It’s pretty clear Taylor Swift feels at home in the director’s chair. She’s won awards for helming her own music videos and set a feature-length movie with Fox Searchlight. Now, we’re finding out what she’s like on set.
In a new, self-deprecating promo video for the exclusive edition of her The Life of a Showgirl album coming out in Target stores this week, we see Swift the director, bullhorn in hand, giving instructions to Swift the superstar, who’s dressed in her pink, diamond-chested ‘Showgirl’ outfit and tossing glitter backed by an enormous pink vinyl, surrounded by buckets of pink paint. The promo specifically touts the Target-only edition of the album, The Life of a Showgirl: The Crowd is Your King Edition on Summertime Spritz Pink Shimmer Vinyl.
“Alright we are still rolling. We’re gonna try this again, okay? We’re elegant, we’re luxurious. We’re in front of the most beautiful pink vinyl we’ve ever seen,” Director Swift says, trying to coach Showgirl Swift. “What is going on with with the posture? It’s giving ‘no girl,’ not ‘showgirl.’ What are we doing?”
Even Swift’s megaphone matches the glitzy blush pink, and there is a mint shimmery sheen on parts of the instrument. Viewers can see pink furniture in the back of what looks like a warehouse, and many Swifties are pointing out the Exit sign in the background, as this has become a theme in promo leading up to release.
As Showgirl Swift stumbles a bit in her high heels, Director Swift, clad in a black blazer and jeans, tells someone off camera, “She’s got cat hair all over her.” The trumpet-y tune of “I Can Do It With A Broken Heart” that cued her The Tortured Poets Department set on the Eras tour can be heard in the background as well.
“Is there a school that we could very quickly send her to?” Swift asks people off camera, and the caption of the video notes that Showgirl Swift has four days left to rehearse for her big moment.
The superstar’s 12th studio album is out October 3. Her Taylor Swift: The Official Release Party of a Showgirl film opens in theaters the same day.
You can watch the bit below.
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