--- title: Watch the Trailer for Taylor Swift's 'Ready For It?' Video description: The trailer for the music video for Swift's single "...Ready For It?" is a sci-fi thriller, with Swift in Cyborg mode. canonical: https://time.com/4994243/ready-for-it-video-swift-trailer/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-10-27T05:48:28.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:48:14.141Z og:title: Watch Taylor Swift in the Trailer for "...Ready For It?" og:description: It's the second single from her sixth album Reputation, which is out Nov. 10 og:url: https://time.com/4994243/ready-for-it-video-swift-trailer/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Taylor Swift in the Trailer for "...Ready For It?" twitter:description: It's the second single from her sixth album Reputation, which is out Nov. 10 twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # See Taylor Swift's New '...Ready For It?' 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And now, in the trailer for her new music video for second single “…Ready For It,” released Thursday night, we are getting introduced to Cyborg Swift. First teased in a series of Instagram posts on Monday, the trailer features Swift dressed up [_Ghost In the Shell_\-style](http://time.com/4718852/ghost-in-the-shell-review/), looking a lot like Scarlett Johansson’s cyborg character in what appears to be a completely nude bodysuit as she explores and battles for survival in a dark, sinister urban underworld. Above, lightning flashes and crisscrosses a moody sky, appropriately echoing the aggressive bass line of the track. Below, Swift ramps up for a fight. It appears she has the power to harness electrical energy and to shatter glass on command, too. The message: this is not a Swift you want to mess with. Baby, let the games begin, indeed. Taylor Swift’s sixth album _Reputation_ is out Nov. 10\. 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