Taylor Swift’s Opalite Music Video: Every Celebrity Cameo, And The Link Between Them

Taylor Swift’s has unveiled the music video for her song Opalite, and you just might recognise some of the famous faces making surprise appearances.

On Friday, the Grammy-winning star shared her new video on both Apple Music and Spotify (ahead of its wider release on YouTube later this week), with cameos from everyone to Cillian Murphy to Graham Norton.

However, it turns out there’s more to the seemingly random selection of stars than it might appear.

Back in October, the Anti-Hero singer appeared on The Graham Norton Show to promote her latest album The Life Of A Showgirl, where she was joined on the couch by Greta Lee, Jodie Turner-Smith, Domhnall Gleeson, Lewis Capaldi and the Oscar-winning Oppenheimer actor.

And what do you know – that group of celebs also happens to be the cast of the Opalite music video.

Following Opalite’s release, Taylor told her social media followers that the idea for the video was sparked by a joke from the About Time actor.

“Domhnall made a light hearted joke about wanting to be in one of my music videos,” she recalled. “He’s Irish! He was joking! Except that in that moment during the interview, I was instantly struck with an idea.”

Indeed, Domhnall’s joke turned into him receiving a fully-fledged video treatment from Taylor a week later, with him in the starring role as her lover in the 90s-themed video that revolves around “Opalite”, a mysterious product plugged by Cillian’s character.

She shared: “I had this thought that it would be wild if all of our fellow guests on the Graham Norton show that night, including Graham himself, could be a part of it too.

“Like a school group project but for adults and it isn’t mandatory. To my delight, everyone from the show made the effort to time travel back to the 90s with us and help with this video.

“I had more fun than I ever imagined – made new friends, metaphors and fashion choices. It was an absolute thrill to create this story and these characters.”

Taylor is well-known to recruit her celebrity friends to star in her music videos.

Her Bad Blood release back in 2015 famously featured a female line-up that included Selena Gomez, Jessica Alba, Gigi Hadid and Zendaya, while years later, she recruited the likes of Katy Perry, RuPaul, Ellen Degeneres and Ciara to appear alongside her in her You Need To Calm Down video.

The Opalite video is currently available to watch on Spotify and Apple Music.