Taylor Swift transformed from Cinderella to a burlesque dancer in the star-studded music video for her song Bejeweled, from her new album Midnights.
At one point in the video the 32-year old singer – who also wrote and directed the project – performed a cheeky burlesque routine with Dita Von Teese, 50, featuring the duo splashing around in huge martini glasses while wearing sparkling corsets.
The video was chock-full of celebrity appearances, including actress Laura Dern, the Haim sisters, make-up artist Pat McGrath, and record producer Jack Antonoff.
Bejeweled! Taylor Swift transformed from Cinderella to a burlesque dancer in the star-studded music video for her song Bejeweled, from her new album Midnights
The video starts out with Taylor – who plays House Wench Taylor – in a tattered dirty white dress as she cleans vomit off of the floor in an attic.
Suddenly her mean-spirited step sisters Lady Danielle, Lasy Este and Lady Alana – played by Este, Danielle, and Alana Haim – appear in their clean gowns, and start discussing how they’re going to win a prince over.
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‘I’m sorry my dudes, he’s gonna choose me, I even contoured my abs with the mud from the hog pen outside,’ one of them boasts.
Cheeky: At one point in the video the 32-year old singer performed a cheeky burlesque routine with Dita Von Teese, 50, featuring the duo splashing around in huge martini glasses
Unforgettable: She puts on an unforgettable performance, popping her leg up in the air and splashing water everywhere
Glamorous: The pop star looked ravishing as she lounged in her bejeweled costume, wearing a hefty diamond necklace
‘Well, I bought diamond nipple tassels so…’ another one adds.
They are then joined by Taylor’s evil stepmom, played by Laura Dern, 55.
‘Well, I’ll be poisoning all the other maidens in the village!’ she reveals.
‘Yes mom!’ they cheer her on.
Cinderella: The video starts out with Taylor – who plays House Wench Taylor – in a tattered dirty white dress as she cleans vomit off of the floor in an attic
Sisters: Suddenly her mean-spirited step sisters – played by Este, Danielle, and Alana Haim – appear in their clean gowns, and start discussing how they’re going to win a prince over
Evil stepmom: They are then joined by Taylor’s evil stepmom, played by Laura Dern, 55, who reveals she will be ‘poisoning all the other maidens in the village!’
However, the sisters reveal that the competition for the prince’s heart has different rules this year, and instead of ‘showing up at the ball looking hot’ the maidens must enter a ‘talent competition’ and whoever wins get the keys to a castle and a marriage proposal from the prince.
Gold subtitles then appear on the screen, showing that Danielle ‘wants the ring’, Este wants ‘the title’ Alana ‘wants the d***’ while Taylor wants ‘the castle.’
The evil stepmom then shows off eight proposal rings she’s previously received from suitors, as she tells her daughters it’s the single most important thing to aspire to in life.
Change up: The sisters reveal that the competition for the prince’s heart has different rules this year, and the maidens must enter a ‘talent competition.’ Whoever wins get the keys to a castle and a marriage proposal from the prince
What they want: Gold subtitles then appear on the screen, showing that Danielle ‘wants the ring’, Este wants ‘the title’ Alana ‘wants the d***’ while Taylor wants ‘the castle’
Many rings: Dern then shows off the eight proposal rings she’s previously received from suitors, as she tells her daughters it’s the single most important thing to aspire to in life
Can’t come: ‘Well we all know who’s not coming tonight,’ one os the sisters says, pointedly looking at Taylor, as she calls her a ‘weasel’
Admonished! When Taylor retorts, Dern admonishes her, shouting ‘Speak not, tired tacky wench, clean!’
Not allowed to go: Dern then tells Swift she is not allowed to go to the ball, and even if she were the prince would ‘never have anything to do with that little harlot’
‘Well we all know who’s not coming tonight,’ one os the sisters says, pointedly looking at Taylor, as she calls her a ‘weasel.’
‘Do we honestly have to do this whole entire verbal abuse thing ever time you leave the house?” Taylor inquires as she continues to scrub the floor.
‘Shut up wench!’ they shout at her.
‘Speak not, tired tacky wench, clean!’ Dern admonishes her. ‘Even if she were allowed to go, which she is not, the prince would never have anything to do with that little harlot again. He tired of her quite quickly, didn’t he?’ she adds.
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End of exile: When they leave, Taylor flashes a mischievous smirk at the camera
Gold watch: She then catches a mysterious golden watch that tells her that her ‘exile’ ends in two minutes
Going out! Suddenly a magical elevator appears and Taylor is wearing a glittering navy robe with a hood as she enters while singing, ‘And by the way, I’m going out tonight’
Sparkling: She continues to sing the chorus in the elevator: ‘Best believe I’m still bejeweled/ When I walk in the room/ I can still make the whole place shimmer’
Bedazzled: She then shows off her bedazzled gloves
‘Or should I say… Swiftly?’ she jokes.
‘There it is, that joke never gets old, thank you,’ Taylor replies.
They continue to verbally abuse her before leaving to get jewels for the ball.
When they leave, Taylor flashes a smirk before catching a mysterious golden watch that tells her that her ‘exile’ ends in two minutes.
Suddenly a magical elevator appears and Taylor is wearing a glittering navy robe with a hood as she enters while singing, ‘And by the way, I’m going out tonight.’
A whole new girl! When the elevator doors open, Taylor’s hood is off and she is seen wearing a shimmery black dress and glamorous makeup
Wow! As she makes her way down the diamond runway, Taylor discards her robe to reveal a black bejeweled bodysuit
Sparkling: As beautiful diamond necklaces and bracelets fly around her, she begins to accessorize
Dimond splash: Taylor is seen making a splash in a sea of diamonds
She continues to sing the chorus in the elevator: ‘Best believe I’m still bejeweled/ When I walk in the room/ I can still make the whole place shimmer.’
‘And when I meet the band/ They ask, “Do you have a man?”/ I could still say, “I don’t remember.’
‘Familiarity breeds contempt/ Don’t put me in the basement/ When I want the penthouse of your heart/ Diamonds in my eyes/ I polish up real nice.’
When the elevator doors open, Taylor’s hood is off and she is seen wearing a shimmery black dress and glamorous makeup created for her by Pat herself.
The beauty pro – who also features in the video – designed a host of looks for the singer, including the shimmery blue eye that she is seen modeling in this scene.
To create this particular look, Pat used shades from her Pat McGrath Labs Mthrshp Mega: Celestial Nirvana Palette and her Mothership II: Sublime Palette, before accentuating the shimmery shadow with the PermaGel Ultra Glide Eye Pencil and the Dark Star Mascara.
On her lips, the makeup artist kept things simple, choosing a nude look created with the PermaGel Ultra Lip Pencil, the MatteTrance Lipstick, and the Lust: Gloss.
Going up: The star proceeds to get back in the elevator, and make her way up. As the doors fly open again, she comes wearing a stunning white corset and a white bolero
Tantalizing: At the end of the room the Queen of Burlesque, Dita, awaits her, in a tantalizing corset that matches Taylor’s
Magical: Dita conjures up two martini glasses and both of them get in and begin to put on a sultry performance
Sexy: At one point they douse themselves with water from giant olives
Meanwhile in front of her there is a walkway made out of diamonds.
As she makes her way down the diamond runway, Taylor discards her robe to reveal a black bejeweled bodysuit.
As beautiful diamond necklaces and bracelets fly around her, she begins to accessorize.
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A splash: Taylor makes a big splash at one point
Having fun: The duo continue to splash around and have fun
Diamond tears: The beauty wore diamond tears underneath her eyes
Beauty: Dita is seen lounging in the cocktail while shooting the camera a seductive glance
Taylor then proceeds to get back in the elevator, and continues to make her way up.
As the doors fly open yet again, she comes out with red Pat McGrath Labs LiquiLust: Legendary Wear Matte Lipstick on, and wearing a stunning white corset, diamond necklace and earrings, as well as a white bolero.
Once again, the popstar had a glittering makeup look to match her intricate ensemble – with beauty pro Pat bedazzling her face to accentuate her eye shadow, which featured shades from the Mthrshp Mega: Celestial Nirvana Palette and the Mothership IV: Decadence Palette.
At the end of the room the Queen of Burlesque, Dita, awaits her, in a tantalizing corset that matches Taylor’s.
Dita playfully waves at the camera. Both ladies then shake off their fur shawls, before Dita conjures up two martini glasses.
On time: In the next scene Taylor’s look is transformed yet again, as she hops onto a watch face wearing a sparkling bra and matching underwear and headpiece
Dance routine: The singer then performs a dancing routine with a bevy of scantily clad backup dancers
Music to dance to: The star shows off her dance moves as she attempts to win the talent competition and they key to the castle
They both get in and begin to put on a sultry performance, at one point dousing themselves with water from giant olives.
In the next scene Taylor’s look is transformed yet again, as she hops onto a watch face wearing a sparkling bra and matching underwear and headpiece.
The singer then performs a dancing routine with a bevy of scantily clad backup dancers.
Taylor’s makeup for this scene featured a peacock-inspired color palette, courtesy of Pat, who amped up the glamour on her eyes with products like the Mothership X: Moonlit Seduction Palette and the Mothership IV: Decadence Palette.
Her dramatic cat eye was slicked on with the PermaGel Ultra Glide Eye Pencil and the Perma Precision Liquid Eyeliner, while her bold red lip came courtesy of the LiquiLust: Legendary Wear Matte Lipstick.
Impressed: Pat McGrath is then shown as Queen Pat – in a reference to the show Bridgerton -with gold subtitles saying she was ‘impressed’
Winner! Taylor is then shown as having won the talent competition, with Prince Jack – played by Jack Antonoff – being ‘forced’ to propose to her
Proposal! The prince then begrudgingly gets down on one knee to propose
Ghosted! Taylor winks at the camera before disappearing, as the text says ‘she ghosted’
Pat McGrath is then shown as Queen Pat – in a reference to the show Bridgerton – with gold subtitles saying she was ‘impressed.’
Taylor is then shown as having won the talent competition, with Prince Jack – played by Jack Antonoff – being ‘forced’ to propose to her.
The duo are pictured together in spectacular Marie Antoinette reminiscent clothes, holding a key to the castle.
He then gets down on one knee to begrudgingly propose, as Taylor winks at the camera before disappearing, as the text says ‘she ghosted.’
Happy princess: Taylor emerges in the next scene wearing a splendid yellow gown and diamond choker
Kept the digs: The text on screen informs viewers that she ‘kept the castle’ as a happy Taylor is seen looking out of her balcony onto her land
Queen of dragons? As the camera pans out to the entirety of the castle, dragons begin to land on some of the towers
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Jack shrugs and closes the ring box. Meanwhile Taylor emerges in the next scene wearing a splendid yellow gown and diamond choker.
The text on screen informs viewers that she ‘kept the castle’ as a happy Taylor is seen looking out of her balcony onto her land.
As the camera pans out to the entirety of the castle, dragons begin to land on some of the towers.
Swift’s new album, Midnights, dropped Friday, and has sold over one million units in the U.S. in its first three days of release, becoming the top-selling album of 2022.
The album’s position on the Billboard 200 albums chart will be revealed next month. If Midnights debuts at number one, it will mark Swift’s 11th chart-topping album.
