 " You Belong with Me " ' s accompanying music video was directed by Roman White . In the video , Swift portrays both the protagonist and antagonist , which she respectively described as " the nerd , who is pining away for this guy that she can 't have " and " the popular girl . " Swift described the popular girl 's persona as " horrible and scary and intimidating and perfect " . Her love interest is portrayed by American actor Lucas Till ; Swift met Till while acting on the set of Hannah Montana : The Movie in April 2008 . She later asked him to act in the video , as she was intrigued by his " cool look " , embodying a " dreamy guy " . In regards to his acting on the video , Swift said , " He 's absolutely perfect for the part and really fun to be around , too . " According to her , the video 's plot is " charming " ; she also said that , " the whole video , I 'm just sitting there pining away , wishing I could be in her position . " In regards to the video 's conclusion , White explained that Swift " becomes who she really is " , while Swift thought it was a happy ending . Swift commented , " One of my favorite things about this video is that there wasn 't a standard performance scene . This video was pretty much all story line and I 'm narrating it in the moment , basically narrating while all this is happening around me . " 
