Lupita Nyong'o reveals what she told Taylor Swift to get clearance to use hit Shake It Off in Little Monsters - as TEARS run down her face on Hot Ones By Justin Enriquez For Dailymail.com Published: 19:47, 27 June 2024 | Updated: 20:14, 27 June 2024 e-mail View comments Lupita Nyong'o revealed how she was able to get clearance from Taylor Swift to be able to use smash-hit Shake It Off in her 2019 film Little Monsters. The 41-year-old Kenyan-Mexican actress - who stunned in a Prada catsuit earlier this week - had tears running down her face as she was a guest on the latest episode of Hot Ones on Thursday.
Lupita had an emotional draw to 34-year-old Taylor's 2014 hit and really wanted it to be featured in her comedy horror film so she took matters into her own hands. She told host Sean Evans: 'When they came and they told me "aw, no we can’t get the rights" I decided okay. Lupita Nyong'o revealed how she was able to get clearance from Taylor Swift to be able to use smash-hit Shake It Off in her 2019 film Little Monsters Lupita had an emotional draw to 34-year-old Taylor's 2014 hit and really wanted it to be featured in her comedy horror film so she took matters into her own hands; Taylor is seen in the Shake It Off music video 'I’m going to go, I’m going to make a pitch, I’m going to let Taylor know what this song means to me and I told her that story about how it lifted me from an almost depression and the next thing I knew, it was cleared.
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