Taylor Swift 'Bad Blood': How Singer's New Music VIDEO Proves She's One Of The Most Influential Women In Entertainment
The haters are always going to hate (hate, hate, hate, hate) on Taylor Swift, but even they could have a hard time arguing her power and influence after the debut of her seriously star-studded Bad Blood music video.
Swift's circle of contributors on the highly anticipated video is seriously impressive, though what makes it even more amazing is that the 25 year-old singer is known to be friendly with every with last one of her collaborators. For a singer who seemed to come out of nowhere in 2006 with poignant pop-country fusion hits, she has seriously proven herself to be a major player with one heck of a circle of friends.
Just some of the people in Swift's homage to an (alleged) feud with another pop singer who she didn't feel was a true friend include:
Swift herself as Catastrophe
Meet Catastrophe. #BadBloodMusicVideo
A photo posted by Taylor Swift (@taylorswift) on May 7, 2015 at 5:12am PDT
Selena Gomez as Arsyn (the less-than perfect friend)
Meet Arsyn. @selenagomez #BadBloodMusicVideo
A photo posted by Taylor Swift (@taylorswift) on May 16, 2015 at 12:19pm PDT
Kendrick Lamar as Welvin Da Great
Meet Welvin Da Great. @kendricklamar #BadBloodMusicVideo
A photo posted by Taylor Swift (@taylorswift) on May 11, 2015 at 6:29am PDT
Lena Dunham as Lucky Fiori
Meet Lucky Fiori. @lenadunham #BadBloodMusicVideo
A photo posted by Taylor Swift (@taylorswift) on May 10, 2015 at 2:54pm PDT
Hailee Steinfeld as The Trinity
Meet The Trinity. @haileesteinfeld #BadBloodMusicVideo
A photo posted by Taylor Swift (@taylorswift) on May 10, 2015 at 9:44am PDT
Serayah as Dilemma
Meet Dilemma. @serayah #BadBloodMusicVideo
A photo posted by Taylor Swift (@taylorswift) on May 12, 2015 at 8:04am PDT
Gigi Hadid as Slay-Z
Meet Slay-Z. @gigihadid #BadBloodMusicVideo
A photo posted by Taylor Swift (@taylorswift) on May 9, 2015 at 6:02am PDT
Ellie Goulding as Destructa X
Meet Destructa X. @elliegoulding #BadBloodMusicVideo
A photo posted by Taylor Swift (@taylorswift) on May 9, 2015 at 1:01pm PDT
Martha Hunt as Homeslice
Meet HomeSlice. @marhunt #BadBloodMusicVideo
A photo posted by Taylor Swift (@taylorswift) on May 13, 2015 at 8:08am PDT
Cara Delevingne as Mother Chucker
Meet Mother Chucker. @caradelevingne #BadBloodMusicVideo
A photo posted by Taylor Swift (@taylorswift) on May 15, 2015 at 6:45am PDT
Zendaya as Cut-Throat
Meet Cut-Throat. @Zendaya #BadBloodMusicVideo
A photo posted by Taylor Swift (@taylorswift) on May 8, 2015 at 6:19am PDT
Hayley Williams as The Crimson Curse
Meet The Crimson Curse. @yelyahwilliams #BadBloodMusicVideo
A photo posted by Taylor Swift (@taylorswift) on May 8, 2015 at 12:58pm PDT
Lily Aldridge as Frostbyte
Meet Frostbyte. @lilyaldridge #BadBloodMusicVideo
A photo posted by Taylor Swift (@taylorswift) on May 7, 2015 at 1:58pm PDT
Karlie Kloss as Knockout
Meet Knockout. @karliekloss #BadBloodMusicVideo
A photo posted by Taylor Swift (@taylorswift) on May 11, 2015 at 1:02pm PDT
And if Swift's power and dominance isn't proven through these appearances in her video, the fact that she was able to get some other serious big names (including the women who portray the TV characters she names her cats Olivia Benson and Meredith Grey after) to participate says it all:
Jessica Alba as Domino
Meet Domino. @jessicaalba #BadBloodMusicVideo
A photo posted by Taylor Swift (@taylorswift) on May 12, 2015 at 1:56pm PDT
Mariska Hargitay as Justice
Meet Justice. @therealmariskahargitay #BadBloodMusicVideo
A photo posted by Taylor Swift (@taylorswift) on May 14, 2015 at 2:34pm PDT
Ellen Pompeo as Luna
Meet Luna. @ellenpompeo #BadBloodMusicVideo
A photo posted by Taylor Swift (@taylorswift) on May 14, 2015 at 8:48am PDT
Cindy Crawford as Headmistress
Meet Headmistress. @cindycrawford #BadBloodMusicVideo
A photo posted by Taylor Swift (@taylorswift) on May 15, 2015 at 3:06pm PDT
Pretty much all we can say is #TaylorSwift2016.