--- --- # Taylor Swift's New Background Dancer James Corden Doesn't Know How to Stay in His Lane by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Dec 8, 2017 3:21 PM UTC by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Dec 8, 2017 3:21 PM UTC [Taylor Swift](http://time.com/5049659/taylor-swift-interview-person-of-the-year-2017/) has a difficult new background dancer. For his latest “Take A Break” bit on Thursday’s _Late Late Show_, [James Corden](http://time.com/4874242/carpool-karaoke-usher/) visited The Forum in Los Angeles, where [Ed Sheeran](http://time.com/5023264/ed-sheeran-on-taylor-swift-dress-theory/), Demi Lovato and [Taylor Swift](http://time.com/5018129/taylor-swift-reputation-album-release/) were performing in the iHeartRadio Jingle Ball concert. Ever the team player, the host was kind enough to “step in” as general manager for the big event. That meant Corden was all over the venue beefing up the security detail for Sheeran (new code name “gingerbread man”) and loading up a ridiculously over the top sandwich with all the venue’s available food. It’s worth staying tuned until the end. Corden replaced a background dancer on Swift’s dance team. Unfortunately for him, Swift made it clear she was not happy with in any of his creative input and even delivered a burn. Watching him nail the moves from Swift’s internet-busting [“Look What You Made Me Do”](http://time.com/4918411/taylor-swift-look-what-you-made-me-do-music-video-references/) music video off her new album _Reputation_ in a sheer top is a delightfully bizarre visual. Watch the full clip below. James Corden Dances With Taylor Swift for LWYMMD ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5055878/james-corden-taylor-swift-look-what-you-made-me-do/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5055878/james-corden-taylor-swift-look-what-you-made-me-do/"},"headline":"Taylor Swift's New Background Dancer James Corden Doesn't Know How to Stay in His Lane","datePublished":"2017-12-08T15:21:58.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:49:10.663Z","description":"Swift can't stand it, and she makes it pretty clear","url":"https://time.com/5055878/james-corden-taylor-swift-look-what-you-made-me-do/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","Music","Taylor Swift","james corden","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"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":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5055878/james-corden-taylor-swift-look-what-you-made-me-do/","name":"Taylor Swift's New Background Dancer James Corden Doesn't Know How to Stay in His Lane"}}]}] ```