Ellie Goulding is one of several stars making an appearance in Taylor Swift’s upcoming music video, and if the teaser posters can be believed, it’s going to be one hell of a ride.
Goulding joins Lily Aldridge, Zendaya, Hayley Williams, and Swift herself in a series of faux movie posters that show each woman in badass gear, ready to hold their own. Goulding, who goes by the name Destructa X for the video, wears a tight black leather jacket in her photo and brandishes a massive gun over her head. According to Swift, each woman featured in the project chose her own persona.
The video–for Swift’s song “Bad Blood”–won’t premiere until May 17, but the posters have already made their way around the web and are pumping up her fans for what’s to come.
Goulding made headlines recently when she spoke about what it means to be a “strong girl” and how the negativity that can come with being in the public eye only makes her stronger.
“I’m not afraid of a guy saying to me that I’m strong. And I will happily post pictures of my muscles on Instagram – because I’m proud of being a strong girl. I Instagram and I tweet and I perform in whatever I want and if you accept that you’re always going to get negativity then you can overcome it. So when you see a nasty comment, you don’t think, ‘That’s not fair’. It just kind of turns into a blur…I feel strong,” Goulding said.
Meet Destructa X.
@elliegoulding
#BadBloodMusicVideo pic.twitter.com/PbgpkDUliT
— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) May 9, 2015
Meet Slay-Z.
@GiGiHadid
#BadBloodMusicVideo pic.twitter.com/FCW0wmSFgR
— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) May 9, 2015
Meet The Crimson Curse.
@yelyahwilliams
#BadBloodMusicVideo pic.twitter.com/R8nssKiXPG
— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) May 8, 2015
Meet Lucky Fiori.
@lenadunham
#BadBloodMusicVideo pic.twitter.com/agdFw8OSsn
— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) May 10, 2015
Fun fact about #BadBloodMusicVideo:
Each individual actor/actress chose their character's name and persona.
*CATastrophe*
— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) May 11, 2015