Culture and Lifestyle Activities and Entertainment TV and Movies Watch the Breathtaking First Trailer for 'Where the Crawdads Sing' The trailer features a new single by Taylor Swift. By Meghan Overdeep Meghan Overdeep Meghan Overdeep has more than a decade of writing and editing experience for top publications. Her expertise extends from weddings and animals to every pop culture moment in between. She has been scouring the Internet for the buzziest Southern news since joining the team in 2017. Southern Living's editorial guidelines Published on March 22, 2022 Share Tweet Pin Email Photo: Sony Pictures Entertainment The first trailer for Reese Witherspoon's highly anticipated adaptation of Where the Crawdads Sing is here! The trailer, backed by Taylor Swift's haunting new song, "Carolina," brings the lush world of Delia Owens' bestselling novel and its heroine Kya (played by Daisy Edgar-Jones) off the page and into startling real-life detail. Where the Crawdads Sing was filmed in and around Houma and New Orleans. Like the book, the movie is also set in two different time periods. The first follows a misunderstood young girl named Kya (dubbed "Marsh Girl") as she comes of age in the wetlands of coastal North Carolina. The second takes place in the same marsh several years later, after her unlikely romance with the town's "golden boy" Tate (Harris Dickinson) ends with her going on trial for his murder. WATCH: Reese Witherspoon is Working on a Movie Adaption of Where the Crawdads Sing "Being isolated was one thing; being hunted, quite another," Kya says in a voiceover near the middle of the trailer. "You want me to beg for my life? I won't," she says later. "They're not deciding anything about me." Get ready… Where the Crawdads Sing is set to premiere on July 15. Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit