Taylor Swift simply dropped "The Man" music video, and lovers love the Easter Eggs — from teasing her next album identify to calling out Scott Borchetta.
Any time that pop queen Taylor Swift releases a music video, her unswerving fanatics know that there is far more than meets the eye. A Taylor Swift music video warrants more than one watches as a result of she is known to drop clues about her future music, throw shade, and celebrate her hits from the previous in them.
The singer dropped the music video for "The Man" on Feb. 27, and she or he did not disappoint when it got here to the amount of Easter eggs she put in it.
The superstar of the music video is Tyler, a chairman man who has prowess in terms of trade and his non-public lifestyles. Taylor issues out the hypocrisy about how men are celebrated for issues that women are ridiculed for.
From hinting at the drama between her, Scooter Braun, and Scott Borchetta (and pointing out herself to be the proprietor of the track) to teasing the title of her upcoming eighth album, we have now rounded up seven of Taylor Swift's "The Man" music video Easter eggs.
1. Taylor teased that her subsequent album might be entitled 'Karma.'
As with any Taylor Swift video, her fortunate number "13" used to be on proud show. When Tyler pees on the wall, it is at the thirteenth Street subway station, and that's the reason not the simplest Easter egg in the scene. On the wall surrounding where Tyler is peeing (which is an effort to turn that men regularly break out with this act in public), are the titles of lots of Taylor's earlier albums in graffiti: Speak Now, Fearless, Red, Lover, Reputation, and 1989.
A nod to her eponymous first album is also there with an indication that reads "Missing: If Found, Return to Taylor Swift."
The phrase "Karma" is front and middle in the largest graffiti on the subway station, which many are taking as a clue that it's going to be the name of her next album. The name could be appropriate, bearing in mind many suppose that the drama along with her and Scott Borchetta can be a big theme in the lyrics.
In every other epically shady second, there may be additionally a "no scooter" sign on the wall, which is undoubtedly a nod to the undeniable fact that Scooter Braun may not be a part of her music occupation.
Of direction, on the facet of the subway station is a poster for Mr. Americana, which once again is in reference to her Netflix documentary. Instead of being directed by Lana Wilson, the title of the director on the poster is a man's one: Larry Wilson.
2. Taylor threw some subtle shade at Scott Borchetta.
While many had been keen on the excessive way that Tyler is manspreading and smoking a cigar in the subway car portion of the video, there used to be a goldmine of Easter eggs too. The poster on the right facet of the video is for "BO$$ Scotch" that may be referencing Scott Borchetta, the former head of Big Machine Records, who has infamously been feuding with the singer for having possession over much of her catalog of music.
Next to the poster is the phrase "greedy" which is done in graffiti. Many are pondering that Taylor was calling out Scott's movements, and referring to him as greedy.
Also, the lady in the yellow sweatshirt who's sitting on the same set of seats as Tyler is dressed in a Miss Americana sweatshirt, which is in homage to Taylor's recent Netflix documentary with the similar name. The sweatshirt also says "Miss Americana and the Heartbreak Prince" which might be a nod to her beau, Joe Alwyn.
3. Taylor poked amusing at 'The Wolf of Wall Street' and Leonardo DiCaprio's reputation.
While this isn't precisely an Easter egg, there's no denying that there are major Wolf of Wall Street vibes in Taylor's video, especially when Tyler stands up in his office to the applause of his staff. This mirrors the notorious "I'm not f---king leaving" scene in the movie. Taylor likely made the comparison to call out the fact that individuals still view Jordan Belfort as a md even though he cheated other folks out of cash and stepped out on his marriage.
Taylor additionally calls out Leonardo DiCaprio, who starred in Wolf of Wall Street later in the video with the lyrics "And we would toast to me, oh, let the players play/I'd be just like Leo, in Saint-Tropez," about how the actor can hang out with models on a yacht and no person bats a watch at it.
Meanwhile, Taylor's romantic history has ceaselessly been up for discussion, and she or he's been shamed for writing songs about her exes.
4. Tyler's newspaper is a treasure trove of coloration at how the media writes about men.
In a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment, when Tyler is reading the paper on the subway, a lot of the headlines are written about men in the method that ladies are often portrayed in the media. One of the advertisements is for a drink that is "for men with real thirst," while the quilt story is ready which man who won the yr in famous person courting.
There's additionally a headline for the "most eligible CEOs" and the love lives of male athletes. Taylor is definitely calling out how a lot of a focal point there always is on women's love lives, while males are hardly outlined by means of their non-public lives.
5. Viewers think that this scene is hinting at her drama with Kanye West.
When teasing the music video release for "The Man," Taylor posted a nonetheless photograph from the scene when Tyler runs down an arched white hallway with colourful palms stretched out to applaud and fistbump him.
This distinct hallway had many thinking of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's notorious minimalist home, which features hallways much like the one in the video. Whether Taylor added this element in to further escalate the drama between her and Kanye, or it was to turn that the two have patched things up is unclear.
6. Both Dwayne Johnson and Taylor's dad make delicate cameos.
The big expose at the finish of the video is that Taylor is, in truth, the individual taking part in Tyler. If you idea that Tyler's voice at the end of the video sounded acquainted, it's because it's if truth be told the voice of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. While The Rock had teased having a role in the video days ahead of it dropped, only his voice was integrated in the finish.
Taylor couldn't precisely hide her voice (even though she did a super job of disguising everything else), so it is sensible that she used The Rock's distinct voice in the video.
The pop celebrity's dad additionally made a cameo in the video as the umpire during Tyler's meltdown at the tennis match.
7. Taylor's identify is in all places the credit — correctly.
The debate over Taylor not owning her catalog of music (up till 2017's Reputation) has been a subject matter of conversation for months, and he or she's certainly not afraid to bring the issue back up in this video. In addition to revealing that she was the particular person taking part in Tyler, Taylor is also credited for writing, directing and owning the track and music video.
The owning phase is obviously not a normal part of a music video's credit, but this was likely finished to turn that she has once once more taken control of her career.
Plus, the proven fact that her identify is all over the credits presentations what a woman can do, and it is ultra empowering for her fanatics.
Other potential Easter eggs come with the scene when the older version of Tyler marries a far younger version. Some concept that this was Taylor's way of calling out the truth that ladies are criticized once they date more youthful males and are referred to as cougars, whilst there is not even a word for the male an identical.
Of route, Taylor is a yr older than her beau Joe Alwyn, and plenty of thought to be whether this moment was doubtlessly in connection with that.
Many celebrated the park scene, when Tyler is praised for merely choosing up his child, because it emphasised the fact that males are noticed as superb fathers after they do any small process on the subject of their kids.
The director's chair scene also had Taylor asking Tyler to be "sexier" in a take for the video. This identified the manner that women are spoken to in comparison to males.
Watch Taylor's video for "The Man" underneath to catch the many Easter eggs she included.
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