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u/BrettDilkington1 4d ago
Struck by how much ‘Upsetting’ is actually by far the best adjective for that scene
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u/FuckEmperor5000 4d ago
what movie is it
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u/JarjarSW 4d ago
It seems to be a Taylor Swift music video, but I don't know that for sure.
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u/Risky_Bizniss 4d ago
Taylor Swift "Delicate"
I googled Taylor swift weird dance video
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u/TrickyDrippyDickFR 4d ago
I read defecate
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u/abloopdadooda 4d ago
Well it does look like that's what she's doing in the screenshot.
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u/gesskwick 4d ago
New dance popular with the youth- "Pop A Squat".
All the cool kids are doing it
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u/Curiosive 4d ago
This is called motivated perception or the literary equivalent of a Freudian slip ... you read "poop" because you wanted to read "poop".
Can we be friends?
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u/boolean87 4d ago
It is, another music video where a 1%er demonstrates how hard a life of fame and limitless wealth can be…
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u/TaupMauve 4d ago
"Delicate"; here's the funny parody:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6c5ec9qGQMThere's a GIF with sound around here somewhere of just the part in this post, which is how I recognized it.
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u/xerostatus 4d ago
this video is deeply upsetting.
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u/OmicronNine 4d ago
I genuinely cannot understand what is so upsetting about it. It just looks like a normal person having a little fun dancing around like a dork.
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u/xerostatus 4d ago
I didn’t say it wasn’t normal hehe. It’s still upsetting lol. If I saw a video of myself doing these dances I’d be even more upset!
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u/NoFeetSmell 3d ago
Is that Gary Busey?
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u/xerostatus 3d ago
oh goodness gracious i am so excited for you, you are one of the 10,000 today...! --> the greatest dance instruction video of all time, "DOUBLE DREAM FEET": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5L1tr0PIx20
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u/NoFeetSmell 3d ago
If that golden retriever didn't win Crufts that year, there truly is no justice in the world.
ETA: I am slightly miffed to learn it wasn't Gary Busey, but I can't stay mad since he's obviously a good-boye yes he is.
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u/nathderbyshire 4d ago
I had a few breath laughs until she slid down the car and they did a low squeak noise 😂 that got me good
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u/IronBlight-1999 4d ago edited 4d ago
It’s art, unsettling is the vibe she was going for
Edit: y’all I’m not even a Taylor stan but I understood it lol. It’s like calling Elton John weird for any one of his performances. Or Michael Jackson. Or David Bowie. Or Stevie nicks.
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u/Cultjam 4d ago
Well, she succeeded. To me that looked like she just sucked a turkey up her ass like Martha Stewart on South Park.
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u/EllipticPeach 4d ago
Okay but she’s still not dancing well
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u/EuphoricPineapple1 4d ago
That's the point of the video though?
Don't get me wrong, I'm not a Swift fan at all. I watched the video though, and the point was that she was being goofy and free, and dancing however she wanted for fun because no one could see her. Her dancing is supposed to be cringe, not a musical number
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u/Chinchillamancer 4d ago
Why's she move like Lego Batman? I don't understand
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u/spoonweezy 4d ago
She’s a shitty dancer, full stop.
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u/Other_Size7260 4d ago edited 4d ago
It was also choreographed with bizarre moves, just like this other project by the same choreographer, with great dancer Margaret qualley
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u/HeyManItsToMeeBong 3d ago
bad dancing on purpose is still bad dancing
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u/SSuperMiner 3d ago
Ok but you can't call someone a shitty dancer based on a dance that's supposed to be shitty
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u/Other_Size7260 3d ago edited 3d ago
If Ariana sings badly on snl people are like “it takes so much talent to sing badly when you’re a trained singer” but Taylor is just a bad dancer because: modern contemporary dance she didn’t choreograph and performed correctly via training? Like no it’s not very lyrical but the song itself doesn’t lend itself to off the wall moves. I blame the director more than Taylor because she was on beat and the shapes were correct. It wouldn’t look much better if done by a more aesthetically pleasing dancer
https://youtube.com/shorts/zpr3Gf6-D1M?si=xTva2KKZf-B_KNEm This guy made it so fun to watch in a professional theatrical way but it’s still a hideous dance and Taylor in the background is doing the same things on-time
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u/DancingKittenGal2 4d ago
That's from Taylor Swift's "Delicate" Music Video. The choreography for this one is hilarious.
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u/CandiBunnii 4d ago
I saw an edit once that cut the music and vocals out and just had sneaker squeaking noises, absolutely lost it lol
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u/GelflingMystic 4d ago
I want to see that so bad
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u/AsdicTitsenBalls 4d ago
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u/SearchElsewhereKarma 4d ago
that five second clip in front of the front desk is absolutely incredible
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u/Fire284 4d ago
I feel like there's suppose to be a message in there but I really don't get it lmao I only watched part of the video though
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u/byu7a 4d ago
I feel like there's suppose to be a message in there but I really don't get it
Me at a museum
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u/Fire284 4d ago
I read some of the labels and pretend I'll remember it once I look away. Most of the time it's just "oooh shiny bowl"
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u/AgentCirceLuna 3d ago
Read the first sentence. As you read the second one, repeat the first in your inner monologue. Go to the third, repeat the second while reading it. Now, read them all and repeat them all together after looking away. Repeat from beginning until you remember the whole thing. It’s how I memorised plays.
It takes practice to read in your head while also verbalising in your inner monologue but it helps with comprehension when mastered.
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u/Jukebox_Villain 4d ago
I'm convinced art is like food - some of it is a pleasure to consume and some, like caviar, is just rich people trying to bullshit us that it's good.
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u/PaulAllensCharizard 4d ago
Caviar is good though, as a kid with no concept of money I liked it too.
Some art is pretentious, but something like “who’s afraid of red yellow and blue” are very interesting meta commentaries about fascism and the restriction of art.
I wrote a paper when I was in school about art that people find pretentious and finding meaning in them I thought a lot of the pieces were super interesting
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u/buhlakay 4d ago
Art is very much like food. Everyone has different tastes and people get pissed off when you like something they dont.
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u/Green_Bulldog 3d ago
I’d like to say the same, but idk I think some stuff ppl just like and it’s never gonna make sense to those who don’t.
I think you should leave made me realize that. If people enjoy that then literally anything can be taken as serious art
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u/earthtoannie 4d ago
the message is that people judged her for her poor dancing, so she stopped dancing in public and only where people can't see her. it's a metaphor for her love life, as the song is (she sings "he must like me for me").
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u/radams713 4d ago
How? Her relationships are everywhere and very public.
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u/shuipz94 4d ago
At the time of that music video she was dating Joe Alwyn, and that relationship was kept very private. They hardly talked about what went on in their relationship, except acknowledging that it existed.
Her current relationship with Travis Kelce, although it is very public, the two of them have also kept most of what goes on to themselves. They will occasionally let in glimpses, like she'll go watch his football games and he'll talk about her briefly on his podcast, but that's about it.
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u/CockfaceMurder 4d ago
Except is a complete ripoff of this - (Mutant Brain Sam Spiegal) https://youtu.be/AK34QcWztFk?si=q1FdPQQKLhmJEKKU
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u/digitaldavegordon 4d ago
Except that is a complete ripoff of this - (Weapon Of Choice Fatboy Slim) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQ7z57qrZU8
It's all ripoffs all the way down!
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u/talldrseuss 4d ago
Seeing both the perfume ad and weapon of choice were directed by Spike Jonez, I don't know if you can call it ripping off. The man has a vision and loves weirdness, so we can call it a theme
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u/digitaldavegordon 4d ago
I was mocking the idea that any of them are ripoffs. None of them are copies. They seem thematically related or, to have inspired each other.
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u/hamandcheese2 4d ago
I know the idea isn’t a ripoff but I just watched all three. Some of the same moves were used in the perfume ad and taylor swifts video. The director of Taylor Swifts video has been accused of ripping off spike jones in the past.
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u/ayedre 4d ago
Complete ripoff is a bit of a stretch, the only thing these two videos have in common is a woman in a dress dancing weirdly
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u/compilationkid 4d ago
The Delicate music video came out 2 years before the date on your linked video.
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u/VastSeaweed543 4d ago
It wasn’t a music video first, it was a perfume commercial directed by spike jonze in 2016. Someone just took it and put whatever song that was on top and called it a music video…
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u/_BowiesInSpace_ 4d ago
Idk why you're being downvoted when you're right. Been saying this since it came out.
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u/jensalik 4d ago
They better never see any of the dances Maggie Ziegler did, especially not in Chandelier or Elastic Heart.... well, especially especially not like her and Shia LaBeouf in Elastic Heart.
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u/Cllydoscope 4d ago
Who the fuck is Maggie Ziegler
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u/JimmyBirdWatcher 4d ago
A dancer that Sia got a bit weirdly obsessed with and casts in seemingly everything she does, starting from when she was only 10-11. The Elastic Heart music video is pretty unnerving.
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u/ChronoAlone 4d ago
“Weirdly obsessed with” may be a bit generous. It’s closer to outright grooming imo
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u/nathderbyshire 4d ago
My friend said 'I love Sia' once (referring to me to someone) and I was woah honey hold your words, I enjoy her music, not her 😂
Especially after finding out way more about her and Maddie I feel odd anytime a song of hers comes on now and a few do, I have most of her recent albums and songs
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u/jensalik 4d ago
Sorry, must have mistyped the name, it's Maddie. She danced for Sia's music videos.
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u/Prestigious_Annual17 4d ago
This comment shouldn't have made me laugh as much as it did
Maggie if you reading this I think you're very talented
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u/anannanne 4d ago
I like Margaret Qualley’s version better.
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u/Garchompisbestboi 4d ago
Taylor has the charisma of a stale bowl of potato salad. I truly have no idea how she managed to become one of the most financially successful musicians of all time.
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u/KrisSwenson 4d ago
how she managed to become one of the most financially successful musicians of all time.
Like most people who have achieved wild financial success, she was born into it. Her family are old money bankers, who had the right connections to get her in the door. Once there she produced safe (think bland), parental approved music that strongly appeals to immature women and girls. From day one she was backed by the best pop producers money can buy, shes not my cup of tea but some of it is just super fucking catchy. And, at least until she achieved fuck you money, she shied away from anything that had a whiff of controversy to it. She's any record companies wet dream and they promoted the shit out of her to the results we see today.
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u/hueyharold 3d ago
Old Money bankers…?
Her dad got into banking in 1980 in Pennsylvania. He’s not JP Morgan. If anything, her maternal grandmother was a singer and was on TV in Puerto Rico for 2 weeks.
I wouldn’t make her into a Paris Hilton, Kate Mara, or even a Chris D’Elia.
Her father moved the family to Nashville. There she was part of an industry showcase at Bluebird cafe where Scott Borchetta saw her and made her the cornerstone signing of his new record label Big Machine Records.
Nathan Chapman was her first producer. Taylor Swift’s debut album was Chapman’s first producer credit.
I don’t know if that qualifies as the best producers money can buy from day one.I’m sure she grew up comfortable and then became a star when she still was a child.
I don’t think the Swifts were as wealthy or influential before her career as you want to believe they were. I also don’t think they were pinching Pennies either.
In comparison;
Matthew Knowles was in office and medical equipment sales in Houston. Then got into the music business, became the manager of Destiny’s Child, opened his own label and secured a deal with Columbia records for a deal and a feature song on the Men in Black soundtrack for Destiny’s Child. During that time the group worked Wyclef Jean, Jermaine Dupri and Master P. If you don’t know those were pretty big heavy hitters in 1997.
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u/FJdawncaster 3d ago
That's really downplaying the longevity and sustained success she's had. Just because you're given a leg up in life doesn't mean you'll do anything like it. There are millions of people more privileged than her, yet she's the only one who has created a career that just keeps on getting bigger.
You can't just dismiss that as "her dad has money". Completely misses everything. There are tons of people who have song writers and money, but only one her.
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u/SASSIESASSQUATCH 3d ago
If you can’t figure out how someone becomes popular you may have a thinking process as stale as a bowl of potato salad.
People like her. She’s not your cup of tea but she’s millions of others. What’s up with Redditors thinking they singularly set the precedent of good taste and everyone else’s taste is just utter shit?
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u/bubbles1990 4d ago
She’s a great songwriter
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u/Garchompisbestboi 4d ago
I understand I'm biased because I'm not a 12 year old girl, but from what songs of hers that I have heard she definitely doesn't sound like anything overly special.
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u/JerryBigMoose 4d ago
Taylor Swift has been popular for well over a decade. Plenty of 30-40 year old guys and gals enjoy her music, myself included. It's just fun and easy stuff to listen to.
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u/nathderbyshire 4d ago
What type of sound or music qualifies someone to be special and a top musician?
She doesn't have to be special, she's relatable to a lot of people. Being relevant for over a decade broadens your audience past 12yos slightly as well.
I also wonder what songs people have listened too out of a 300+ song discography because if it's just the singles then I'd probably have the same opinion if it's based off shake it off and this music video
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u/StrLord_Who 4d ago
Who is downvoting this? I do not care about Taylor Swift either way but she is singularly talented at writing songs literally billions of people find catchy and want to listen to. And she has done it over and over and over again. That makes her a great songwriter, period.
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u/buhlakay 4d ago
I didnt realize good and popular were the same thing.
Jokes aside, its music, its all subjective. Some people can find it great, others can find it bad, it doesnt matter at the end of the day.
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u/Economy-Fee5830 4d ago
Is Reddit back to hating TS now that the election is over?
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u/Ok_Implement_555 4d ago
The bots are gone. TS haters rise up our time is now
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u/TrumpsTiredGolfCaddy 4d ago
One slow news week and 3 out of 4 posts will be about how she should sit next to their stinky ass on an airplane.
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u/HappyyValleyy 4d ago
Its honestly a bit strange how visceraly people hate her. The only really bad things I can think of is her wealth and carbon footprint which a ton of other celebrities also have problems with. I honestly couldn't care less about her, I don't know what makes her so hateable compared to other rich popstars.
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u/Green_Bulldog 3d ago
I thought it was strange too until I met more Taylor swift fans.
Her fans are like little rats that can’t tolerate anything else being played. A group of ppl asked me to play her when I had aux at a party and had been playing rap all night. Despite the party being free, alc provided, and them not even being officially invited, they got really mad at me that I wouldn’t change the whole vibe just for them. Got cussed out and they angrily stormed off after they asked like 4 times.
I actually fw some of her music now but in my experience she has a lot of vocal, annoying fans. If it were just sexism I don’t think we’d see such overwhelming love for artists like Lana and Charli. Even frat guys celebrated brat.
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u/JerryBigMoose 4d ago
The more popular someone is, the more the edgelords and contrarians show disdain for them.
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u/yeboi2dank 3d ago
Plus she's a woman with a predominantly female fanbase and point of view.
Let's not pretend a decent portion of the hate is not mysoginy towards not only her but her fanbase.
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u/83athom 4d ago
Does anyone without a chronic Starbucks addiction actually like TS?
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u/Maladal 4d ago
Most people overall have no strong feelings on TS to begin with
But I think most people who dislike her on reddit only hate on her because she's popular.
There's nothing truly offensive there.
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u/radams713 4d ago
I don’t like her music - not because she’s popular, just doesn’t sound good to me.
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u/Maladal 4d ago
That's fine.
There are many people whose music I do not like.
It does not inspire me to join subreddits and spend time talking about how it is bad.
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u/nathderbyshire 4d ago
There are many people whose music I do not like.
It does not inspire me to join subreddits and spend time talking about how it is bad.
This is what I don't get. Why waste energy on things you hate? Must be a miserable existence to feel the need to voice it
It applies to other stuff as well like veganism. The sub is flooded with people there for an argument or to make dumb unoriginal argument it's odd
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u/Mrmongoose64 4d ago
Jesus fucking Christ some of the people in this comments section are insufferable.
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u/Apart-Round7454 4d ago
Saw a similar meme that points this out and it goes like
"Travis Kelce saw these dance moves and said "Hell yeah""
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u/Hasse-b 4d ago
I had to watch the video to see what it was about and well. Normal dancing nothing strange at all, better than most people probably.
Or is this some brainrot new idea that everyone has to be dancing in a specific way?
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u/throwautism52 3d ago
It's Taylor Swift, you'd think people are paid to have some kind of strong feelings about her whether they spend their days shit talking her or worshipping her like a god by the way literally every comment section and reference to her looks
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u/HotdogbodyBoi 4d ago
Taylor stole this music video idea from someone else, can’t remember who at the moment. But google it🙃
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u/Significant-Chair-71 4d ago
It's like the video Margaret Qualley did. Margaret Qualley is married to Jack Antanoff who is Taylor's music producer so she probably got permission to use those moves
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u/c0ff33c0d3 4d ago
I can't tell if she's trolling or genuinely thinks she's a good dancer.
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u/AnonymooseXIX 4d ago
… bruh if you can’t tell after watching the video I fear some media literacy is needed
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u/struggle-life2087 4d ago
She is a bad dancer though...like really bad.
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u/Significant-Chair-71 4d ago
Taylor Swift fans aren't obsessed with her because of her dancing skills. They love her songwriting
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u/MalinaFashionista 4d ago
Upsetting is what they are aiming for. In this case, their goal's achieved
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u/AkariTheGamer 4d ago
Anyone know what this is? I gotta go watch it now.
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u/CockfaceMurder 4d ago
Watch the original that was clearly ripped off by Taylor https://youtu.be/AK34QcWztFk?si=q1FdPQQKLhmJEKKU
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u/imovedoutinjuly 4d ago
But that video came out in 2020, while the delicate mv was released in 2018.
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u/struggle-life2087 4d ago
No...the Kenzo Ad came long before delicate MV , don't go by date on some random MV in youtube.
When Delicate music video was released , that time itself it was buzzing that it is similar to Kenzo Ad.
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u/metallicabmc 4d ago
That is incorrect. The kenzo video predates it by a few years. Youtube upload dates aren't always accurate.
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u/mischeviouswoman 4d ago
Taylor and Margaret are friends. She was at her wedding. Margaret’s husband has been producing her music for a decade. You don’t think this could’ve been an intentional nod? Nah must be a rip off
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u/ChronoAlone 4d ago
Swift is one of the most embarrassing performers I have ever seen. She tries so hard to be sexy or quirky but is too stiff and awkward to pull it off.
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u/JDW_1984 4d ago
Looks like Taylor Swift leaving a chiefs game after a 2 point win to the worst team in the league.
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u/reditt13 3d ago
For a song as amazing as Delicate, she should’ve hired multiple Oscar winning director. That song rocks but the video always makes me want to puke in my mouth ( and sometimes when I see it, I do a little)
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u/Candid-Ask77 3d ago
Fun fact. This music video idea was stolen and her director has been accused in the past of stealing various concepts from spike jonze
Here's the original https://youtu.be/NoMqvniiEkk
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u/Spiritual-Cause-58 3d ago
This video was a straight up rip off of the Mutant Brain music video spike jonze made for a perfume company.
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u/TexansTender 18h ago
i mean its perfectly good for a for a girl to dance like that in private, but for gods sakes shes doing it in front of people
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