Taylor Swift recently dropped a special surprise for her fans. It comes amid the ongoing lawsuit against her latest album, The Life of a Showgirl. The suit was filed earlier this week by a singer and columnist, Maren Wade. She alleged a close resemblance between her newspaper column/podcast, “Confessions of a Showgirl,” and Swift’s album.
Taylor Swift releases Elizabeth Taylor music video
Taylor Swift recently released the music video for “Elizabeth Taylor,” the third single from her newest album, Life of a Showgirl. However, it is currently not available to everyone, as only Apple Music and Spotify Premium subscribers can stream it.
Fans may not have to wait too long, however, for the music video to appear in YouTube’s free tier. This is because “Opalite’s” music video followed a similar release schedule. It first dropped on the aforementioned platforms on February 6, 2026, before appearing on YouTube’s free tier two days later. Currently, the visualizers for the original and the So Glamorous Cabaret Version are available on YouTube.
Meanwhile, the 7-inch vinyl for the single is dropping on April 18, which is Record Store Day.
Unlike “Opalite,” Swift does not appear in the music video. It instead includes a montage paying tribute to the single’s namesake, the late actress Elizabeth Taylor. The footage features scenes from Taylor’s movies like Cleopatra, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolff?, and Boom. It also includes clips of her public appearances.
In addition to singing, Swift also co-wrote “Elizabeth Taylor” with Max Martin and Shellback. The song’s composition includes heavy snare drums, bass, piano, electronic beats, and orchestral elements.
The single draws parallels between Swift and Taylor’s struggles with fame and intense media scrutiny. The “Bad Blood” singer revealed in a Pandora interview that the song’s origin lay in comments made by the latter’s son, Chris Wilding, who compared Swift to his mother, which “flattered” her. She added, “I just immediately started talking to Travis (Kelce) about it. I was going on and on about Elizabeth Taylor, talking about all the things about her that I loved… how she kept challenging herself late into her life.”
Swift continued, “I had to get out of the car. I was like, ‘One sec, I have to get out of the car for a second,’ and I just sang this melody into my phone, got back in the car and… that’s what it’s like when it happens.”
Originally reported by Abdul Azim Naushad on Mandatory
