Taylor Swift released the highly anticipated music video for her song Opalite on Friday, February 6, 2026, featuring an ensemble cast of A-list celebrities including Cillian Murphy, Domhnall Gleeson, Lewis Capaldi, Graham Norton, Greta Lee and Jodie Turner-Smith. The video debuted exclusively on Spotify Premium and Apple Music ahead of its YouTube premiere scheduled for Sunday, marking another creative milestone for the pop superstar.
The retro-inspired video, shot on film in the style of 1990s infomercials, stars Swift and Gleeson as Lonely Woman and Lonely Man respectively. Both characters have abandoned human relationships in favor of inanimate companions, with Swift's character dating a rock while Gleeson's character maintains a troubled relationship with his pet cactus. After discovering an advertisement for a magical elixir called Opalite spray that promises to cure loneliness, both order the product, leading Swift's character to mysteriously appear in Gleeson's living room.
The video's origin traces back to a memorable moment on The Graham Norton Show during Swift's promotional tour for The Life of a Showgirl. During the taping, Cillian Murphy remarked that Gleeson's dancing alone would be worth watching, prompting Gleeson to joke that he hoped to appear in a Taylor Swift music video. Swift explained that the idea crash landed into her imagination in that moment, and within a week she had emailed Gleeson a complete script with him in the starring role.
The celebrity cameos are woven throughout the narrative with each star playing a distinct role. Murphy serves as both the face and voice of Opalite, narrating the opening commercial and appearing on promotional posters. Capaldi makes a brief appearance as a mall photographer where the couple goes for a photoshoot. Norton tends an in-store display of a competing product called Nope-alite that undoes the spray's magic. Lee appears as a singer-songwriter on MTV while Turner-Smith hosts an exercise show.
Swift revealed that the song holds special meaning for her relationship with fiancé Travis Kelce. She explained that she had written down the word opalite after learning it refers to a manmade opal, noting that opal is Kelce's birthstone. Swift described the concept as a metaphor for how happiness can be manmade, and confirmed during the album rollout that Opalite is Kelce's favorite song from The Life of a Showgirl. The video represents Swift's continued ability to transform personal inspiration into elaborate visual storytelling that captivates her global fanbase.
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