Woman from new Taylor Swift music video is spilling some intense behind-the-scenes secrets

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Taylor Swift recently released the music video for "Delicate," the fifth single from her acclaimed album, Reputation. In the video, she tears off half of her dress, makes goofy faces in a mirror and dances exuberantly - even in the rain. Like her other videos, it's a catchy song, with striking visuals, and there's probably a subliminal Kim Kardashian diss in there somewhere.

In a memorable scene, a woman puts on lipstick in the bathroom, staring at Taylor as if she is a mirror. That woman is actress Junko Cheng, and after the music video's release, her daughter freaked out on Twitter. And who wouldn't? Appearing in a Taylor Swift music video is pretty cool. She wrote, "this is my mom. she’s 57 and felt like pursuing acting recently... mostly for shits and giggles, but here she is. So beautiful."

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Of course, everybody is on Twitter these days, including your lame parents. Junko replied to her daughter's tweet, writing, "I actually made my teenage daughter proud. #winning." See, parents? If you want to make your children proud of you, all you have to do is appear in a Taylor Swift music video. You will have their respect for life.

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After the cute mother-daughter tweets went viral, Entertainment Weekly interviewed Junko about her experience on set. The actress spilled some behind-the-scenes secrets, revealing that the production was top secret, on a Mission: Impossible level:

"I didn’t know what this was for. I knew it was a music video, that’s all I knew. Initially it said for an unnamed male artist so they really kept it under wraps. When I arrived for the wardrobe, they confiscated my phone and I had to sign a non-disclosure [agreement], and I walked onto the set, which was like a huge, like a major motion picture kind of set with lighting and camera and crew, and people running around

The guy that met me with a clipboard said, “Just remember when you leave this place, this didn’t happen, okay?” So everybody inside, the other actors that were inside, were like, “This must be legit. We don’t know who it is, but it must be legit. When I showed up for my hair and makeup, that’s when I found out it was Taylor Swift, and I almost fell out of my chair. I had to swear to secrecy for 5 or 6 weeks before the video came out. I was dying. But it was so fun."

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Wow, who knew that music video productions were so secretive? "Just remember when you leave this place, this didn't happen, okay?" That sounds like something an FBI agent would say. But I guess it makes sense to be covert, considering Taylor is such a huge celebrity. And now Junko is becoming a bit of a celebrity herself, as well as the coolest mom ever. She says that after her kids saw the video, "They were completely floored. They were just shocked." Pretty impressive, for someone who started pursuing acting recently "for shits and giggles."

Woman from new Taylor Swift music video is spilling some intense behind-the-scenes secrets

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By VT

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Taylor Swift recently released the music video for "Delicate," the fifth single from her acclaimed album, Reputation. In the video, she tears off half of her dress, makes goofy faces in a mirror and dances exuberantly - even in the rain. Like her other videos, it's a catchy song, with striking visuals, and there's probably a subliminal Kim Kardashian diss in there somewhere.

In a memorable scene, a woman puts on lipstick in the bathroom, staring at Taylor as if she is a mirror. That woman is actress Junko Cheng, and after the music video's release, her daughter freaked out on Twitter. And who wouldn't? Appearing in a Taylor Swift music video is pretty cool. She wrote, "this is my mom. she’s 57 and felt like pursuing acting recently... mostly for shits and giggles, but here she is. So beautiful."

[[twitterwidget||https://twitter.com/megchenggg/status/973801761608818688]]

Of course, everybody is on Twitter these days, including your lame parents. Junko replied to her daughter's tweet, writing, "I actually made my teenage daughter proud. #winning." See, parents? If you want to make your children proud of you, all you have to do is appear in a Taylor Swift music video. You will have their respect for life.

[[twitterwidget||https://twitter.com/junkocheng/status/974157570695835648]]

After the cute mother-daughter tweets went viral, Entertainment Weekly interviewed Junko about her experience on set. The actress spilled some behind-the-scenes secrets, revealing that the production was top secret, on a Mission: Impossible level:

"I didn’t know what this was for. I knew it was a music video, that’s all I knew. Initially it said for an unnamed male artist so they really kept it under wraps. When I arrived for the wardrobe, they confiscated my phone and I had to sign a non-disclosure [agreement], and I walked onto the set, which was like a huge, like a major motion picture kind of set with lighting and camera and crew, and people running around

The guy that met me with a clipboard said, “Just remember when you leave this place, this didn’t happen, okay?” So everybody inside, the other actors that were inside, were like, “This must be legit. We don’t know who it is, but it must be legit. When I showed up for my hair and makeup, that’s when I found out it was Taylor Swift, and I almost fell out of my chair. I had to swear to secrecy for 5 or 6 weeks before the video came out. I was dying. But it was so fun."

[[youtubewidget||https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCXGJQYZ9JA]]

Wow, who knew that music video productions were so secretive? "Just remember when you leave this place, this didn't happen, okay?" That sounds like something an FBI agent would say. But I guess it makes sense to be covert, considering Taylor is such a huge celebrity. And now Junko is becoming a bit of a celebrity herself, as well as the coolest mom ever. She says that after her kids saw the video, "They were completely floored. They were just shocked." Pretty impressive, for someone who started pursuing acting recently "for shits and giggles."