Taylor Swift recently announced both her new album, Reputation and the album's debut single, "Look What You Made Me Do". The video for the single won't be released until the MTV Video Music Awards, but she dropped a teaser:
Official #LWYMMDvideo world premiere.
Sunday 8/27 at the @vmas pic.twitter.com/tjAxr8qdsY— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) August 25, 2017
Look familiar?
The internet certainly thinks so!
Folks have peeped game and are accusing Swift for jacking Beyoncé's Lemonade steez. Even the stills from the video look very Bey-esque:
Still from this music video look like very bad rip offs of Lemonade. https://t.co/PfcfivgLr0— Darth Susan ????????♂️ (@TheNeueJohn) August 25, 2017
That formation pose; everyone knows it!
The black leotards, the mansion with chandeliers … you can't help but to do a double-take.
"Okay ladies now let's gentrification." pic.twitter.com/B8xL0oxrKl
— Kar L. Stine (@karyewest) August 25, 2017
Not only that, but some feel that even Swift's "surprise" drop was reminiscent of Beyoncé's album release.
Of course, Black Twitter did its thing:
taylor swift wanna be beyonce so bad. fake surprise album drop, aesthetics. girl bye.— bad demonicana (@bad_dominicana) August 25, 2017
Beyoncé got lemonade
Taylor swift got avocado pic.twitter.com/KRTuo5LTV9— jimmy c hendrix jr (@jimmyhendrixjr) August 25, 2017
Lemonade and Minute Maid pic.twitter.com/onBLP9pHvR— Neal Carter (@nealcarter) August 25, 2017
THIS IS TAYLOR'S ***LEMONADE*** DRINK UP HATERS ???? pic.twitter.com/NqkMMTVcSV
— Caity Weaver (@caityweaver) August 25, 2017
It looks like this is going to be a Taylor Swift's "Lemonade". Pumpkin Spice. pic.twitter.com/ffXJOl8pQf— Nato Jacobs (@DomTheHuman) August 25, 2017
Not only the visuals, but the sonic and lyrical content were taken to task as well:
This song sounds so…small? Like I made it on a school desktop for a computer class. (Except I got all A's hunny)
— Caity Weaver (@caityweaver) August 25, 2017
People around me (myself included) genuinely trying to figure out if it might POSSIBLY be a joke song. Meanwhile Tayla like pic.twitter.com/uqsuC7gdQR
— Caity Weaver (@caityweaver) August 25, 2017
"My daddy Pennsylvania,
momma from Pennsylvania,
You mix that Pennsyl with a Vania I am from Pennylvaniaaaa" pic.twitter.com/uJZ2K9fJX7— Marcia Belsky (@MarciaBelsky) August 25, 2017
"if he hit it right, I might take his ass to Arby's." pic.twitter.com/IpocGzeQGX
— Ziwe (@ziwe) August 25, 2017
Taylor Swift riding something with brown skin to success is pretty on brand pic.twitter.com/OYoas0f6o0
— David Dennis Jr. (@DavidDTSS) August 25, 2017
You ever get mad that someone so rich has such bad taste? Like she can afford to have taste and doesn't.
— Akilah Hughes (@AkilahObviously) August 25, 2017
*calls radio station* please don't play that Taylor Swift song I was having a good day.
— Akilah Hughes (@AkilahObviously) August 25, 2017
When Tayla announced a new album it was like this: pic.twitter.com/jeJ8mWe3OR
— Caity Weaver (@caityweaver) August 25, 2017
When everyone came together to bash the single it was like this: pic.twitter.com/OSGg8CLZMF
— Caity Weaver (@caityweaver) August 25, 2017
And, finally, amidst all the dragging, was someone who found the album's release date a little questionable:
ok i was done complaining about taylor swift i felt gross n w/e and then i saw this n absolutely fuck taylor swift pic.twitter.com/ws9LYkmeFu
— darcie (@333333333433333) August 25, 2017