The Fate of Ophelia Music Video Easter Eggs | We Hunted So You Didn’t Have To

Being a Swiftie means you can’t help but look for hidden messages or clues in her work. Taylor Swift raised us to be like this, so if you don’t like it- blame Mother. Here are all The Fate of Ophelia Music Video Easter Eggs we could find- we hunted them up so you didn’t have to!

The Fate of Ophelia Music Video

First of all, this music video is straight fire. I have to admit that I didn’t mind watching it over and over again like my own personal Zapruder film to try to find as many easter eggs as I could.

It’s a brilliant homage to the Eras Tour and all the talented Showgirls (and Guys!) the fandom fell in love with. In addition, she made nods to historical literature, art, and musical acts through the ages. And yes, there are quite a few Travis Kelce easter eggs as well. She couldn’t leave out her fiancé and Wood muse!

It’s a bop, it’s a banger, and it was so worth watching in the movie theater as a world premiere. Check it out and then be prepared to have your mind blown by The Fate of Ophelia eater eggs in the music video!

The Fate of Ophelia Music Video Easter Eggs

I included timestamps where I could, in case that’s helpful for you to find some of these Fate of Ophelia easter eggs in the music video.

• 00:00 — Opening foyer / Millais Ophelia tableau — twin Ophelias, gilded mirrored foyer, album title on carpet/railing. “The Fate of Ophelia” is spelled out between the banister, stairs, and rug
• Taylor, Max Martin, and Shellback are in the portrait behind the chandelier
• 00:05 — Sam McWilliams (Eras Tour dancer) vacuuming / The Cleaning Cart from the Eras Tour is seen here

• Poster that says Wood is seen in the far back. It appears to have a Travis Kelce photo from his GQ shoot.
• Female Rage (the Musical?) poster is also seen here

• 00:08 — Close shot of Millais/Heyser-style Ophelia painting (classical-painting recreation).
• 00:12 — Orange bird flies past / sits on Taylor’s hand in painting (freed songbird callback to Look What You Made Me Do music video)

• 00:15 — Table props visible: sourdough loaf, peach, pearl necklace (Taylor baked the sourdough used here / peach & pearls lyric ties).
• Pearl necklace appears to be in the shape of 87, a nod to Travis Kelce’s football number.
• 00:18 — Cat statue (Olivia Benson nod)

• 00:21 — Match lit / pyro lyric callback transition to Marilyn Monroe “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” sequence (platinum hair look)
• 00:24 — Dressing-room mirror: small photo pinned (Travis Kelce photo nod to one of the poems she wrote for this album.)
• Marjorie Finlay’s picture is included as well, who was her showgirl grandmother.
• Some say they can see the reputation body suit in the background on a chair (I’m not so sure about this, but why not?)
• 00:27 — Chair choreography — Vigilante Shit / Eras Tour reference (chair dance callback with Eras Tour dancers).

• 00:33 — Ronettes / 60s girl-group styling (backing dancers, hair silhouettes).
• 00:38 — Redheaded “ship / sirens” theatrical set; Arthur Hughes / Waterhouse visual echoes (sirens / walk the plank).
• The Heart on this costume looks like a callback to the heart on the reputation tour outfit as well.

• 00:45 — Faux “plank” dive / stage dive reference to Eras Tour.
• 00:55 — Busby Berkeley / synchronized “water” chorus number with lifebuoys. She said in the movie explanations that this was because Ophelia was drowning and the lifebuoys were to help save her.
• 01:05 — Blue/sparkle tinsel boa — matches Eras Tour finale jackets (costume echo).
• 01:10 — Chalkboard / backstage wall: abbreviated tracklist & shorthand (RTF = Ruin the Friendship, AR = Actually Romantic, TLOAS = The Life of a Showgirl).
• 01:14 — Audible “ding” (text/audio cue) during the bridge / repeating in song
• 01:18 — Clapperboard: “Sequins are Forever,” “featuring Kitty Finlay,” “Take 100” (numerology hint: 13 + 87 = 100). Keep it 100!
• Sequins are Forever and Kitty are lyrics featured in the title track, The Life of a Showgirl
• 01:25 — “Kitty Finlay” / Kitty is Taylor’s Mom’s dog’s name and Marjorie Finlay nod (family / opera reference).
• 01:30 — Elizabeth Taylor-style dark hair & violet shadow look (lyric tie to “Elizabeth Taylor”).
• 01:36 — Poster that says “Sequins are Forever” / lyric poster in set. Taylor Swift: Bejeweled; Sabrina Carpenter: Dazzled

• 01:40 — Orange sequin showgirl (big production number) — orange = album color motif
• 01:45 — “Take 100” visual reiteration (clips / backstage meta).
• 01:50 — Nods to Eras Tour: dancer Jan is seen on the ladder (again)!
• 01:55 — Lifebuoys / “rescue” life-ring props in the water number (lyric theme of being saved from drowning).
• 02:05 — Sequin-covered “full showgirl” reveal (Singin’ in the Rain / old Hollywood homage).
• 02:10 — Sparkle jacket / tinsel that matches Eras Tour Karma finale costuming.
• 02:18 — Off-stage encore: fuzzy coat / “Lavender Haze”-style look, Exit sign overhead (exit from an era as noted in The New Heights Podcast).
• 02:22 — Dancer carrying pink purse with chihuahua peeking out (Actually Romantic reference).

• 02:26 — Door labeled “87” / Taylor catches a football (Travis Kelce numerology & football nods).
• 02:30 — Partying with hotel staff dressed like Grand Budapest Hotel staff (Wes Anderson nod; album green palette). The hotel staff are her band members from The Eras Tour, the guests are all her Eras Tour backupdancers and singers.
• Funny Valentine- lyric in Actually Romantic

• 02:35 — Paparazzi at window / Taylor flees into bathroom (fame imagery).
• 02:38 — Orange bird returns to windowsill then flies away (liberation motif repeated).
• Science World and False Creek in Vancouver are seen outside of the window, where the bird flies out of the bathroom. Vancouver was the last stop of the Eras Tour.
• 02:40 — Oscar statuette on bathroom floor (lyric reference: “Oscar on their bathroom floor” — Wish List).

• 02:42 — Sink / bathroom set reminiscent of The Shining bathroom (horror film callback)
• 02:44 — Opal / opalite on the bathroom counter next to sink (track reference “Opalite”).
• 02:46 — Final bathtub shot: recreation of album cover / Millais Ophelia echo (Taylor lies in bath — but survives)
• 02:50–03:46 — Finale details & micro-Easter eggs (confetti, additional posters, tiny props, numerology repeats, background cameos — many blink-and-you-miss-its reported across fan threads).

Additional Easter Eggs From The Fate Of Ophelia

• Lyrical egg: called me on the megaphone is a reference to Travis calling her out about meeting him after the Eras Tour (megaphone = his podcast)
• “I swore my loyalty to me, myself and I | Right before you lit my sky up” is a brilliant callback to the famous 4th of July Independent Girlies Instagram post.

• Clock in the dressing room scene set to 10:03 (album was released on October 3, 2025)