Trans Actor Laith Ashley De La Cruz Plays Taylor Swift’s Love Interest in “Lavender Haze” | Dose.ca
Taylor Swift wakes up in a “Lavender Haze” in her newest music video.
The clip, which she directed, begins with the singer in mattress with a beautiful shirtless man, performed by transgender actor and mannequin Laith Ashley De La Cruz. Soon, the bed room is enveloped in purple smoke, which she dances in as her lover sleeps.
She then strikes to the lavender-strewn lounge to observe TV, earlier than the video cuts to her cuddling with De La Cruz in the course of a home celebration that quickly devolves right into a dance celebration. It ends with Swift curled up in a cloud, surrounded by koi fish swimming in house.
Swift took to Instagram in Oct 2002 to clarify the inspiration behind “Lavender Haze”: “I happened upon the phrase “lavender haze” when I was watching Mad Men. I looked it up because I thought it sounded cool and it turns out that it’s a common phrase used in the ’50s where they would just describe being in love. Like, if you were in the lavender haze, then that meant that you were in that all-encompassing love glow and I thought that was really beautiful. I guess, theoretically, when you’re in the lavender haze you’ll do anything to stay there and not let people bring you down off of that cloud.”
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