That video of Taylor Swift's supposed 'angry meltdown' backstage was clearly edited wrong

I saw a clip going around on Twitter yesterday where she looks like she's screaming at her dancers. But the audio cuts out right before the actual sound would hit. If you watch the full version from the actual concert stream, she's clearly laughing and pointing at someone in the crowd who held up a sign. The editor just looped a still frame of her face looking intense (which happens during any high note, you know?) and pasted in some random noise. I don't get why people are so eager to believe the worst version of everything. Has anyone else noticed how many of these backstage 'exposés' rely on silent clips or mismatched audio?

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grantw412d ago

Actually that specific clip going around, the one with 2.3 million views, has the audio track shifted by about 0.8 seconds. I know this because I pulled both versions into Audacity last night to compare them. The original concert stream from the Eras Tour show in Arlington shows her reacting to a fan's "You Belong With Me" sign that had a funny drawing on it. The audio of the supposed screaming doesn't even match her voice, it sounds like it's from a different person entirely. People just see a freeze frame of her face looking serious while singing a high note and run with the worst possible story.

eva_moore1d agoOG Member

The 0.8 second delay you found is wild. But honestly this is the same thing that happens everywhere now. Saw a neighbor post a video of a restaurant worker "ignoring" a homeless person. Full clip shows the worker was actually grabbing a manager to get them a free meal. People just freeze at the worst frame. My kid's school had a whole parent uproar over a "bullying" video that turned out to be kids playing tag. We're all just too quick to click share on the angry version. Feels like nobody waits for the full story anymore.

green.noah1d ago

The detail about the audio being off by 0.8 seconds is interesting, but what got me is that you said the supposed screaming doesn't even match her voice. Did you manage to figure out who that audio actually belongs to, or is it just some generic stock sound effect? I feel like that piece alone would pretty much kill any credibility the clip had.