{"id":10147,"date":"2017-10-27T10:45:12","date_gmt":"2017-10-27T18:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2017\/10\/27\/news-3920\/"},"modified":"2017-10-27T10:45:12","modified_gmt":"2017-10-27T18:45:12","slug":"news-3920","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2017\/10\/27\/news-3920\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift Is Cyberpunk Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Credit to Author: Matthew Gault| Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2017 17:54:08 +0000<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> Taylor Swift wants to know if you&#8217;re ready for it. That&#8217;s the central question of her newly released music video <i> &#8230;Ready For It?<\/i> The &#8220;it&#8221; in question is unclear, but judging from footage we&#8217;ve got, Tay wants to know if we&#8217;re ready for a dark, gritty, cyberpunk reboot of America&#8217;s sweetheart.<\/p>\n<p>Yes. Yes we are.<\/p>\n<div data-iframely-id=\"P3igyyh\" data-embedded-url=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wIft-t-MQuE\" class=\"article__embed article__embed--iframely\">\n<div style=\"left: 0; width: 100%; height: 0; position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.2493%;\" data-iframely-smart-iframe=\"true\"><iframe  src= width=\"100%\" height=\"420\" frameborder=\"0\" ><\/iframe> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> Directed by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JLVUlb7fpF8\" target=\"_blank\">criminally underrated Joseph Kahn<\/a>\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JLVUlb7fpF8\" target=\"_blank\">a man who directed a time traveling, coming of age, meta-slasher about high school<\/a>\u2014<i> &#8230;Ready for it?<\/i> tells the story of a robotic Swift on a mission to antagonize herself. The fembot Swift saunters down a dark alley full of Cyberpunk cliches while she soft-raps about romantically torturing the men she dates.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article__media\"><picture class=\"article__image\"><source media=\"(max-width: 25em)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126490371-TSwift1.jpeg?resize=400:*, https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126490371-TSwift1.jpeg?resize=600:* 2x\"><source media=\"(max-width: 40.625em)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126490371-TSwift1.jpeg?resize=650:*, https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126490371-TSwift1.jpeg?resize=975:* 2x\"><source media=\"(max-width: 53.125em)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126490371-TSwift1.jpeg?resize=850:*, https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126490371-TSwift1.jpeg?resize=1275:* 2x\"><source media=\"(max-width: 65.625em)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126490371-TSwift1.jpeg?resize=1050:*, https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126490371-TSwift1.jpeg?resize=1575:* 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 65.625em)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126490371-TSwift1.jpeg?resize=1050:*, https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126490371-TSwift1.jpeg?resize=1575:* 2x\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126490371-TSwift1.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/picture>\n<div class=\"article__image-caption\">Image: Big Machine Records via YouTube<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> Nothing to see here, just some robots hanging out in a <a href=\"https:\/\/motherboard.vice.com\/en_us\/article\/mb7yqx\/cyberpunk-cities-fetishize-asian-culture-but-have-no-asians-blade-runner\" target=\"_blank\">red lit alleyway with Chinese characters on the wall<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article__media\"><picture class=\"article__image\"><source media=\"(max-width: 25em)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126521238-Tswift4.jpeg?resize=400:*, https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126521238-Tswift4.jpeg?resize=600:* 2x\"><source media=\"(max-width: 40.625em)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126521238-Tswift4.jpeg?resize=650:*, https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126521238-Tswift4.jpeg?resize=975:* 2x\"><source media=\"(max-width: 53.125em)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126521238-Tswift4.jpeg?resize=850:*, https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126521238-Tswift4.jpeg?resize=1275:* 2x\"><source media=\"(max-width: 65.625em)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126521238-Tswift4.jpeg?resize=1050:*, https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126521238-Tswift4.jpeg?resize=1575:* 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 65.625em)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126521238-Tswift4.jpeg?resize=1050:*, https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126521238-Tswift4.jpeg?resize=1575:* 2x\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126521238-Tswift4.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/picture>\n<div class=\"article__image-caption\">Image: Big Machine Records via YouTube<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> In the future, all alley lights will be red and all robots will wear clothing pulled off their human victims.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article__media\"><picture class=\"article__image\"><source media=\"(max-width: 25em)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126551007-Destiny.jpeg?resize=400:*, https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126551007-Destiny.jpeg?resize=600:* 2x\"><source media=\"(max-width: 40.625em)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126551007-Destiny.jpeg?resize=650:*, https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126551007-Destiny.jpeg?resize=975:* 2x\"><source media=\"(max-width: 53.125em)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126551007-Destiny.jpeg?resize=850:*, https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126551007-Destiny.jpeg?resize=1275:* 2x\"><source media=\"(max-width: 65.625em)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126551007-Destiny.jpeg?resize=1050:*, https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126551007-Destiny.jpeg?resize=1575:* 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 65.625em)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126551007-Destiny.jpeg?resize=1050:*, https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126551007-Destiny.jpeg?resize=1575:* 2x\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126551007-Destiny.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/picture>\n<div class=\"article__image-caption\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> Here we see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hdWkpbPTpmE\" target=\"_blank\">a <i> Destiny 2<\/i> player<\/a> stopping by for a cameo.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article__media\"><picture class=\"article__image\"><source media=\"(max-width: 25em)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126590982-Facehugger.jpeg?resize=400:*, https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126590982-Facehugger.jpeg?resize=600:* 2x\"><source media=\"(max-width: 40.625em)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126590982-Facehugger.jpeg?resize=650:*, https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126590982-Facehugger.jpeg?resize=975:* 2x\"><source media=\"(max-width: 53.125em)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126590982-Facehugger.jpeg?resize=850:*, https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126590982-Facehugger.jpeg?resize=1275:* 2x\"><source media=\"(max-width: 65.625em)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126590982-Facehugger.jpeg?resize=1050:*, https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126590982-Facehugger.jpeg?resize=1575:* 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 65.625em)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126590982-Facehugger.jpeg?resize=1050:*, https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126590982-Facehugger.jpeg?resize=1575:* 2x\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126590982-Facehugger.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/picture>\n<div class=\"article__image-caption\">Image: Big Machine Records<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jqi-c4l6qBI\" target=\"_blank\">Cybernetic facehuggers burst from egg sacs<\/a> below Tay&#8217;s feet and scamper along the walls while she stalks the mean streets of her own psyche.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article__media\"><picture class=\"article__image\"><source media=\"(max-width: 25em)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126610234-GhostinShell.jpeg?resize=400:*, https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126610234-GhostinShell.jpeg?resize=600:* 2x\"><source media=\"(max-width: 40.625em)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126610234-GhostinShell.jpeg?resize=650:*, https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126610234-GhostinShell.jpeg?resize=975:* 2x\"><source media=\"(max-width: 53.125em)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126610234-GhostinShell.jpeg?resize=850:*, https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126610234-GhostinShell.jpeg?resize=1275:* 2x\"><source media=\"(max-width: 65.625em)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126610234-GhostinShell.jpeg?resize=1050:*, https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126610234-GhostinShell.jpeg?resize=1575:* 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 65.625em)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126610234-GhostinShell.jpeg?resize=1050:*, https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126610234-GhostinShell.jpeg?resize=1575:* 2x\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126610234-GhostinShell.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/picture>\n<div class=\"article__image-caption\">Image: Big Machine Records<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>At the end of evil Tswift&#8217;s trek down the alley, she opens a door and confronts a robotic doppelganger trapped in a plasmatic cage. The new Taylor&#8217;s body is lined and curved as if she&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=w1BhezbxCPc\" target=\"_blank\">wearing Major Motoko Kusanagi&#8217;s invisibility suit from <i> Ghost in the Shell<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The rest of the video is a confrontation between the two Swift persona&#8217;s and it&#8217;s full of high drama and images pulled from Anime and Cypberpunk literature.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article__media\"><picture class=\"article__image\"><source media=\"(max-width: 25em)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126648240-PowerArmor.jpeg?resize=400:*, https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126648240-PowerArmor.jpeg?resize=600:* 2x\"><source media=\"(max-width: 40.625em)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126648240-PowerArmor.jpeg?resize=650:*, https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126648240-PowerArmor.jpeg?resize=975:* 2x\"><source media=\"(max-width: 53.125em)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126648240-PowerArmor.jpeg?resize=850:*, https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126648240-PowerArmor.jpeg?resize=1275:* 2x\"><source media=\"(max-width: 65.625em)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126648240-PowerArmor.jpeg?resize=1050:*, https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126648240-PowerArmor.jpeg?resize=1575:* 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 65.625em)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126648240-PowerArmor.jpeg?resize=1050:*, https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126648240-PowerArmor.jpeg?resize=1575:* 2x\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126648240-PowerArmor.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/picture>\n<div class=\"article__image-caption\">Image: Big Machine Records<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A robot engaged in power armor drama!<\/p>\n<div class=\"article__media\"><picture class=\"article__image\"><source media=\"(max-width: 25em)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126656385-RobotHorse.jpeg?resize=400:*, https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126656385-RobotHorse.jpeg?resize=600:* 2x\"><source media=\"(max-width: 40.625em)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126656385-RobotHorse.jpeg?resize=650:*, https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126656385-RobotHorse.jpeg?resize=975:* 2x\"><source media=\"(max-width: 53.125em)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126656385-RobotHorse.jpeg?resize=850:*, https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126656385-RobotHorse.jpeg?resize=1275:* 2x\"><source media=\"(max-width: 65.625em)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126656385-RobotHorse.jpeg?resize=1050:*, https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126656385-RobotHorse.jpeg?resize=1575:* 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 65.625em)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126656385-RobotHorse.jpeg?resize=1050:*, https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126656385-RobotHorse.jpeg?resize=1575:* 2x\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126656385-RobotHorse.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/picture>\n<div class=\"article__image-caption\">Image: Big Machine Records<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Robots riding robots!<\/p>\n<div class=\"article__media\"><picture class=\"article__image\"><source media=\"(max-width: 25em)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126674045-Orb.jpeg?resize=400:*, https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126674045-Orb.jpeg?resize=600:* 2x\"><source media=\"(max-width: 40.625em)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126674045-Orb.jpeg?resize=650:*, https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126674045-Orb.jpeg?resize=975:* 2x\"><source media=\"(max-width: 53.125em)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126674045-Orb.jpeg?resize=850:*, https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126674045-Orb.jpeg?resize=1275:* 2x\"><source media=\"(max-width: 65.625em)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126674045-Orb.jpeg?resize=1050:*, https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126674045-Orb.jpeg?resize=1575:* 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 65.625em)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126674045-Orb.jpeg?resize=1050:*, https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126674045-Orb.jpeg?resize=1575:* 2x\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126674045-Orb.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/picture>\n<div class=\"article__image-caption\">Image: Big Machine Records<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Robots staring into glowing orbs!<\/p>\n<div class=\"article__media\"><picture class=\"article__image\"><source media=\"(max-width: 25em)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126711422-Reve.jpeg?resize=400:*, https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126711422-Reve.jpeg?resize=600:* 2x\"><source media=\"(max-width: 40.625em)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126711422-Reve.jpeg?resize=650:*, https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126711422-Reve.jpeg?resize=975:* 2x\"><source media=\"(max-width: 53.125em)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126711422-Reve.jpeg?resize=850:*, https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126711422-Reve.jpeg?resize=1275:* 2x\"><source media=\"(max-width: 65.625em)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126711422-Reve.jpeg?resize=1050:*, https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126711422-Reve.jpeg?resize=1575:* 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 65.625em)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126711422-Reve.jpeg?resize=1050:*, https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126711422-Reve.jpeg?resize=1575:* 2x\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126711422-Reve.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/picture>\n<div class=\"article__image-caption\">Image: Big Machine Records<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Robots reflecting on the nature of identity!<\/p>\n<div class=\"article__media\"><picture class=\"article__image\"><source media=\"(max-width: 25em)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126728192-Destroyed.jpeg?resize=400:*, https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126728192-Destroyed.jpeg?resize=600:* 2x\"><source media=\"(max-width: 40.625em)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126728192-Destroyed.jpeg?resize=650:*, https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126728192-Destroyed.jpeg?resize=975:* 2x\"><source media=\"(max-width: 53.125em)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126728192-Destroyed.jpeg?resize=850:*, https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126728192-Destroyed.jpeg?resize=1275:* 2x\"><source media=\"(max-width: 65.625em)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126728192-Destroyed.jpeg?resize=1050:*, https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126728192-Destroyed.jpeg?resize=1575:* 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 65.625em)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126728192-Destroyed.jpeg?resize=1050:*, https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126728192-Destroyed.jpeg?resize=1575:* 2x\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126728192-Destroyed.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/picture>\n<div class=\"article__image-caption\">Image: Big Machine Records<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Robots destroyed by hubris!<\/p>\n<div class=\"article__media\"><picture class=\"article__image\"><source media=\"(max-width: 25em)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126748092-Tswift2.jpeg?resize=400:*, https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126748092-Tswift2.jpeg?resize=600:* 2x\"><source media=\"(max-width: 40.625em)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126748092-Tswift2.jpeg?resize=650:*, https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126748092-Tswift2.jpeg?resize=975:* 2x\"><source media=\"(max-width: 53.125em)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126748092-Tswift2.jpeg?resize=850:*, https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126748092-Tswift2.jpeg?resize=1275:* 2x\"><source media=\"(max-width: 65.625em)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126748092-Tswift2.jpeg?resize=1050:*, https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126748092-Tswift2.jpeg?resize=1575:* 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 65.625em)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126748092-Tswift2.jpeg?resize=1050:*, https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126748092-Tswift2.jpeg?resize=1575:* 2x\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126748092-Tswift2.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/picture>\n<div class=\"article__image-caption\">Image: Big Machine Records<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Robots wielding untapped reserves of preternatural power!<\/p>\n<div class=\"article__media\"><picture class=\"article__image\"><source media=\"(max-width: 25em)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126768512-Cry.jpeg?resize=400:*, https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126768512-Cry.jpeg?resize=600:* 2x\"><source media=\"(max-width: 40.625em)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126768512-Cry.jpeg?resize=650:*, https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126768512-Cry.jpeg?resize=975:* 2x\"><source media=\"(max-width: 53.125em)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126768512-Cry.jpeg?resize=850:*, https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126768512-Cry.jpeg?resize=1275:* 2x\"><source media=\"(max-width: 65.625em)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126768512-Cry.jpeg?resize=1050:*, https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126768512-Cry.jpeg?resize=1575:* 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 65.625em)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126768512-Cry.jpeg?resize=1050:*, https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126768512-Cry.jpeg?resize=1575:* 2x\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/_uncategorized\/1509126768512-Cry.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/picture>\n<div class=\"article__image-caption\">Image: Big Machine Records<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> The video ends like any good cyberpunk fairy tale\u2014with a robot shedding a tear after it&#8217;s escaped captivity. <i> &#8230;Ready For It?<\/i> is a very good video for a very bad song <i> [editor&#8217;s note: I like the song! &#8211; Jason Koebler]<\/i>. It&#8217;s full of science fiction imagery and, to hear some fans tell it, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3OiGhyagw54\" target=\"_blank\">coded messages about the singer&#8217;s life<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> Some may not like the pop idol or the dark turn she&#8217;s taken in recent months, but we here at Motherboard welcome her into the cliche cyberpunk pantheon.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/motherboard.vice.com\/en_us\/article\/ywbpy5\/taylor-swift-is-cyberpunk-now-ready-for-it-music-video\" target=\"bwo\" >https:\/\/motherboard.vice.com\/en_us\/rss<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/articles\/59f36fddd233632c44a9d441\/lede\/1509126408635-PowerArmor.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Credit to Author: Matthew Gault| Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2017 17:54:08 +0000<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The music video for &#8216;&#8230;Ready For It?&#8217; is full of cyberpunk tropes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[10643,13328,10378],"tags":[375,16183,10634,16184],"class_list":["post-10147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-independent","category-motherboard","category-security","tag-music","tag-music-videos","tag-science-fiction","tag-taylor-swift"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10147\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}