Taylor Swift's "Anti-Hero" Music Video Is Now Out, So Here Are All The "Secret Encoded Messages" Throughout

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The first music video of Taylor Swift's Midnights era is here! If you thought that "Anti-Hero" would be full of Easter eggs and immaculate details, you'd be entirely correct.

Now, the video does get a bit meta when it comes to listicles like these — with Taylor even declaring, "There's no secret encoded message that means something else" in her will.

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But, that won't stop me (or apparently Taylor)! So, here are some cool moments you may have missed:

1.During the bathroom scale scene, a photo of a woman can be seen on the back wall.

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Here it is zoomed in:

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If the face looks familiar, it's because it's a picture of Taylor's grandmother Marjorie — who you can see in the "Marjorie" lyric video.

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2.This one is a bit obvious, given that it's mentioned in the video — but yes, Taylor's daughter-in-law is actually wearing a dress from the 2009 Fearless tour.

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Here it is on Taylor on the first night of the US leg of the tour:

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3.But that's not the only old tour memorabilia in the video! Like in this scene, where Taylor is playing/smashing an old guitar.

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If you look closely, it's not just any guitar — it's one of the guitars she used on the 2011 Speak Now tour.

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Kevin Mazur / WireImage / Getty Images

4.In Taylor's will, she leaves everything to "Meredith Grey Swift," "Olivia Benson Swift," and "Benjamin Button Swift."

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Which yes, are the names of Taylor's real cats.

  Taylor Swift / Via instagram.com

5.One of the things her family feuds over is the fact that her "beach house" will become a cat sanctuary.

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It's likely that the beach house is referring to Taylor's real-life Rhode Island "Holiday House." She's previously explored the home's scandalous history in the Folklore song "Last Great American Dynasty" — subsequently ensuring that, in this account, the home will be surrounded by controversy both before and after she arrived.

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6.This one might be a bit of a stretch, but anti-hero Taylor rocks a pair of snakeskin boots at the end of the video.

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Taylor has gone through a journey with snakes — from Kim Kardashian calling her one back in 2016 to Taylor using snake imagery in a move of reclamation.

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Kevin Winter / Getty Images for TAS

7.Finally, there's a coat of arms on all the bottles of wine throughout the video.

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Here it is zoomed in:

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The idea of a Taylor Swift crest — featuring cats, a butterfly, and a snake — has been floating around for a while now. A similar image popped up in her 2021 vault teaser and in the background for 2019's "Lover." So, Taylor coat of arms confirmed???

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