You'll see Taylor Swift in a whole new light in her video for "The Man." Literally.
In the video, Swift dresses as a suit-wearing, manspreading, cigar-smoking, yacht-owning, tennis-match-tantrumming dude. And does a very convincing job of it.
In the song — a newly-released single from her album Lover — Swift imagines what life would be life if she were a man.
"They'd say I hustled/Put in the work/They wouldn't shake their heads/And question how much of/this I deserve/What I was wearing, if I was rude/ Could all be separated from my good ideas and power moves," sings Swift.
"And we would toast to me, oh, let the players play/I'd be just like Leo, in Saint-Tropez."
Speaking of Leo, the video appears to draw inspiration from Wolf Of Wall Street — particularly in the "make it rain" gestures in the office scene, and the playboy yacht moment. But the video also mocks societal double standards like "dad praise" — when dads receive disproportionate praise for fulfilling basic parenting duties.
The video also features a cameo from Swift's dad, Scott Swift, who plays a tennis umpire when "the man" has a tantrum of epic proportions.
Make sure you watch to the final seconds to hear "the man" finally speak — with the voice of Dwayne Johnson.
Note the "Owned by Taylor Swift" right at the end. A little dig at Scooter Braun, perhaps....
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