Did You Catch These Taylor Swift Art References In 'The Fate of Ophelia' Music Video?

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00:00Every artistic reference you missed in Taylor Swift's The Fate of Ophelia music video.

00:06We all know that Taylor Swift loves literature and art.

00:08I mean, she did call herself our English teacher in her engagement post to Travis Kelsey after

00:13all.

00:14The Fate of Ophelia music video features so many references to different paintings and

00:18film eras that I simply had to round them all up.

00:21Once you've read through all of these, check out every pop culture reference in Taylor

00:25Swift's The Tortured Poets Department, explained, because there are a lot, the opening of the

00:30music video features Taylor lying against a gorgeous painted backdrop ala the death of

00:35Ophelia.

00:36It ends up being a set to play into the showgirl nature of the music video, but this is without

00:40a doubt my favorite moment of the video.

00:43Allegedly, painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti's wife, who modeled for Ophelia and died due

00:48to complications on set, is memorialized in his painting Beata Beatrix, which features

00:53an orange bird.

00:55Taylor references the ultimate showgirl, Marilyn Monroe, with a blonde wig and bodysuit.

01:01The red bodysuit could also be a reference to Travis Kelsey's Kansas City team.

01:05She also seems to reference Elizabeth Taylor's classic look with a dark brown wig.

01:10Taylor also references The Sirens and Ulysses by William Eddy in the Fate of Ophelia music

01:15video, seemingly dressed up as Ophelia naturally.

01:19Anything Goes features a lot of synchronized swimming choreography and images, just like this

01:23moment from the music video.

01:25The dancers all have life preservers to tease the fact that Ophelia and Hamlet drowned.

01:30And at the end of the video, we see Taylor lounging in a bathtub just like she is on the cover.

01:36The taste of this represents how she used a bath to relax after every Iris tour show and confirmed

01:41it's inspired by the painting.