--- description: Taylor Swift went on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon for one of his signature sketches title: Watch: Taylor Swift Unleashes Her Inner Nerd With Jimmy Fallon image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt00ca6d90f2665570/69869f8a361760b2b590d756/tayor-swift-jimmy-fallon.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Late Night Highlight](/tag/late-night-highlight/) ## Late Night Highlight Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch: Taylor Swift Nerds Out With Jimmy Fallon by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 14, 2014 5:38 PM CUT  Musician Taylor Swift during an interview with host Jimmy Fallon on August 13, 2014 Musician Taylor Swift during an interview with host Jimmy Fallon on August 13, 2014Douglas Gorenstein—NBC/Getty Images by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 14, 2014 5:38 PM CUT Taylor Swift went on _The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon_ on Wednesday night and did not hold back, unleashing her inner nerd during one of Fallon’s signature sketches. Fallon plays sassy pre-teen Sara (with no “h”), who hosts the segment “Ew.” Swift plays his guest, 13-year-old Natalie, who has a Band-Aid collection. This was far from Swift’s first time showing off her nerdy side, as evidenced by her music video for “[You Belong With Me](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuNIsY6JdUw "undefined").” The music superstar is set to perform at the Video Music Awards on Sunday, Aug. 24. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3111714/taylor-swift-jimmy-fallon-television-entertainment-celebrities/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3111714/taylor-swift-jimmy-fallon-television-entertainment-celebrities/"},"headline":"Watch: Taylor Swift Nerds Out With Jimmy Fallon","datePublished":"2014-08-14T17:38:53.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:40:33.448Z","description":"Swift plays a 13-year-old with a Band-Aid collection","url":"https://time.com/3111714/taylor-swift-jimmy-fallon-television-entertainment-celebrities/","keywords":["Late Night Highlight","Television","celebrities","Music","Late Night","Comedy"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt00ca6d90f2665570/69869f8a361760b2b590d756/tayor-swift-jimmy-fallon.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt00ca6d90f2665570/69869f8a361760b2b590d756/tayor-swift-jimmy-fallon.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon - Season 1","caption":"The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon - Season 1","creditText":"Douglas Gorenstein—NBC/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/late-night-highlight/","name":"Late Night Highlight"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3111714/taylor-swift-jimmy-fallon-television-entertainment-celebrities/","name":"Watch: Taylor Swift Nerds Out With Jimmy Fallon"}}]}] ```