page_title: Wildest Dreams (Taylor Swift song)
section_title: Development and background
hierarchical_section_title: Wildest Dreams (Taylor Swift song) / Music video / Development and background
caption_attribution_description: English: Actor Scott Eastwood at the 52nd Annual Publicists Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on February 20, 2015
context_page_description: "Wildest Dreams" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift for her fifth studio album, 1989. The song was released to radio by Big Machine Records and Republic Records on August 31, 2015, as the album's fifth single. Swift wrote the song with its producers Max Martin and Shellback. Musically, "Wildest Dreams" is a dream pop, soft rock and electropop power ballad, with the lyrics describing Swift's plea for her lover to remember her.
  Following the release of 1989, it charted in the United States, Canada, and Australia on the strength of digital downloads. After its release as a single, it reached number five on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the fifth consecutive top-10 song from 1989 and Swift's 19th top-10 single on the chart. It also became her sixth chart topper on the Radio Songs chart. "Wildest Dreams" was certified 4× Platinum by the RIAA in March 2020.
context_section_description: The accompanying music video was directed by Joseph Kahn, who previously directed the music videos for the second and fourth singles from 1989 ("Blank Space" and "Bad Blood"). The music video was filmed in on the African Serengeti plain, and in Los Angeles. The video was first aired on television during the pre-show of the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards on August 31, 2015. Scott Eastwood appeared in the video as Swift's love interest. In the video, Swift plays a fictional actress named Majorie Finn which is a reference to her grandmother's name, Majorie Finlay, and Scott Eastwood plays a fictional actor named Robert Kingsley. Swift's grandfather's name was Robert and her father's middle name is Kingsley. Swift came up with the concept after reading a book by Ava Gardner and Peter Evans, The Secret Conversations. Her premise for the video is that—since social media did not exist in the '50s—it would be impossible for actors not to fall in love if they were isolated together in Africa, since there would be no one else to talk to. According to Kahn the video is based on classic Hollywood romances like Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, as well as classic films such as The African Queen, Out of Africa and The English Patient.
  As of June 2020 the video has received over 700 million views on YouTube.
caption: Scott Eastwood played the role of Robert Kingsley, Swift’s love interest in the video.
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