Pop star Taylor Swift has released her latest video clip featuring New Zealand sand, sea and possibly even some mountains.
It opens with a shot of Auckland's Bethells Beach, which will be remembered most notably from Dotterelgate -- an incident in which Swift came under fire from conservationists who claimed her crew put a rare native bird at risk during shooting.
The production team breached their permit by using up to 12 vehicles on the beach, which is home to endangered baby dotterels. They later apologised.
The New Zealand Herald can confirm no dotterels appear in the video.
The clip does seem to feature other notable New Zealand scenery though, including a forest where Swift rolls about in the mud and gets quite dirty and some mountains which resemble the Southern Alps.
Unlike the Alps, however, the mountains have wolves in them, which follow Swift along a ridge. They are probably CGI.
The video also features Swift, in a blue dress, falling into the ocean.
Out of the Woods is widely thought to be about her past romance with One Direction band member Harry Styles.
In it, Taylor refers to a time date of "last December", citing they "were built to fall apart".
The timing of the video's release is surely strategic -- the then-couple rang in 2013 with a sweet kiss at midnight in New York City. A few days later, they reportedly broke up after a falling out while on holiday in Virgin Gorda.
Another clue in the lyrics is a reference to a jewellery item often worn by Harry. "Your necklace hanging from my neck ... Two paper airplanes flying, flying."
Swift missed the American Music Awards in favour of making the video.
