Adam Rippon Didn't Hear Taylor Swift's 'Calm Down' Until The Music Video — And He Was In It

If you're still watching Taylor Swift's "You Need To Calm Down" music video on a day-to-day basis, you're not alone. The wide number of Easter eggs and A-list celebrity cameos keep fans coming back for more. And as delightful as it usually prance around an eye catching trailer park passionately singing lyrics like "shade never made anybody far less gay" with some of your all-time preference people, Adam Rippon can confirm that it was, case in point, a dream come true.


While in an interview with ET at VidCon 2019, the Olympian revealed that Swift is just as incredible, kind, and hospitable as anyone would assume she is. "She was such a dream to work with and thus nice," he mentioned. "As nice as you think she is, she is just as nice and went above and behind to prepare everybody feel like... She's so grateful for everybody to be there and she was just the nicest."


But Taylor's kindness isn't quite as shocking as any time Rippon revealed that he actually didn't get to hear the song up until the music video was officially released. As soon as we were all filming the music video, we had no idea what the song was or anything about it," Rippon mentioned. "I never heard it up until it was released, and then As soon as I saw the music video... That was the initial time I saw it. And I love the music video and I love the song." Don't we all?


While it remains a mystery just how Swift managed to keep the song a secret from each person including those who were actually in it, we're honestly not surprised. The "ME!" singer has a track record of keeping assignments closesly under wraps, nevertheless even we have to admit: This is so next level.