Taylor Swift dropped a surprise revamp of her beloved 1989 single “Wildest Dreams” on Friday (Sept. The “Wildest Dreams” music video starred Scott Eastwood as Swift’s love interest. Who is the man in Taylor Swift Wildest Dreams?ģ0, 2015, she released a music video for the song. Wildest Dreams (Taylor’s Version) also beat out the original song’s Spotify record for single day plays, Variety reported, surpassing 2 million plays compared to its original counterpart. Taylor Swift and the producers, Max Martin Shellback wrote the lyrics to “Wildest Dreams.” The lyrics talk about Taylor Swift being distraught about the future of her relationship with a guy, that is burning off its flair as she speaks. “Wildest Dreams” is from Taylor’s fifth studio album, 1989 released in 2014. Is not aware of the legacy of colonialism in Africa or….? Know your history, sweetheart.Who is Taylor Swift’s song Wildest Dreams about? Though it has been rumoured that the song was about Harry Styles, instead it is about a person who is begging their lover to remember them despite them coming to the end of their relationship. lol.” – Taylor SwiftĬan anyone else not think of glamourization of colonialism when watching the new Taylor Swift music video.
“Let’s make a music video glorifying colonialism. Pretty horrified at how colonial-glam ‘s “wildest dreams” music video is
Rather than using Africans as props in her new music video, Taylor Swift just sticks to white people… īut are we *really* surprised that Taylor Swift went to Africa to film an exclusively white music video? So Taylor Swift’s Wildest Dreams video was filmed in “Africa” but what country? Also, why does it only contain animals and white ppl #Taylor Puja Patel August 31, “Wildest Dreams” video presents a white washed narrative of white people problems set in africa. In my wildest dream Taylor Swift had a frank conversation about race, class, and cultural appropriation with Cecil the Lion Here’s a look at some social media reaction and criticism of Swift’s video: MTV VMAs: Taylor Swift Joins Nicki Minaj for "The Night Is Still Young" Duet After Twitter Spat All proceeds of Swift’s video will be donated to the African Parks Foundation of America. Swift’s rep did not respond to request for comment. I work with the most famous people in the world…and I would never want to be famous. My long time producer Jil Hardin who did Power/Rangers, Blank Space, Wildest Dreams is a (super hot) black woman FYI 2, director Joseph Kahn went on Twitter and seemed to respond to some of the critics by telling fans his longtime producer, who worked on “Wildest Dreams” is black. “When a pop culture product reaches as many people as a Taylor Swift video does, the images it presents have implications beyond their immediate purview.” He said it seems “remarkable that the insidious nature of the African colonial fantasy is so seamlessly glossed over.” Cheney-Rice said that this is important because of Swift’s popularity and influence. “The video also takes place in the mid-20th century, a time when such ‘classic’ Hollywood efforts as The African Queen, and Out of Africa were either filmed or set - and which romanticize a version of the era that overlooks the anti-black violence and slavery on which the lifestyles depicted were built,” said Cheney-Rice. The Daily Dot‘s Nico Lang said the video “has a major race problem.” Lang said, “For a clip that’s set in Africa-it’s about as white as a Sunday morning farmer’s market.” Huffington Post‘s Lauren Duca said the video “channels wild colonialism.” She wrote, “Instead of the cultural appropriation that has become almost status quo in today’s pop music, Swift has opted for the bolder option of actually just embodying the political exploitation of a region and its people.” I was in Africa shooting a # ToothPasteCommercial. Many outlets have pointed out that the film only depicts wild animals and white people with, as Davies puts it, “bizarrely, nary a black person in sight.” The title of a Fader article about the video reads, “Taylor Swift Went To Africa To Film A Music Video And There’s Only White People In It.” The Huffington Post, Mic and The Daily Dot criticized Swift for the video.