Taylor Swift Drops Lover Music Video Just Hours Before Album Release
Posted on Fri Aug 23rd, 2019 7:55am PDT By X17 Staff
Here's the title track off Taylor Swift's new album Lover and we're ... loving it!
Swift told fans during an online chat yesterday that the music video's concept was inspired by lyrics from "You Are in Love" off her 1989 album: "And so it goes / You two are dancing in a snow globe ’round and ’round." And while she doesn't refer to beau Joe Alwyn by name, the words were clearly inspired by their relationship: "I’ve loved you three summers now, honey / But I want them all."
And while we kinda wish Alwyn starred as her love interest in "Lover," TSwiz explained the casting during her YouTube Live session, on Thursday: "The leading man in this video [Swift's backup dancer Christian Owens] is someone I have performed on stage with for years. [He was the] leading man in the ‘King of My Heart’ performance every night on the reputation tour. Every night I could see how expressive he is and just how heroic and what an amazing actor he is as well.†Good choice!
In other Swift news ... she'll open the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards which broadcast live on Monday!
In other OTHER Swift news, Scooter Braun, who recently bought up Swift's ENTIRE six-album music catalog, congratulated the singer on Lover with the below Tweet. Tay was PISSED that Justin Bieber's manager, whom she accused of bullying her for years, bought Big Machine Records for a reported $300 million and along with it, her entire life's worth thus far. She's now signed with Republic Records. But wow!
Regardless of what has been said the truth is you don’t make big bets unless you are a believer and always have been. Brilliant album with #Lover. Congrats @taylorswift13. Supporting was always the healthier option 😊 #brilliantalbum #brilliantcampaign congrats
— Scooter Braun (@scooterbraun) August 23, 2019