{"id":287157,"date":"2025-10-08T18:17:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T18:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/287157\/"},"modified":"2025-10-08T18:17:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T18:17:12","slug":"did-taylor-swift-use-ai-to-make-showgirl-promotional-videos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/287157\/","title":{"rendered":"Did Taylor Swift Use AI to Make ‘Showgirl’ Promotional Videos?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tAs with all things related to the launch of any Taylor Swift<\/a> album, all the components for The Life of a Showgirl<\/a> were meticulously worked out and in place starting last week, from teaser trailers to release-day events to talk-show appearances. And all went according to plan \u2014 except, say some Swifties, for one aspect that\u2019s unnerved and angered them.<\/p>\n

\n\tTimed to the album\u2019s multi-layered kick-off, physical orange doors began appearing in cities around the world \u2014\u00a0Nashville, London, Las Vegas, among them \u2014 each sporting QR codes that connected fans to brief travelogue-style videos evoking those locales. But some Swifties say they\u2019ve noticed odd irregularities<\/a> in the clips, which can still be found online. A squirrel that, for a fleeting second, doesn\u2019t have a fourth limb. Different fonts used for the same letters in a notepad. A gym treadmill with a mangled display of the word \u201cstop.\u201d Light shining through a window that doesn\u2019t match its shadow on the floor. Dumbbells in a workout room that don\u2019t seem to match.<\/p>\n

\n\tAnd with those sightings arose\u2026 The Life of an AI Theory.\u00a0Since last weekend, a chunk of the Internet, including some Swift fans, have become convinced that the pop star or her team used AI\u00a0technology for some of those promo clips. TikTok accounts pointed out the \u201cinconsistencies\u201d and expressed grave disappointment with the idea that Swift would turn to such technology rather than hiring professional artists to create the visuals \u2014 especially after having her own likeness used in a 2024 AI video that falsely suggested she was endorsing President Trump<\/a>. \u201cIt really conjured up my fears around AI, and the dangers of spreading misinformation,\u201d Swift said then, after the appearance of videos in the run-up to last year\u2019s presidential election.<\/p>\n

\n\tAlyssa Yung, a self-admitted Swiftie \u201csince elementary school,\u201d posted one of those critiques on her TikTok. \u201cThe most disappointing aspect of this is how utterly hypocritical the use of AI is on Taylor\u2019s project,\u201d Yung tells Rolling Stone. \u201cShe herself has gone on record against AI and it has repeatedly been used against her \u2014 deepfake porn, false election endorsements, etc. Additionally, Taylor Swift has been an advocate for years about owning her art and generative AI uses stolen art to create its images\/videos. The fact that her\/her team opted to go this route instead of hiring a real 3D\/CGI artist when they have seemingly an endless budget (as a billionaire signed to a major record label) is a disappointing sign of the times.\u201c<\/p>\n

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\n\tAlong with the TikTok videos, the hashtag SwiftiesAgainstAI has popped up to point out the environmental impact of AI. \u201cPlease learn better next time,\u201d read one post. As a recent MIT study assessed, the computer power required of AI tech can \u201cdemand a staggering amount of electricity, which leads to increased carbon dioxide emissions and pressures on the electric grid\u201d and \u201ca great deal of water \u2026 needed to cool the hardware used for training, deploying, and fine-tuning generative AI models, which can strain municipal water supplies and disrupt local ecosystems.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tBut who exactly created and posted these videos (which also look as if they contain a good deal of CGI)? Was it Team Taylor or a third-party company? Did Google have something to do with it? A rep for Swift did not respond to Rolling Stone\u2018s request for comment, nor did Google, assuming the company had anything to do with the AI to begin with.<\/p>\n

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Edit: to find the videos search \u201corange door\u201d plus any of the cities names like Berlin, Paris, or Chicago. \u201cOrange door Santa Monica\u201d is the most obviously ai. these promo videos have been set to private since I made this. How to spot AI in videos \ud83e\uddd0 #taylorswift<\/a> #ai<\/a> #tloas<\/a> <\/p>\n

\u266c original sound \u2013 gooj<\/a> <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\n\tBut one aspect of this mystery remains undeniable. Instead of attacking those who pointed out the supposedly AI-created images, many seemed to agree with the sleuths. \u201cIt\u2018s 100% AI,\u201d wrote one. \u201cAnother key giveaway is that there are cuts every 6 seconds and the camera is static aside from simple zooming in\/out.\u201d Others wrote: \u201cDisappointing she would do this considering she could absolutely pay real motion graphics designers and the battle she personally had for her own intellectual property\u201d and \u201cLol yeah that\u2019s hella sus. Given how she\u2019s trained her fans to look at every detail I don\u2019t know how they didn\u2019t think people would pick up on this.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tFor her part, Yung says she\u2019s surprised that fellow Swifties are agreeing with her for calling out the alleged AI videos. \u201cFrom my years of supporting Taylor Swift, I have noticed that people will blindly support<\/a> anything she does and any critique of her is met with extreme backlash,\u201d she says. \u201cI am noticing this album cycle that more Swifties are departing from that hive mindset and actually criticizing her when they deem it is valid.\u201d<\/p>\n