Taylor Swift has had many public personas, but even when she’s presenting herself as a man-stealing badass who jumps out of windows, she still comes off as pretty strait-laced. She is in control of her image, always. That may be why this video of her bouncing around like a sophomore on Spring break has captured the Internet’s heart so completely. Drunk Taylor is a revelation.
The video came from a night of revelry hosted by Swift on Saturday in celebration of her ten VMA nominations. Everyone in the cast of her music videos for “ME!” and “You Need to Calm Down” was invited, so it was a quite a party. Swift was filmed dancing to her own song like she’s her own biggest fan. She isn’t actually drinking, but anyone who has ever been drunk might find these moves recognizable:
I really feel like drunk Taylor compliments all the other girls in the bathroom pic.twitter.com/vtLZUXZffq
— lexile (@nowiseedaylight) August 11, 2019
It seems like Swift finds the whole thing funny. At least, she wants to take control of the narrative as usual.
She joked about it on Twitter, sharing pics from the party about what a fun time she had and the fact that “Drunk Taylor” was trending.
Threw a party to celebrate with the people who made the ME! & YNTCD videos with me- and we had so much fun that ‘Drunk Taylor’ is trending on Twitter. CHEERS. 😆🍾👍👏 pic.twitter.com/HPvQlSDSBM
— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) August 11, 2019
The reason it was trending? MEMES. Everyone wanted to meme Taylor Swift having the night of her life. Drunk Taylor Swift memes are the best Taylor Swift memes.
Memes are all about relatable content, and nothing is more relatable than making a fool of yourself dancing to a Taylor Swift song.
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Hang over Taylor looking at all the Drunk Taylor tweets in the morning. pic.twitter.com/AKhNViBE1o
— Jadin ⓭ (@LoverJadin13) August 11, 2019
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taylor how many holes are in the fence? pic.twitter.com/n9VxrVuxue
— “lyDIAAA!!” (@july_9th__) August 11, 2019
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https://twitter.com/oreoswift/status/1160546699368108033
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Taylor going online this morning and seeing “drunk Taylor” is trending pic.twitter.com/ArXJoM1dn4
— Cory: Highlight Of Taylor’s Day (@CoreyeSwifteye) August 11, 2019
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I have two moods at parties only pic.twitter.com/s2MKuudldh
— Carly Heading (@carlyylalaa) August 11, 2019
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taylor how many grammy do you own? pic.twitter.com/iBmt5y3zb3
— “lyDIAAA!!” (@july_9th__) August 11, 2019
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joe when taylors drunk ass rolls in the house at 4am apologising to the furniture she just bumped into pic.twitter.com/cyZs0AUTYn
— past me(ghan) (@babyouremyqueen) August 11, 2019
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taylor walking the teen choice carpet hungover tomorrow pic.twitter.com/zbd3MnSUna
— jasmine (@swiftisspelling) August 11, 2019
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why is drunk Taylor Swift the funniest fucking thing i’ve ever seen LOOOOOOOL https://t.co/kC5q4h0M6I
— kennedy (@kennedy_mp3) August 11, 2019
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taylor waking up hungover and realizing she has to get up and go to the teen choice awards coz they made up an award for her so she had to attend pic.twitter.com/K6cLlcde1h
— megan (@dontblamegan) August 11, 2019
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me at me when taylor
parties: vs comes on: pic.twitter.com/HqoVjnunBD— veronica. (@14BLAVKSWIFT) August 11, 2019