Ranked #52 on Billboard's list of the Greatest Music Videos of the 21st Century.
The concept for the video pays homage to A Cinderella Story (2004) with the girl next door as a parody of Samantha Montgomery, the "Cinderella" character; the mean-girl head cheerleader as a parody of Shelby Cummings, the mean girl in that movie; and the football captain dating the head cheerleader who's secretly in love with the dork is a parody of Austin Ames, the "Prince Charming" character.
Taylor Swift plays both the sweet (blonde) next-door-neighbor girl, and the jealous (brunette) cheerleader captain.
Zac Efron was considered for being the boy next door. But in 2012, Zac Efron and Taylor Swift go on voicing The Lorax.