Taylor Swift shows off her rapping and comedy skills in a new collaboration with Apple Music. The "Shake It Off" singer teamed up with the music streaming service to star in a new ad for its activity playlists, where she gets a little too hyped up listening to Drake and Future's 2015 hit "Jumpman" and falls flat on her face.
The short clip was posted to Swift's Twitter and Instagram pages early today. She wrote, "Based on true events" in the caption and tagged rappers Drake and Future.
"Man, I hate cardio," Swift says in a voice-over as she places ear buds in her ears, then pulls up the Apple Music app on her iPhone.
"Activity playlist, running, #Gymflow," she continues as she selects a playlist to listen to during her workout. "Drake and Future - all right."
She selects the Drake track "Jumpman" featuring Future, then stands on a treadmill wearing a black cut-out sports bra underneath a dark gray tank top. She stretches during the song's intro then begins her workout as the first verse starts.
"Jumpman, Jumpman, Jumpman, them boys up to something / They just spent like two or three weeks out the country," she raps, adding in over-the-top hand movements. "Them boys up to something, they not just bluffing / You don't have to call, I hit my dance like Usher, woo."
The camera pans out and she continues rapping along, her hand movements getting more and more exaggerated.
"I just found my tempo like I'm DJ Mustard, woo / I hit that Ginobili with my left hand up like woo," Swift says, raising her hand a little too high in the air. She loses her balance and falls face down on the treadmill, the belt sending her flying off the machine and onto the floor - but she doesn't miss a beat. She lifts her head off the ground, jumping back in on the next line.
"Chicken, French fries for them hoes that wanna diss," she says, raising her hand in the air again.
The pairing between Apple Music and Swift comes after the "Bad Blood" singer penned an open letter to the tech giant last June after the release of her hit album "1989." In the letter, Swift complained about Apple's business model of not paying artists in order to offer a free three-month trial to first-time subscribers. Shortly after her letter, the company changed its policy.
Watch Swift's full Apple Music ad below.
Based on true events. #TAYLORvsTREADMILL @applemusic @champagnepapi @future
A video posted by Taylor Swift (@taylorswift) on Apr 1, 2016 at 5:36am PDT
