Taylor Swift has unveiled the music video for 'Opalite,' the second single from her album The Life of a Showgirl, featuring a star-studded cast inspired by her recent TV appearance. Directed by Swift herself, the '90s-themed clip stars Domhnall Gleeson as her love interest and includes cameos from Cillian Murphy, Greta Lee, Jodie Turner-Smith, Lewis Capaldi, and Graham Norton. The video premiered exclusively on Apple Music and Spotify on February 6, 2026, ahead of a YouTube release.
Taylor Swift's new music video for 'Opalite' transports viewers to a quirky '90s world of infomercials and at-home fixes. In the clip, Swift portrays a lonely woman in a absurd relationship with a literal rock, until a spray of the fictional 'Opalite' potion—touted as a 'revolutionary fix for your problems' that works on 'friendships, couples, pets and co-workers'—sparks a romantic adventure with Domhnall Gleeson. The video, which Swift wrote and directed, runs nearly six minutes and ends with clips from her October appearance on The Graham Norton Show, revealing the cameos as fellow guests from that episode.
The inspiration struck during the show's taping in London, where Swift joined Gleeson, Cillian Murphy, Greta Lee, Jodie Turner-Smith, and Lewis Capaldi. Gleeson jokingly expressed hope to appear in one of Swift's videos, prompting her to send him a script a week later. To her surprise, everyone involved, including host Graham Norton—who plays a salesman in the video—agreed to participate, 'time traveling back to the '90s' for the project. Swift shared on Instagram: 'The idea for the Opalite music video crash landed into my imagination when I was doing promo for The Life of a Showgirl. I was a guest on one of my favorite shows, @TheGrahamNortonShowOfficial... Domhnall made a light hearted joke about wanting to be in one of my music videos. He’s Irish! He was joking! Except that in that moment during the interview, I was instantly struck with an idea.'
'Opalite' is the second visual from The Life of a Showgirl, released on October 3, 2025, which broke Adele's first-week sales record and earned Swift induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. The song, about 'choosing happiness and getting through rough times,' draws its title from a man-made gemstone and was her fiancé Travis Kelce's favorite track. Unlike the theatrical premiere of lead single 'The Fate of Ophelia'—which topped the Billboard Hot 100 for 10 weeks—this video launched on streaming platforms amid YouTube's dispute with Billboard over chart methodology. 'Opalite' debuted at Number Two on the Hot 100 and now sits at Number 10, positioning it as a potential follow-up smash.
