you saying that the original music video was filmed in two different hotels?

Karley Harper

I would! I.... LOVE.... BREAD! lol

Matt

"All roads lead to Wood." They really do lol.

Matt

I'm going to nerd out on court precedent for the Pledge of Allegiance question in public schools, but I will say I think in the video it's probably a reference to people singing The National Anthem in the NFL instead of a reference to public school. So technically public schools haven't been able to compel students to say the pledge of allegiance or salute the American flag since 1943 (Supreme Court holding in West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette), which quickly overturned an earlier, opposite decision from 1940. Some states have tried to require it, and in some cases justify this using the argument that parental rights supersede the constitutional rights of a minor for which they are the guardian -- there is precedent to support this argument. In general though, compelled speech is a huge no-no in first amendment jurisprudence. The key thing a school can regulate as it relates to the pledge of allegiance is conduct instead of speech - the student cannot disrupt the school environment when choosing not to participate.