Taylor Swift's New Video Features Easter Eggs and Trans Representation

As Swift aptly wrote in her Instagram post announcing the video, “There is lots of lavender. There is lots of haze. There is my incredible co-star [Laith Ashley] who I absolutely adored working with.”

But with Swift, there is always more than meets the eye. At a time when trans rights are in jeopardy across the country, Ashley’s role as Swift’s leading love interest is a big win for trans representation.

Ashley, the Dominican-American model, first made headlines as the first transgender male model to appear in a national campaign. From Calvin Klein ads to the Gypsy Sport Catwalk, Ashley quickly became a pop-culture figurehead for transmasculinity, navigating his career with caution. In 2018, he told GQ UK, “It’s hard to be considered this poster child for trans-masculinity, because it’s diverse; no matter where you are on the spectrum there’s another spectrum for you.”

Ashley was quick to extend his gratitude over Twitter, quote tweeting the video with, “Thank you so much [Taylor Swift] for allowing me to play a small part in your story. You are brilliant and this is an experience I will never forget.”

But there’s still more embedded in the ‘Lavender Haze” visual itself. With 3.9 million views at the time of publishing, the Swifties went to work, uncovering the easter eggs in the video, pointing to other singles on Midnights and, of course, bringing up her romantic past. Swifties are spilling the songstress’s secrets across social media by inding parallels between koi fish and Swift’s Speak Now tour guitar, a pedicure the same color as her nails in the “Our Song” music video and more.

And, of course, Joe Alwyn tributes are everywhere with the constellations of Sagittarius and Pisces scattered throughout the music video. Alwyn is once again trending on Twitter as fans try to fight him from their keyboards.

Watch the video for "Lavender Haze" below to see what you can uncover.

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