'I've worked with Beyonce': Taylor Swift's music video director Joseph Kahn says Look What You Made Me Do wasn't influenced by Lemonade artist
Beyonce's fans accused Taylor Swift of copying the pop queen after a 30-second teaser for the Look What You Made Me Do video hit the internet Thursday.
But video director Joseph Kahn stepped in to set the record straight Saturday on Twitter where he explained that the 27-year-old singer's video was in no way influenced by the Lemonade songstress, saying it was 'not in [Bey's] art space.'
Kahn, 44, was speaking from experience, explaining that he's 'worked with Beyoncé a few times' and he has nothing but 'love and respect' for Mrs. Carter.
From the director's mouth: Â Joseph Kahn (above in 2015) Â set the record straight after Taylor Swift was accused of copying Beyonce in her Look What You Made Me Do music video
Blank Art Space: The Grammy winning director explained that the yet-to-be-released video was in no way influenced by the Lemonade songstress, saying it was 'not in [Bey's] art space'
The Grammy winning director tweeted, 'I've worked with Beyoncé a few times. She's an amazing person. The #LWYMMDvideo is not in her art space. Love and respect to Bey.'Â
The Korea born auteur worked with Beyonce during the Destiny's Child era as the director of the Say My Name and Jumpin' Jumpin videos.Â
He's also been a long time collaborator with Swift, working on the videos for Bad Blood, Blank Space, Wildest Dreams and Out Of The Woods.
Copy cat: The devotees pointed out the teaser video for Swift's new single Look What You made Me Do has close similarities to Beyonce's Lemonade performances
Too close for comfort: Beyonce's fans have lashed out at Taylor Swift for copying Lemonade; (pictured 2009)
A 30 second teaser for the Look What You Made Me Do music video instantly sparked the ire of the Beyhive Thursday.
The fans were quick to point out several similarities between Taylor's upcoming release and the diva's iconic Lemonade short.
Beyonce, 35, wears a similar outfit for her performance of Formation featuring uniformed backup dancers during the 2017 Superbowl.
The Formation music video has a shot of Beyonce standing in front of a group of men, while the video for Sorry features Serena Williams and herself in black leotards.
Strike a pose? A social media user shared a side-by-side shot of the star's videos for comparison
'Girl bye': A fan reacted to the similarities on TwitterÂ
Backlash: Â Fans took to Twitter to announce their dismay over the similarities
One fan tweeted side-by-side screengrabs of the Look What You Made Me Do teaser and the video from Lemonade, captioning it: 'Lemonade and Minute Maid'.Â
Another fan added: 'Taylor Swift wanna be Beyonce so bad.'Â
In one shot from the teaser, Swift, 27, wears a black leotard and fishnet tights while leading a group of male dancers wearing similar garb.
Meanwhile, Taylor's own fans were slamming her for taking a new direction with the fiery tone of the new single. Â
The song, which was unveiled after the star's notable absence from the spotlight, has been widely received as a musical jab at her celebrity nemeses, among them Katy Perry, Kanye West and his wife Kim Kardashian.
Twitter users took to the micro-blogging site in droves to slam the ditty, with one writing to the star: 'You lost me with this new song. I miss the old Taylor.'Â
Copy cat: Fans thought the clip from the teaser resembled the Sorry video featuring Serena Williams as they both feature black leotards and fishnet stockings
'I really don't like the new Taylor Swift song,' posted another disappointed fan. The chorus is so beige and trashy.'
Pointing to the song's feud theme, a third stated: 'Taylor Swift won't stop bringing up her thing with Kanye [because] it's the only thing keeping her relevant.'
And the timing of the track's release - directly clashing with Katy's rumoured Taylor diss track Swish Swish was also noted by a few, with one accusing the pop star of pulling a 'predictable' manoeuvre.
Cover girl: Taylor released her first single in two years titled Look What You Made Me Do on Thursday night as it seemingly addresses a leaked phone call
Reviews: Music fans took to Twitter to express their reviews of the single upon its release
However, amid the chorus of voices insisting that the song 'sucks' a number of faithful fans welcomed Taylor back to the charts with enthusiastically open arms.
The blonde beauty's actress pal Ruby Rose led the wave, breathlessly tweeting 'Omg OH MY GOD' as she shared a screenshot of the single.
'I gotta say it's one of the best singles dropped this year. Congratulations, @taylorswift13,' wrote one impressed fan.
'Just listened to @taylorswift13 new song and love it! So happy that my fave is back,' stated a second devotee to the chart-topping star.
Spotlight: Taylor had been laying low over the past several months, ahead of the track's release
Naysayers: The new pop track received a number of negative reviews, even from die-hard fans
While one fan deemed the track 'everything', another said of the catchy song's detractors: 'Haters are already trying to find new ways to drag Taylor Swift for a song written about haters.'
On Friday, Taylor took to her Twitter to announce that the full Joseph Kahn-directed video will premiere exclusively at the MTV Video Music Awards, to be held in Los Angeles on Sunday.Â
Katy Perry, who is thought to be one of the targets in Taylor's track, famously referenced Mean Girls, when she tweeted in 2014: 'Watch out for the Regina George in sheep’s clothing.'
And three years later, Taylor appears to have responded in the slickest of ways, as a fan has noticed that the track on her new single This Is What You Made Me Do uses an identical beat to that heard in the 2004 movie's Halloween scene.
Taking aim? Taylor's track is thought to take aim at a small number of her celebrity nemeses
Happy campers: Amid the sea of detractors were fans who were thrilled with the new release
However, it appears that jabs could already have been fired back from Team Perry, as Nicki Minaj - who appears alongside Katy on the track Swish Swish, largely accepted as a dig at Taylor - cryptically tweeted on Thursday: 'N***a sit down. Be humble.'Â
Late Thursday night, Twitter user @tkylemac took to the micro-blogging site to point out: 'Taylor was once called "Regina George in sheep's clothing" and her new song uses the beat from this scene in Mean Girls.'
He then shared a brief video of Rachel McAdams' Regina dancing away in a Playboy Bunny outfit ahead of welcoming friends into her home for a Halloween bash.
In a bid to reinforce his theory, @tkylemac followed up with an image comparing the soundwaves of both audio tracks, showing their striking similarities.
Hitting back: Taylor appears to have hit back at a jab Katy Perry aimed at her back in 2014 in the most subtle of ways on her newly-released single
Shot: Back in 2014, Katy used a Mean Girls reference to apparently take a veiled shot at Taylor
On the same day that Taylor released her single, rapper Nicki appeared to fire back at the star - whose track is thought to reference Katy, as well as Kanye West and his wife Kim Kardashian - when she shared her 'be humble' tweet.Â
In the single, Taylor makes a thinly veiled reference to the controversial video call she received from rapper Kanye West in 2015.Â
The 40-year old rapper's conversation with Taylor was released by the outspoken rapper's wife, socialite Kim, as damning proof that she was well aware of his intention to refer to her in a track on his latest album, The Life Of Pablo. Â
And Taylor, 27, appears to have addressed the leaked call in lyrics to her first single in two years, Look What You Made Me Do, released on on Thursday night.Â
Moment of discovery: On Thursday night, a Twitter user pointed out the similarities between Taylor's new single and a track used in Mean Girls' Halloween party scene
One of the more eyebrow-raising parts of the track comes during the bridge of the song when a phone rings.
A voicemail by Taylor herself then could be heard saying: 'I'm sorry the old Taylor can’t come to the phone right now. Why? Oh, 'cause she's dead!'Â
Last year Kim released a video recording of the phone conversation on Snapchat, where Taylor was heard describing the name check in Kanye's album track Famous as 'a compliment.'
The drama began when Kanye rapped about considering having sex with her, before claiming her had her blessing for the lyric.Â
What do you Mean, Girl? Twitter users speculated that Nicki Minaj had waded in, as she shared a cryptic tweet in the wake of the release of Taylor's new single
Collaboration: Nicki appears alongside Katy in the video for her new dance single Swish Swish
Thinly-veiled: The track has been widely speculated to be a thinly-veiled jab at nemesis Taylor
The offending song contained the words: �I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex / Why? I made that b*tch famous.'
Afterwards Swift’s team released a statement claiming: 'Kanye did not call for approval, but to ask Taylor to release his single Famous on her Twitter account.Â
'She declined and cautioned him about releasing a song with such a strong misogynistic message. Taylor was never made aware of the actual lyric, "I made that b**ch famous".'Â
As if the new single wasn't for her Swifties, the blonde beauty also released images for the three versions of magazine covers for her upcoming album Reputation on the same night.Â
Feud:Â Last year Kim Kardashian released a now notorious video of a conversation between Kanye West and Taylor, as the couple are pictured together in April 2016
uh-oh: Their clash came when Kanye rapped about considering having sex with her in his song Famous, before claiming her had her blessing for the lyric.
The two covers will be available at Target stores exclusively when the album is released on November 10 and will each come with a copy of the album.
There are two versions of the publication as Volume 1 was shot by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggot while Volume 2 was done by Benny Horne.Â
Each cover has the look and feel of a modern day art magazine and features a clutter of words which seem to indicate the contents of the pages.Â
Among the exciting promises featured on the cover include: 'poetry and paintings', 'handwritten lyrics', 'fashion portraits', and 'behind the scenes video shoot photography.'Â
Leggy lady:Â The two covers will be available at Target stores exclusively when the album is released on November 10 and will each come with a copy of the album
Making her move? Taylor appeared to be arriving aboard a private plane in Los Angeles on Thursday
On the Volume 1 cover, she could be seen wearing a black long-sleeved sweater mini dress with her signature blonde locks dishevelled.
In the other Taylor rocks a chic Marc Jacobs camouflage military jacket  as she peers over her shoulder.Â
It was an exciting night as Taylor's latest single Look What You Made Me Do was released along with a lyric video created by Odd and produced by Taylor and longtime collaborator Joseph Kahn.
The three-and-a-half minute clip includes plenty of snake imagery which Taylor has been teasing on social media over the past few days.Â
Gratitude: On Thursday, the members of Right Said Fred took to Twitter to thank Taylor for sampling their 1990s hit I'm Too Sexy on her track
Slithering: Taylor's latest single Look What You Made Me Do was released along with a lyric video created by Odd and produced by Taylor and longtime collaborator Joseph Kahn
 Interesting: The three-and-a-half minute clip includes plenty of snake imagery which Taylor has been teasing on social media over the past few days
Stunning: The lyric music video comes ahead of the actual music video which is set to be shown on Good Morning America on Friday morning
No doubt the lyrics will be analysed by fans as they include biting remarks including: 'The world moves on, another day, another drama, drama. But not for me, not for me, all I think about is karma.'Â
It was a big news day for the highly-anticipated album as Reputation will have 15 tracks according to iTunes.Â
Swift also teased an upcoming tour by featuring a portal on her website in order for followers to sign up to be on the wait list for verified fan tickets.
Good Morning America also announced that a sneak peek for her new music video will be aired on the program Friday morning.
Coming soon: Reputation will be released on November 10
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