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Take A College Course Dedicated To Your Favorite Pop Stars Like Taylor Swift

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Author LauRen Merola
Taylor Swift attends the 65th GRAMMY Awards on February 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California.

With the cost of college on the rise, students really want to get their money’s worth. While some classes are necessary to graduate, wouldn’t it be so much easier to pay attention if the subject was one of their favorite stars? Fortunately for some lucky college students, there are several celebrity-inspired courses being offered at colleges right now.

According to Newsweek, fans can put their knowledge to the test in these classes:

  • Psychology of Taylor Swift—Advanced Topics of Social Psychology – Earlier this month, Arizona State University announced they’ll be offering a course on Swift taught by social psychologist Alexandra Wormley. The class will look at each of her albums and how they relate to a topic in social psychology. Students will be required to read scientific articles on the subject and then apply them to the pop icon’s work. “For example, when we talk about ‘Lover,’ we’ll talk about romantic relationships and love,” Wormley says.
  • Harry Styles and the Cult of Celebrity: Identity, the Internet and European Pop Culture – Texas State University students will get the chance to take this class, which will explore the singer-songwriter’s art and fandom and how that relates to modern life. Course instructor Louise D. Valencia says, “In the same way that The Beatles can tell us something about the 1960s, studying the art of Harry Styles gives us insight into the world that we live in today.”
  • Nicki Minaj—Black Barbie Femmecee & Hip-Hop Feminisms – The rapper has had an impact on pop culture and this class at UC Berkeley studies Minaj’s career in the context of hip-hop and feminism. She responded to a tweet about the course when it was announced last October,

    I’d love to stop by

    — Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ)     October 6, 2022" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweeting she’d “love to stop by.” Professor Peace and Love El Henson told her, “We would be hella happy & honored for u to stop by!”
  • In September 2022, New York University offered a new course, Topics in Recorded Music: Lana Del Rey, that examined her contributions, impact and relationship with social issues
  • In August 2022, Concordia University in Montreal, Canada, offered a course dedicated to Kanye called Kanye vs Ye: Genius by Design.

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LauRen Merola Strager is a former NFL & NBA cheerleader turned radio host. LauRen is a former Miss Pennsylvania USA and is a proud wife and mother of two. She is the owner and chief editor for her fashion and lifestyle Blog “All Of The F-Words” and is a champion for the Autism community. You can read all about LauRen’s thoughts on motherhood, pageant life, and everyday life through her online content.

All The Celebrity Cameos In Taylor Swift’s Music Videos

Taylor Swift puts a lot of thought into her songs. From the lyrics to how she conceptualizes her music videos, the award-winning musician gives her fans the ultimate experience. Swift likes to drop Easter eggs in her music videos and she occasionally recruits her celebrity friends to take them to the next level. The artist has directed a ton of her music videos, as well, earning awards for “The Man” (2020) and “All Too Well (The Short Film)” (2022). Since 2019, Taylor has pretty much taken the reigns on the direction for her music videos.

Per Billboard, her directorial journey started years before that. In 2010, Swift teamed up with Roman White (director of “You Belong With Me” and “Fifteen” music videos) for the making of “Mine.” Swift has 13 music videos that she self-directed; she’s released five documentaries, three video albums, and a short film.

RELATED: Taylor Swift Will Be Directing Her First Feature Film

As we previously reported, Swift said last September, “I’d like to keep taking baby steps forward and I’m at a place now where the next baby step is not a baby step. It would be committing to making a film and I feel like I would absolutely love for the right opportunity to arise, because I absolutely adore telling stories this way.” While at the Toronto Film Festival for her “All Too Well (The Short Film),” she added that she “always want to tell human stories about human emotion.”

Take a look below at all the celebrities that have made cameos in Taylor Swift’s music videos:

  • You Need To Calm Down

    Swift’s 2019 music video was filled with cameos. Adam Lambert tattoos Ellen DeGeneres, the Queer Eye cast has a tea party, Ryan Reynolds paints, RuPaul tosses a beauty pageant crown in the air, Laverne Cox makes her neighbor Chester Lockhart swoon, Ciara officiates Jesse Tyler Ferguson and real-life husband Justin Mikita’s wedding, Todrick Hall dances with Swift, Billy Porter declares peace, and Katy Perry dresses as a burger to go with Swift’s fries.

  • Bad Blood ft. Kendrick Lamar

    Another fun, cameo-filled music video: Selena Gomez betrays Swift as Arsyn, Kendrick Lamar is Welvin Da Great, Lena Dunham is the cigar-smoking Lucky Fiori, Hailee Steinfeld is The Trinity, Serayah is Dilemma, Gigi Hadid is Slay-Z, Ellie Goulding is Destructa X, Martha Hunt is Homeslice, Cara Delevingne is Mother Chucker, Zendaya is Cutthroat, Hayley Williams is a play on The Fifth Element‘s Leeloo Dallas as The Crimson Curse, Lily Aldridge is Frostbyte, Karlie Kloss is Knock Out, Jessica Alba is Domino, Ellen Pompeo is Luna, and Cindy Crawford is Headmistress. And Mariska Hargitay, is Justice (of course). Taylor probably geeked out extra hard over that one: one of her cats is named “Olivia Benson.”

  • Wildest Dreams

    Wrath of Man‘s Scott Eastwood starred as a fictional actor named Robert Kingsley, who was also Swift’s love interest. Taylor stars as Majorie Finn in the video.

  • ME! ft. Brendon Urie

    Panic! At The Disco frontman Brendan Urie joined Swift in this video. The clip sees the two argue in French together. Also making an adorable cameo are Swift’s cats, Benjamin Button, Olivia Benson, and Meredith Grey.

  • End Game ft. Ed Sheeran

    Song features don’t always guarantee a music video appearance, but Future hangs out with Swift throughout the whole video as they party and drive cars; Sheeran comes in later to sing his verse and party in Tokyo and London.

  • I Knew You Were Trouble

    Reeve Carney is best known for playing Peter Parker/Spider-Man in Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark on Broadway, and Dorian Gray in the Showtime series Penny Dreadful, played Swift’s bad-boy love interest in this 2012 video. Fun fact: Carney was a musician before he was an actor. He used to play rhythm guitar in blues rocker Jonny Lang’s band.

  • You Belong With Me

    Lucas Till, who is best known for his role as Havok X-Men: First Class), The Spy Next Door, and the MacGyver television series, played Swift’s love interest. The pair met while on set of Hannah Montana: The Movie in 2008. In the Disney movie, Till played a character named Travis Brody, Hannah’s (Miley Cyrus) childhood friend, while Swift played herself.

  • Teardrops on My Guitar

    Singer/actor Tyler Hilton portrayed Drew, Swift’s love interest. He is best known for his role as Chris Keller on One Tree Hill and in the Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line as Elvis Presley.

  • Ours

    Friday Night Lights actor Zach Gilford plays her love interest.He adds color to Swift’s life and her character clearly misses him. Spoiler alert: she reunites with him at the end.

  • I Can See You (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault)

    Twilight alum Taylor Lautner, who dated the singer for a few months in 2009, joins Swift as a character that is on a mission to save Swift and her 2010 Speak Now album alongside Bullet Train actress Joey King.

  • Bejeweled

    Laura Dern stars as Swift’s evil “Stepmommy,” who hilariously calls her a “tired tacky wench” and forbids her from attending the ball. The Haim sisters portray Swift’s treacherous stepsisters. Meanwhile, Dita Von Teese teaches Swift a burlesque routine on stage in a super-sized martini glass. Legendary makeup artist Pat McGrath appears as Queen Pat. Finally, frequent collaborator Jack Antonoff plays Prince Jack, who proposes to Swift, but she ghosts him and keeps the castle.

  • Anti-Hero

    Taylor Swift had a lot of fun in this one, having two versions of herself. The video features Mary Elizabeth Ellis (It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia), and comedians John Early (Search Party) and Mike Birbiglia (A Man Called Otto) as mourners at Swift’s funeral. Also, in the beginning, there are a bunch of “ghosts” dressed in patterned cloths and sunglasses. Funnily enough, a fan

    Thousands are camped out in downtown Cincinnati ahead of the Taylor Swift merchandise truck opening for business... and that includes a couple of anonymous fans from Louisville skipping work. 😂 #swiftinnati #taylorswift pic.twitter.com/X6hY6OjjKF

    — Local 12/WKRC-TV (@Local12) June 29, 2023" rel="noopener" target="_blank">attended her Eras Tour show in a recreation of the outfit!

  • I Bet You Think About Me

    In this re-recording of her 2012 Red track, Swift enlisted Miles Teller to star as the groom, and his real-life wife, Keleigh Sperry Teller, played the bride. Blake Lively co-wrote and directed the song’s music video, which sees Swift crashing an ex’s big wedding day.

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