--- title: Oprah's Carefree Dancing Captures the Essence of Summer description: A behind-the-scenes video of Oprah dancing at a photo shoot for her magazine cover proves she's always on beat — and living her best life canonical: https://time.com/5359058/oprah-dancing-havana/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-08-06T19:54:02.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:54:11.861Z og:title: Oprah's Dancing Captures the Carefree Essence of Summer og:description: A behind-the-scenes video of Oprah dancing at a photo shoot is pure summer joy og:url: https://time.com/5359058/oprah-dancing-havana/ 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: Oprah's Dancing Captures the Carefree Essence of Summer twitter:description: A behind-the-scenes video of Oprah dancing at a photo shoot is pure summer joy twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Oprah's Carefree Dancing Embodies the Truest Essence of Summer > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. ### Sources * TIME Newsletters: [time.com/newsletters](/c/time-nl-brief-2026q3/newsletters?i=a518289b-842c-4a5c-8cd6-9c221846b926&cr=time-nl-brief-2026q3-v1)  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Aug 6, 2018 7:54 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Aug 6, 2018 7:54 PM UTC When you’re [Oprah Winfrey](http://time.com/5309794/oprah-doria-ragland/), life is pretty good. When you’re [Oprah](http://time.com/5285402/oprah-royal-wedding-dress/) at a photo shoot for the latest cover of your self-titled magazine, life is even better. In a new behind-the-scenes video from a recent shoot, Oprah was captured living her best life, dancing with relaxed, carefree joy to the popular [Camila Cabello](http://time.com/money/5117499/camila-cabello-from-high-school-dropout-to-a-20-year-old-chart-topper/) and Young Thug tune [“Havana.”](http://time.com/4995186/havana-video-camila-cabello/) Dressed in a summery yellow tunic and dapper hat and sunglasses, the [magnanimous media mogul](http://time.com/5179847/oprah-baby-gift-mindy-kaling/) looks truly in her element — helped along by an assistant manning a fan in the back of the outdoor shot to modulate the perfect amount of refreshing breeze. In such an environment, who wouldn’t be filled with joie de vivre? And like fellow icon [Beyoncé before her](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tTTW9Rg0yg), it’s apparent that Oprah’s dancing is always on beat. After the O Magazine account shared the video, her fans were quick to comment on Oprah’s flawless performance. Some suggested that Oprah “even dances rich.” Others were thrilled to find that she’s a fan of the rapper Young Thug, as evidenced by her dancing to his verse on the song. Many were simply ready to note Oprah’s already-iconic dancing as a seminal summer mood. And [Camila Cabello](http://time.com/5098882/camila-cabello-album-review/) herself responded to the post, calling the video the “best form of celebration” to mark her [hit song](http://time.com/4885121/5-songs-you-need-to-listen-to-this-week-20/item/havana-camila-cabella-feat-young-thug/)‘s one-year anniversary of release. “Oprah I love you so much!!!! \[sic\]” Cabello added, echoing the sentiment of fans who were blessed with this video. While we may not all be able to receive [material gifts](https://www.instyle.com/news/oprah-winfrey-favorite-juicer-giveaway) from the generous Winfrey, content like this should make us all happy. Keep it up, O. > [](https://twitter.com/aVeryRichBish/status/1026157302779396097) > [](https://twitter.com/AlltingsThug/status/1026234076167061506) > [](https://twitter.com/ronkelawal/status/1026362419826835456) > [](https://twitter.com/Camila%5FCabello/status/1025874592563253248) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5359058/oprah-dancing-havana/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5359058/oprah-dancing-havana/"},"headline":"Oprah's Carefree Dancing Embodies the Truest Essence of Summer","datePublished":"2018-08-06T19:54:02.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:54:11.861Z","description":"Like Beyoncé, Oprah is always on beat","url":"https://time.com/5359058/oprah-dancing-havana/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","viral","Oprah"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"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/5359058/oprah-dancing-havana/","name":"Oprah's Carefree Dancing Embodies the Truest Essence of Summer"}}]}] ```