“The music video for ‘Lavender Haze’, a track from Taylor Swift’s album ‘Midnight’, features transgender model Laith Ashley as a co-star.”
“Taylor Swift is immersed in a dreamy, lavender-colored world in her latest music video for ‘Lavender Haze’.”
“On Friday, Swift released the music video for the song ‘Lavender Haze’, from her latest album ‘Midnights’.”
“In the video, Swift dances in a lavender-hued dream-like setting, which includes a lavender maze, a field of flowers, and large koi fish swimming behind the walls of her home, as she expresses her love. The video features transgender model and artist Laith Ashley as her love interest, whom Swift has praised as someone she had a great experience working with.”
“As is typical of her style, Taylor Swift includes Easter eggs throughout the video, referencing other songs from her ‘Midnights’ album, such as ‘Mastermind’, ‘Karma’, and ‘Maroon’. She also continues to hint at her upcoming album ‘Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)’ in the way she did in her video ‘Bejeweled’ by including koi fish, which were prominently featured on the guitar she used during her ‘Speak Now’ tour.”
“Upon debuting the premiere of the video, Taylor Swift described it as a visual representation of the “world and mood” of her album ‘Midnight’, like a “sultry sleepless ’70s fever dream.”
“After releasing a series of “music movies”, Swift stated that ‘Lavender Haze’ is the first of three videos that she wrote and directed. She had previously released videos for the songs ‘Bejeweled’ and ‘Anti-Hero’.”
“Zoë Kravitz is credited as a songwriter for ‘Lavender Haze’.”
“As fans eagerly awaited the release of her tenth studio album, Swift shared insights into the meaning of several upcoming songs. She described ‘Lavender Haze’ as a song inspired by the TV series Mad Men. She said she first heard the phrase “Lavender Haze” while watching the series, which was used in the 1950s to describe being in love. She explained, “If you were in the lavender haze, then that meant that you were in that all-encompassing love glow, and I thought that was really beautiful.”