Taylor Lautner Stars in Taylor Swift’s ‘I Can See You’ Video

Taylor Swift is prepared to return to December with ex-boyfriend Taylor Lautner — by having him star in her “I Can See You” music video.

The Grammy-winning songstress, 33, debuted the music video throughout her Friday, July 7, Eras Tour cease in Kansas City a number of hours earlier than it dropped on YouTube. In the footage, Swift — dressed in her Speak Now period, full with the “Long Live” lyrics written on her arm — is locked in a financial institution vault, determined to flee. Lautner, 31, Joey King and Presley Cash, for his or her components, are tasked with breaking her out.

“I wrote this video treatment over a year ago and really wanted to play out symbolically how it’s felt for me to have the fans helping me reclaim my music,” Swift wrote by way of Instagram in a while Friday night. “I had my heart set on @joeyking, @taylorlautner and @helloimpresleycash starring in it. Joey and Presley had been in the video for ‘Mean’ when they were 9 and 13 and they are back and so ridiculously bad ass!! Taytay is INCREDIBLE in this (didn’t have a stunt double!) and shout out to [his wife, Taylor Dome] for being so awesome to hang with on set. The Tale of 3 Taylors 😆.”

After Swift premiered the video for Arrowhead Stadium concertgoers, she invited the solid onstage. The Twilight star, who dated Swift between August and December 2009, did a backflip down the catwalk after the “Dear John” songstress referred to as his identify.

“He was a very positive force in my life when I was making the Speak Now album and I want to say he did every single stunt that you saw in that music video,” Swift — who referred to Lautner as “TayTay” in her introduction — gushed throughout the live performance, per social media footage. “He and his wife have become some of my closest friends and it’s very convenient because we all share the same first name.”

Lautner — who married Dome, 26, in November 2022 — beamed over Swift’s heartfelt tribute, noting he respects her “so much.” He added: “Not just for the singer you are, the songwriter, the performer, but truly for the human you are. You are gracious, humble, kind and I’m honored to know you.”

Swift and Lautner had been first linked after enjoying teenage lovers in 2010’s Valentine’s Day. Amid their early romance, the Michigan native was front-and-center when Swift gained a Video Music Award in 2009 earlier than her second was overshadowed by Kanye West proclaiming that Beyoncé ought to have gained the trophy as a substitute.

“Yeah [we had just gone public] and I presented the award to her, so I gave her the award [and] I took five steps back and was standing five feet behind her,” Lautner recalled throughout a February episode of his “The Squeeze” podcast. “In the middle of giving her thank-you speech, Kanye jumps up onto the stage. I can barely hear it. I can’t see them. I’m just assuming that this whole thing was a practiced and rehearsed skit because why else would Kanye West be jumping up on the stage, interrupting Taylor Swift? It just didn’t make sense.”

He continued on the time: “He jumped off, she finished [and] the second she turned back around and I saw her face for the first time, I was like, ‘Oh. No, that wasn’t good.’”

West, 46, ultimately apologized for his actions and Swift took inspiration from the incident whereas writing Speak Now. Her observe “Innocent,” which is featured on the rerecorded album, was penned in regards to the second and the rapper’s apology.

Swift’s Friday present coincided with the discharge of her rerecorded Speak Now album, which is the sixth LP that she now owns. To rejoice, Kansas City Swifties had been handled to a number of surprises, together with brand-new, purple (to match the period) outfits and shock songs off the album. Swift sang “When Emma Falls in Love (From the Vault)” and “Never Grow Up” throughout the acoustic units, shortly after including “Long Live” to the Speak Now part. While performing “Long Live,” she strummed the melody on the identical koi fish-decorated, blue guitar that she used on the 2010 stay tour.

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Lautner, for his half, watched the majority of the present from the VIP tent in the gang alongside his spouse and King, 23. The Kissing Booth actress — who costarred with Swift’s BFF Selena Gomez in 2010’s Ramona and Beezus — additionally introduced her sister, Hunter King, to the live performance.