Classic Gen 1 Taylor Swift Music Videos (2006-2013)

[dremolus - solarpunk]

In line with my previous but since Taylor Swift has never really gone away from the popular music consensus the same way Katy, Gaga, and Janet have, I thought about dividing her music videos between two generations: her pop country phase (Gen 1) to her straightforward pop and current singer-songwriter phase (Gen 2)

I also excluded all music videos that were simply concert footage or behind-the-scenes footage, except for The Best Day because I felt that was the only case where the documentary footage had a purpose.

For the previous polls:
Classic Janet Music Videos
Classic Katy Music Videos
Classic Gaga Music Videos

[Choco]

Mmm. "You Belong With Me" and "Love Story" win by default. Her videography really leapt to the next level with 1989.

[dremolus - solarpunk]

You Belong With Me
Back to December
Ours
Safe & Sound
Begin Again

[Au$tin]

Her videography during this time was mostly middling at best. A handful of stinkers, mostly plain forgettable flare, but a few gems here and there.

The 5 I voted for:
Picture to Burn - just because I immediately remember the scene of her spying on her boyfriend in a truck or something like that

Love Story - for the iconic images associated with this video, namely the flowy white dress and updo she wears

You Belong with Me - easily her most recognized and iconic video of her country era and it's even still memed today with the whole back-and-forth thing her and the guy do at the windows, plus the Avril Lavigne "Girlfriend"-esque vibe of Taylor playing both the good and bad girl is fantastic

The Story of Us - an underappreciated video from her videography, it's full of energy and actually breathes life into this otherwise forgettable track

We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together - because it was all done is seemingly one take and is generally a fun watch, even with those weird animal costumes

Honorable Mentions: Teardrops on My Guitar, Our Song, White Hose, Mine, Mean, Ours, I Knew You Were Trouble., 22. Honorable only because I can very easily picture whatever look she went for in each of these videos or at least some sort of memorable scene. Every other video here? I remember either nothing or next to nothing about them outside of "Safe & Sound," which is just her walking through the woods for 4 minutes.