Irish actors Domhnall Gleeson and Cillian Murphy are among the well-known figures to appear in Taylor Swift’s Opalite music video.<\/p>\n
The video was released on Apple Music and Spotify on Friday, following weeks of anticipation.<\/p>\n
Rumours of Gleeson\u2019s participation in the project began after pictures of promotional billboards for the track appeared on social media a few hours before its release.<\/p>\n
In the almost six-minute video, which Swift also directed, she and Gleeson play love interests dubbed ‘lonely woman\u2019 and \u2018lonely man\u2019.<\/p>\n
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Before the release on Friday, the singer\u2019s legion of fans had circulated a clip of the pair appearing together with Oscar-winning Cork actor Murphy on The Graham Norton Show in October.<\/p>\n
During their interview, Swift complimented Gleeson\u2019s performance in the sitcom The Paper, saying she “loved” the show.<\/p>\n
Murphy then quipped: “It\u2019s worth watching for Domhnall\u2019s dancing alone”.<\/p>\n
To which Gleeson replied: “I\u2019m hoping to get into a Taylor Swift music video”.<\/p>\n
This elicited an astonished and surprised look from the US singer.<\/p>\n
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In the video, talk show host Graham Norton plays a salesman, with Murphy appearing on billboards and advertisements and providing a voiceover.<\/p>\n
Clips from The Graham Norton Show feature at the end of the video, including the exchange between Swift, Gleeson and Murphy.<\/p>\n
The other guests on the episode \u2013 actresses Greta Lee and Jodie Turner-Smith, and Scottish singer Lewis Capaldi \u2013 also appear in the music video.<\/p>\n
Opalite is the second single from the record-breaking album The Life Of A Showgirl, which was released on 3 October.<\/p>\n
The singer said she wrote it about her fiance NFL player Travis Kelce, whose birthstone is opal.<\/p>\n
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