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You Need to Calm Down MV Hidden Petition Link

ConfirmedMusic Video

The 'You Need to Calm Down' music video ended with a direct link to a Change.org petition for the Equality Act. Taylor embedded the political message as the final Easter egg in a video packed with celebrity cameos and pro-LGBTQ+ imagery.

Evidence

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The video ends with a call to action linking to the Equality Act petition

2

The video features Katy Perry (ending their public feud), RuPaul, the Fab Five, and other LGBTQ+ icons

3

Taylor publicly endorsed the Equality Act and wrote to her senator

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The trailer park setting was a deliberate contrast to anti-LGBTQ+ stereotypes

Visible at 3:56 in the video

Revealed In

You Need to Calm Down music video premiere, June 17, 2019

Discovered

June 17, 2019

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