rebecca

rebecca | 27 | Gemini | 9.28.14

[maryoliveoil]

TAYLOR SWIFT The making of "Opalite"

[taylorswift]

My favorite part about writing is that first spark of an idea. It can happen at any time, for any reason. The idea for the Opalite music video crash landed into my imagination when I was doing promo for The Life of a Showgirl. I was a guest on one of my favorite shows, The Graham Norton Show. For those of you who aren’t familiar, it’s a UK late night show where Graham Norton (the insanely charismatic and lovable host) invites a random group of actors, entertainers, musicians, etc to be on his show and we all sit there and chat like it’s a dinner party. They even serve wine. Anyway. I remember thinking I got ridiculously lucky with the group I was paired with. Cillian Murphy, Domhnall Gleeson, Greta Lee, Jodie Turner-Smith, and Lewis Capaldi. All people whose work I’ve admired from afar. When we were all talking during the broadcast, Domhnall made a light hearted joke about wanting to be in one of my music videos. He’s Irish! He was joking! Except that in that moment during the interview, I was instantly struck with an *idea*. And so a week later he received an email script I’d written for the Opalite video, where he was playing the starring role. I had this thought that it would be wild if all of our fellow guests on the Graham Norton show that night, including Graham himself, could be a part of it too. Like a school group project but for adults and it isn’t mandatory. To my delight, everyone from the show made the effort to time travel back to the 90’s with us and help with this video. You might even recognize some friendly faces from The Eras Tour. I got to work with one of my favorite people in the world, Rodrigo Prieto, again! I had more fun than I ever imagined - Made new friends, metaphors, and fashion choices. It was an absolute thrill to create this story and these characters. Shot on film. The Opalite video is out now on Spotify & Apple Music. 

https://taylor.lnk.to/OpaliteMusicVideo

[stuckinthistaydream]

the most striking thing to me about taylor right now is that we (as fans) spent so long thinking that her mental health was damaged irreparably from the events of 2016 when in reality it WAS repairable. and I think many of us AND taylor thought that the old taylor was dead forever!!! but that’s not true!!! and it really all comes down to to what travis said about two years ago - she loves life. she really really fucking loves life and joy and happiness and light. and i can’t believe everyone (her and us!!) lost sight of that. we’ve talked about this extensively in our tumblr community but holy shit, I didn’t realize how possible it was to see Fearless Taylor again - that girl who was just so in awe that her life involved creating music and playing her songs in stadiums filled with fans. the girl in the eras tour doc? I’ve seen her before - in Journey to Fearless.

[glittercatsandtaylorswift]

We tell the world to leave us the fuck alone, and they do, wow

[cages-boxes-hunters-foxes]

“I gotta go with one that’s near and dear to my heart. Tay Tay, congratulations, you get my stamp of the week. That’s right honey, you get it. She’s having a world record release of The Life Of A Showgirl. Couldn’t be more proud of her, most vinyl copies sold in one week in the US, with 1.2 million, and then on top of that, it sold 2.7 million copies in just 24 hours. The Fate Of Ophelia was the most streamed song in a single day in Spotify history, just on Friday. So stamp of the week goes to Tay Tay. So proud of you, girl.”

— Travis Kelce on New Heights celebrating The Life Of A Showgirl’s records (x)

[taylorswift]

File this under “save your best for the finale”… I think my favorite moments from the tour were the acoustic surprises. So I went back into the studio with Max and Shellback to record acoustic/unplugged versions of a few of the Showgirl songs with brand new vocals and production! Cannot WAIT for you to hear:

❤️‍🔥 Life Is A Song Acoustic Version with “Opalite (Life Is A Song Acoustic Version)” and “Ruin the Friendship (My Advice Version)” ❤️‍🔥 Dressing Room Rehearsal Version with “Wi$h Li$t (Settled Down Acoustic Version)” and “The Life of a Showgirl (Dressing Room Rehearsal Acoustic Version)” ❤️‍🔥 Alone In My Tower Acoustic Version with “The Fate of Ophelia (Alone In My Tower Acoustic Version)” and “Eldest Daughter (Now You’re Home Acoustic Version)” ❤️‍🔥 So Glamorous Cabaret Version with “Elizabeth Taylor (So Glamorous Cabaret Version)” and Elizabeth Taylor (Original Songwriting Voice Memo)

Four limited CD releases each including two acoustic bonus tracks on my site now for 24 hours while supplies last.

store.taylorswift.com

Album Producers: Max Martin, Shellback and Taylor Swift 📸: TAS Rights Management

[taylorlive]

[taylorswift]

A showgirl knows to save some of her best tricks for the grand finale…

The Life of a Showgirl: The Crowd is Your King Edition on Summertime Spritz Pink Shimmer Vinyl is available to pre-order now exclusively at @Target while supplies last ❤️‍🔥

PS: we’re 9️⃣ days away(!!!!!!!!!!!!)

Album Producers: Max Martin, Shellback and Taylor Swift 📸: Mert Alas, Marcus Piggott & TAS Rights Management

https://taylor.lnk.to/target

[taylorswift]

Tonight all these lives converge here The mosaics of laughter and cocktails of tears Where fraternal souls sing identical things And it’s beautiful  It’s rapturous. It is frightening. ____

I can’t tell you how proud I am to share this with you, an album that just feels so right. A forever thank you goes out to my mentors and friends Max and Shellback for helping me paint this self portrait.

If you thought the big show was wild, perhaps you should come and take a look behind the curtain… 

The Life of a Showgirl is out now.

https://taylor.lnk.to/TSTheLifeofaShowgirl

Album Producers: Max Martin, Shellback and Taylor Swift

📸: Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott 

[taylorswift]

Writing, rehearsing, directing and shooting the music video for “The Fate of Ophelia” was the thrill of a lifetime because I got to be reunited with my Eras Tour family!! I wanted each one-take scene to feel like a live performance and remind us all of how it felt to be at those shows together. Making every moment count. It’s a journey through the chaotic world of show business. I loved working with Rodrigo Prieto, Ethan Tobman and Mandy Moore to dream up these visuals. A huge thank you to this massive cast who kept it 💯 and also kept the secret of this video even existing. It’s out on YouTube NOW!

https://taylor.lnk.to/TheFateofOpheliaMusicVideo

📸: TAS Rights Management

[hahafucksewingmachines]

oh look at me, I’m Travis Kelce. I’ve won the Super Bowl three times. I’m dating Taylor Swift… dude fuck you

[hahafucksewingmachines]

oh look at me, I’m Travis Kelce. I’ve won the Super Bowl three times. I’m dating engaged to Taylor Swift… dude fuck you

[taylorswift]

The Life of a Showgirl: The Tiny Bubbles in Champagne Vinyl Collection is available now on my site for 48 hours while supplies last ❤️‍🔥 store.taylorswift.com Album Producers: Max Martin, Shellback and Taylor Swift 📸: Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott

[evermoredeluxe]

i am travis, travis is me (x)

[cages-boxes-hunters-foxes]

the cover!!!!

[ofbetterbodies-deactivated20251]

The Mastermind's smirk of knowing™

[taylornation]

The Life of a Showgirl Limited Release Deluxe CDs. It’s Beautiful. It’s Frightening. It’s Rapturous. Available for 72 hours while supplies last. ❤️‍🔥

Album Producers: Max Martin, Shellback and Taylor Swift 📸: Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott

[it-feels-like-a-perfect-night]

The Life of a Showgirl is such a smart title because it lends itself to both diaristic and fictional storytelling so easily right off the bat and of course knowing Taylor she’ll do a mix of the two (a la ttpd, folkmore) which as she’s said is both protective and freeing

Also it would make a great documentary title hehe 😜