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The singer’s All Too Well short film and original song “Carolina” fell short of the Academy mark.
The nominations for the 2023 Oscars were announced this week, and despite Taylor Swift's accolades in music and projections that she may soon add an Oscar nod to her résumé, the Academy ultimately left the singer off its list.
Swift took part in two film projects that put her in the running to qualify for Academy nominations this year. Her song "Carolina" from Olivia Newman's adaptation, Where the Crawdads Sing, made it to the Oscars shortlist for Best Music (Original Song), but missed the final cut.
Meanwhile, Swift's more popular project—her 14-minute film short, All Too Well, adapted from her Red LP's original 2012 song—failed to advance during the voting process, disqualifying her from a nod for Best Live Action Short Film.
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The November 2021 film short starring Sadie Sink and Dylan O'Brien follows a couple whose dysfunctional relationship eventually crumbles from the pair's age gap and resulting power dynamics. The chaotic romance is said to have been a loose depiction of Swift's three-month 2010 stint with Jake Gyllenhaal (who is nine years her senior)—a fact that, in itself, propelled the video to viral heights. The video now boasts more than 80 million views on YouTube.
Despite Swift's Academy snub on the short, the work still amounted to record-breaking achievements for the artist. At the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards, she garnered wins for both Video of the Year and Best Direction—historic feats that made Swift the first solo artist to win Video of the Year for an independent original work, and the second woman to win Best Direction twice (her first came in 2020 for "The Man," her directorial debut for a track from her 2019 album, Lover).
Swift is neither finished with her work in film nor her associations with the Academy—and who knows, she may even win her first Oscar sooner than later. The singer is venturing beyond her musical contributions and embarking on a directorial debut for a feature film, produced by Searchlight Pictures, the acclaimed studio behind the Academy Award–winning films Nomadland and The Shape of Water, per Variety.
"Taylor is a once in a generation artist and storyteller," Searchlight presidents David Greenbaum and Matthew Greenfield said in a statement to the outlet. "It is a genuine joy and privilege to collaborate with her as she embarks on this exciting and new creative journey."
