Taylor Swift to launch new music video ‘ME!’

Singer Taylor Swift arrives on the red carpet for the Time 100 Gala at the Lincoln Center in New York on 23 April 2019. Photo: AFP
Singer Taylor Swift arrives on the red carpet for the Time 100 Gala at the Lincoln Center in New York on 23 April 2019. Photo: AFP

Taylor Swift says she’s releasing a new single and music video called “ME!” on Friday that’s about “embracing your individuality and really celebrating it.”

In an interview with Robin Roberts on Thursday - during the 2019 NFL Draft on ABC - the pop star said the song features Brendon Urie of Panic! of the Disco.

“I think that with a pop song we have the ability to get melodies stuck in people’s heads and I just want it to be one that makes (people) feel better about themselves,” she said.

Swift has been teasing fans for weeks with clues about a new project. She surprised a few hundred fans Thursday when she visited a mural she commissioned in Nashville.

Swift thanked the artist who created the mural in an Instagram post on Thursday. She also thanked her fans for showing up, saying: “I’ve never been more proud of your FBI level detective skills.”

“The fans are amazing. I can’t believe how dedicated they are,” Swift told Roberts. “I can’t believe how much they care - so it makes it more fun more for me to create music, to create music videos.”

Swift’s last album was “reputation,” released in 2017.