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Graham Norton Lets Slip the 'Blinding Flash' Moment Taylor Swift Chose Croydon for Music Video
Taylor Swift wrote and directed the retro 90s-themed video featuring famous cast members, filming mainly at Croydon's Whitgift shopping centre with a premiere on Spotify and Apple Music.
- Taylor Swift wrote and directed the retro 1990s-style Opalite video, which premiered exclusively on Spotify and Apple Music on Friday .
- On The Graham Norton Show in October, Taylor Swift says she conceived the idea on the sofa as a 'blinding flash' and handpicked the cast including Domhnall Gleeson and Lewis Capaldi.
- Taylor Swift's Opalite video features a VHS-filtered, pastel mini‑film with surreal vignettes like a pet rock and a man attached to a cactus, using a mock infomercial style and campy narration.
- Fans on X and Reddit compared the video to Sabrina Carpenter's Manchild, circulating side-by-side clips, while Official U.K. Singles Chart midweeks published Sunday show Opalite nearing Swift's eighth No. 1.
- Social-Media debate over originality has fans dissecting every frame, GIF‑ing gestures, and discussing influence versus homage, keeping Opalite a lasting cultural talking point, not just a viral moment.
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Taylor Swift accused of copying Sabrina Carpenter's infomercial-style 'manchild spray' in 'Opalite' MV
Taylor Swift's new video for Opalite dropped on 6 February, and it immediately set Twitter on fire. The opening — a mock infomercial for a magical spray that promises to 'turn your problems into paradise' — is whimsical, ridiculous, and unmistakably retro. But almost as soon as it surfaced, fans noticed something familiar: it looked a lot like Sabrina Carpenter's Manchild video. Cue the debate: homage, coincidence, or straight-up copying? The Ae…
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