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All The Things Taylor Swift’s “Look What You Made Me Do” Video Reminds Us Of

Swift took cues from several iconic visual moments for her new video.

By Nazuk Kochhar
August 27, 2017

During the 2017 VMAs, Taylor Swift premiered the video for her new single "Look What You Made Me Do." The video features Swift encountering and reckoning with past "versions" of herself over a series of scenes, a few of them taking place in a graveyard, during a bank robbery, inside a super nice mansion, and on a jet runway. While watching the video, a few iconic visual references came to mind — peep a few of them below.

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The zombie graveyard scene in Michael Jackson's "Thriller" video

The only zombie graveyard scene that matters is the one in the King of Pop's video. Don't @ us.

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The White Walkers From Game Of Thrones
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Tupac's Iconic David LaChapelle Tub Shot, and Britney Spears In A Diamond Bath
All The Things Taylor Swift’s “Look What You Made Me Do” Video Reminds Us Of Big Machine / Republic Records.

Tupac did it first — and best. And YM magazine put their spin on the iconic image with a diamond-covered Britney Spears.

Rihanna bathing majestically in the "Stay" video
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Rihanna pretty much invented the music video bathtub scene.

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Beyonce's "Grown Woman" Pepsi Commercial...

Nobody coordinates a music video with all of the best versions of herself better than Queen Bey.

...And the mansion scenes from the "Formation" video

Taylor seems to have watched Lemonade (and Lady Gaga's "Paparazzi").

Music video birdcages like the one in Sia's "Elastic Heart"

And the one in Miley Cyrus's "Can't Be Tamed."

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All The Things Taylor Swift’s “Look What You Made Me Do” Video Reminds Us Of