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- "The Fate of Ophelia" Might Just Be Taylor Swift's Greatest Music Video Yet</p>
<p>Sophie WangOctober 6, 2025 at 7:06 AM</p>
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<p>This Might Be Taylor Swift's Best Music Video Yet Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott</p>
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<p>If you logged onto TikTok a year or two ago, you might have been greeted with an installment of the "Taylor Swift or Shakespeare" trend, in which fans would challenge non-listeners to decipher between the two writers' words. More often than not, the subjects would fail the quiz.</p>
<p>Swift, with her poignant lyricism and storytelling expertise, has been open about all the Shakespearean influences that found their way from her high school English class into her Grammy-winning albums and stadiums all across the world. Most recently, she pulled from Hamlet for the lead single of The Life of a Showgirl, using her sharp pen to write the character of Ophelia a new ending—saving her from the tragedy that ensued in Shakespeare's pages à la her 2008 hit "Love Story," where she put her own happily-ever-after spin on Romeo & Juliet. But in her new music video for "The Fate of Ophelia" she took things a step further, not only rewriting the story of Hamlet, but reimagining all the many artistic interpretations of the character throughout time.</p>
<p>After what must have been months of extensive research, Swift dove headfirst into the past four centuries-worth of Ophelia's history, exploring all the different portrayals of Hamlet's love interest over time—as well as the stars before her who resonated with the character's fate. In her self-directed project, she brought them each to life, transforming into countless different personas in under five minutes.</p>
<p>In one scene, Swift channeled the classic 1852 Ophelia painting by British artist Sir John Everett Millais. A part of Tate Britain's collection in London (coincidence?), the piece depicted a young red-haired girl floating in the river, singing herself to sleep moments before her untimely death. In her video, Swift paid homage to the work, donning a red wig and falling overboard into the ocean. In another, Swift seemingly played into French painter Pierre Auguste Cot's 1870 Ophelia (Pause for Thought), wearing a long white dress with golden locks swept from her face, highlighting a haunting expression of innocence mixed with madness.</p>
<p>Elsewhere, she tapped into real life stories of starlets who faced similar tragedies, dressing as Marilyn Monroe with short platinum curls, embodying Elizabeth Taylor in a scene where ropes carry her on stage, and referencing Ronnie Spector in a Ronette's nightclub. Through the video, Swift saved every version of Ophelia, and all the showgirls before her, from their Shakespearean fate.</p>
<p>Following its initial theater premiere during The Party of a Showgirl visual release, "The Fate of Ophelia" has officially landed on YouTube, giving everyone access to watch (or rewatch) the spectacle.</p>
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