Taylor Swift videography

Swift at the 2024 Golden Globes
Swift at the 2024 Golden Globes

The American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift has appeared in 61 music videos, 13 of which she self-directed. She has released five documentaries, acted in a number of films and television shows, and directed a concert documentary and short film.

Swift's first music video was for her debut single "Tim McGraw", from her 2006 self-titled debut studio album. It was directed by Trey Fanjoy, who worked on award-winning music videos for Swift's singles from 2006 to 2009. The music video for "Our Song" won Video of the Year at the 2008 CMT Music Awards. Swift's second studio album, Fearless (2008), was supported by the music videos for "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me". In 2009, the former won Video of the Year at both the CMT Music Awards and the Country Music Association Awards, and the latter won Best Female Video at the MTV Video Music Awards. Swift's first self-directed music video was for her 2010 album Speak Now's lead single, "Mine", which she directed with Roman White.[1]

Swift's fourth studio album, Red (2012), was supported by the Anthony Mandler-directed music video for "I Knew You Were Trouble", which won Best Female Video at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards.[2] Joseph Kahn directed award-winning music videos for singles from Swift's fifth studio album, 1989 (2014). At the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards, "Blank Space" and "Bad Blood" featuring rapper Kendrick Lamar won four awards, including Video of the Year for the latter.[3] "Bad Blood" also won the Grammy Award for Best Music Video.[4] Kahn further directed the music video for singles from Swift's sixth studio album Reputation (2017), including for the lead single "Look What You Made Me Do", which broke several online viewing records.[5]

With the music videos for singles from her seventh studio album Lover (2019), Swift began directing the majority of her work.[6] At the MTV Video Music Awards, she won her second Video of the Year with "You Need to Calm Down" in 2019,[7] and Best Direction with her solo directorial debut, "The Man", in 2020.[8] She wrote and directed the short film All Too Well: The Short Film (2021), her debut as a filmmaker, and the music video for the lead single from her tenth studio album Midnights, "Anti-Hero" (2022). Both helped Swift win record-breaking third and fourth MTV Video Music Awards for Video of the Year in 2022 and 2023.[9] Her other self-directed music videos were for the singles including "Cardigan", "Willow", "Lavender Haze", "Karma", "Fortnight", and "I Can Do It with a Broken Heart" in 2020–2024.

Swift has released the live/video albums Taylor Swift and Def Leppard (2009), Speak Now World Tour – Live (2011), and Journey to Fearless (2011), and the documentary films/specials The 1989 World Tour Live (2015), Reputation Stadium Tour (2018), Miss Americana (2020), City of Lover (2020), and Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions (2020). 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 starred in Valentine's Day (2010) and provided her voice in the animated film The Lorax (2012).

  1. ^ Anitai, Tamar (August 27, 2010). "Video Premiere: Taylor Swift, 'Mine'". MTV. Archived from the original on April 29, 2019. Retrieved January 13, 2011.
  2. ^ "VMAs: The 2013 Winner's List". Entertainment Weekly. August 25, 2013. Archived from the original on August 27, 2013. Retrieved August 26, 2013.
  3. ^ Yiin, Wesley (August 5, 2016). "Joseph Kahn, the infamous director of Taylor Swift's music videos, tells the ugly truth". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on November 26, 2020. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
  4. ^ "See All the Winners of the 2016 Grammys". Time. February 15, 2016. Archived from the original on February 27, 2016. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
  5. ^ Lewis, Randy (August 29, 2017). "Taylor Swift's 'Look What You Made Me Do' video bashes another YouTube record". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on August 29, 2017. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
  6. ^ Dailey, Hannah (October 25, 2022). "Here Are All of Taylor Swift's Self-Directed Music Videos, From 'All Too Well' to 'Bejeweled'". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 5, 2023. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
  7. ^ Grein, Paul (August 26, 2019). "12 Records That Were Set at the 2019 VMAs". Billboard. Archived from the original on January 30, 2020. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  8. ^ Tracy, Brianne (August 31, 2020). "Taylor Swift Becomes First Solo Female Artist to Win the MTV 2020 VMAs Best Director Award". People. Archived from the original on August 31, 2020. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
  9. ^ Rosenbloom, Alli (September 13, 2023). "Taylor Swift continues to dominate with second consecutive video of the year win at MTV VMAs". CNN. Archived from the original on September 15, 2023. Retrieved September 15, 2023.