So Many Easter Eggs in Taylor Swift’s 'Fortnight' Music Video & References

It's that time again! Lisa dives into #TaylorSwift's new music video for her song #fortnight from her new album, The Tortured Poets Department. #TTPD What was your favorite easter egg or reference? Did you spot some that we didn't? The Song features Post Malone.



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[Shineonmedia]

What is your favorite song from #TSTTPD? (Also forgot to mention Dead Poet’s Society was also released in 1989!)

[rinn]

The shot of Taylor and post laying on the paper silhouette also reminds me of eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, where Joel and clementine are laying like that on the ice rink . The movie is about having your memories erased to forget a lover as well, so it makes sense to have a nod toward.

[tippietoe]

When she’s wiping her face to reveal the tattoos, on the left side of her head (right side of the screen if we are looking at it) she is wearing 11 Bobby pins in her hair - this is her 11th album.

[rosegump]

I wonder if the scenes, where she has his tattoos on her face and he has them removed means that they became each other in a way. But because those versions simply weren’t who they actually are, it didn’t work out. I think this is being reflected by the blue and orange flame/veil in the beginning. They tried to merge but it just didn’t work, because I think merging would have meant one of them had to stop being themselves.
I hope it makes sense!

[qmartine]

Dead Poets Society Spoiler‼️

ok in the dead poets society they wanted to be poets but their parents wanted them to be doctors as i remember and they were meeting secretly to read poems and Neil didn’t wanted to be a doctor he killed himself in the end and now just imagine after Neil’s death they chose to be like their parents (against poetry) and so now they are doing experiments on Taylor cuz she feels too much -sorry for my english and correct me if im wrong but i just thought of this and it made sense in my head

[ashleigh]

Also on the Tattoos not appearing on Posty. In his song overdrive he has a lyric “I’d remove my tattoos for you if that’s cool to you”

[andreatummons]

Clara Bow's Hollywood walk star is located at the corner of Sunset and Vine btw...which Taylor sung about in Gorgeous...
"Whisky on ice, Sunset and Vine
You've ruined my life, by not being mine"...

[nicolemontgomery]

Also there’s a point where you see the words ‘Master Control’ on the machine, in the room where she is getting shock therapy, made me think of her having control of her masters now! Maybe a stretch 😅 and the colors reminds me of the lyric in out of the woods “the rest of the world was black and white and we were in screaming color” ❤

[caleighmormann]

I had a different interpretation. Initially I thought it was about a lover and Post Malone was acting as the lover, but then thought that both Taylor and Post Malone were mourning their lost loves. Taylor sees herself in Malone and he in Taylor bc they’re both tortured poets. In the scene where Taylor was getting shock therapy by the dr, I saw this as all the men in her life who hurt her and Taylor part taking in self destructive behaviors, and Post Malone stepped in as a friend to help stop the self destructive behaviors. Then Malone is in the phone booth speaking with his ex love desperately reach out to her, while Taylor is mourning her own lost love. When Malone leaves the booth he and swift reach out in a manner of comfort and sympathy.

[teaganogorman]

For me the colours from the typewriters symbolise Joe's seemingly chronic depression (she sings about it a lot) in blue, and Taylor's light and love in orange (callback to Daylight, Invisible String etc). Their colours tried to mix but eventually couldn't.

[fluffyfurball]

Blue and orange cancel each other out, making them a color no one "else" can see

[wickywicky]

Just here to say her and Post have amazing chemistry on screen (and their voices are great together too. I think they should do more music together.

[Eliza-cnii]

You're researching about old typewriters not having the "1" is true journalism. 👍

[KerryAtkns]

Regarding the black dog, it is often used as a metaphor for depression, a battle that Robin Williams, who starred in “The Dead Poet’s Society, ” bravely faced. The use of this symbol in the music video could be interpreted as a tribute to Williams and a commentary on the struggles associated with mental health.

[janinejanzen]

I thought I’d the way she essentially introduced this video at the Grammys dressed in white, the choker necklace and Lana in the Victorian black dress and the hug with post Malone. Masterful planning!

[lunabels]

Taylor took the "move on drug" to move on from Joe.

That "move on drug" made her see Matty. Seeing her face with tattoos in the mirror similar to Post (that I assume was Matty).
They bonded over music, maybe writing songs together, or maybe making plans for their relationship.
Those colors that came out from the typewriters are those plans, like maybe planning a bright future together.

Then we saw them lying in her silhouette like saying this was what she want, this is what she/they have in mind. But I also think it was not just about Matty, it was for every guy she's been with and also to her future lover (because he don't have his tattoos). She just wants to be happy, the two of them to be happy together.
The scene when they are looking at each other and Taylor was looking confused, like she's questioning if all of this was true, if it can be true (I'm not sure on this one), but she still wants to hold his hand.

The examination room.. and people are checking on her, torturing her (which was one way of healing the crazies in the old time) are the people who questioned her with her relationship with him. Like them saying she was crazy for choosing him.

When she got electrocuted, he realized she was in pain and he also read the words "i love you it's ruining my life" so he saved her by cutting her off (cutting the electricity). Taylor mentioned in one of the songs that he ghosted her, so yeah.

The telephone scene, maybe he tried calling her again, wanting her back but she's already moving on, sober maybe.


That's all.
There was definitely references to other songs from the album but I solely focus on what story she wanna tell us on this one.

[angen]

Post without tattoos is an Easter egg in itself…”I’d remove my tattoos, if that’s cool to you, I’d do anything to be cool to you…” from Overdrive on the masterpiece that is the Austin album ❤

[katrinakate]

Post Malone not having his tattoos (when they were happy and together) is like her way to show that she can fix him in reference of the song "I can Fix Him (No Really I Can)". However, as the video continues, specifically the shock therepy scene, it shows the he still have his tattoos. It depicts the last line of the said song "Woah, maybe I can't"... I'm not sure if he have the tattoos in the phone booth scene tho where I think she doesn't want him anymore.

[griffinjensen]

For some TTPD promo before the album came out, she had a wall of filing cabinets. Apparently there were 72 filing cabinets (72 months = 6 years = length of her relationship with Joe) and 6 of them were open (again 6 year relationship). Not sure if this is the same as the scene with the burning files because I'm too lazy to count but I bet theres a connection there

[sherryckk]

Taylor laid on the bed in the asylum, looking like she was about to die. Then she took the forget him pill, the handcuffs that bounded her were released. Symbolizes that she just ended a relationship and tried to forget him, which helped her got rid of the bondage.
When she looked in the mirror and washed her face, Post's tattoos were revealed. Symbolizes that this was her true soul.
Wearing mourning clothes, she came to the typing department and the tattoo on Post's face was the same as the one hidden on her own face. Symbolizes that while she was mourning the death of her previous relationship, she met a soul exactly like her own, and that he did not hide his true nature at all.
The two of them sat across from each other and typed. Two lights of different colours floated out from the typewriters and merged together. Represents that two people connected and exchanging affection with each other through writing (or writing songs) and it created sparks between them.
In the highway scene, the two of them were lying on a large pile of manuscript papers, which was shaped like the silhouette of the typing Tay who was typing. It means this was a situation imagined by the poet Tay while typing.
Post had no tattoos, and the two smiled at each other and then it turned into worried expressions. It means that the two love each other like normal people. But when she noticed that he had no tattoos on his face, she realized that this was not the real him but just her imagination. So all the manuscript papers scattered around just like the shatter of her imagination.
She was studied by a group of scientists, but their treatment of her was torture. Post saved her by cutting off her pain. Symbolizes that everyone thought she was crazy when she fell in love with this man and tried to fix her in a way that tormented her. But he was the only one who understood her.
Post found a phone booth in a deserted mountain and called her. He didn't notice that she had been sitting on the phone booth in the rain waiting for him. Symbolizes that the person he had been looking for everywhere had actually been by his side all along despite of all the public opinion.

I tend to think that the prototype of the male protagonist is Matty rather than anyone else. He himself has tattoos, a style that reveals his true nature, and loves typewriters etc. Maybe Taylor was so fascinated by him being uninhibited and unrestrained that she admired.