Taylor Swift Reacts to Gymnast Simone Biles Programming Her Routine to “…Ready for It?”

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Taylor Swift She may have spent the weekend performing in Ireland, but she also seems to be keeping tabs on what’s happening at the Olympics.

On June 28 in Minneapolis, the seven-time Olympic medalist Simone Biles performed a floor routine as part of the U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Trials, and the first part was set to Taylor’s song “…Ready for It?” from his album Reputation. During that game, Biles achieved a “triple-double,” which the commentator described as “the hardest tumbling in the world.”

Taylor was watching and on the social platform X on June 29, she wrote: “I’ve watched this so many times and I’m still not ready. But she’s ready for it.” She added clapping emojis, as well as American flag emojis and a gold medal emoji.

According to People, During Taylor’s shows in Dublin, Ireland, she wore an Irish flag-colored skirt and top for the 1989 section, and also told the crowd that his album folklore “simply belongs to Ireland. » She added: “How I imagined the world of the album looking like Ireland. A narrative with many different characters.

In the song “Sweet Nothing” from his album MidnightTaylor sings specifically about County Wicklow in Ireland, which may be why she performed it during the June 28 show as part of a mashup.