Taylor Swift launched the music video for her single “Lavender Haze” on Jan. 27, and the music video stars Laith Ashley as Swift’s love curiosity. In an interview with Buzzfeed Information, Ashley revealed what it was like filming the “Lavender Haze” music video with Swift.
Laith Ashley thinks Taylor Swift is ‘protective’ of her music
As followers know, Swift cares so much about her music. The singer-songwriter is in the course of of re-recording and re-releasing her first six albums as a strategy to reclaim her music masters. She additionally has began writing and directing her personal music movies to have extra of a say in the inventive course of.
In an interview with Buzzfeed News, Ashley revealed that he didn’t know what music the music video was being set to.
“The less detail I knew, I think it was to protect her art,” stated Ashley. “She’s very protective of her art and the way she releases her music and her visuals for her music. She doesn’t know me personally from a hole in the wall, so she doesn’t know if I’m going to go off blabbing about everything, so she does not share a d*** thing.”
Whereas filming the “Lavender Haze” music video, Ashley didn’t have entry to his cellphone, and solely Swift may hear the music by means of an earpiece. Ashley didn’t hear the music for the first time till Swift launched Midnights.
Laith Ashley is a transgender mannequin and singer
Half of the purpose Ashley’s casting in the “Lavender Haze” music video is so particular is that Ashley is a transgender man.
Ashley being solid in a music video as the love curiosity of one of the world’s largest pop stars units a monumental precedent and is a constructive illustration of the LGBTQ group.
“Having a trans person just being in love on screen, it’s humanizing trans people,” Ashley instructed Buzzfeed Information. “We deserve to exist. We deserve to take up space in society. We will always exist regardless of anti-trans propaganda.”
What filming the ‘Lavender Haze’ music video was like
Talking with Buzzfeed Information, Ashley revealed that filming the “Lavender Haze” music video was a once-in-a-lifetime expertise.
“In the bedroom scene, she’s telling me what thoughts are going through her head in the scene and for the most part, I’m literally sleeping,” Ashley stated. “I definitely wasn’t. I was trying not to shake while I was in bed with Taylor Swift.”
The actor added, “If you notice in some parts of the video, I couldn’t stop smiling. I smiled to hide the fact that I was so nervous.”
Since starring in the music video, Ashley has been receiving numerous messages and feedback on social media.
“The notifications just kept coming in and I was so excited I didn’t want to put my phone on silent mode,” he instructed Buzzfeed Information. “I was just scrolling and looking and reposting and all of the things, and trying to respond to as many messages as possible.”