--- title: Taylor Swift Showed Up to Jury Duty in Nashville This Week description: The singer proved she's not above performing her civic duty, perhaps explaining why she skipped Sunday night's Video Music Awards. canonical: https://time.com/4470772/taylor-swift-jury-duty/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-29T15:47:13.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T03:23:58.000Z og:title: Taylor Swift Showed Up to Jury Duty in Nashville This Week og:description: The singer may have skipped the VMAs to perform her civic duty in Tennessee. og:url: https://time.com/4470772/taylor-swift-jury-duty/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Taylor Swift Showed Up to Jury Duty in Nashville This Week twitter:description: The singer may have skipped the VMAs to perform her civic duty in Tennessee. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Taylor Swift Had to Show Up to Jury Duty in Nashville Because She's Not Above the Law > Sponsored content. 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It started so glamorously, with the [most photogenic Fourth of July](http://time.com/4390634/taylor-swift-july-4th/?iid=sr-link2) barbecue of all time and a whirlwind, globe-hopping romance with new beau Tom Hiddleston. But her [feud with Kanye West](http://time.com/4411055/kanye-west-taylor-swift-kim-kardashian-feud/?iid=sr-link1) and Kim Kardashian — and the internet’s subsequent backlash following the back-and-forth between Swift and the couple — has seemingly pushed her out of the spotlight; she skipped Sunday night’s VMAs, even though she was the [reigning winner](http://time.com/4016487/vmas-2015-winners-list-full-taylor-swift/?iid=sr-link5) from last year. And now? It looks like Swift is spending the dog days of summer not cavorting on a beach, but instead in a courtroom. Twitter users and fans have noted that she showed up in her home city of Nashville, TN to complete her civic duty as a juror, proving that even the biggest of stars have to play by the rules. The singer-songwriter, magnanimous with her fans as usual, took the time to snap some selfies with fellow jurors. > [](https://twitter.com/TracysActivism/status/770265630972850176) > [](https://twitter.com/TSwiftPR/status/770271998685679616) > [](https://twitter.com/ToxicSwiftx/status/770250597975072768) We can only imagine the uproar in the courthouse when Swift made her appearance. 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