Taylor Swift has been teasing the world via Twitter with Sin-City style posters for the upcoming “Bad Blood” music video. So far, she’s Tweeted flicks of Gigi Hadid, Zendaya, Hayley Williams, Hailee Steinfeld, Lena Dunham, Ellie Goulding, Lily Aldridge and Mr. Kendrick Lamar . Maybe Taylor is trying to make a point. “I have a million famous friends”—she’d say to Katy Perry, the rumored target of “Bad Blood”— “Step your game up, bitch!”
Here’s Taylor Swift, as Catastrophe.
Meet Catastrophe. #BadBloodMusicVideo pic.twitter.com/q9P7JJoWld
— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) May 7, 2015
And Kendrick.
Meet Welvin Da Great. @kendricklamar #BadBloodMusicVideo pic.twitter.com/iz6iG87NLE — Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) May 11, 2015
Here’s Gigi, who apparently chose the name “Slay-Z” for herself. Interesting.
Meet Slay-Z. @GiGiHadid #BadBloodMusicVideo pic.twitter.com/FCW0wmSFgR
— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) May 9, 2015
And Lena, as Lucky Fiore.
Meet Lucky Fiori. @lenadunham #BadBloodMusicVideo pic.twitter.com/agdFw8OSsn — Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) May 10, 2015
A teaser for the film-noir-style video has been released, which communicates basically nothing, aside from the fact that she’ll be going for an “edgy” vibe.
The video, directed by Joseph Kahn (also behind Taylor’s “Blank Space” video) will premiere at the 2015 Billboard Awards, this Sunday, May 17.