Overview
- Swift’s “Elizabeth Taylor” video arrived Tuesday, March 31 on Spotify Premium and Apple Music in a rollout that follows Billboard’s recent move to count only paid‑service video streams.
- The clip is a montage of film and newsreel archives featuring Elizabeth Taylor, with scenes from Cleopatra, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, A Place in the Sun, Giant, and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, and Swift does not appear.
- The Elizabeth Taylor estate publicly praised the homage as “extraordinary,” and Swift has said she sought permission from the family and estate before releasing the song.
- End credits list the films used and give special thanks to the House of Taylor and the Todd and Wilding families, and reports say some clips were licensed via Warner Bros. or provided to Swift’s company as a courtesy.
- Multiple outlets report streaming royalties will go to the Elizabeth Taylor estate and the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation, while early fan reaction is mixed and no free‑platform release is confirmed.