Taylor Swift has released the music video for "Delicate" during the iHeartRadio Music Awards. And it looks like Swift has been taking some Broadway jazz classes:
The video, directed by Joseph Kahn, reads like an acknowledgement of Swift's disappearing act last year. Swift avoided the paparazzi, became "invisible"/out of the headlines in 2017, and privately started dating Joe Alwyn. That last shot of a rain-drenched Swift in the bar, meeting someone (presumably Alwyn) there, is a nod to that.
It's certainly the lightest and most saccharine of Reputation's music videos so far, but that's not exactly a hard bar to pass. Recall that "Look What You Made Me Do" was about the death of the old Taylor, "...Ready For It?" was a battle between dark, "publicly-construed" Taylor and the real Taylor, and "Endgame" was just a big party across three cities. A little plotless, but fun à la "22" plus six years of fame.
Alyssa Bailey is the senior news and strategy editor at ELLE.com, where she oversees coverage of celebrities and royals (particularly Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton). She previously held positions at InStyle and Cosmopolitan. When she's not working, she loves running around Central Park, making people take #ootd pics of her, and exploring New York City.
