Lena Dunham, Kendrick Lamar to Play Noir Badasses in Taylor Swift’s Next Music Video
After the womp-womp that was her last video, “Style,” Taylor Swift has decided to turn things up a notch for her next offering by inviting a handful of her famous pals to star as elaborate, funny-named noir characters. She tweeted a hint about the video, for the song “Bad Blood,” yesterday evening, explaining that each star chose their own name and persona:
Fun fact about #BadBloodMusicVideo:
Each individual actor/actress chose their character's name and persona.
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Swift is going to be CATastrophie, if you didn’t get that already:
Watch the @Billboard Music Awards to see the premiere of @taylorswift13's new song "Bad Blood"! #BBMAs Sun, May 17! pic.twitter.com/IYRJS8kW4d
— ABC Network (@ABCNetwork) May 7, 2015
And then she shared the names of the other stars, tweeting movie-poster images of each of them throughout the day:
Actress/author Lena Dunham
Meet Lucky Fiori.@lenadunham #BadBloodMusicVideo pic.twitter.com/agdFw8OSsn
— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) May 10, 2015
Rapper Kendrick Lamar
Meet Welvin Da Great.@kendricklamar #BadBloodMusicVideo pic.twitter.com/iz6iG87NLE
— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) May 11, 2015
Actor Hailee Steinfeld
Meet The Trinity.@HaileeSteinfeld #BadBloodMusicVideo pic.twitter.com/cYn6u7D5jZ
— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) May 10, 2015
Singer Ellie Goulding
Meet Destructa X.@elliegoulding #BadBloodMusicVideo pic.twitter.com/PbgpkDUliT
— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) May 9, 2015
Supermodel Gigi Hadid
Meet Slay-Z.@GiGiHadid #BadBloodMusicVideo pic.twitter.com/FCW0wmSFgR
— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) May 9, 2015
Paramore’s Hayley Williams
Meet The Crimson Curse.@yelyahwilliams #BadBloodMusicVideo pic.twitter.com/R8nssKiXPG
— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) May 8, 2015
Disney Channel star Zendaya
Meet Cut-Throat.@Zendaya #BadBloodMusicVideo pic.twitter.com/hmBSUUNj1J
— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) May 8, 2015
Victoria’s Secret model Lily Aldridge
Meet Frostbyte.@LilyAldridge #BadBloodMusicVideo pic.twitter.com/UBgWF05f1I
— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) May 7, 2015
The video, now quite the highly anticipated event, debuts on during the Billboard Music Awards on Sunday, May 17th.