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Taylor Swift has conjured up a new tactic for avoiding the paparazzi's gaze. In this bizarre and frankly frightening 22-second video by X17, the pop star makes it from her friend's house to a car without giving hordes camera clutchers any face time whatsoever. On her backwards, zombie-like journey, T. Swift is spotted by her bodyguard, since a stumble in this scenario would not be pretty. Walking backwards in heel booties, definitely harder than it looks.