TikTok star Loren Gray delivers a gorgeous eye roll in Taylor Swift's 'The Man'
With 39.6 million followers, Loren Gray has the most-followed account on TikTok. On Thursday, she took her star power a step further, gifting a grade-A eye roll to Taylor Swift's music video for "The Man."
Gray plays a ball girl who looks on in horror as The Man (played by Taylor Swift) does a lot of peacocking about his tennis skills, then throws a tantrum when the umpire (played by Taylor Swift's dad) makes a call that's not in his favor.
In the video's last scene, she rolls her eyes as The Man angrily dumps a duffel bag of tennis balls all over the court. As would we all!
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This isn't the first music video Gray has appeared in — in 2017, she had a role in the singer HRVY's video for "Personal," plus she's a singer in her own right — but it was a particularly notable project for her. She's been a vocal Taylor Swift fan since her days on the now-defunct app musical.ly, and has spoken frequently about her admiration for Swift in interviews. (Here's a nice throwback video from Swift's Reputation era.)
Gray tweeted about her experience a few hours after the video was released. "Taylor has been my ROLE MODEL pretty much as long as i can remember and i’m at a loss for words," she said. "I’m so grateful to have gotten to know her."
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Gray isn't the only TikToker in the video. Dominic Toliver (who was also active on Vine and musical.ly) also makes a brief appearance.
Is embracing the TikTok community part of Taylor Swift's next reinvention? If it gives us more reaction GIFs as good as this, we're all for it.
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Taylor ... make a TikTok next.
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