Taylor Swift hearts Jimmy Eat World, and Jimmy hearts Taylor back.
The Mesa, Arizona rockers are returning some good vibes after scoring a ringing endorsement from Swift when she dialed up the “The Middle” for her new Apple Music ad.
“Oh my god I love this song, I used to listen to this in middle school!” she enthuses in the commercial as she plays the band’s 2001 track (she proves her love of it too, with a memorable sequence of lip syncing and dancing).
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It’s not the first time the two acts have crossed paths. And, yes, she’s a totally awesome person, explains the band’s frontman Jim Adkins in an Instagram post.
Adkins reminisces of a time when Swift invited him to “sit in” to play “The Middle” when her tour stopped in his home state.
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“I made a joke at soundcheck about how rising from the middle of the arena in smoke and lights wouldn’t help any more people know who this dude with a guitar was,” he writes. “She chose the bridge of the song to stop and get the crowd to make me blush. Yes, she is 100% that awesome of a person you suspect she is.” The proof is there in the video. Check out his post below.