{"id":259358,"date":"2025-11-12T22:52:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T22:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/259358\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T22:52:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T22:52:09","slug":"nato-hits-right-note-using-taylor-swift-in-viral-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/259358\/","title":{"rendered":"NATO hits right note using Taylor Swift in viral video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        NATO\u2019s latest social media video has struck a surprisingly positive chord online after it used Taylor Swift\u2019s The Fate of Ophelia to underscore a montage of allied troops, aircraft, and ships operating in unison.<\/p>\n<p>The short clip, set to the lyrics \u201con the land, the sea, the sky,\u201d quickly gained traction across multiple platforms, with viewers praising its energy and unexpected cultural touch.<\/p>\n<p>Rather than the traditional, sober presentation of defence imagery, this campaign embraces the rhythm and reach of modern pop culture.<\/p>\n<p>Public reaction has been pretty positive. Comments across YouTube and X highlight surprise and approval in equal measure.<\/p>\n<p>One viewer wrote, \u201cThey actually made it work,\u201d while another added, \u201cIt\u2019s strange how a Taylor Swift song can make a military video feel inspiring instead of intimidating.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Facebook, one user summed it up neatly: \u201cIt\u2019s the West showing its identity through its own culture. There\u2019s something pretty symbolic about this.\u201d<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NATO\u2019s latest social media video has struck a surprisingly positive chord online after it used Taylor Swift\u2019s The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":259359,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[96,128,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-259358","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-music","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259358"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259358\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/259359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}