The first chapter in the story, titled "An Upstate Escape," is set in autumn, as depicted in the lyrics: "We're singing in the car, getting lost Upstate / And the autumn leaves falling down like pieces on place/ And I can picture it after all these days."
One eagle-eyed fan noted the car used in the film is a Mercedes-Benz S-class manufactured in — wait for it — 1989, aka Swift's year of birth and the title of her fifth studio album. Swift herself commented on this theory, confirming theories that it is, indeed, an Easter egg. "Can't stop, won't stop being cryptic and weird – that's just the beginning, it's gonna be a fun week," Swift cheekily commented on the fan's TikTok ahead of the video release.
Also, it's worth noting Gyllenhaal may have the same car in his collection of vehicles. Not to mention, the "Upstate Escape" scenes eerily mirror a similar scene in the actor's 2010 movie "Love & Other Drugs," which came out around the same time he dated Swift.
