June Osborne didn’t just overthrow Gilead’s creepy Commander Club—she did it with Taylor Swift blasting in the background like a revenge anthem from the Book of Reputation.
Yes, Swifties and Handmaids alike, it happened. Taylor’s re-recorded “Look What You Made Me Do (Taylor’s Version, obviously)” made its dramatic debut in The Handmaid’s Tale, just as June was out here serving some righteous feminist wrath like it was a brunch special. The scene? A full-blown mutiny. The soundtrack? A woman scorned. The moment? Iconic.
But how in the apocalyptic blessed be did this holy collab occur?
Enter: Scientologist Elisabeth Moss, award-winning actress, professional eye-roller (in character, of course), and now certified Swift Whisperer. While strutting her divine self at the 2025 Gotham Awards—where The Handmaid’s Tale collected the Ensemble Tribute like it was a Best Dystopia trophy at the Grammys—Moss revealed she did the unthinkable: she wrote Taylor a letter. An actual letter. Not a text. Not a DM. Not even a pigeon with glitter. A letter.
And guess what? TAYLOR READ IT.
“Honestly, the feedback was her saying yes,” Elisabeth said, as if that wasn’t a history-altering event worthy of a federal holiday.
She then spilled the emotional tea. “I wrote her about what I felt like the song meant for the episode,” she shared, probably while clutching a quill and wearing a corset (unclear). “And what her music means to me and the cast.”
Basically, Elisabeth was like, “Dear Taylor, please bless our revolution with your battle cry of sass and reclamation.” And Taylor, standing atop her glitter throne built of Grammys and snake emojis, said, “Bet.”
And because no pop culture event is complete without a tinfoil-hat theory, Elisabeth ALSO addressed the conspiracy that Taylor Swift secretly cameoed on The Handmaid’s Tale. Fans were out here like: “Was she one of the background handmaids? Did she smuggle a guitar into Gilead? Was she the one throwing shade at Aunt Lydia in Morse code?”
Elisabeth didn’t say no, so… we choose to believe Taylor was there. Possibly disguised as a particularly stylish resistance fighter with a sparkle in her eye and a 13 tattoo on her ankle.
So there you have it: Elisabeth Moss manifested Taylor Swift into a dystopian uprising with nothing but a letter, a dream, and elite taste in revenge anthems. Gilead didn’t stand a chance.
Long story short: You come for June Osborne? She’ll come back with Swift in surround sound. 🕊️💣🔥
