<P> On the other hand, Craig Manning of AbsolutePunk dismissed the song as "a bit disposable". Jem Aswad of Billboard had a mixed reception about the Lana Del Rey similarities, saying that "it's hard to tell if the song is homage or parody ." </P> <P> "Wildest Dreams" first entered the US Billboard Hot 100 at number 76 on the week ending November 15, 2014 as a cut from 1989 . Following its release as an official single and the release of an accompanying music video at the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards pre-show, the song re-entered the Hot 100 at number 15 on the chart dated September 19, 2015 . It reached number 12 the following week, and peaked at number 5 on November 7, 2015 . The song's peak position made Swift only the fourth artist to have at least one single peak at each position of Billboard's top 10 as the lead performer (after Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, and Madonna). It re-entered the Billboard Digital Songs chart at number 7 selling 83,000 copies (up 981% from its previous week sales). At the Billboard Radio Songs chart it debuted at number 26 with 43 million audience impression (up 114%). It climbed to the top position of the Radio Songs chart on the week ending November 14, 2015 . On Billboard's Dance / Mix Show Airplay chart, the single became Swift's first number one . </P> <P> The accompanying music video was directed by Joseph Kahn, who previously directed the music videos for the second and fourth singles from 1989 ("Blank Space" and "Bad Blood"). The music video was filmed in Africa and California . The video was first aired on television during the pre-show of the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards on August 30, 2015 . Scott Eastwood appeared in the video . In the video, Swift plays a fictional actress named Majorie Finn which is a reference to her grandmother's name, Majorie Finlay, and Scott Eastwood plays a fictional character named Robert Kingsley . Swift's grandfather's name was Robert and her dad's middle name is Kingsley . Swift came up with the concept after reading a book by Ava Gardner and Peter Evans, The Secret Conversations . Her premise for the video is that--since social media did not exist in the' 50s--it would be impossible for actors not to fall in love if they were isolated together in Africa, since there would be no one else to talk to . According to Kahn the video is based on classic Hollywood romances like Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, as well as classic movies like The African Queen, Out of Africa and The English Patient . As of June 2018 the video has received over 610 million views on YouTube . </P> <P> The video, set in an African savanna in the 1950s during the golden age of cinema, follows the story of fictional brunette actress Marjorie Finn (Swift) shooting a romantic adventure film, Wildest Dreams (a reference to the 1985 film Out of Africa), with co-star Robert Kingsley (Eastwood). The video is interspersed with shots of African wildlife and natural scenery, including a cascading waterfall and Swift lounging with a lion . Finn and Kingsley are shown having a love affair, but after a fight on set the romance ends and the video cuts to the Wildest Dreams premiere, where Finn sees her co-star, Kingsley, with his wife . Finn is visibly upset but tries to act nonchalant . As they both watch the film, Finn is finally overcome with emotion, fleeing the premiere and getting into a waiting limousine . The video ends with a shot of the limousine's side - mirror showing Kingsley running into the street and watching as the car drives away . </P>

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