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dana 🫧@selslovr · Oct 7, 2025

trying to find the 100ish easter eggs in the fate of ophelia music video: a thread

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A fan documents Easter eggs found in the "Fate of Ophelia" music video, identifying references to Shakespeare's Ophelia story, showgirl aesthetics, classic Hollywood, the artist's other songs, personal details like her cats' names, and more.

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    trying to find the 100ish easter eggs in the fate of ophelia music video: a thread

    Taylor Swift Updates+@chartstswifty · Oct 7, 2025

    Taylor Swift reveals “The Fate of Ophelia” music video has around 100 Easter eggs.

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    the ophelia rug at the hotel!

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    you’ll just have to trust me on this - the poster in this picture says female rage the musical

  4. #4

    her as the ophelia painting obviously - this one by friedrich wilhelm theodor heyser

  5. #5

    scottish fold statue for meredith and olivia

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    the bread she baked & pearls referencing the title track!

  7. #7

    marilyn monroe - another showgirl

  8. #8

    a picture of travis LMAO

  9. #9

    i’m sure these pics are easter eggs too but i can’t tell what they are for the life of me. begging for a 4k version of the mv on yt

  10. #10

    a reference to the ronettes / 60s girl groups in general aka showgirls!

  11. #11

    an opalite ring

  12. #12

    in shakespeares story about ophelia, she was driven mad by love

  13. #13

    reference to other showgirls - the actresses

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    ophelia drowned

  15. #15

    references to the movie bathing beauty starring esther williams - another showgirl

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    karma jacket

  17. #17

    “sequins are forever ft kitty” is a reference to the title track - which kitty is also andrea’s dogs name! “take 100” - “keep it 100”

  18. #18

    “RTF, AR, WL” for ruin the friendship, actually romantic and wish list

  19. #19

    “W, C, H, TLOAS” for wood, cancelled!, honey and the title track

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    title track reference!

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    the classic showgirl look

  22. #22

    i’m choosing to believe this is a callback to the lavender haze music video

  23. #23

    reference to the chihuahua line in actually romantic

  24. #24

    the football bc duh

  25. #25

    the video is such bad quality but i’m confident this is an 87 for travis!

  26. #26

    all the eras tour dancers throughout the video ofc🥹

  27. #27

    oscar on the bathroom floor - wish list reference

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    and of course the last ophelia reference!

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    okay so there are definitely more, if you’ve found some i haven’t pls share!! the theater version of the mv was such high quality…i hope it’s uploaded at some point because things are sooo much easier to see