Taylor Swift releases video for new song 'Opalite' featuring Cillian Murphy, Domhnall Gleeson, etc.
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Taylor Swift releases video for new song 'Opalite' featuring Cillian Murphy, Domhnall Gleeson, etc.

Nic Huber

American pop superstar Taylor Swift has released a new video for her song "Opalite", which features an all-star cast including Cillian Murphy, Domhnall Gleeson, Greta Lee, Jodie Turner-Smith, and Lewis Capaldi.

For at least the next two days, the music video is exclusively available via Spotify and Apple Music, with the official YouTube release coming in the days after.

Watch here.

Taken from the singer's latest album The Life of a Showgirl, "Opalite" is a nod to Swift's relationship with American football player Travis Kelce. Consequence notes that Swift loved opals in her youth, and it is also Kelce's birthstone.

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During a recent appearance on The Graham Norton Experience, Swift appeared to promote ...Showgirl, with fellow guests Murphy, Gleeson, Lee, Turner-Smith, and Capaldi also joining the discussion. It was there Swift thought of a music video idea.

Swift said of its creation:

“When we were all talking during the broadcast, Domhnall [Gleeson] made a light hearted joke about wanting to be in one of my music videos. He’s Irish! He was joking! Except that in that moment during the interview, I was instantly struck with an *idea*. And so a week later he received an email script I’d written for the ‘Opalite’ video, where he was playing the starring role. I had this thought that it would be wild if all of our fellow guests on the Graham Norton Show that night, including Graham himself, could be a part of it too. Like a school group project but for adults and it isn’t mandatory. To my delight, everyone from the show made the effort to time travel back to the 90’s with us and help with this video.”

Read Swift's comments in full, via X:

"My favorite part about writing is that first spark of an idea. It can happen at any time, for any reason. The idea for the Opalite music video crash landed into my imagination when I was doing promo for 'The Life of a Showgirl'. I was a guest on one of my favorite shows, @TheGNShow. For those of you who aren’t familiar, it’s a UK late night show where Graham Norton (the insanely charismatic and lovable host) invites a random group of actors, entertainers, musicians, etc to be on his show and we all sit there and chat like it’s a dinner party. They even serve wine. Anyway. I remember thinking I got ridiculously lucky with the group I was paired with. Cillian Murphy, Domhnall Gleeson, Greta Lee, Jodie Turner-Smith, and @LewisCapaldi. All people whose work I’ve admired from afar. When we were all talking during the broadcast, Domhnall made a light hearted joke about wanting to be in one of my music videos. He’s Irish! He was joking! Except that in that moment during the interview, I was instantly struck with an *idea*. And so a week later he received an email script I’d written for the Opalite video, where he was playing the starring role. I had this thought that it would be wild if all of our fellow guests on the Graham Norton show that night, including Graham himself, could be a part of it too. Like a school group project but for adults and it isn’t mandatory. To my delight, everyone from the show made the effort to time travel back to the 90’s with us and help with this video. You might even recognize some friendly faces from The Eras Tour. I got to work with one of my favorite people in the world, Rodrigo Prieto, again! I had more fun than I ever imagined - Made new friends, metaphors, and fashion choices. It was an absolute thrill to create this story and these characters. Shot on film. The 'Opalite' video is out now on Spotify & Apple Music."

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