Anthropormorphized into a green-clad mountain valley, Taylor Swift sings a new version of her song "Karma," while above her, a cloud shaped into the profile of rapper Ice Spice provides encouraging adlibs. "Facts," she says at one point in the new music video, a clip that has become a running joke over the duo's sparse and confusing collaboration — and the reason that the pop star is embroiled in new controversy.
It felt an awful lot like the ole "I'm not racist; I have a Black friend" defense, as if that shields you from prejudice.
