page_title: Blank Space
section_title: Development and release
hierarchical_section_title: Blank Space / Music video / Development and release
caption_attribution_description: English: Photograph by Phillip Ennis Photography
context_page_description: "Blank Space" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift for her fifth studio album 1989. Swift co-wrote the song with its producers Max Martin and Shellback. Having seen her wholesome image blemished from her dating history with numerous high-profile celebrities, Swift took inspirations from the constant tabloid gossip on her image for the song. An electropop number with minimal hip hop-influenced beats, "Blank Space" is an exaggerated, satirical self-referential nod to Swift's image as a seductive and psychopathic woman. Republic Records in partnership with Swift's label Big Machine released "Blank Space" to US radio stations on November 10, 2014, as the second single from 1989.
  "Blank Space" spent seven weeks atop the US Billboard Hot 100, received 8× Platinum certifications from the Recording Industry Association of America, and has sold 4.6 million copies in the US as of July 2019. It also topped charts in Australia, Canada, Iceland, Scotland, and South Africa. The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry reported "Blank Space" as one of the best-selling singles of 2015, with 9.2 million track-equivalent units.
context_section_description: Joseph Kahn directed the music video for "Blank Space". Swift approached Kahn with the idea for treatment, desiring the video to portray her self-deprecation as a "crazy villain" akin to the lyrics. According to Kahn, Swift envisioned "Blank Space" as "a video addressing this concept of, if she has so many boys breaking up with her maybe the problem isn't the boy, maybe the problem is her". Photography took place at two locations in Long Island—primary shooting took place at Oheka Castle, with a few additional scenes shot at Woolworth Estate. The video was shot over three days in September 2014; the last day was dedicated to film American Express Unstaged: Taylor Swift Experience, an interactive 360° mobile app in collaboration with American Express. For the video, Swift was thorough in choosing the concepts and imagery. Kahn spoke of his working experience with Swift on Mashable: "When you have an artist wanting to test her imaging, it's always great territory to be in".
  Kahn took inspirations from Stanley Kubrick's 1971 film A Clockwork Orange for the video's symmetrical framing style, calling it "a really funny way to approach a pop video". The video begins with Swift's love interest (played by model Sean O'Pry) approaching Swift's mansion. Upon arrival, the boyfriend and Swift quickly become a loving couple. They engage in various romantic activities together, dancing, painting a portrait for the boyfriend, walking along the estate grounds, and riding horses into the woods. Halfway through the video, Swift notices her boyfriend texting someone, and the couple begins to fall apart. They begin to fight, and Swift shows erratic behaviors such as throwing vases, slashing the painted portrait, and burning her boyfriend's closet, which drives the boyfriend to end the relationship. At a high point, Swift uses a golf club to destroy her boyfriend's car, a reference to Tiger Woods' 2009 cheating scandal. As the boyfriend leaves the estate, a new man approaches, offering Swift a new hope for love.
  Swift planned to premiere to the video on Good Morning America on November 11, 2014, but Yahoo! leaked it a day before. Swift posted the video onto her Vevo account quickly after the leak. The interactive app American Express Unstaged: Taylor Swift Experience, featuring the 360° video version of "Blank Space", was released concurrently. The user can choose to either follow Swift and her love interest throughout the linear storyline, or leave the storyline and go to other rooms in the mansion to find interactive easter eggs. The app was available for free on mobile app stores. Kahn talked to Rolling Stone that the app was created with "superfans" who wanted to "feel even closer to Swift" in mind.
caption: The video was primarily shot at Oheka Castle.
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