This Taylor Swift ‘The Fate of Ophelia’ x ‘Napoleon Dynamite’ Dance Edit Is In Fact Perfect

Twenty years before Taylor Swift’s “The Fate of Ophelia” was tape-recorded, a character called Napoleon Dynamite (Jon Heder) was leaning into his originality with a superbly uncomfortable dance regimen, as seen in a remarkable scene from the 2004 coming-of-age funny Napoleon Dynamite His sweet relocations were soundtracked by Jamiroquai’s “Canned Heat,” however anybody who hasn’t seen the motion picture– and who takes place to come across the fan-made “Ophelia” x Napoleon Dynamite mashup making the rounds– simply may believe the choreo was indicated to be coupled with Swift’s 2025 single rather. Due to the fact that it’s in fact ideal.

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Swift fan @betterspiritsprintco on Instagram published the amusing edit on Friday (Oct. 3), the release day of the pop star’s twelfth studio album, The Life of a Showgirl, which is currently setting records; since press time on Sunday, the Instagram post has actually resembled by more than 63,000 Instagram accounts.

The video’s caption: “how it feels to listen to the fate of ophelia.” The remarks area all concurred.

Including the previously mentioned Napoleon Dynamite-dance minute, the modified clip reveals the wacky lead character getting his groove on to an audio clip of “The Fate of Ophelia,” Showgirl‘s opening track and very first single (and the very first tune from the set to get a main video, which dropped online on Sunday after premiering at cinema on Friday throughout package office-topping The Release Celebration of a Showgirl).

In some way, the timing of all of it is perfect. Napoleon strikes his marks. Subtle responses from the audience are spot-on.

Simply wait till you get to the relocations synced to Swift’s lyric “I swore my commitment to me, myself, and I”– it just improves from there.

View the fan edit of “The Fate of Ophelia” and Napoleon Dynamite dancingon Instagram here