As part of Taylor Swift’s reinvention, the ex-country singer is unleashing a single that asserts her dislike for her enemies and the accompanying visual contains some Beyoncé-esque images.
Official #LWYMMDvideo world premiere.
Sunday 8/27 at the @vmas pic.twitter.com/tjAxr8qdsY
— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) August 25, 2017
Twitter users instantly peeped the similarities between Swift’s teaser for the “Look What You Made Me Do” video and clips from Bey’s “Lemonade” album.
Formation 2.0
— AntonioRih (@antoniogiulianR) August 25, 2017
Is “look what you made me do” referring to her stealing Lemonade scenes?
Is she implying Beyoncé made her do a trash Formation imitation?
— Good Branding (@vanaver8) August 25, 2017
Idk about stealing the show but she sure did steal something pic.twitter.com/kh4Nad258i
— Joshua Henderson (@Jay_Henderson23) August 25, 2017
Then, Twitter’s undeniably hilarious creative streak kicked in and folks started mocking Swift’s new good-girl-gone-bad image that seemed to borrow heavily from Queen Bey.
Bey’s “Lemonade” Instantly Got Folks Talking:
Many used their wit to make a parody out of iconic “Formation” lyrics like, “My daddy Alabama, momma Louisiana/You mix that negro with that Creole, make a Texas bama” and, “When he f— me good, I take his ass to Red Lobster.”
https://twitter.com/youngsinick/status/901070514130735105
"My daddy Pennsylvania,
momma from Pennsylvania,
You mix that Pennsyl with a Vania I am from Pennylvaniaaaa" pic.twitter.com/uJZ2K9fJX7
— Marcia Belsky (@MarciaBelsky) August 25, 2017
"I got Miracle Whip in my bag, swag" pic.twitter.com/5E8vkJN1C4
— George M Johnson Garçon (@IamGMJohnson) August 25, 2017
A few dissed Swift’s efforts as less than noteworthy.
https://twitter.com/jimmyhendrixjr/status/901077575488950274
This looks like Lemonade: Crystal Light. https://t.co/x2l6MAZyt0
— FilmFatale_NYC 🇭🇹 🇩🇴 🇺🇸 (@FilmFatale_NYC) August 25, 2017
The song is a poor man's Britney, the video's gonna be a poor man's Beyonce. Taylor Swift wants to be anyone but Taylor Swift. pic.twitter.com/Krar1JFuNJ
— feitelberg (@FeitsBarstool) August 25, 2017
Others had some social commentary.
Yal haters corny with that white supremacy mess. KKK check my fly & how my white sheets are pressed. pic.twitter.com/hMAOEkwlkE
— Waiting To Oxtail (@CoreyPTownsend) August 25, 2017
"My daddy alabaster…mama white as slave master. You mix that whiteness with that whiteness, get a career faster…" pic.twitter.com/wLCdOyKMQw
— [kie.ran] (@danblackroyd) August 25, 2017
My daddy Trump supporter, Momma Starbucks drinker,
You mix the mayonnaise with the privilege make a country singer (singer) pic.twitter.com/FE0bPhGOHk
— Matt’Dib / Ball Atreideez (@_MateoMontana_) August 25, 2017
One user imagined the singer formerly known as Sasha Fierce would have this to say to Swift:
https://twitter.com/ira/status/901137182198382593
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