The phrase “sequins are forever” appears twice in the music video — once as the title on a movie poster and once on a director’s clapperboard cutting between scenes. “Sequins are forever” is a lyric from “The Life of a Showgirl,” the album’s title track featuring Sabrina Carpenter.

Swift strikes a pose in a painting that includes a wooden statue of her cat Olivia Benson. The orange song bird lands on her arm as she stands next to a table of pearls, a peach (lyric in "Showgirl" title track) and her famous sourdough bread (probably dubbed the "Fate of Dough-felia").

At one point, Swift wears an ethereal white gown as she lounges amid a backdrop that evokes John Everett Miliais' famous painting Ophelia. She nods back to the art later in the video, with a sparkly dress and long, curly red wig. The first dress, though, calls to mind another painting of Ophelia done by Joseph Mordecai in the 1870s.

The first music video from Taylor Swift's 12th studio album, 'The Life of a Showgirl', is finally here. Directed by Swift, 'The Fate of Ophelia' delivers on the glitz and glamour of the album's title.

Taylor Swift treated fans to a brand new music video for her song “The Fate of Ophelia” from her 12th album, The Life of a Showgirl. The video, which went live on Sunday, October 5, opens with Swift appearing in a picture before she comes to life,

Swift slips into the role of Ophelia — as depicted in Sir John Everett Millais’s 1851 painting — in an ethereal ivory gown by Alberta Ferretti featuring romantic floor-length sleeves and a tiered ruffled hem.

The first track on Swift's 12th studio album, “The Life of a Showgirl,” takes its inspiration from Shakespeare.

"The Fate of Ophelia" is the lead song on Taylor's 12th studio album, The Life of a Showgirl.

The “Fate of Ophelia” is the first single off of the pop star’s 12th album, “The Life of a Showgirl,” which was released on Oct. 3.