Taylor Swift's Awkward Dance

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Taylor Swift's Awkward Dance refers to a short clip of singer Taylor Swift doing a silly dance move during her Eras Tour performance in mid-June 2024. The video went viral on social media as users paired it with captions in which they made fun of the singer and her dance.

Origin

On June 14th, 2024, TikTok^[1] user @harryalex98 posted a clip of singer Taylor Swift doing a silly dance move involving her shaking her hips several times during her Eras Tour concert in Edinburgh, Scotland. The clip (shown below) gained over 3.4 million views and 285,000 likes in four days.

https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7380468482917338401

On June 15th, X^[2] user @betteroffwoem posted the clip with the caption "she's so underrated as a dancer." The post gained over 29,000 reposts and 25,000 likes in three days (shown below).

she's so underrated as a dancer pic.twitter.com/s8prDSgXMV

— roune | 𖤓 (@betteroffwoem) June 15, 2024

Spread

The clip became a subject of parodies on X / Twitter in the following days as users made fun of Swift's dance and criticized her in general. For example, on June 16th, 2024, X^[3] user @MrFisterLLC quoted the post, writing, "This is how my 8 year old cousin dances after 2 Dr. Peppers." The post (shown below) received over 14,000 reposts and 264,000 likes in two days.

This is how my 8 year old cousin dances after 2 Dr. Peppers https://t.co/JTLMN1MDpD

— Ron Fister (@MrFisterLLC) June 16, 2024

Later on June 16th, X^[4] user @deadsoulxiii_ quoted the video with the caption, "me trying to unstick my balls from my leg." The post (shown below) received over 22,000 reposts and 296,000 likes in two days.

me trying to unstick my balls from my leg https://t.co/9kC21BdpFN

— simon (dead inside) (@deadsoulxiii_) June 16, 2024

More caption memes based on the clip were shared on X / Twitter in the following days.

Various Examples

Taylor Swift is Elon Musk for women and i will not be elaborating further https://t.co/yRHhaxbmKX

— lixav al-gaib (xavonius) <a href="https://twitter.com/xavonius/status/1802696528290553915?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Everyday I struggle to grasp this is who ppl compare to beyonce 😭 <a href="https://t.co/1s8pXaTFYU">https://t.co/1s8pXaTFYU</a></p>— ashton ray (ashtxnray) June 17, 2024

no swiftie hate but I do think she dances this awkwardly on purpose to give herself more of a dumb baby vibe instead of a billionaire who is actively draining resources vibe https://t.co/XTyXvAWWbs
— big honkin caboose (@itsmegangraves) June 17, 2024