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Taylor Swift<\/a>\u2019s new music video<\/a> for \u201cElizabeth Taylor\u201d has sparked a passionate response from Swifties. Some fans are crying their eyes violet over their disappointment, while others are begging critics to get a grip. Of course, all of the discourse is taking place on the lovely, totally non-toxic place that is the internet.<\/p>\n Swift surprise-dropped the visual for her latest The Life of a Showgirl<\/a><\/em> single on Tuesday. The video is somewhat of a departure for the pop superstar in that she doesn\u2019t actually star in it. Instead, Swift pays homage to Taylor with clips from the Hollywood icon\u2019s classic films and archival footage of the A-list actress\u2019 dazzling life in the spotlight. It\u2019s a fitting visual complement to the dramatic track, which draws many parallels<\/a> between both Taylors.<\/p>\n Even so, some fans online didn\u2019t appreciate the effort and voiced their thoughts on social media. \u201cI\u2019m sorry but this is really disappointing if we wanted to see clips of Elizabeth Taylor we could search them up on our own. This is just lazy,\u201d wrote<\/a> one X user. Meanwhile, another X user compared<\/a> the visual to a fan-edit: \u201cTaylor posting an Elizabeth Taylor edit is so real.\u201d<\/p>\n Others were in full denial that the music video was the \u201cofficial\u201d video for the song. One fan account wrote<\/a>, \u201cI swear this has to be an April Fools\u2019 joke right?\u201d Another fan praised the \u201cclassy\u201d approach, but also believed another video was coming. \u201cThis is probably to keep people hooked while they prepare the actual video\u2026 I just expected way better than archival footage for this,\u201d they wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s just a montage of elizabeth taylor? THATS the music video? \ud83d\ude2d girl i thought u were excited to do them for this album what happened,\u201d another user wrote<\/a> on X, referring to Swift\u2019s interview with Heart Radio <\/a>where she claimed, \u201cI want to make more music videos. I actually have time to do stuff like that.\u201d<\/p>\n Other fans online found the humor in the straight-forward homage by making spoof \u201cmusic videos\u201d for other Showgirl<\/em> tracks. One user edited Swift\u2019s \u201cWood\u201d to a clip<\/a> of literal redwood trees, while another played \u201cHoney\u201d atop a video<\/a> of someone harvesting honey from honeycombs.<\/p>\n Some Swifties were into it. \u201cCalling this a fan edit when it\u2019s a very well compiled video from elizabeth taylor archives is so insulting to the editor\u2026 it\u2019s still art,\u201d one X user wrote<\/a>. \u201cThe permissions money and time it must\u2019ve taken them to be able to use all of the clips in a music video\u2026 i do like that in this way she honors her, essentially the reason for the song even existing, what a tribute,\u201d wrote<\/a> another.<\/p>\n Get your daily dose of everything happening in Australian\/New Zealand music and globally.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n One fan couldn\u2019t believe that the wave of negativity towards the video. \u201cWait people are ACTUALLY upset about this? girl log off it\u2019s never that deep and the archival footage of elizabeth taylor is a perfect tribute and fits the song beautifully,\u201d they wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n This isn\u2019t the first The Life of the Showgirl<\/em> sent the internet into a tizzy. When the superstar released her 12th studio album on October 2025, she faced lots of criticism and even some outlandish accusations aimed towards her latest project. A data analysis from research firm GUDEA<\/a> found that some of the most outrageous claims were, in fact, a part of a coordinated attack from \u201cinauthentic accounts.\u201d<\/p>\nLove Music?<\/h2>\n