Watch: Taylor Swift tells off bullies in 'Mean' music video

Child-like empress is all tied up

By Katie Hasty Monday, May 9, 2011 1:02 PM

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Taylor Swift's third single "Mean" wants you bullies to just shut up.

The country-crossover star features in a Vaudevillian play, directed by Declan Whitebloom, as she shows mean-spirited boys and girls who's boss. A fashion-forward boy is harassed by the football team, a little girl shunned by the popular girls, a teen having to work a bummer job at the local fast-food joint... seemingly standard stuff from Swift, who has built quite a career on playing for the underdog.

But, hey, what's so bad about living in the country, versus the city?

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The track peaked at No. 11 on the Hot 100 and now sits in the 50s range. The newest "Speak Now" single is rock-oriented "The Story of Us." Expect fewer white dresses.

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Katie Hasty
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After five years as a columnist and editor at Billboard, Katie Hasty joined HitFix in 2009 for music and film reporting out of New York. The Midwest native has worked as a writer, music promoter and in A&R since 1999 and performs with her band Numbers And Letters.