Taylor Swift's The Fate Of Ophelia Music Video: 9 Easter Eggs You Might Have Missed
Taylor Swift as seen in her new The Fate Of Ophelia music video
There are a few things you can count on Taylor Swift for when she’s got a new album out – 10,000 different versions guaranteed to put her at the top of the charts, lyrics alluding to various developments in her personal and professional life since we last heard from her and, of course, more chock full of Easter eggs than a certain bunny’s wicker basket in the spring.
Since it premiered online on Monday, fans have been poring over the Grammy winner’s latest music video for her new single The Fate Of Ophelia, and picking out interesting details that might have gone over more casual viewers’ heads.
In that spirit, we’ve rounded up some of our favourites that you might have missed when watching Taylor’s The Fate Of Ophelia clip…
What’s that opening shot of Taylor Swift’s The Fate Of Ophelia music video all about?
cleaning cart let us know the show was about to start during the Eras Tour. for her to open the Ophelia music video with it........HOOOOOOOOO BOY ❤️🔥 pic.twitter.com/biJA2H5mE3
— filmtransits 🌕 (@FilmTransits) October 5, 2025Does anyone else find it interesting Taylor chose to include a cleaning cart on the opening shot of the FOO music video? pic.twitter.com/k8FL8lnLjz
— Leslie ❤️🔥TLOAS ERA!!! (@_tswift_tumblr) October 6, 2025Before we even catch a glimpse of Taylor herself, The Fate Of Ophelia opens in a lavish room, which is undergoing some cleaning by a man with a hoover.
In the background, you might spot a cleaning cart, which is what the I Knew You Were Trouble singer used to make her way to the stage every night on her Eras Tour in a low-key way.
Swifties have also picked up on numerous other nods to Taylor’s mammoth Eras Tour in The Fate Of Ophelia, namely the fact she re-used her dancers from her world jaunt, and wore numerous costumes reminiscent of the show’s final act.
2 very important cleaning carts. @taylornation13#TheFateOfOphelia#TheFateOfOpheliamusicvideopic.twitter.com/6u859Tw0hn
— cassidy ✨ (@SwiftCass) October 5, 2025🚨| Taylor Swift had 'The Eras Tour' dancers star in "The Fate of Ophelia" music video! 🥹❤️🔥 #TheFateofOpheliaMusicVideopic.twitter.com/uLeTElxV5n
— The Eras Tour (@tswifterastour) October 5, 2025seeing the eras tour dancers makes me so emotional 🥲 #TheFateofOpheliaMusicVideopic.twitter.com/RL3sOvdnk7
— fran ❤️🔥 (@SELSREP) October 5, 2025THIS OUTFIT IS GIVING KARMA!!! I miss eras tour so much 😭🩵#TheFateOfOpheliaMusicVideopic.twitter.com/4n53OzbIkG
— HANNAH ⸆⸉ IS A SHOWGIRL❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥 (@FaIIinInRoses) October 5, 2025she remembered how good she looked in the lavender haze video and said we need to run it back but even better this time https://t.co/CsJrMyajKSpic.twitter.com/lg3PKqXuRu
— vanessa ❤️🔥 (@retrogradeswift) October 6, 2025“i just wanna stay “when i said i
in that lavender don’t believe
haze” marriage, that
was a lie” pic.twitter.com/UzKKLuSrIw
As the title suggests, Taylor Swift makes several references to Hamlet’s tragic heroine in her The Fate Of Ophelia music video
taylor recreates friedrich wilhelm theodor heyser’s ophelia (1873) in the opener, limp and listless. this version of ophelia is awaiting death; it reflects taylor’s lowest point, when she was convinced her story was fated to end in ruin. © HuffPost
