Taylor Swift parties with Laverne Cox and pals to celebrate VMA noms

‘Drunk’ Taylor Swift dances and lip-syncs to her own song while celebrating her 10 VMA nominations in funny clip

Taylor Swift may be one of the most successful artists of our time, but she knows how to let her hair down.

The 29-year-old recently received a whopping 10 nominations for the upcoming MTV Video Music Awards.

‘Drunk Taylor’ began trending on Twitter this weekend after videos of the artist partying with friends and singing along to her own track went viral. 

Drunk Taylor: ‘Drunk Taylor’ began trending on Twitter this weekend after videos of Taylor Swift partying with friends and singing along to her own track went viral

Laverne Cox, one of the many celebs featured in the You Need To Calm Down video, posted video from a gathering hosted by Swift Saturday night.

The woman of the hour could be seen singing along to the hit with Cox and fellow video co-stars Chester Lockhart and Hayley Kiyoko.

Also at the event were Justin Mikita, HAIM, Hanna Hart and RuPaul’s Drag Race alum A’keria Davenport.

Swift wore a multi-colored sequined dress with cutouts on the shoulders as she tussled her hair and danced with her friends.


Shake it off: Swift wore a multi-colored sequined dress with cutouts on the shoulders as she tussled her hair and danced with her friends


Putting on a show: The songstress acted out her lyrics, much to the delight of her pals and fans

Swifties unite: Most of Twitter has found the footage endearing, showing the artist celebrating her 10 VMA nominations

Cast party: Laverne Cox, one of the many celebs featured in the You Need To Calm Down video, posted video from a gathering hosted by Swift Saturday night

Calm down: The woman of the hour could be seen singing along to the hit with Cox, Chester Lockhart and RuPaul’s Drag Race alum A’keria Davenport

Dancing queens: Swift busted a move to her own song with fellow artist Hayley Kiyoko, who also appeared in the video

She recently earned 10 VMA nominations for her tracks Me! and YNTCD, tying with Ariana Grande on the leader board.

YNTCD is up for Video of the Year against Grande’s equally hyped Thank U, Next, which came out last November.

The video for Swift’s single was released during Pride Month in June, and it was lauded as a Pride anthem with several nods to the LGBTQ community.

So many noms: She recently earned 10 VMA nominations for her tracks Me! and YNTCD, tying with Ariana Grande on the leader board

Gay icon: The video for Swift’s single was released during Pride Month in June, and it was lauded as a Pride anthem with several nods to the LGBTQ community

Star-studded cameos: Cox was one of many celeb cameos, which included Ryan Reynolds, Ellen DeGeneres and Swift’s once rival Katy Perry


Trailer park chic: Kiyoko and Lockhart also appeared in the colorful video, which was set in an uber stylized trailer park

Its Swift’s third time being nominated for the coveted award, following the 2013 track I Knew You Were Trouble and 2015’s Bad Blood, which she won with collaborator Kendrick Lamar.

This makes her one of 21 artists to receive the nomination three times, along with Kanye West and Beyoncé, who leads alongside Eminem with seven Video of the Year nominations. 

The seven-time VMA winner is also set to perform at the awards show, which airs August 26.

Record breaker: This makes Swift one of 21 artists to receive the Video of the Year nomination three times, along with Kanye West and Beyoncé

 

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