Did Taylor Swift steal ideas from Manuela’s visual EP?

Less than a week ago, Taylor Swift released her 10th studio album titled Midnights.

The long-awaited album is already receiving mixed reviews, with some using words like “mature,” while others might use words like “shockingly dull.” Whether or not you like it, it’s definitely a different version of Taylor Swift that features more lyrical depth than we’re used to.

I’ve always been a huge Taylor Swift fan but I’ll be honest — I fell asleep before making it halfway through the album. Maybe that’s the whole idea behind it.

A small artist is claiming that Taylor Swift stole ideas from her for the music video for “Anti-Hero”

Today, however, we’re not discussing Swift’s music itself. Instead, the generational pop artist is sneaking into headlines for potentially ripping off a smaller artist’s ideas and using them in her music video for Anti-Hero.

Before you rush to Swift’s defense, watch this video comparing the two:

Eerily similar… I know. Let’s look at the possibilities here.

This could be a situation where Taylor Swift coincidentally created a music video with 11 separate shots (yes, I counted them) that are coincidentally identical to each other. It’s really, really unlikely but technically possible. The alternative is, unfortunately, the possibility that Swift copied these ideas, whether that be intentionally or unintentionally.

Now, there is a well-documented history of artists accidentally ripping off other artists. In many situations, they subconsciously steal ideas without knowing, making them semi-innocent in the situation. A good example of this was when Olivia Rodrigo created Good 4 U, which had striking similarities to Paramore’s Misery Business. Rodrigo would eventually add Paramore to the writing credits.

But music videos are different. We’ll have to see how this plays out.

From the general concept to individual shots, there are way too many similarities in these videos. Whether or not it was intentional, Taylor Swift is going to have an issue here.