Taylor Swift's new album "Midnights" sold over a million copies in its first three days, making it the best-selling album of 2022.
According to Billboard, no other artist has accomplished such a feat since she released her album "Reputation" five years ago.
Despite her recent successes, Taylor has been accused of stealing another singer's music video and incorporating it into her own.
Manuela took to Instagram to accuse the "Lavender Haze" hitmaker of plagiarizing concepts from her visual EP for the "Anti-Hero" music video, which was released last Friday.
Manuela Torres, also known as manu torres, is a Bakersfield, California-based Indie musician. Her EP "Glimmer," which had six tracks, was released on April 1, 2022.
The "Anti-Hero" music video is reportedly inspired by Taylor's "nightmare scenarios and intrusive thoughts,"
After close inspection, Manuela posted clips of both their videosto show striking similarities.
Manuela captioned her Instagram Reel, "I'm literally a #swiftie so it's simultaneously painful and such an honor to even beg this question - am i on a moodboard??"
The reel showed a part of Taylor's video playing on the top while Manuela's video was on the bottom.
In an additional Instagram Story, Manuela shared that she felt "gaslit on the highest level," adding she knows others who follow the Grammy award-winning singer are "terrified to side with" her because it implies they're against Taylor.
"She is POWERFUL. Who wouldn't be terrified? But please: how do you think this whole thing makes me, a Swiftie, feel?"
"Can you picture me staying up to listen to midnights and to watch the Anti-Hero music video premiere only to watch my work play out at me?"
Manuela continued, "A #1 trending video on YouTube a copy paste of mine. Having to read promo posts that wink at a concept album like mine."
She also warned that she will "not be shutting up about this anytime soon."
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'Anti-Hero' Music Video vs. 'Glimmer' Music Video
Both ladies glance in the mirror in the opening few seconds of the comparison footage, as clones of themselves lurk in the background.
Manuela and her clone, as well as Taylor's, exchanged high-fives as another example. The clones were also seen ascending on their own roofs.
The clones pushing each other is one of the most visible parallels, with Manuela being tossed from a roof as Taylor pushes her other self off the top.
There's also a sequence when both women are toying with little doll house bits, and both vids include metallic purple accents.
Manuela explained to her 6,000 fans over the weekend that her song "Glimmer" was shot in October 2020 and will be published in April 2022.
While mentioning producer Sara D'Alessio's article about working on the "Anti-Hero" music video with the "Blank Space" hitmaker for several months over the summer, Manuela says hers was made "first."
She also shared another person's belief that an art director "personally referenced this video at some point during the development process."
Manuela also uploaded a video by Isaac Sagastume, who stated it saddened him to watch someone else's work "nearly shot for shot" taken off.
Naomi Ramirez, a photographer, also pushed Taylor Swift to give Manuela credit since "there are too many identical takes for it to be only a coincidence."
"Anti-Hero" is the lead song from the 11-time Grammy winner's tenth studio album, "Midnights."
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