Taylor Swift Films Music Video In Croydon Shopping Centre
According to the report by Daily Mail, the global superstar, 35, was allegedly in the UK this week on a top secret mission to film the video with a host of her famous pals.
Taylor Swift flew by private jet from 'from New Jersey to Hampshire' last weekend
and was reportedly joined for filming by the likes of Lewis Capaldi and
Domhnall Gleeson.
But bizarrely, one of the locations for the
shoot is said to have been partially-derelict Whitgift shopping centre in
Croydon.
A source told The Sun: 'This
video was shrouded in secrecy, with Taylor’s security team working day and
night to ensure she wasn't sighted at any point. It was like a military
operation.
'But she IS the most powerful woman in pop,
so if she wants to go unseen, she’ll make it happen.'
The top-secret shoot was allegedly for her hit track, Elizabeth Taylor,
with the pop star, specifically wanting to film in London in order to pay
tribute to the titular star's British roots.
The singer dedicated the second song on her
most recent album to Elizabeth, dropping many references to the late screen
icon in the lyrics.
And according to reports last week, Taylor Swift
planned to pay homage to Elizabeth by incorporating the city in which she was
born, into the accompanying music video.
The acting legend, known for her roles in Cleopatra, Cat On A
Hot Tin Roof and Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf, was born
in Hampstead, North London in 1932, before moving to Los Angeles when she was
seven-years-old.
A source told The Sun: 'Taylor
is super excited to be back in London filming for her new music video.
Elizabeth Taylor is a British icon and Taylor wants to pay homage by shooting scenes in
the capital.
'Taylor has always written about her love for
London, and the video will capture different locations around the city.'
The song, Elizabeth Taylor, is full of
references to the famed actress including a nod to her famously 'violet eyes',
and mention of 'white diamonds', in reference to her 1991 fragrance of the same
name.
Taylor Swift also draws parallels between her
own romantic history and Elizabeth's own troubles in her love life, with the
starlet famously having no fewer than eight marriages to seven different
men.
Taylor sings: 'Been number one, but I never
had two' - referring to their shared success in the world of showbusiness
(implying a number one hit), but without a 'two' - a partner to share it
with.
The track also includes the line 'a view of
Portofino', the Italian seaside town that was one of the screen icon's
favourite getaways, and Hotel Plaza Athénée in Paris, which frequently
hosted Elizabeth and Richard as guests.
Taylor's also said 'Portofino Orange' is the
colour of the Showgirl era, and also wore the bright shade frequently during
the latter shows of the Eras tour, which wrapped last December.
The Eras artist opened up about the meaning of the song in a
recent Z100 radio interview.
She explained: 'In this record, there’s a
song called Elizabeth Taylor, which is sort of my emotions and my issues with
fame through the lens of cosplaying the life of Elizabeth Taylor, so you kind
of meld the two experiences together.'
Gushing over her admiration for the late
legend, Taylor added: 'She is always someone that I’ve looked up to as being
this very glamorous, very beloved, but for some reason a polarizing figure —
which, [I've] found myself in that place, too.'
As Swifties will know, her latest album is
not the first time the Blank Space hitmaker has referenced Elizabeth.
Taylor previously gave a nod to her
mid-century movie star aesthetic in the music video for Wildest Dreams.
And on her 2018 Reputation album, she
directly referenced Elizabeth's famously turbulent love affair with actor
Richard Burton, with the lyric 'Burton to my Taylor' in song, Ready For It?.
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