director: taylor swift
director of photography: rodrigo prieto
producer: jil hardin
editor: chancler haynes
production designer: ethan tobman
1st ad: joe “oz” osborne
visual effects: david lebensfeld and grant miller for ingenuity studios
gaffer: josh davis
key grip: ryan mcquire
storyboards: vincent lucido
executive producer: rebecca skinner
A special thank you to our on set medics, COVID-19 compliance personnel and the crew for operating under the strictest guidelines including wearing PPE, practicing thorough sanitization and respecting social distancing during the video shoot.
Official ‘cardigan’ Lyrics
Written by Taylor Swift & Aaron Dessner
Vintage tee, brand new phone High heels on cobblestones
When you are young they assume you know nothing Sequin smile, black lipstick
Sensual politics
When you are young they assume you know nothing
But I knew you Dancing in your Levi’s
Drunk under a streetlight I knew you
Hand under my sweatshirt Baby kiss it better
And when I felt like I was an old cardigan under someone’s bed You put me on and said I was your favorite
A friend to all is a friend to none Chase two girls, lose the one
When you are young they assume you know nothing
But I knew you
Playing hide-and-seek and Giving me your weekends I knew you
Your heartbeat on the High Line Once in twenty lifetimes
And when I felt like I was an old cardigan under someone’s bed You put me on and said I was your favorite
To kiss in cars and downtown bars Was all we needed
You drew stars around my scars But now I’m bleeding
Cause I knew you Stepping on the last train
Marked me like a bloodstain I knew you
Tried to change the ending Peter losing Wendy
I knew you
Leaving like a father Running like water
When you are young they assume you know nothing But I knew you’d linger like a tattoo kiss
I knew you’d haunt all of my what-ifs
The smell of smoke would hang around this long Cause I knew everything when I was young
I knew I’d curse you for the longest time Chasing shadows in the grocery line
I knew you’d miss me once the thrill expired And you’d be standing in my front porch light And I knew you’d come back to me
You’d come back to me And you’d come back to me And you’d come back
And when I felt like I was an old cardigan Under someone’s bed
You put me on and said I was your favorite