The Only Thing Better Than Taylor Swift’s Performance is This Viral Video of Dwayne Johnson Grooving to Shake It Off

Dwayne Johnson's viral clip from The Lip Sync Battle against Jimmy Fallon has him jamming to Shake it Off.

The Only Thing Better Than Taylor Swift’s Performance is This Viral Video of Dwayne Johnson Grooving to Shake It Off

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  • Dwayne Johnson lip synced to Taylor Swift's Shake It Off in a viral clip from 2015's The Lip Sync Battle against Jimmy Fallon.
  • Taylor Swift's spokesperson addressed the recent alleged altercation accusations against her father.
  • Eras Tour headed to National Stadium in Kallang, Singapore.
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Singer-songwriter Taylor Swift is one of the most influential people in the world who was also named the Person of the Year 2023 by Time Magazine. Swift’s songwriting and entrepreneurship have a very significant impact on pop culture and she is one of the world’s best-selling musicians.

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Taylor Swift’s ongoing World Eras Tour has also managed to garner a lot of attention with a lot of celebrities attending and enjoying her beautifully choreographed performances on stage. Her concert movie became the highest-grossing concert film of all time, which is going to premiere on Disney+ in March. Everyone’s a Swiftie but a recent viral clip of this WWE superstar-turned-actor lip-syncing her popular song word to word has made her fans delighted.

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Dwayne Johnson lip-syncs to Taylor Swift’s Shake It Off against Jimmy Fallon

WWE superstar and actor Dwayne Johnson back in 2015 had appeared on The Lip Sync Battle hosted by rapper LL Cool J along with Jimmy Fallon. Upon asking what song he started the Lip Sync Battle with, Johnson said

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“Tay Tay”

Jimmy Fallon jumped in to make fun of Johnson by stating that nobody has ever heard of TayTay adding that how is he going to win the battle with a song that no one has heard of. Johnson using a fun trash-talk language mentioned to Fallon that ‘You’re a** is going to be ready for tay-tay.’. Johnson later added,

“We’ve been hearing him all week, about how he’s going to beat me, but like tay tay would do, we should just ‘Shake it Off’.”

Taylor Swift's Shake It Off was Dwayne Johnson's weapon against Jimmy Fallon on Lip Sync Battle
Dwayne Johnson in Ballers Season 5

And the actor started to sing Taylor Swift’s famous song Shake It Off which is the lead single from her fifth studio album 1989. The musician being scrutinized by the media inspires the song and the lyrics go on to explain her indifference to those negative comments. Jimmy Fallon along with the audience was surprised to see Johnson lip-syncing to the song perfectly word-to-word with adding his rizz to the song.

The actor who appeared as former NFL and current financial advisor Spencer Strasmore in 2015’s Ballers was once again seen jamming to the musician’s song in one scene of the series. Fans in the comment section of the video praised Johnson by writing ‘Dwayne Johnson is a Swiftie. My life is complete’ with others mentioning that he has got to be the coolest dad because it can be seen that he does this a lot with his daughters.

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Taylor Swift’s spokesperson addresses the alleged altercation between their father and photographer

Australia’s Sky News reported on Tuesday that Swift’s father Scott has been accused of assaulting a photographer after her performance on Sydney’s North Shore. According to People’s report, the police couldn’t confirm the identities of the parties involved in the alleged altercation and were investigating the matter. The police said,

“The younger man reported the incident and inquiries are now underway by officers attached to North Shore Police Area Command. The man did not require medical treatment.”

Now, her spokesperson has spoken on behalf of the family and mentioned in a statement via People,

“Two individuals were aggressively pushing their way towards Taylor, grabbing her security personnel, and threatening to throw a female staff member into the water.”

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The singer has wrapped up her fourth and final Eras Tour show in Sydney and addressed the fans by stating via People;

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“You’re out here making me feel like I’m the first artist to play four shows at Accor Stadium! I guess what I’m trying to say is that you make me feel like the man. Well I am absolutely delighted to say these word to you. Sydney: welcome to the Eras Tour! This is our final night of the tour. And we have had the most wonderful time.”

Swift lastly added that Sydney has been one of the most exciting cities in the world the fact that people chose to hang out with them is very precious to her. Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour will head to Singapore on March 2 where she will be performing at the National Stadium in Kallang.

Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour Concert Film will premiere on Disney+ from March 15th 2024.

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