13 Things You Can Pretty Much Always Expect From a Taylor Swift Video

By now you've likely seen Taylor Swift's new music video for "Out of the Woods" and obsessed over the lyrics and how they're about her ex, Harry Styles. The video could easily be considered one of Swift's most cinematic yet, but we can't help but notice how similar it is to many of the singer's previous clips — it's almost as if the singer has an established formula of certain scenarios, props, and attitudes that carry through all her music videos. We've done a little digging and come up with the 13 things you can pretty much always expect from a Taylor Swift video; scroll through to see them all now.

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Awkwardness / Being an Outsider

As seen in: "Shake It Off"

See also: "You Belong With Me," "Mean," "The Story of Us," "Fifteen"

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Mirrors

As seen in: "Style"

See also: "You Belong With Me," "I Knew You Were Trouble," "Picture to Burn," "22," "Fifteen"

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Property Damage

As seen in: "Blank Space"

See also: "Bad Blood," "Picture to Burn," "I Knew You Were Trouble," "22"

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Crying / Being Curled Up in a Ball

As seen in: "White Horse"

See also: "Blank Space," "Back to December," "Teardrops on My Guitar," "Out of the Woods"

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Nerdy Glasses

As seen in: "You Belong With Me"

See also: "The Story of Us," "22," We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"

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Castles, Horses, and Other Fairytale References

As seen in: "Love Story"

See also: "Blank Space," "Out of the Woods"

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Pining For a Guy Who Likes Someone Else

As seen in: "Teardrops on My Guitar"

See also: "White Horse," "You Belong With Me," "The Story of Us," "I Knew You Were Trouble," "Wildest Dreams"

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Bikes

As seen in: "Begin Again"

See also: "Blank Space," "22," "Back to December"

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Talking on the Phone

As seen in: "Our Song"

See also: "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together," "White Horse," "You Belong With Me"

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Fantasies and Flashbacks

As seen is: "Mine"

See also: "Love Story," "The Story of Us," "Back to December," "I Knew You Were Trouble, "White Horse," "Begin Again," "Tim McGraw"

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Classic Cars

As seen in: "I Knew You Were Trouble"

See also: "Picture to Burn," "Blank Space," "You Belong With Me," "Fifteen," "Mine," "Tim McGraw," "Style"

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Dance Parties

As seen in: "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"

See also: "22," "You Belong With Me," "I Knew You Were Trouble," "Shake It Off"