All the celeb cameos in Taylor Swift’s music video You Need To Calm Down – plus its lyrics and what they mean

TAYLOR Swift is back with a brand spanking new music video filled to the brim with celebrities and of course her usual hidden meanings.

We dissect it for you and unravel the true meaning of the song.

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What are the celebrity cameos in You Need To Calm Down?

Taylor Swift dropped the video for her latest single for You Need To Calm Down on June 17, 2019.

The vid is jam-packed with her celebrity friends - including her longtime frenemy Katy Perry, proving the pair are back to being friends after their famous feud.

Here's a list of all the famous faces who cameo in Taylor's new video:

• Katy Perry
• Ellen DeGeneres
• RuPaul
• Ciara
• Laverne Cox
• Ryan Reynolds
• The Queer Eye cast (Tan Frances, Karamo Brown, Jonathan Van Ness, Antoni Porowski, Bobby Berk)
• Adam Lambert
• Adam Rippon
• Dexter Mayfield
• Hanna Hart
• Jesse Tyler Ferguson and his husband Justin Mikita
• Todrick Hall
• Hayley Kiyoko
• Billy Porter
• Chester Lockhart

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What are the lyrics to You Need To Calm Down?

[Verse 1]

You are somebody that I don't know

But you're takin' shots at me like it's Patrón

And I'm just like, damn, it's 7 AM

Say it in the street, that's a knock-out

But you say it in a Tweet, that's a cop-out

And I'm just like, "Hey, are you okay?"

[Pre-Chorus]

And I ain't tryna mess with your self-expression

But I've learned a lesson that stressin' and obsessin' 'bout somebody else is no fun

And snakes and stones never broke my bones

[Chorus]

So oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh

You need to calm down, you're being too loud

And I'm just like oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh (Oh)

You need to just stop, like can you just not step on my gown?

You need to calm down

[Verse 2]

You are somebody that we don't know

But you're comin' at my friends like a missile

Why are you mad when you could be GLAAD? (You could be GLAAD)

Sunshine on the street at the parade

But you would rather be in the dark ages

Makin' that sign must've taken all night

[Pre-Chorus]

You just need to take several seats and then try to restore the peace

And control your urges to scream about all the people you hate

'Cause shade never made anybody less gay

[Chorus]

So oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh

You need to calm down, you're being too loud

And I'm just like oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh (Oh)

You need to just stop, like can you just not step on his gown?

You need to calm down

[Bridge]

And we see you over there on the internet

Comparing all the girls who are killing it

But we figured you out

We all know now we all got crowns

You need to calm down

[Chorus]

Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh

You need to calm down (You need to calm down)

You're being too loud (You're being too loud)

And I'm just like oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh (Oh)

You need to just stop (Can you stop?)

Like can you just not step on our gowns?

You need to calm down

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What does the song mean?

Taylor is basically hitting out at online trolls who flood the internet with negative comments.

But we have dug a little deeper to look at the other issues she tackles in the song

Snakes

In the song Taylor says: "And snakes and stones never broke my bones."

Taylor's social media was flooded with snake emojis during Kim Kardashian's Snapchat takedown of her three years ago.

Taylor has since reclaimed the snake, making it her own symbol during her Reputation era - but this ended in her song ME!.

Glaad

"Why are you mad when you could be GLAAD? (You could be GLAAD)"

GLAAD is a LGBTQ advocacy organisation that promotes equality and acceptance.

It stands for: Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation.

The singer also donated to GLAAD at the start of Pride month.

In the video Taylor attends an LGBTQ wedding.

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Equality Act

"'Cause shade never made anybody less gay."

Taylor has been a vocal supporter of LGBTQ rights.

At the start of Pride Month, she Instagrammed her own petition in support of the Equality Act in Congress.

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Female empowerment

Taylor sings "And we see you over there on the internet. Comparing all the girls who are killing it. But we figured you out. We all know now we all got crowns. You need to calm down."

Here she is talking about how all female singers have power and are riding high and shouldn't be compared to each other.