--- title: The Rock Sings Taylor Swift's 'Shake It Off' description: He sang the hit song on Ballers canonical: https://time.com/3991949/watch-dwayne-the-rock-johnson-sing-taylor-swifts-shake-it-off/ author: Entertainment Weekly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-08-10T23:16:33.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:23:15.005Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson Sings Taylor Swift's 'Shake It Off' og:description: The Rock sang the pop hit on 'Ballers' og:url: https://time.com/3991949/watch-dwayne-the-rock-johnson-sing-taylor-swifts-shake-it-off/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf316283140c19bef/69885ea95f570f6b5eb1cd97/dwayne-johnson.png?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: dwayne-johnson og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson Sings Taylor Swift's 'Shake It Off' twitter:description: The Rock sang the pop hit on 'Ballers' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf316283140c19bef/69885ea95f570f6b5eb1cd97/dwayne-johnson.png?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson Sing Taylor Swift's 'Shake It Off' by [Amanda Michelle Steiner / EW.com](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Amanda Michelle Steiner / EW.com Aug 10, 2015 11:16 PM UTC  by [Amanda Michelle Steiner / EW.com](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Amanda Michelle Steiner / EW.com Aug 10, 2015 11:16 PM UTC Taylor Swift’s music knows no gender boundaries. On Sunday’s _Ballers_, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson proved that he’s as big a Swiftie as ever, singing along to “Shake It Off” on the radio. This is certainly not Johnson’s first time paying homage to pop’s reigning queen. The actor brought down the house when [he lip-synced to the song](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/04/03/dwayne-johnson-taylor-swift-lip-sync) for the series premiere of _Lip Sync Battle_, including the song’s ultra-important rap (“rap”) breakdown. Swift must have relinquished to HBO her iron-fisted control over her brand, given that Johnson [revealed to _Extra_](http://extratv.com/2015/04/02/dwayne-johnson-premieres-shake-it-off-performance-on-instagrame-for-lip-sync-battle/) on the red carpet for _Furious 7_ that he had to personally ask her permision to lip-sync to the song for Spike’s hit show. “Taylor, I just gotta send you a personal appreciation. Thank you so much,” he addressed the camera, going on to tell Mario Lopez that “she’s notorious about protecting her music and her content — which she should be — but she heard I wanted to sing it and she was like, ‘Rock got it, just take it.’ I got the blessing from Tay Tay!” May The Rock receive many more blessings from Tay Tay in the future, because the below clip is a true blessing. 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