Watch Taylor Swift's steamy 'Wildest Dreams' music video

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Stunning. Steamy. Safari.

Taylor Swift debuted the hotly-anticipated "Wildest Dreams" music video during Sunday's MTV Video Music Awards pre-show. "Wildest Dreams" is Swift's fifth single from her hugely successful album.

The '40s-esque video co-stars model/actor Scott Eastwood and is directed by Joseph Kahn, who also directed "Bad Blood" and "Blank Space." It's also a bit of a homage to Cecil the Lion, if do say so ourselves.

What an amazing time working with @taylorswift Not only is she a rockstar. But someone I am proud to call a friend. She is a great person and those are hard to find in your life. When you do.... Hold tight. #WildestDreamsMusicVideo A photo posted by Scott Eastwood (@scotteastwood) on Aug 28, 2015 at 9:06pm PDT

And the topping on the Taylor-cake, all the proceeds from the video will be donated to the African Parks Foundation of America to benefit animal conservation efforts.

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My favorite part of the "Wildest Dreams" video is when Robert Redford washes Meryl Streep's hair! #iconic— Ben Matthew Empey (@benmatthewempey) August 31, 2015

I LOVE THE WILDEST DREAMS VIDEO SO MUCH THE PLOT AND CHARACTERS ARE BRILLIANT I AM IN LOVE I WANT IT EMBEDDED ONTO MY FOREHEAD— morgan (@swiftsbeckett) August 31, 2015

Best part of the video!! Taylor has seriously outdone herself. #WildestDreamspic.twitter.com/bEqBa6VpIq— Alex Hoeft (@hasselHoeft) August 31, 2015

Still haven't recovered can't breathe can't stop watching Wildest Dreams @taylorswift13 you have officially killed me RIP— Emilie Hebert (@emiliehebert) August 31, 2015

Wildest Dreams video hurts my soul. No surprise considering the song does too. SO MUCH PAIN FOR MY OTPS— Novacaine (@NovaBlogder) August 31, 2015

BONUS: Doug the Pug Lives That Taylor Swift Lifestyle

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