Blake Lively makes directorial debut for Taylor Swift’s video

From Dakota Fanning to Emma Watson: there are many young actresses who, sooner or later, choose to move the field of action behind the camera as well as in front. To the list is added Blake Lively, who from the days of Gossip Girl he has really come a long way. Thanks to the long-term friendship with Taylor Swift, he made his directorial debut with a music video of the pop star.

The song is called I bet you think about me and in less than a day it reached 8 million views of YouTube. The idea, on the other hand, is a winning one: Taylor unexpectedly shows up at the wedding of the ex (played by Miles Teller of the saga of Divergent), determined to take back the scene dressed in red and steal the spotlight from the future bride (who in this case has the face of Teller’s real wife, Keleigh Sperry).

As you can imagine, everything happens. The video begins with the groom-to-be rehearsing vows on the altar, as she sings about not being able to sleep from a broken heart.. And here appears the singer who creates havoc among the guests with immaculate clothes and also finds herself sticking her nails / claws into the splendid wedding cake. In a huge variety of rigorously red outfits, the pop star embarrasses the groom and wins the hearts of the bridesmaids, guests and flower girl. The tension rises, as the singer finally shows her true nature and as an abandoned woman she gets to wear the wedding dress, ready for the first dance with the man who dreamed of leading her to the altar. Very romantic and poignant, the moment leaves a bad taste in the mouth because it has a dreamlike atmosphere and transforms the slow into one ballad that speaks of regrets. Despite his new girlfriend’s bank account, social status and even the applause of his friends. Nothing to do, the past returns with the color of passion, fire, blood.

The writing of the video took place with four hands: Blake and Taylor collaborated to create what appears to be a very powerful short about love, revenge and rebirth. A hymn to girl power, in short, which winks at Bad Blood, where color contrasts pits each other two teams of talented and gritty women, including a slew of her other friends, including Selena Gomez, Zendaya, Hailee Steinfeld and Gigi Hadid. On the other hand, the friendship with Blake was born just when the actress shared a photo of her campaign L’Oreal of the time with a clear reference to the video clip.

Years pass and the pop star certainly does not send them to say. Also this time, in short, she is backed by artists who are close to her heart and best friends: in fact, since 2015, there has been a great harmony with Blake and his family. It is no coincidence that the six-year-old daughter appears as a vocal cameo in the song Gorgeous in 2017 and her and her little sisters’ names Inez and Betty peep into the piece Folklore.

One of the funniest images in shared history dates back to when Swift, paired with Tom Hiddleston at the time, engaged in explicit effusions with the star of Loki on the porch of the oceanfront villa in front of the slightly embarrassed looks of Blake and her husband Ryan Reynolds. It was 2016 and the occasion of his classic 4th of July party has turned into a veritable gold mine of gossip.

Since then, they have spent many holidays together, from New Year’s Eve to birthdays to Halloween (like the one in 2021 that saw the singer around New York to do trick or treating).

And now here they are again on stage, side by side, Fr.to support each other and cheer for each other not only in private but also in an art project. Who knows if in the future the public will not find them also on a film set, perhaps a beautiful romantic comedy with a soundtrack signed by the pop star with 185 million followers on Instagram. What a coup!