Taylor Swift's action-packed and star-studded "Bad Blood" music video broke Vevo records. The video generated a whopping 20.1 million views - within just 24 hours!
Although Taylor originally wanted to break the records set by Michael Jackson's "Thriller" music video, the "Blank Space" singer seems to be very ecstatic about her new accomplishment.
"FREAKING OUT RIGHT NOW YOU BROKE THE VEVO WORLD RECORD THANK YOU," she tweeted. She also expressed her gratitude to her celebrity BFFs that were in the video, to her fans, and to the video's director, Joseph Kahn, in multiple tweets.
The video included an all-star cast including Kendrick Lamar, Lena Dunham, Cindy Crawford, Ellen Pompeo, Mariska Hargitay, Cara Delevingne, Selena Gomez, Jessica Alba, Gigi Hadid, Ellie Goulding, Martha Hunt, and Karlie Kloss, among many others.
The video debuted at the 2015 Billboard Music Awards on May 17. The music video was then uploaded on Swift's YouTube channel a few hours later.
Speaking to Billboard, Karlie Kloss talked about the groundbreaking music video. "I think it came out amazing. She just broke the record of all-time views in a 24-hour period or something crazy."
Kloss added, "She's breaking records left and right this year." There's no doubt about Swift's success this year, as the singer brought home eight Billboard Music Awards last week.
Swift seems to have confirmed the dating rumors with Calvin Harris as well. The pair showed a lot of PDA at the Billboard Music Awards this year.
Nicki Minaj previously held the Vevo record for her "Anaconda" video in August last year. The "The Night Is Still Young" singer reportedly had 19.6 million views.
Other artists who previously held records for most views within 24 hours include Justin Bieber for "Beauty and the Beat" with 10.6 million views, and One Direction's "Best Song Ever" with 12.3 million.
Miley Cyrus held the title twice before as well. Her video for "We Can't Stop" garnered 10.7 million views, while "Wrecking Ball" had 19.3 million.
