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 videoThere 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— dana ❤️🔥 (@selslovr) October 6, 2025As the title suggests, Taylor Swift makes several references to Hamlet’s tragic heroine in her The Fate Of Ophelia music videotaylor 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. pic.twitter.com/6l1O6VCxws— sarah 🦢 (@swainslake) October 5, 2025While John Everett Millais’ portrait of Ophelia is probably the most famous artistic depiction of the Shakespeare character, when we first catch a glimpse of Taylor, she’s recreating another painting by Friedrich Heyser.Rather than Ophelia drowning, though, Taylor’s video begins with her picking herself up and out of the water and into a new set-up.Taylor previously told Hits Radio of the inspiration for her new single: “The Fate Of Ophelia talks about how Ophelia was driven mad by love. The hook says, ‘You dug me out of my grave and saved my heart from the fate of Ophelia’. So it’s a love song.”As the video progresses, Taylor recreates other iconic depictions of Ophelia.quick side note that i LOVED how taylor dons ophelia’s traditional titian tresses, as shown in many john william waterhouse (1849–1917) paintings (he was obsessed with her, which, fair), as well as arthur hughes’ ophelia (1865), respectively. pic.twitter.com/7UvrHLWE24— sarah 🦢 (@swainslake) October 5, 2025imho taylor is intentionally posed like john william waterhouse’s ophelia (1889). this painting famously portrays her looking directly at the viewer rather than just passively drowning. taylor, like waterhouse, subverted the narrative: this ophelia has taken control of her fate. pic.twitter.com/3yMUzMWv6G— sarah 🦢 (@swainslake) October 5, 2025Taylor has already spoken about how the cover art for The Life Of A Showgirl – which she recreates at the end of The Fate Of Ophelia – is a direct nod to John Everett Millais’ portrait, too.Ophelia by John Everett Millais & Ophelia by Taylor Swift pic.twitter.com/1l2WgyjRaO— it’s bee | 🐝 (@pipachel) August 13, 2025Taylor Swift loves baking bread and she wants the world to know all about itHas anybody asked Taylor’s sourdough how it feels with its new found stardom? pic.twitter.com/nCUDvEUh8X— Carly ❤️🔥🧡 (@nola_swiftie) October 5, 2025Taylor’s extensive interview on Travis Kelce’s podcast New Heights podcast saw her gushing about her new love for baking sourdough bread, and gifting it to people.During interviews for The Life Of A Showgirl, she’s been bringing sourdough with her to present to journalists, and a loaf of her own handiwork even appears briefly in The Fate Of Ophelia’s music video.Initially, people thought Taylor’s love of sourdough was an Easter egg relating to her performing at the Super Bowl next year, but now we know that not to be true, we suppose... she really does just love baking?Travis Kelce makes a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it cameo of sorts in his fiancée Taylor Swift’s The Fate Of Ophelia music video🎥 | A photo of Travis appears on the mirror in “The Fate of Ophelia” music video — this is mentioned in poem two “A photo of him on the mirror.” pic.twitter.com/MNrF5oNBO3— Taylor Swift News (@TSwiftNZ) October 6, 2025As you might expect given she’s newly-engaged, Taylor makes several subtle nods to her new financé in her latest music video.First of all, one sequence sees her in full glamorous showgirl attire in a dressing room setting, with an image of Travis Kelce adorned on the mirror behind her.It’s not just any photo, though, with some fans pointing out it appears to be a still from a video years before he ever met Taylor, where he was put in a “snog, marry, avoid” quandary including his future fiancée and fellow pop superstars Katy Perry and Ariana Grande (find out how he answered here).TRYING TO STAY CALM ABOUT THIS EASTER EGG #TheFateofOpheliaMusicVideopic.twitter.com/osBUckbAXT— caroline❤️🔥 (@GetawayCaroline) October 5, 2025But those aren’t the only nods to Travis Kelce in Taylor Swift’s The Fate Of Ophelia videoWhen Taylor sings about pledging “allegiance to your hands, your team, your vibes” she catches an American football, before exiting through a hotel room door marked 87, which happens to be the number on Travis’ jersey.🚨| Taylor Swift catching a football in "The Fate of Ophelia" music video! pic.twitter.com/HnaTHcm5Vs— Taylor Swift Updates (@TSUpdating) October 5, 2025in my head, the number 87 is always and forever associated with sidney crosby so it took me a hot second to figure out why the number was on the door in the honey lyric video during the release party because i always forget travis also wears 87 omg pic.twitter.com/eOt0yZ3hMi— bre⁴ ❤️🔥 (@sportybreezy) October 6, 2025Can we talk about how in the music video Taylor goes into hotel room 87 to find the party? And she called Travis “the life of any party”. He really is happiness, fun, and magic! #TSTheOfficialReleasePartyOfAShowgirl#[email protected]/NJmWNrFfIJ— Kimberly ❤️🔥🫶🏻 (@kridgway3609) October 5, 2025Who is Kitty Finlay?KITTY FINLAY???? IS KITTY TAYLOR'S ALTER EGO FOR THIS ALBUM??? pic.twitter.com/ilKiEDGXE1— ▪︎ eMe ▪︎ (@haunted_tears) October 5, 2025One shot of Taylor’s The Fate Of Ophelia video features a clapperboard adorned with the name “Kitty Finlay”.For those who’ve not listened to The Life Of A Showgirl yet, Kitty is a character that Taylor invented for the song’s title track. “Finlay” refers to her late grandmother Marjorie Findlay, an opera singer, whose photograph also pops up in The Fate Of Ophelia’s accompanying clip.today being both marjorie and travis' birthday and both their pics are on her mirror 😭😭 pic.twitter.com/53VQ2vJqFw— . (@thequarterbIack) October 6, 2025Meanwhile, the first name “Kitty”, refers to her mum’s Great Dane dog.“That’s important to my mum, so it’s important to me,” she quipped to Jimmy Fallon, before insisting: “All signs lead back to my mum.”.@taylorswift13’s fictional character, Kitty Finlay has a sweet connection to her mom, Andrea and grandma Marjorie 🥹 #TaylorOnFallon#TSTheLifeofaShowgirl#FallonTonightpic.twitter.com/J1w11KrMs5— The Tonight Show (@FallonTonight) October 7, 2025Watch out, though, because Taylor Swift managed to sneak plenty of other The Life Of A Showgirl references into her The Fate Of Ophelia music video, tooAmong the stand-outs are “an Oscar on the bathroom floor” (Wi$h Li$t), “a toy chihuahua barking at me from a tiny purse” (Actually Romantic) and a “peach” (The Life Of A Showgirl).the oscar on the bathroom floor! #TheFateofOpheliaMusicVideopic.twitter.com/AeIrXTnLlq— chels. ❤️🔥 (@shortnswift) October 5, 2025“and an oscar on the bathroom floor” “like a toy chihuahua barking at me from a tiny purse” “TLOAS” “sequins are forever” EASTER EGG QUEEN #TheFateofOpheliaMusicVideopic.twitter.com/krohrNFxGZ— rachel ❤️🔥 (@happinessforts) October 6, 2025the chihuahua barking in a tiny purse 😭😭😭 #TheFateofOpheliaMusicVideopic.twitter.com/HpdmB3jCNt— Zain (@cowboylikezain) October 5, 2025Not only am I loving the peach reference from tloas (song) but let’s be honest this sourdough stole the spotlight #TheFateofOpheliaMusicVideopic.twitter.com/RaLZLY51Au— caroline❤️🔥 (@GetawayCaroline) October 5, 2025Tell me this isn’t Health 🍑 Wealth 🍞 Wisdom (pearls), and Freedom 🦜#TheFateofOpheliaMusicVideo#ts12#TLOASpic.twitter.com/ffaokheJjq— KateKeaLani (@katekealani) October 6, 2025Another key shot from The Fate Of Ophelia’s music video also features a nod to Taylor Swift’s whole The Life Of A ShowgirlIdk if its somehow an easter egg for something but behind her there are chalk boards numbered 1/12 all having the initials of each song1. Tfoo2. Et3. OEtc. https://t.co/5km7fvZzuQ— First of all 🥀VIE OUT 9/26🥀 (@Sxarlet_bxtch) October 3, 2025Look out for the moment she reclines in front of a chalkboard, on which are written the initials of every song from The Life Of A Showgirl and each song’s corresponding track number on the album.‘Written and directed by Taylor Swift’“WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY TAYLOR SWIFT” when those words hit the screen, I get chills. No one else understands cinematic storytelling through music like Taylor 😌❤️🔥 #TSTheLifeOfAShowgirl#TheFateOfOpheliaMusicVideopic.twitter.com/4oJw7jhGNq— griffin❤️🔥 (@griffinsversion) October 5, 2025As Taylor’s career has progressed, she’s notably taken control over more and more aspects of her art – including her music videos.Since the Lover era, she’s been credited as the sole director of videos like The Man, Cardigan, Willow, Anti-Hero, Bejeweled and Fortnight, as well as the short film to accompany the 10-minute version of All Too Well released in 2021.Watch the full video for Taylor Swift’s The Fate Of Ophelia for yourself below:READ MORE:Here's Everything That's Gone Down Between Taylor Swift And Charli XCX After Diss Track Actually RomanticTaylor Swift Fans Voice Disappointment Over Alleged AI Use In Videos To Promote New AlbumTaylor Swift Hits Back At 'Shockingly Offensive' Speculation About Her Engagement

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