Top 10 Taylor Swift Music Videos with the Best Easter Eggs

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Only a true Swifty will catch these easter eggs. Welcome to MsMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the Taylor Swift music videos that are absolutely chock-full of hidden messages and clues.

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00:00P.S. There's no secret encoded message that means something else loved Taylor.

00:07Welcome to Ms. Mojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the Taylor Swift music

00:12videos that are absolutely chock full of hidden messages and clues.

00:21Number 10.

00:22You Need to Calm Down.

00:23The music video for this lover single is a kaleidoscope of Easter eggs.

00:27Early on, the camera pauses on wall art featuring Cher's iconic quote,

00:31"'Mom, I am a rich man," in response to her mother encouraging her to get married.

00:35I said, Mom, I am a rich man.

00:37It's no doubt a cheeky nod to the power anthem, The Man.

00:41Wondering if I'd get there quicker if I was a man.

00:44Other tracks are given sneaky call-outs, too.

00:46Hayley Kiyoko shooting an arrow at a number five target references The Archer, and Ellen

00:51DeGeneres receives a cruel summer tattoo.

00:53Plus, the red dice are a possible reference to the Devils Roll the Dice lyric of the same

00:57track.

00:58Devils roll the dice, angels roll their eyes, what doesn't kill me makes me want you more.

01:04And who could forget Benjamin Button's cameo on a watch that aptly goes to 13 o'clock?

01:09Number 9.

01:10I Bet You Think About Me, Taylor's version, from The Vault.

01:13Well, I tried to fit in with your upper crust circles, yeah, they let me sit in back when

01:21we were in love.

01:22The music video to this Red Vault track is overflowing with the color, but that's hardly

01:27the only album reference.

01:28We see a return of the iconic red scarf from All Too Well, the short film, as well as the

01:33red ring from the album cover.

01:34A pair of red sneakers might also be a clever allusion to a lyric from Begin Again.

01:39He didn't like it when I wore high heels, but I do.

01:44Plus, Swift is seen sitting at the kids' table, perhaps a subtle comment regarding her age

01:49gap with ex-boyfriend Jake Gyllenhaal.

01:51He said if we had been closer in age, maybe it would have been fun.

01:58The wedding cake itself holds a few hidden gems, too, including the red ring design,

02:02the number 13, and most interestingly, seagulls, the symbol of 1989.

02:07We'll keep telling ourselves that it was a hint to 1989 Taylor's version all along.

02:13Number 8.

02:14Lavender Haze.

02:15I've been under scrutiny, yeah, oh yeah.

02:18Once that lavender haze clears, it's hard not to notice just how many visual callbacks

02:22to the Midnight's album are featured in this music video.

02:25All they keep asking me is if I'm gonna be your bride.

02:32Within the first few seconds, the camera pans over a vinyl record called Mastermind with

02:37the constellations for Sagittarius and Pisces, the star signs of Swift and her now ex Joe

02:41Allen.

02:50Incense is burning on a shelf, similar to the lyric in Maroon, and a weather forecast

03:04appropriately calls for midnight rain.

03:06There's even a reference to koi fish, a clear Speak Now Easter egg which ended up being

03:10the follow-up re-recording.

03:11And is it just us, or is Swift's blue toenail polish a subtle reference to her debut album?

03:17Only time will tell.

03:19Number 7.

03:20Me.

03:21I promise that you'll never find another like me.

03:23Back before we had specifics about the Lover album, Swift dropped this cryptic music video

03:27to mark the official end of the Reputation era.

03:30And what better way to start with a clean slate than showing a snake bursting into pastel-colored

03:35butterflies?

03:41In the French dialogue that follows, Brendon Urie says that Swift needs to calm down, a

03:46sneaky clue to the next single off the forthcoming album.

03:54There's also a painting of the chicks in the couple's apartment, which foreshadows their

03:57feature on the track Soon You'll Get Better.

04:04And while we now know it to be the album title, we'll never forget the speculation over the

04:08Lover sign in the background of the cityscape.

04:18Number 6.

04:19Antihero.

04:20Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, you guys, there's probably a secret encoded message that means

04:26something else.

04:27Antihero came amid an era that celebrated, well, the eras.

04:32As such, it has a ton of easter eggs to her previous albums.

04:35Ghosts scare Swift through the house, some wearing heart sunglasses or cat ears, which

04:40are a callback to the 22 music video.

04:42Meanwhile, some have theorized that the phone is a nod to the iconic,

04:45I'm sorry, the old Taylor can't come to the phone right now.

04:50Plus, Bad Taylor smashes the speak-now koi fish guitar, and while she's taunting Swift

04:55in the bathroom, a portrait of Marjorie can be spotted on the wall.

04:59Did you catch that Swift's potentially murderous daughter-in-law, conveniently named Kimber,

05:03is wearing a Fearless Tour dress?

05:11We see what you did there.

05:13Number 5.

05:14The Man.

05:24While Swift may not be recognizable in this music video, her love for easter eggs sure

05:28is.

05:29If you can look past the songstress' prosthetics, you'll find there's quite a few crucial clues.

05:34Most importantly, a graffiti wall featuring the titles of Swift's stolen albums.

05:39Fans theorized this reveals the order of the re-recording releases, though the jury is

05:43still out on that one.

05:50We also get a chuckle when we see the No Scooter sign on the wall.

05:54Swift also included a Boss Scotch poster, which is reminiscent of the photo shoot Scott

05:58Borchetta and Scooter Braun had amid the sale of Big Machine Records.

06:03Oh, and we can't forget the cameo of her father, Scott Swift, as the umpire.

06:12Number 4.

06:13Karma.

06:14Karma really is the easter eggs on the screen.

06:22In this music video, Swift appears as Nemesis, goddess of retribution, atop a pedestal with

06:27Roman numerals reading 1989, as well as an underworld partier dressed in reputation garb.

06:38Fans were especially dedicated to decoding the scene towards the end, in which Swift

06:42carries a coffee cup that has a foam design of a clock.

06:46Particularly, they were focused on the positioning of her blue and black nails at 8 and 2.

06:51Many theorized that news regarding the re-releases of 1989 and Reputation would come in August

06:56and February.

06:57Interestingly, 1989 was announced in August, and though not RepTV, the tortured poets department

07:03was announced in, you guessed it, February.

07:13Number 3.

07:14I Can See You, Taylor's Version, From The Vault.

07:24Is there any video as exciting as I Can See You?

07:27This is an action-packed mission to rescue Swift from her speak nowadays, from the vault.

07:32Former meme stars, Presley Cash and Joey King, are along for the ride, as well as ex-boyfriend

07:37Taylor Lautner.

07:38He shows off his moves, the same ones he displayed on SNL in 2009, in response to Kanye West's

07:44VMA's interruption.

07:49We also encounter a room filled with glass cases containing old costumes, a nod to the

07:54It's Time To Go lyric, plus the video teases the re-recording order, beginning with the

08:04timestamp July 9th, 158 AM, a nod to Last Kiss, and ending with a sign reading

08:141989 TV.

08:16Number 2.

08:17Look What You Made Me Do.

08:26We knew Taylor Swift was a mastermind, but if there was ever any doubt, all you'd need

08:30to do is watch the Look What You Made Me Do music video.

08:36Instantly, Swift appears as a zombie rising from the dead, dressed similar as in Out of

08:46the Woods, her last official solo music video, New Romantic's compilation excluded, before

08:51her hiatus.

08:52In the background, a headstone features her writing alias, which was notably the source

08:57of online beef with Calvin Harris.

08:59She also heavily references criticisms levied against her regarding things like her supermodel

09:03squad and snake accusations.

09:06She even added a $1 bill for her sexual harassment lawsuit, where she countersued for that amount,

09:11and that barely scratches the surface.

09:22Before we unveil our top pick, here are a few honorable mentions.

09:26Fortnite, with a cast including Ethan Hawke and Josh Charles from Dead Poets Society,

09:30a playful nod to Swifties having trouble with the tortured poets department's name.

09:40Wildest Dreams, Swift embodies her grandmother Marjorie in this glamorous golden age flick.

09:56Willow, one single thread of gold tied folklore to Evermore.

10:07Endgame, look hard and you'll see references to Swift's relationship with Joe Allen.

10:18Swift honors her grandfather, the subject of epiphany, in a portrait.

10:44Bejeweled, has there ever been a music video with so many easter eggs?

10:54We doubt it.

10:55Swift frequently references the eras in this twisted fairy tale.

10:59Laura Dern tells Swift to speak not, and Danielle Hyam says, buy snake, as references to speak

11:08now and reputation.

11:15Shortly after, Swift looks at a pocket watch reading exile ends, indicating something new.

11:20The elevator itself contains many nods to her re-recordings, stopping on levels three

11:24and five, which are purple and blue for speak now in 1989.

11:36It's no coincidence those were the next two TVs released.

11:39Swift even holds a key, to the vault, near the end.

11:42And we're absolutely living for the speak now instrumentals.

11:46Did you tear up at long live?

11:53We sure did.

11:54How many hidden easter eggs were you able to spot within these music videos?

11:57Alley them up and let us know in the comments.

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