Everything You Missed In Taylor Swift's 'You Need To Calm Down' Video

My English teacher would be proud of the level of analysis in this video...

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This makes you think about how much detail and effort singers put into work

The scene where Katy is a burger and Taylor is french fries, stands for BFFs.

I was mad about all the things that I missed But then I realized that I just need to calm down

Couple of things to add :D - "16th Avenue" is a reference to the lyric "skipping down 16th Avenue" in 'I Think He Knows' - "Cruel Summer" is the name of one of the tracks (that one is pretty obvious after the album release) - Hayley shooting the arrow to the five is a reference to the song "The Archer" which is track five - "Burger" and "French Fries" stands for BFF's - The dice not only add up to 13 but could be a reference to the lyric "devils roll the dice" in Cruel Summer - The cake-grabbing at the end also parallels Blank Space in the scene where Taylor stabs a cake - With the back tattoo, a group of butterflies is called a kaleidoscope. Not only do we see Brendon's heart turn into a kaleidoscope in the music video for Me! but also links to the lyric in Welcome to New York from 1989, “Kaleidoscope of loud, heartbeats under coats". After we see the tattoo, she covers it up under a coat. Welcome to New York is a song about starting fresh, which could reference Taylor starting fresh with the hate and drama (the fire behind her in the trailer) being left behind. -This one is a stretch but "Snowcones" could reference the lyric "Sidewalk chalk, covered in snow" in "It's Nice to Have A Friend". Also, the pavement in this shot is white, almost like it's "covered in snow", just like the song lyric. -Adam Lambert's tattoo in Latin translates to "music soothes the savage beast" which could reference Taylor using her music to heal from all the negative attention she got. Even now in the folklore era, the cardigan music video showed Taylor clinging to a piano while a storm ensued around her, carrying that same theme. This is a real tattoo of Adam's though, so this one could be a stretch. I think that's all I can think of!

She is Taylor Swift. That hints that this is Taylor Swift’s video.

Protestors: misspelling signs Taylor: hey kids! Spelling is fun!

In the "ME!" music video brendon urie said to taylor," You need to calm down" just before she leaves the room

Taylor is the queen of Easter eggs , she is making art with every move

Katy- Burger Taylor- French Fries Take the starting letters of both of those and what do you get? BFF

wtf this video has more plot twists and easter eggs than whole game of thrones season 8 combined

The music video starts, which gives a hint that the video is about to start

“And dramatically sips tea.” Girl, he be chuggin that stuff.

7:20 not only is the sign spelled wrong it’s facing the wrong way saying that not only do they need to be educated the morons side is pointing at the haters

She has two eyeballs, that might be a nod to the fact that she is a human.

The shots where hands grab large chunks of cakes could be a reference to the many bakeries in America that refused to make wedding cakes for gay weddings

The " Cruel Summer" Tattoo is actually an Easter egg for her Cruel Summer song that comes later in the album.

Aww man. And I thought the "Mom I am a rich man" was a nod to "The Man" which she just released lol. But good on you, Cher!