The idea hit her when she took a seat next to a slew of celebrities on Graham Norton’s red sofa.
Why not invite them all – Norton included – to star alongside her in the music video for her new single?
So it was that Taylor Swift’s video for Opalite was born.
All six of the invitees – including Oppenheimer’s Cillian Murphy, Harry Potter star Domhnall Gleeson and pop singer Lewis Capaldi – said yes.
Released yesterday, the Nineties-themed video stars Gleeson, 42, as the love interest for 36-year-old Swift’s character.
The storyline initially follows their surreal relationships – Gleeson with a cactus and Swift with a rock – before the two meet with the help of a ‘magical’ spray bottle labelled Opalite.
Norton, 62, appears in a scene promoting another spray, while Murphy, 49, is pictured in an advert for Opalite.
Capaldi, 29, plays a photographer, while actresses Greta Lee, 42, and Jodie Turner-Smith, 39, are seen on retro TV screens.
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Scottish pop singer Lewis Capaldi, 29, featured as a photographer in the Nineties-themed music video
Swift, who is engaged to American football player Travis Kelce, said: ‘To my delight, everyone from the show made the effort to time travel back to the Nineties with us and help with this video… I had more fun than I ever imagined’
Oppenheimer actor Cillian Murphy, 49, starred in an advert for Opalite
Writing on Instagram on Friday, Swift revealed the idea for the video ‘crash landed into my imagination’ during her October appearance on BBC1’s The Graham Norton Show
Writing on Instagram on Friday, Swift revealed the idea for the video ‘crash landed into my imagination’ during her October appearance on BBC1’s The Graham Norton Show.
The pop star was there to promote her latest album The Life Of A Showgirl, which includes the Opalite track.
‘When we were all talking during the broadcast, Domhnall made a light-hearted joke about wanting to be in one of my music videos,’ she wrote on Friday.
‘He’s Irish! He was joking! Except that in that moment during the interview, I was instantly struck with an idea.’
The singer, who is engaged to American football player Travis Kelce, added: ‘To my delight, everyone from the show made the effort to time travel back to the Nineties with us and help with this video… I had more fun than I ever imagined.’
