Easter Eggs in Music Videos (obviously not nearly close to all of them, but you get the point)
ME! Music video
-Snake turned into butterflies: corresponds to the YNTCD back tattoo
-Snake slithering on the Stones: corresponds to the lyric “snakes and stones never broke my bones”
-Christmas Tree: “we can leave the Christmas lights up til January”
-In the dialogue Taylor says “I cant talk to you when you’re like this”: lyric in false god
-“You need to calm down”: Song title
-Dixie Chicks in ME! = collab
-Taylor walks through clouds, referring to the lyrics “clearing the air, i breathed in the smoke”
-13 clouds
-Cloud resembled a snake chasing after her
-Taylor in the yellow suit = “The man” tease
-7 briefcases
-The scene with everyone in pantsuits is taking place on a street that looks/resembles Cornelia street
- Brendon looks out of the window alluding to the lyrics “staring out the window like I’m not you’re favorite town”
-London sky view/Big Ben: references to London in Lover
-Lover sign: Album name and song title
-Benji: reference to her new cat
-Cupid scene, an angel rolls her eyes = cruel summer lyric
-Cupid scene alluded to “The Archer”
-Cornelia Roses
YNTCD video references
-Dice cameo: “Devils roll the dice” & “The whole school is rolling fake dice”
-“Mom, I’m a rich man” quote alluding to The man
-Benji watch has 13 on it/became new merch!
-Back tattoo takes us back to the ME! Video where the snake turned into a butterfly
-Lover phone case: new merch
-13 gems on her sunglasses
-Cornelia roses alongside the pool
-16th Ave corresponding with “skipping down 16th Avenue”
-“Love letters only” mailbox: unveiled how she’d be releasing new lover days before release
-Hayley using the bow and arrow to hit the 5 target = “The Archer” being track 5
-13 necklace on
-Cruel summer tattoo on Ellen: song title
-7 people laying down in lawn chairs
-Katy + Taylor symbolic reference to their friendship, also possible reference to “its nice to have a friend” as the song title
-Ryan Reynolds is painting the stonewall inn
Lover music video
-Snow globe: “you two are dancing in a snow globe round and round”
-Lyric video in the attic
-Each room represents old era/past album
-Taylor is wearing Stella x Taylor collab in beginning
-Christian hangs up a photo on Benji
-Yellow room is upside down bc fearless completely flipped her life upside down
-Fishbowl references her life in the spotlight
-“Devils roll the dice, Angels roll their eyes” board game = cruel summer
-Scrabble pieces spell out Afterglow
-“Breakable heaven” board game = cruel summer
-New year’s day party = “there’s glitter on the floor after the party”
-13 candles on the cake
Easter eggs of the ERA
* Taylor posted the caption “take me home” possibly referring to lover lyrics.
* Taylor started changing her Instagram theme on February 10th, also the same she wore a Stella McCartney dress
* February 24th she posted 7 palm trees hinting at her 7th album, come to find out that’s the day she finished the album.
* THE FIVE HOLES IN THE FENCE
* February 27 she captioned her Elle cover “Me ! By Quentin Jones”
* March 6th she captioned her photo with “step into the daylight and let it go” which just so happen to be lyrics in daylight.
* May 1st, uploaded the ME! Lyric video containing paper rings
* Wango tango- Stella McCartney shoes
* August 8th vogue interview- revealed “The man” and “Lover” lyrics
* August 13 she posted dice for a countdown, also symbolic for dice lyrics in songs on the lover album
* Lesson twenty six: she said she loved making countdowns for things she’s excited for, then went a made a countdown
* lesson thirty: she ended the very last line with “step into the daylight and let it go” which, is one of the last lyrics from daylight on the lover album, daylight is also the last song.
* mention of Scott Fitzgerald in Elle...reference to benjis name
* Mention of Dixie chicks in Elle referring to the collaboration
* Mention of panic in Elle also referring to the other collaboration
* Friends pin “it’s nice to have a friend”
* The calm pin: “you need to calm down”
* Dixie chicks pin: collaboration
* Drake pin: “in my feelings more than drake”
* Ellen and Taylor talking about her making an appearance in the you need to calm down video, when she was in fact in the video.
* Taylor mentions someone great in Ellen interview, which she wrote a song based off of.
I think it’s kind of wild that there’s THIS many Easter eggs. Taylor is INSANE
