Taylor Swift videography

American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift has released four video albums and has appeared in forty-two music videos, five films and three television shows. From her eponymous debut album (2006),[1]she released music videos for the singles "Tim McGraw", "Teardrops on My Guitar", "Our Song", and "Picture to Burn", all directed by Trey Fanjoy and released from 2006–08. For the second of these, she earned an MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist nomination. She followed with three other music videos in 2008—"Beautiful Eyes" from her extended play of the same name, "Change" from the AT&T Team USA Soundtrack and "Love Story" from her second album Fearless (2008).[2][3] The latter was nominated for two awards at the 2009 CMT Music Awards—Video of the Year and Female Video of the Year. For the video of "You Belong with Me" she won Best Female Video at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards. During her acceptance speech, she was interrupted by rapper Kanye West, which sparked controversy and received much media attention.[4]
Swift's third album Speak Now (2010) spawned the single "Mine",[5] whose music video was directed by herself and Roman White, who previously directed two of her videos. This was followed by "Back to December", a video that laments the aftermath of a break-up, and "Mean", which tells the story of bullying. She also released videos for "The Story of Us", "Sparks Fly", and "Ours", all in 2011. The following year, Swift released her fourth album Red (2012), preceded by a music video for the lead single "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together". The video for "I Knew You Were Trouble" won Swift a second MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video. The year 2013 saw Swift release five music videos—four from Red;[6] "22", "Everything Has Changed", "Red" and "The Last Time", and one in a collaboration with Tim McGraw; "Highway Don't Care".
Swift's fifth album 1989 produced the music videos for "Shake It Off" and "Blank Space", in 2014, with the latter becoming the fastest video to reach one billion views on Vevo,[7][8] "Style", "Bad Blood" and "Wildest Dreams", in 2015, "Out of the Woods" and "New Romantics", in 2016. The videos for "Blank Space" and "Bad Blood", featuring rapper Kendrick Lamar, won four accolades at the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards, with the latter winning for Video of the Year and Best Collaboration. It also received a Grammy Award for Best Music Video. In addition to her music videos, Swift has released four video albums—Taylor Swift and Def Leppard (2009), Speak Now World Tour – Live (2011), Journey to Fearless (2011), and The 1989 World Tour Live (2015). She has appeared in the television shows CSI: Crime Scene Investigation in 2009, Saturday Night Live in 2009 and New Girl in 2013. In film, she has starred in Valentine's Day (2010), and provided her voice in the animated film The Lorax (2012). She has also appeared in a number of commercials, including for Band Hero (2009), Coca-Cola (2014) and Apple Music (2016).
== Music videos ==
Title 	Year	Other performer(s) credited	Director(s) 	Description 	Ref.
"Tim McGraw" 	2006	None 	Trey Fanjoy 	The video focuses on flashbacks by Swift's love interest, among cut scenes that feature Swift lying on a lake shore. The video received a nomination for Number One Streamed Video From a New Artist at the 2006 CMT Online Awards.[9] At the 2007 CMT Music Awards, it won Breakthrough Video of the Year.[10] 	[11]
"Teardrops on My Guitar" 	2007	None 	Trey Fanjoy 	Follows Swift's unrequited love for her friend who falls in love with another girl. The video received a nomination for Best New Artist at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards.[12] 	[13]
"Our Song" 	2007	None 	Trey Fanjoy 	Swift is seen performing in various settings, including a front porch. At the 2008 CMT Music Awards, the video earned Video of the Year and Female Video of the Year.[14] 	[15]
"I'm Only Me When I'm with You" • 	2008	None 	Taylor Swift 	The video showcases shots of her live concert footage. 	[16]
"Picture to Burn" 	2008	None 	Trey Fanjoy 	The video shows Swift fantasizing about exacting revenge on her ex-boyfriend as she sees him with another woman. 	[17]
"Beautiful Eyes" 	2008	None 	Todd Cassetty
Trey Fanjoy	The video shows footage from Swift's eighteenth birthday party. 	[18]
"Change" 	2008	None 	Shawn Robbins 	Swift performs with her band in a ballroom. An alternate version of the video features footage from the United States Olympic team at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[19] 	[20]
"Love Story" 	2008	None 	Trey Fanjoy 	Based on William Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet, the music video is a period piece focusing on Swift meeting her boyfriend in a current-day university campus while also remembering meeting each other and falling in love in a past life. The video replaces the original novel's tragic conclusion with a happy ending. At the 2009 CMT Music Awards, the video won the awards for Video of the Year and Female Video of the Year.[21]	[22]
"White Horse" 	2009	None 	Trey Fanjoy 	An ex-boyfriend approaches Swift looking for a second chance. She recalls multiple memories with him, both positive and negative. 	[23]
"Crazier" 	2009	None 	Peter Chelsom 	The video is taken from Swift's cameo performance in the film Hannah Montana: The Movie. 	[24]
"You Belong with Me" 	2009	None 	Roman White 	Swift, a studious girl, yearns for a popular boy next door. At the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, the music video was named Best Female Video. Her acceptance speech was interrupted by rapper Kanye West,[4]which sparked controversy and received much media attention.[25]With over 815 million views, it is the most viewed country music video on YouTube.[26] 	[27]
"The Best Day" • 	2009	None 	Taylor Swift 	The video showcases home videos of Swift and her mother. 	[28]
"Fifteen" 	2009	None 	Roman White 	The video was filmed using green screen with heavy usage of special effects. Swift walks through a garden, where she relives many school memories with her best friend. 	[29]
"Best Days of Your Life" 	2009	Kellie Pickler 	Roman White 	When Pickler sees her boyfriend cheating on her, she leaves him. He finds his life miserable with his new girlfriend and misses being with Pickler instead. 	[30]
"Two Is Better Than One" 	2009	Boys Like Girls 	Meiert Avis 	Swift does not appear in the music video, but her vocals are still heard. The video shows the story of a couple's relationship while Boys Like Girls are shown performing in what appears to be an empty hangar. 	[31]
"Fearless" 	2010	None 	Todd Cassetty 	Director Todd Cassetty edited footage from the Fearless Tourperformances and backstage for the video. 	[32]
"Half of My Heart" 	2010	John Mayer 	P.R. Brown 	An alternate edit of the song featuring Swift's vocals was set to the music video, though Swift herself does not the appear in it. 	[33]
"Mine" • 	2010	None 	Taylor Swift
Roman White	Swift recalls the fights between her parents that follow her through adulthood, her own relationship, and marriage. 	[34]
"Back to December" 	2011	None 	Yoann Lemoine 	Swift mourns her break-up with her ex-boyfriend whom she didn't treat well when they were together. 	[35]
"Mean" 	2011	None 	Declan Whitebloom	The video documents the lives of four different people being bullied in different stages and time settings. However, their lives get better in the end of the video. 	[36]
"The Story of Us" 	2011	None 	Noble Jones 	Swift is seen narrating the eponymous book in a college library. The scenes cut back and forth between her and her ex-boyfriend and students in the library. 	[37]
"Sparks Fly" 	2011	None 	Christian Lamb 	It shows clips of various performances during the Speak Now World Tour. 	[38]
"Ours" 	2011	None 	Declan Whitebloom	It primarily takes place in an office with Swift working and seeing various videos of her and her boyfriend. It ends with them embracing each other as he returns from the military. 	[39]
"Safe & Sound" 	2012	The Civil Wars 	Philip Andelman 	The video features Swift walking barefoot through a gloomy forest while The Civil Wars are inside a cottage in front of a fireplace singing along to the song. The video contains multiple references to The Hunger Games, including Swift finding a mockingjay pin. 	[40]
"Long Live" 	2012	Paula Fernandes 	Eduardo Levy 	The music video was filmed to appear as if Swift and Fernandes were performing the song at the same time while connected via satellite, with scenes featuring Fernandes filmed in Brazil and scenes featuring Swift filmed during a show in the United States. 	[41]
"Both of Us" 	2012	B.o.B 	Jake Nava 	Along with B.o.B and Swift, the video shows people living their day-to-day lives. 	[42]
"We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"	2012	None 	Declan Whitebloom	When her on-again, off-againboyfriend does awful things to her, Swift realizes that they are never ever getting back together. 	[43]
"Begin Again" 	2012	None 	Philip Andelman 	The video finds Swift roaming around the streets of Paris in search of a fresh start, which she finds in a new love interest. 	[44]
"I Knew You Were Trouble" 	2012	None 	Anthony Mandler 	Swift recounts the events of a passionate but destructive romance. The video won Best Female Video at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awardsand was also nominated for Video of the Year.[45][46] 	[47]
"22" 	2013	None 	Anthony Mandler 	Swift bounces on trampolines, plays on the beach and has a house party with her friends. 	[48]
"Highway Don't Care" 	2013	Tim McGraw 
Keith Urban 	Shane C. Drake 	The video highlights the dangers of driving while distracted, particularly texting and driving. It sees an accident as a result of a similar situation. 	[49]
"Everything Has Changed" 	2013	Ed Sheeran 	Philip Andelman 	Two children, a girl resembling Swift and a boy resembling Sheeran, meet each other on a bus to elementary school and become friends. Throughout the video, they are seen painting their faces, pretending to be a princess and knight, and dancing with each other in the empty school gym. 	[50]
"Red" 	2013	None 	Kenny Jackson 	The video showcases footage from Swift's The Red Tour, with the audience cheering in the background. 	[51]
"The Last Time" 	2013	Gary Lightbody 	Terry Richardson 	Footage from The Red Tour performance in Sacramento, California in August 2013 was used to create the music video. 	[52]
"Shake It Off" 	2014	None 	Mark Romanek 	Swift appears dancing alongside other dancers in the styles of ballet, cheerleading, hip hop, jazz, lyrical and twerking. Throughout the video, Swift references several pop musicians, including Lady Gaga and Skrillex. With over 2.5 billion views, it is the ninth most viewed YouTube videoand the most viewed by a female artist as of May 2018. 	[53]
"Blank Space" 	2014	None 	Joseph Kahn 	The 360° video features Swift with her love interest in a mansion. As her boyfriend is seen betraying her, Swift turns into a man-eating psychotic jealous girlfriend. With over 2.2 billion views on YouTube, it is the sixteenth most viewed YouTube video as of May 2018.[54] The video received two MTV Video Music Awards—Best Female Video and Best Pop Video.[55] 	[56]
"Style" 	2015	None 	Kyle Newman 	The video is different from Swift's previous work, featuring her in a darker, more abstract, light. The video is a recollection of memories of Swift's love interest, played by model Dominic Sherwood, amongst some flashing scenes of beaches, forests and car rides. 	[57]
"Bad Blood" 	2015	Kendrick Lamar 	Joseph Kahn 	When Swift is betrayed by her secret agent partner, she prepares to exact vengeance with the help of her friends. It has over 1.2 billion views on YouTube. The video received eight nominations at the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards,[58] winning Video of the Year and Best Collaboration.[55] It also won the Grammy Award for Best Music Video.[59] 	[60]
"Wildest Dreams" 	2015	None 	Joseph Kahn 	Set in the 1950s, the video focuses on Swift and her acting leading man love interest filming a romance movie. At the film's premiere, Swift is heartbroken when she sees her love interest with his wife and flees the premiere. All of the proceeds from the video went to wild animal conservation efforts through the African Parks Foundation of America.[61] 	[62]
"Out of the Woods" 	2015	None 	Joseph Kahn 	The video finds Swift running from the elements on several locations, such as a beach, the snowy mountains, an ocean, a barren landscape, a muddy swamp, and a burning forest, all in an effort to find herself. 	[63]
"New Romantics" 	2016	None 	Jonas Åkerlund 	The video shows several clips of Swift onstage performing during The 1989 World Tour. 	[64]
"I Don't Wanna Live Forever" 	2017	Zayn 	Grant Singer 	Swift and Zayn wander through a dark hotel, throwing objects like glasses, lamps and pillows across their separate rooms in anger. 	[65]
"Look What You Made Me Do" 	2017	None 	Joseph Kahn 	The video features several of her previous public personas, including a ballet dancer, a circus marshall and a studious high school student. Diamonds used in a scene were revealed to be authentic, costing over $10 million.[66] The music video for the song broke the 24-Hour Vevo Record with over 43 million views on its first day.[67] 	[68]
"...Ready for It?" 	2017	None 	Joseph Kahn 	The video is set in a futuristic atmosphere and it features sci-fi and anime references. 	[69]
"End Game" 	2018	Ed Sheeran, Future 	Joseph Kahn 	The video is set in Miami, Tokyo, and London, and features Swift partying with Sheeran and riding in a Lamborghini Aventador with Future.[70] 	[71]
"Delicate" 	2018	None 	Joseph Kahn 	The video features Swift discovering that she is invisible after a mystery man hands her a note. She's later seen dancing carelessly through a hotel, public transportation and rainy streets. 	[72]
[73]
"Delicate" (Vertical version) • 	2018	None 	Taylor Swift 	The video is filmed in one take in a vertical format and features Swift singing the song in a park. It was released exclusively on Spotify in the United States, the United Kingdom, Sweden and Latin America.[74] 	[75]
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"Babe" 	2018	Sugarland 	Anthony Mandler 	The video features Brandon Routhand Jennifer Nettles as a married couple while Swift plays the role of a secretary who is in an affair with her married boss (Routh). 	[77]
== Video albums ==
Title 	Album details	Notes
CMT Crossroads:
Taylor Swift and Def Leppard''	
* Released: June 16, 2009
* Label: Big Machine
* Formats: DVD	
* Released exclusively to American Wal-Mart stores, it follows Swift throughout meeting and performing with English rock band Def Leppard.[78]
Journey to Fearless 	
* Released: October 11, 2011
* Label: Big Machine, Shout! Factory
* Formats: DVD, Blu-ray	
* The complete three-night TV series running approximately 135 minutes. The DVD contains thirteen bonus performances taken from the Fearless Tour.[79]
Speak Now World Tour – Live	
* Released: November 21, 2011
* Label: Big Machine
* Formats: Digital download, DVD, Blu-ray	
* The DVD and Blu-ray release feature live concert performances from Swift's North American leg of the Speak Now World Tour.[80]
The 1989 World Tour Live 	
* Released: December 20, 2015
* Label: Big Machine
* Format: streaming media	
* Exclusively released on the music-streaming service Apple Music, it captures footage from Swift's performance during her The 1989 World Tour in Sydney, Australia in November 2015.[81]
== Filmography ==
Title[82] 	Year	Role 	Notes
Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience	2009	Herself 	Cameo
Hannah Montana: The Movie 	2009	Herself 	Cameo
Valentine's Day 	2010	Felicia Miller	
The Lorax 	2012	Audrey 	Voice
The Giver 	2014	Rosemary 	
Taylor Swift: Reputation Stadium Tour 	2018	Herself 	Concert film
Cats 	2019	Bombalurina 	Filming
== Television ==
Title[82] 	Year 	Role 	Notes 	
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 	2009 	Haley Jones	Episode: "Turn, Turn, Turn" 	
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon 	2009 	Herself 	 	
Saturday Night Live 	2009 	Herself 	Host/Musical guest (2 episodes)	
Punk'd 	2012 	Herself 	 	
20/20 	2012 	Herself 	 	
60 Minutes 	2012–13	Herself 	 	
New Girl 	2013 	Elaine 	Episode: "Elaine's Big Day" 	
CBS This Morning 	2013–14	Herself 	 	
The Voice 	2013–14	Herself 	Guest Appearance (season 4) and
Knockout Round Advisor (season 7)	
Late Night With Seth Meyers 	2014 	Herself 	 	
The View 	2014 	Herself 	 	
The Talk 	2014 	Herself 	 	
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon	2014 	2014–15 	Herself 	
Saturday Night Live 	2017 	Herself 	Musical Guest (S43E5)