--- title: Taylor Swift: Gorgeous Voice is Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively Baby description: Taylor Swift has confirmed that the young voice that opens her song, "Gorgeous," belongs to Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively's daughter James. canonical: https://time.com/5018625/taylor-swift-confirms-ryan-reynolds-blake-lively-baby-voice-on-gorgeous/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-11-10T14:25:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:48:41.329Z og:title: Taylor Swift Confirms Identity of V.I.P. 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(Photo by Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images) Mark Metcalfe—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Nov 10, 2017 2:25 PM UTC With the release of [Taylor Swift](http://time.com/5017620/taylor-swift-new-album-reputation-reactions-leak/)‘s much-anticipated new album [_Reputation_](http://time.com/5018129/taylor-swift-reputation-album-release/) also brought the confirmation of a star-making turn for a youngster: the vocals on Swift’s track “Gorgeous” belong to none other than James Reynolds, the 2-year-old daughter of noted [Swift squad](http://time.com/4847105/taylor-swift-fourth-of-july-squad-2017/) members and [professional Instagram trolls Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively](http://time.com/4759276/blake-lively-ryan-reynolds-john-legend/). The song’s opening features a baby voice saying the word “Gorgeous,” which lead to widespread speculation about who the identity of the child could be. _Reputation_‘s album booklet, however, cleared up any confusion with its clear credit of the young talent: “Baby intro voice by James Reynolds.” While there are still [plenty of unanswered questions](http://time.com/4918411/taylor-swift-look-what-you-made-me-do-music-video-references/) we have about _Reputation_, at least one of the album’s mysteries is solved. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5018625/taylor-swift-confirms-ryan-reynolds-blake-lively-baby-voice-on-gorgeous/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5018625/taylor-swift-confirms-ryan-reynolds-blake-lively-baby-voice-on-gorgeous/"},"headline":"Taylor Swift Just Confirmed the Key Identity of a V.I.P. 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