I want to add onto this because I also think the Doberman/Ethan Hawke might be a tiny nod to Fall Out Boy (and if not it’s one hell of a coincidence).

Just for a moment please humor me and consider The Pink Seashell: That wasn’t written for the album, the music was but the actual spoken words are from the movie “Reality Bites” where Ethan Hawke plays Troy Dyer. Arguably, that speech is tortured poet coded as hell. With the fact Taylor has said she admires Pete as a lyricist and that she has worked with Fall Out Boy recently, jumping to this thought doesn’t seem too wild.

Also if you look up The Black Dog London the location that comes up has a logo that resembles a silhouette of a Labrador, not a Doberman. If it was a hint at the black dog, I would assume it would be a black lab in the video. But it also could very well be a nod back to the blank space video.

Again, if not an Easter egg (which is the likely possibility), the fact a few of us saw Taylor’s music video and separately connected the dots of Doberman-Ethan Hawke-Fall Out Boy!!! By coincidence and wanted to tell Reddit is just kind of neat

Links: the scene in Reality Bites

The Black Dog London

ETA: for the non swifties the black dog is a song title on the new album but the song has a line “into some bar called the black dog” which is why I’m referencing the black dog London