Celeb Social: Taylor Swift assembles famous friends for new clip

Preview posters for Taylor Swifts Bad Blood music video. Photo / Instagram

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Taylor Swift has called on her famous friends - from Lena Dunham to Kendrick Lamar - to appear in her upcoming video clip.

Over the past week Swift has been tweeting a star-studded series of teaser posters for her video for forthcoming single Bad Blood, set for a May 17 world premiere.

Each poster features a black-and-white portrait of the stars, with the neo-noir style and character names bringing to mind Frank Miller's Sin City.

Lena Dunham, from HBO series Girls, is smoky-eyed and puffing on a cigar as Lucky Fiori while supermodel Karlie Kloss is smouldering as a boxer called Knockout.

Hip hop star Kendrick Lamar, Paramore frontwoman Hayley Williams, British songstress Ellie Goulding and singer-actress Zendaya will all appear.

Rounding out the attractive, leather-clad cast revealed so far are Victoria's Secret model Lily Aldridge, fellow US model Gigi Hadid, actress Hailee Steinfield, and Swift herself as Catastrophe.

The megaclip for Bad Blood was directed by renowned music video auteur Joseph Khan, who has worked with the likes of Mariah Carey, Britney Speaks, Janet Jackson and Muse.

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