Today, out of nowhere, Taylor Swift has announced that Kendrick Lamar will star in her new video for “Bad Blood,” taken off from her most recent LP titled 1989. The visual, directed by Joseph Khan, has Kendrick playing Welvin da Great, with Lena Dunham, Lily Aldridge, Ellie Goulding, Hayley Williams and Hailee Steinfeld as the other co-stars.
It premieres Sunday at the Billboard Music Awards. This shall be interesting…
TWEETS:
Meet Welvin Da Great.
@kendricklamar
#BadBloodMusicVideo pic.twitter.com/iz6iG87NLE
— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) May 11, 2015
Fun fact about #BadBloodMusicVideo:
Each individual actor/actress chose their character's name and persona.
*CATastrophe*
— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) May 11, 2015