Taylor Swift continues Pride Month activities with release of star-studded, pro-LGBTQ video for 'You Need to Calm Down.'
song"You Need to Calm Down" and a surprise performance at New York's gay landmark Stonewall Inn on Friday, Taylor Swift has tripled down on her Pride Month activity Monday morning with the release of the video for"Calm Down."
She promised in a social media post last week that"there's a lot going on in the video" and she wasn't kidding: The vibrantly colored, surreal video features her reunion with Katy Perry along with appearances from Ellen Degeneres, Ryan Reynolds, Dexter Mayfield, Laverne Cox, Karamu Brown, Rupaul, Antoni Porowski, Jonathan Van Ness, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Justin Mikita, Bobby Berk, Tan France, Billy Porter, Adam Lambert, Todrick Hall, Hayley Kiyoko, Chester Lockhart, Adam Rippon...
The song's lyrics make her intentions clear, come verse two, she's getting socially conscious in a way that will surprise only anyone who slept through the celebrity news cycle in the first two days of Pride Month,"Why are you mad when you could be GLAAD?" she asks, echoing the last phrase for good measure."Sunshine on the street at the parade / But you would rather be in the dark ages / Makin' that sign must've taken all night.
For anyone who wasn't clear on her intentions from the mere acronyms of the previous verse, she gets more explicit with the"shade never made anybody less gay" line in the pre-chorus. A possible Billy Porter mention comes up in a different iteration of the refrain:"Can you just not step on his gown?"
In a statement reacting to the song on Friday, Anthony Ramos, director of talent engagement at GLAAD, said:"Taylor Swift is one of the world's biggest pop stars. The fact that she continues to use her platform and music to support the LGBTQ community and the Equality Act is a true sign of being an ally.
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