{"id":301680,"date":"2025-11-23T12:28:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T12:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/301680\/"},"modified":"2025-11-23T12:28:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T12:28:08","slug":"taylor-swift-flies-3500-miles-in-secret-to-film-music-video-in-croydon-shopping-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/301680\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift \u2018flies 3,500 miles in secret\u2019 to film music video in Croydon shopping centre"},"content":{"rendered":"

Taylor Swift<\/a> reportedly flew 3,500 miles in secret to film a new music video inside a shopping centre in Croydon.<\/p>\n

The global superstar, 35, is said to have travelled from New Jersey to Hampshire by private jet last weekend for the top-secret shoot, which allegedly featured appearances from Lewis Capaldi and Domhnall Gleeson.<\/p>\n

One of the more surprising filming locations was the partially derelict Whitgift shopping centre in Croydon, according to reports.<\/p>\n

A source told The Sun: \u201cThis video was shrouded in secrecy, with Taylor\u2019s security team working day and night to ensure she wasn’t sighted at any point. It was like a military operation.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut she IS the most powerful woman in pop, so if she wants to go unseen, she\u2019ll make it happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Singer<\/p>\n

Singer Lewis Capaldi will reportedly feature alongside Swift in the music video (PA Wire)<\/p>\n

The video is reportedly for her track Elizabeth Taylor<\/a>, with Swift choosing to shoot in London<\/a> to honour the screen icon\u2019s British roots. The singer dedicated the second song on her most recent album to the Hollywood<\/a> legend, referencing her \u201cviolet eyes\u201d and \u201cwhite diamonds\u201d and drawing parallels between their romantic histories.<\/p>\n

Elizabeth Taylor was born in Hampstead, North London, in 1932 before moving to Los Angeles<\/a> aged seven, and the new video is said to incorporate locations linked to her British heritage.<\/p>\n

Another source told The Sun: \u201cTaylor is super excited to be back in London filming for her new music video. Elizabeth Taylor is a British icon and Taylor wants to pay homage by shooting scenes in the capital.<\/p>\n

\u201cTaylor has always written about her love for London, and the video will capture different locations around the city.\u201d<\/p>\n

The track also nods to some of Taylor\u2019s favourite haunts, including Portofino and the Hotel Plaza Ath\u00e9n\u00e9e in Paris, where she and Richard Burton often stayed. Swift has spoken about \u201cPortofino Orange\u201d as a colour theme of her Showgirl era \u2014 a shade she wore frequently during the final dates of her Eras Tour.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift reportedly flew 3,500 miles in secret to film a new music video inside a shopping centre…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":301681,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[49,48,135441,44368,75,6460,341,33637,7407,7223,1062],"class_list":{"0":"post-301680","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-croydon","11":"tag-elizabeth-taylor","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-lewis-capaldi","14":"tag-music","15":"tag-music-video","16":"tag-shopping-centre","17":"tag-taylor-swift","18":"tag-video"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=301680"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301680\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/301681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=301680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=301680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=301680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}