For a true Swiftie, there\u2019s no surprise more magical than when you\u2019re watching one of your favorite TV shows or a new movie and suddenly, a Taylor Swift song starts playing. In an instant you realize your whole image of that song is about to change forever \u2014 well, if it\u2019s done right, that is. When a scene perfectly matches up with Swift\u2019s carefully written melodies and lyrics, it\u2019s a transcendent experience, and these are the scenes that succeeded in elevating Swift\u2019s songs to whole new levels.<\/p>\n
Swift\u2019s music has been popping up in soundtracks and scores ever since she first stepped onto the scene as an up-and-coming country star. Now, everyone in the world knows all the words to her chart-topping pop bangers. So it\u2019s not enough for a movie or show to just throw one of Swift\u2019s songs into the mix out of nowhere \u2014 there needs to be an artfulness to how it\u2019s used and reinterpreted.<\/p>\n
The best Swift-scored scenes add a special new layer to the songs fans have known by heart for years. Here are the moments that managed to pull off the impossible: enhancing an already-perfect Taylor Swift song.<\/p>\n
1. Bridgerton<\/em> \u2014 \u201cWildest Dreams\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n![\"Taylor](\"https:\/\/imgix.bustle.com\/uploads\/image\/2023\/10\/11\/fc311c3d-1b95-47c1-8946-de007671a8f1-fireworks-1-e2ad8b44f8f74a94aae9ff4a6f7ef023.jpg?w=414&h=277&fit=crop&crop=faces&auto=format%2Ccompress\")
<\/picture><\/noscript><\/div>Netflix<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAs if \u201cWildest Dreams\u201d wasn\u2019t already swoon-y enough, Bridgerton<\/em> managed to turn up the romance<\/a> even more with a lush, orchestral arrangement of the love song. The reworked string version of the song scored a montage of Daphne and her new husband Simon settling into married life together and getting steamy in the bedroom. It\u2019s definitely one of the most beautiful interpretations of a Swift song.<\/p>\n2. Grey\u2019s Anatomy<\/em> \u2014 \u201cWhite Horse\u201d<\/h2>\nThis is probably the soundtrack moment that Swift herself loves the most. She\u2019s been a vocal Grey\u2019s Anatomy <\/em>superfan all her life, so she gushed that she\u2019d achieved her \u201clife\u2019s goal\u201d<\/a> when she found out her song \u201cWhite Horse\u201d would be featured on the medical drama in 2008.<\/p>\nThe wistful ballad played towards the end of Season 5, Episode 2, as Izzie had to give some tough news to a patient with memory loss, and Bailey and Alex made the decision to bend some rules to help out another patient.<\/p>\n
3. Heartstopper<\/em> \u2014 \u201cSeven\u201d<\/h2>\nEvery Heartstopper<\/em> episode will leave you in tears, but it was the Season 2 finale that really tugged at Swifties\u2019 heartstrings. One of the final scenes made perfect use of Swift\u2019s most emotional folklore<\/em> track: \u201cseven<\/a>.\u201d After Darcy opened up to her girlfriend Tara about her abusive home life, the sweeping choral began, with Swift singing about a childhood friend she later realized was similarly suffering in private.<\/p>\n4. You <\/em>\u2014 \u201cExile\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n![\"Taylor](\"https:\/\/imgix.bustle.com\/uploads\/image\/2023\/10\/11\/35efd7c9-ca5d-4850-a142-83ff114315f2-c6ecfb6f6aec65b6c49db8519a7a4cfd20-you-301.webp?w=414&h=275&fit=crop&crop=faces&auto=format%2Ccompress\")
<\/picture><\/noscript><\/div>Netflix<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\nYou<\/em> is one of the ultimate Swiftie-coded shows. It\u2019s not only the fact that Penn Badgley lip-synced \u201cAnti-Hero\u201d in character as Joe Goldberg<\/a>, or that there are Swift-related Easter eggs sprinkled<\/a> throughout the series. It\u2019s also the soundtrack, which has featured a couple of Swift\u2019s hits.<\/p>\nThe Season 4 finale was scored by the all-too-appropriate \u201cAnti-Hero,\u201d but it was Season 3\u2019s final moment that really gave one of Swift\u2019s heaviest tracks an unforgettable scene. As Joe burned down his suburban home \u2014 with his wife Love\u2019s body still inside \u2014 Swift and Bon Iver\u2019s tragic dirge \u201cexile\u201d played, forever associating the song with Love Quinn\u2019s demise and Joe\u2019s ultimate betrayal.<\/p>\n
5. The Hunger Games <\/em> \u2014 \u201cSafe & Sound\u201d<\/h2>\nIt\u2019s one thing for a familiar song to play in a movie, but when The Hunger Games<\/em> hit theaters in 2012, Swift released a brand new track that was literally tailor-made (or Taylor-made) for the dystopian drama. \u201cSafe & Sound\u201d didn\u2019t actually play during the movie, which meant Swifties diligently sat through the end credits to fully experience the folksy new song.<\/p>\n6. The Bear<\/em> \u2014 \u201cLove Story\u201d<\/h2>\nScream-singing to \u201cLove Story\u201d in the car has never been more relatable than when down-on-his-luck restaurateur Richie did just that on Season 2 of The Bear<\/em><\/a>. After finally finding his place in the restaurant and moving on from his ex, Richie experiences his first truly euphoric moment and breaks down into tears of happiness while belting one of Swift\u2019s best known love songs. It\u2019s a scene that will make you appreciate the cathartic power of Swift\u2019s music so much more.<\/p>\n7. Fifty Shades Darker <\/em>\u2014 \u201cI Don\u2019t Wanna Live Forever\u201d<\/h2>\nSwift understood the assignment when she was writing her song for the Fifty Shades Darker<\/em> soundtrack, and produced what is probably her sexiest song ever. The sultry collab with Zayn Malik turned up the heat in the 2017 erotic drama even more.<\/p>\n8. New Girl<\/em> \u2014 \u201c22\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n![\"Taylor](\"https:\/\/imgix.bustle.com\/uploads\/image\/2023\/10\/11\/8bca70d0-1cdf-4d65-a138-7394248a7190-rs_1024x759-130507151727-1024newgirlls5713.webp?w=414&h=307&fit=crop&crop=faces&auto=format%2Ccompress\")
<\/picture><\/noscript><\/div>Fox<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\nNew Girl <\/em>has an extra special relationship with Swift. In Season 2, Episode 16, Nick did a goofy dance to Swift\u2019s song \u201c22\u201d to try to cheer Jess up, prompting Jess\u2019 now-iconic response: \u201cI just wanted to listen to Taylor Swift alone!\u201d Just nine episodes later, Swift actually showed up in New Girl<\/em>. She played Elaine, a woman who ran off with Cece\u2019s fianc\u00e9 on their wedding day.<\/p>\n9. Dickinson <\/em>\u2014 \u201cIvy\u201d<\/h2>\nThe penultimate episode of Dickinson <\/em>ended with Emily Dickinson sleeping with her secret love Sue Gilbert, and after the sex scene, Swift\u2019s yearning evermore <\/em>track \u201civy\u201d played<\/a>. The selection was a perfect fit, especially since Swifties had already theorized<\/a> that the song was inspired by Dickinson\u2019s love letters to Gilbert.<\/p>\n10. Where the Crawdads Sing <\/em>\u2014 \u201cCarolina\u201d<\/h2>\nSwift wrote one of her most haunting songs specifically for the 2022 film adaptation of Where the Crawdads Sing<\/em>. \u201cCarolina\u201d is a sparse but ethereal Appalachian folk song that perfectly fits in with the fable-like world of the movie.<\/p>\n11. Killing Eve <\/em>\u2014 \u201cLook What You Made Me Do\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n![\"Taylor](\"https:\/\/imgix.bustle.com\/uploads\/image\/2023\/10\/11\/e406512a-325d-405b-bf2c-483de9eb5ff6-telemmglpict000230880310_trans_nvbqzqnjv4bqy4-xng_7v-v2jiz3ghnykpwrdle1yymsmjkvj-jwk20.jpg?w=414&h=259&fit=crop&crop=faces&auto=format%2Ccompress\")
<\/picture><\/noscript><\/div>BBC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\nNaturally, \u201cLook What You Made Me Do\u201d would be Villanelle\u2019s theme song \u2014 she was in her Reputation<\/em> era all throughout Killing Eve<\/em>. But what made the song\u2019s appearance in a 2020 episode of the show even more surprising was that it wasn\u2019t the album version. At the time, Swift tweeted the cover is by a band<\/a> called \u201cJack Leopards & the Dolphin Club,\u201d which didn\u2019t seem to exist. It didn\u2019t take long for Swifties to theorize it was Swift herself and her brother Austin<\/a> re-recording the song a year before she\u2019d embark on her album re-recording process.<\/p>\n12. The Wilds <\/em>\u2014 \u201cEpiphany\u201d<\/h2>\nThe Wilds<\/em> chose a very specific Swift song to open its second season. In the first episode of Season 2, the folklore<\/em> ballad \u201cepiphany\u201d played as the group of stranded girls began to realize there was more going on with the island than they had thought.<\/p>\n13. The Summer I Turned Pretty <\/em>\u2014 \u201cInvisible String\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n![\"Taylor](\"https:\/\/imgix.bustle.com\/uploads\/image\/2023\/10\/11\/9f00a70e-6ddb-4a89-87b4-595dd2a67b81-summer-i-feel-pretty-fashion-3-981280bb371748c4b77e00953ecaa61c.jpg?w=414&h=276&fit=crop&crop=faces&auto=format%2Ccompress\")
<\/picture><\/noscript><\/div>Prime Video<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\nOK, you knew this one was coming. There\u2019s no way to talk about Swift\u2019s music being used in TV without mentioning The Summer I Turned Pretty<\/em>. The teen romance\u2019s soundtracks are basically entirely made up of Swift\u2019s songs<\/a>, but the best Swiftie moment of all was in Season 2, Episode 2. As Belly and Conrad finally hooked up for the first time, their constant connection throughout the years was highlighted by \u201cinvisible string\u201d playing in the background.<\/p>\n
![\"Taylor](\"https:\/\/imgix.bustle.com\/uploads\/image\/2023\/10\/11\/fc311c3d-1b95-47c1-8946-de007671a8f1-fireworks-1-e2ad8b44f8f74a94aae9ff4a6f7ef023.jpg?w=760&h=508&fit=crop&crop=faces&auto=format%2Ccompress)
<\/picture><\/noscript><\/div>As if \u201cWildest Dreams\u201d wasn\u2019t already swoon-y enough, Bridgerton<\/em> managed to turn up the romance<\/a> even more with a lush, orchestral arrangement of the love song. The reworked string version of the song scored a montage of Daphne and her new husband Simon settling into married life together and getting steamy in the bedroom. It\u2019s definitely one of the most beautiful interpretations of a Swift song.<\/p>\n This is probably the soundtrack moment that Swift herself loves the most. She\u2019s been a vocal Grey\u2019s Anatomy <\/em>superfan all her life, so she gushed that she\u2019d achieved her \u201clife\u2019s goal\u201d<\/a> when she found out her song \u201cWhite Horse\u201d would be featured on the medical drama in 2008.<\/p>\n The wistful ballad played towards the end of Season 5, Episode 2, as Izzie had to give some tough news to a patient with memory loss, and Bailey and Alex made the decision to bend some rules to help out another patient.<\/p>\n Every Heartstopper<\/em> episode will leave you in tears, but it was the Season 2 finale that really tugged at Swifties\u2019 heartstrings. One of the final scenes made perfect use of Swift\u2019s most emotional folklore<\/em> track: \u201cseven<\/a>.\u201d After Darcy opened up to her girlfriend Tara about her abusive home life, the sweeping choral began, with Swift singing about a childhood friend she later realized was similarly suffering in private.<\/p>\n You<\/em> is one of the ultimate Swiftie-coded shows. It\u2019s not only the fact that Penn Badgley lip-synced \u201cAnti-Hero\u201d in character as Joe Goldberg<\/a>, or that there are Swift-related Easter eggs sprinkled<\/a> throughout the series. It\u2019s also the soundtrack, which has featured a couple of Swift\u2019s hits.<\/p>\n The Season 4 finale was scored by the all-too-appropriate \u201cAnti-Hero,\u201d but it was Season 3\u2019s final moment that really gave one of Swift\u2019s heaviest tracks an unforgettable scene. As Joe burned down his suburban home \u2014 with his wife Love\u2019s body still inside \u2014 Swift and Bon Iver\u2019s tragic dirge \u201cexile\u201d played, forever associating the song with Love Quinn\u2019s demise and Joe\u2019s ultimate betrayal.<\/p>\n It\u2019s one thing for a familiar song to play in a movie, but when The Hunger Games<\/em> hit theaters in 2012, Swift released a brand new track that was literally tailor-made (or Taylor-made) for the dystopian drama. \u201cSafe & Sound\u201d didn\u2019t actually play during the movie, which meant Swifties diligently sat through the end credits to fully experience the folksy new song.<\/p>\n Scream-singing to \u201cLove Story\u201d in the car has never been more relatable than when down-on-his-luck restaurateur Richie did just that on Season 2 of The Bear<\/em><\/a>. After finally finding his place in the restaurant and moving on from his ex, Richie experiences his first truly euphoric moment and breaks down into tears of happiness while belting one of Swift\u2019s best known love songs. It\u2019s a scene that will make you appreciate the cathartic power of Swift\u2019s music so much more.<\/p>\n Swift understood the assignment when she was writing her song for the Fifty Shades Darker<\/em> soundtrack, and produced what is probably her sexiest song ever. The sultry collab with Zayn Malik turned up the heat in the 2017 erotic drama even more.<\/p>\n New Girl <\/em>has an extra special relationship with Swift. In Season 2, Episode 16, Nick did a goofy dance to Swift\u2019s song \u201c22\u201d to try to cheer Jess up, prompting Jess\u2019 now-iconic response: \u201cI just wanted to listen to Taylor Swift alone!\u201d Just nine episodes later, Swift actually showed up in New Girl<\/em>. She played Elaine, a woman who ran off with Cece\u2019s fianc\u00e9 on their wedding day.<\/p>\n The penultimate episode of Dickinson <\/em>ended with Emily Dickinson sleeping with her secret love Sue Gilbert, and after the sex scene, Swift\u2019s yearning evermore <\/em>track \u201civy\u201d played<\/a>. The selection was a perfect fit, especially since Swifties had already theorized<\/a> that the song was inspired by Dickinson\u2019s love letters to Gilbert.<\/p>\n Swift wrote one of her most haunting songs specifically for the 2022 film adaptation of Where the Crawdads Sing<\/em>. \u201cCarolina\u201d is a sparse but ethereal Appalachian folk song that perfectly fits in with the fable-like world of the movie.<\/p>\n Naturally, \u201cLook What You Made Me Do\u201d would be Villanelle\u2019s theme song \u2014 she was in her Reputation<\/em> era all throughout Killing Eve<\/em>. But what made the song\u2019s appearance in a 2020 episode of the show even more surprising was that it wasn\u2019t the album version. At the time, Swift tweeted the cover is by a band<\/a> called \u201cJack Leopards & the Dolphin Club,\u201d which didn\u2019t seem to exist. It didn\u2019t take long for Swifties to theorize it was Swift herself and her brother Austin<\/a> re-recording the song a year before she\u2019d embark on her album re-recording process.<\/p>\n The Wilds<\/em> chose a very specific Swift song to open its second season. In the first episode of Season 2, the folklore<\/em> ballad \u201cepiphany\u201d played as the group of stranded girls began to realize there was more going on with the island than they had thought.<\/p>\n OK, you knew this one was coming. There\u2019s no way to talk about Swift\u2019s music being used in TV without mentioning The Summer I Turned Pretty<\/em>. The teen romance\u2019s soundtracks are basically entirely made up of Swift\u2019s songs<\/a>, but the best Swiftie moment of all was in Season 2, Episode 2. As Belly and Conrad finally hooked up for the first time, their constant connection throughout the years was highlighted by \u201cinvisible string\u201d playing in the background.<\/p>\n2. Grey\u2019s Anatomy<\/em> \u2014 \u201cWhite Horse\u201d<\/h2>\n
3. Heartstopper<\/em> \u2014 \u201cSeven\u201d<\/h2>\n
4. You <\/em>\u2014 \u201cExile\u201d<\/h2>\n
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<\/picture><\/noscript><\/div>5. The Hunger Games <\/em> \u2014 \u201cSafe & Sound\u201d<\/h2>\n
6. The Bear<\/em> \u2014 \u201cLove Story\u201d<\/h2>\n
7. Fifty Shades Darker <\/em>\u2014 \u201cI Don\u2019t Wanna Live Forever\u201d<\/h2>\n
8. New Girl<\/em> \u2014 \u201c22\u201d<\/h2>\n
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<\/picture><\/noscript><\/div>9. Dickinson <\/em>\u2014 \u201cIvy\u201d<\/h2>\n
10. Where the Crawdads Sing <\/em>\u2014 \u201cCarolina\u201d<\/h2>\n
11. Killing Eve <\/em>\u2014 \u201cLook What You Made Me Do\u201d<\/h2>\n
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<\/picture><\/noscript><\/div>12. The Wilds <\/em>\u2014 \u201cEpiphany\u201d<\/h2>\n
13. The Summer I Turned Pretty <\/em>\u2014 \u201cInvisible String\u201d<\/h2>\n
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