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Taylor Swift and trans model Laith Ashley are a dream couple in the video for ‘Lavender Haze’.

Taylor Swift surprised fans with a stunning new video this week, but it’s her beautiful co-stars who captured the most surprises on the internet.

True to form, Swift unveiled her video for “Lavender Haze” — the opener from her hit album “Midnights” — right at midnight on Friday. Her love interest in the video is played by Laith Ashley, a transgender actor, model and activist.

Written and directed by Swift, the video features the 11-time Grammy winner in bed with a shirtless Ashley, who doubles as the TV weatherman. Later, the two are seen rowing to a party and a dance floor flooded with purple strobe lights and fog.

In an Instagram post announcing the premiere of “Lavender Haze,” Swift said she “absolutely loved working with” Ashley, who is Dominican-American and grew up in New York.

Watch the video for “Lavender Haze” below.

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“There is a lot of lavender. There is a lot of fog,” he wrote. “This was the first video I wrote of the three that was released, and it really helped me conceptualize the world and feel of ‘Midnights’ as a dream in the 70s. I hope you like it.”

Meanwhile, Ashley said appearing in Swift’s music video was a “truly magical” experience she’ll “never forget”.

“Your storytelling abilities through your music and visuals continue to leave me amazed, inspired and hopeful,” she wrote on Instagram. “Thank you for being an ally. Representation matters. AND LOVE WILL ALWAYS WIN!”

Ashley’s casting — which is certainly groundbreaking in a music video released by a pop musician of Swift’s stature — has drawn praise from fans and LGBTQ advocacy groups alike.

While “Lavender Haze” will undoubtedly be remembered as a breakthrough moment for Ashley, her star has been on the rise for some time.

After appearing in British GQ and Vogue France, the 33-year-old has been focusing heavily on acting lately, landing minor roles in TV series such as ‘Pose’ and ‘Strut’. He will next be seen opposite Rumer Willis in the comedy My Divorce Party.

Speaking to The Advocate in 2021, Ashley said she’s grateful for the opportunities she’s been given in Hollywood so far, but stressed that “there’s still a long way to go” when it comes to transgender representation in showbiz.

“There is an education that needs to be done around the language; there’s training that needs to be done around trans people in general,” she explained. “I’ve read character analyzes for TV and movies that warp the individual… [and] sometimes, not always, it seems like a sign… They don’t really try to understand. They’re just like, “Oh, they’re asking for diversity, so if we put a trans person in this character, we’ll get funding.”

Laith Ashley at the 2022 Outfest Legacy Awards Gala in Los Angeles. The actor has taken the internet by storm after appearing in Taylor Swift’s new music video for her song ‘Lavender Haze’.

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