Taylor Swift - Fortnight (feat. Post Malone)
Taylor Swift’s lead single from her 2024 album The Tortured Poets Department has been around, but if you haven’t given it the full three-rewatch treatment yet, you’re missing out on a black lace curtain of feelings you didn’t know you were carrying. Teaming up with Post Malone, Swift delivers a track that’s brooding enough to soundtrack every dramatic stare out a rainy window you’ve ever done—and maybe some you haven’t.
The music video? Directed by Swift herself, shot by Rodrigo Prieto (the cinematography wizard behind The Irishman and Barbie—no big deal), and presented in stunning black-and-white, feels like it should be followed by a Q&A led by my neighbor, Klaus “The Blabber Mouth” Müller (when he's not running from ducks).
Swift floats through scenes with that classic, poetic ache she’s patented over the years, eventually landing at a desk across from Post Malone, who looks like the human embodiment of “you up?” They exchange glances with an unmistakable emotional charge, like someone distilled the mood of a handwritten letter and gave it a budget.
Then there’s the plot twist: Ethan Hawke and Josh Charles appear as scientists conducting… emotion experiments? I’m guessing they’re trying to bottle heartbreak in beakers, but honestly, it looks like they could be judging your playlist choices.
There’s no actual kissing in this video (I checked), but the entire thing pulses with that emotional, fogged-glass energy—both theatrical and vulnerable. It’s basically a mood board for crying in a library bathroom stall, but with better lighting.
Production note: During filming, Swift reportedly had to dodge drones using a golf cart draped in fabric. Because naturally, if you’re staging an emotional epic about time, love, and loss, you also need stealth-mode golf carts. It’s in the handbook.
Bottom line: “Fortnight” is moody, layered, and you’ll want to watch it at least three times—once for the story, once for the symbolism, and once just to confirm that yes, Post Malone’s face can absolutely carry that much emotion.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortnight_(song)