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.
The video ends with a call to action linking to the Equality Act petition
The video features Katy Perry (ending their public feud), RuPaul, the Fab Five, and other LGBTQ+ icons
Taylor publicly endorsed the Equality Act and wrote to her senator
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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