--- title: Taylor Swift Video Director Said Beyonce Copied Bad Blood description: Taylor Swift's music video director Joseph Kahn is making an interesting claim that Beyoncé copied Swift's video "Bad Blood." canonical: https://time.com/4932012/taylor-swift-music-video-director-says-beyonce-copied-bad-blood/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-09-07T18:09:56.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:47:05.242Z og:title: Taylor Swift Video Director Says Beyoncé Copied 'Bad Blood' og:description: Apparently, Joseph Kahn isn't afraid of the Beyoncé's fan og:url: https://time.com/4932012/taylor-swift-music-video-director-says-beyonce-copied-bad-blood/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt03d74a76d6f5b754/6988dcda4ee2626e1030ee95/taylor-swift-music-video-director-says-beyonce-copied-bad-blood.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 2017 DIRECTV NOW Super Saturday Night Concert In Houston - Taylor Swift Performance og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Taylor Swift Video Director Says Beyoncé Copied 'Bad Blood' twitter:description: Apparently, Joseph Kahn isn't afraid of the Beyoncé's fan twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt03d74a76d6f5b754/6988dcda4ee2626e1030ee95/taylor-swift-music-video-director-says-beyonce-copied-bad-blood.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Taylor Swift's Music Video Director Hits Back at Criticism: 'Beyoncé Copied 'Bad Blood'  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Sep 7, 2017 6:09 PM UTC  HOUSTON, TX - FEBRUARY 04: Musician Taylor Swift performs onstage during the 2017 DIRECTV NOW Super Saturday Night Concert at Club Nomadic on February 4, 2017 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for DIRECTV) HOUSTON, TX - FEBRUARY 04: Musician Taylor Swift performs onstage during the 2017 DIRECTV NOW Super Saturday Night Concert at Club Nomadic on February 4, 2017 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for DIRECTV)Kevin Winter—Getty Images for DIRECTV  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Sep 7, 2017 6:09 PM UTC [Taylor Swift](http://time.com/4912680/taylor-swift-album-reputation-internet-reactions/)‘s music video director Joseph Kahn is doubling down on his defenses of the singer and himself following the release of her buzzy and seemingly revenge-themed “[Look What You Made Me Do” music video](http://time.com/4918411/taylor-swift-look-what-you-made-me-do-music-video-references/). While [Kahn earlier called out what he saw as a gendered double standard following critiques of Swift and himself after the video’s release](http://time.com/4923073/joseph-kahn-taylor-swift-video/), this time he’s calling out Beyoncé, showing apparently no fear of her avid fan base, the Bey Hive. In an interview with the [_Los Angeles Times_](http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-bodied-toronto-joseph-kahn-eminem-20170907-story.html), Kahn addressed online critics that he’s been sparring with many on Twitter who found visual similarities between “Look What You Made Me Do” and Beyoncé’s groundbreaking [“Formation” video.](http://time.com/4533627/police-officer-beyonce-formation-dance/) “It’s not ‘Formation’ at all,” Kahn said. “They try to say she’s wearing a black crop top and Beyoncé wore a black crop top. But they don’t realize in 2015 in ‘Bad Blood,’ Taylor Swift was wearing a black crop top. I really do think, by the way, that Beyoncé copied ‘Bad Blood.’” It’s a bold statement from a man who’s already felt the fire of the _Lemonade_ singer’s fans, but Kahn is no stranger to controversy when it comes to his collaborations with Swift. He came to Swift’s defense in a statement [in 2015,](http://time.com/4020783/taylor-swift-wildest-dreams-director-defends-controversy/) explaining his creative vision with Swift after the “Wildest Dreams” video was widely criticized for glamorizing African colonialism. 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