King Swiftie Is Back! Taylor Swift Gives Flavor Flav a Shoutout From the Stage in Germany

Taylor Swift couldn’t extremity her first Eras circuit show successful Hamburg, Germany, without giving a shoutout to King Swiftie himself, Flavor Flav, who graced nan assemblage pinch his beingness that night.

The popular star, 34, closed retired nighttime 1 astatine Volksparkstadion connected Tuesday, July 23, by mouthing “Flavor Flav” and pointing astatine nan rapper, 65, arsenic confetti rained down astir her. The erstwhile Public Enemy personnel shared a video of nan infinitesimal on X.

“It’s nan feline from Public Enemy, besides known arsenic KING SWIFTIE, coming consecutive to Germany to spot me!!!” he wrote, seemingly referencing lyrics from Taylor’s deed opus “Karma,” which she sings astatine nan extremity of each Eras show. “Shout retired backmost to @taylorswift13 @taylornation13 and her squad and family for having me!!!” Flavor ended his station pinch a fewer bosom manus emojis, which is 1 of Taylor’s signature moves.

The “Flavor Man” rapper has been a Swiftie since he attended nan “Cruel Summer” hitmaker’s Eras circuit extremity at Ford Field successful Detroit connected June 9, 2023. He wore aggregate relationship bracelets connected his wrists and sported an all-red outfit pinch a achromatic T-shirt that read, “I Knew She Was Trouble,” a reference to Taylor’s 2012 deed song.

Flavor explained connected Hot 97’s Ebro successful nan Morning power show successful January that he went to nan performance because he knew a female successful Detroit whose kids wanted to attend. So, he had his head get successful interaction pinch Taylor’s squad to get tickets.

“When we walked complete to nan shelter wherever I was expected to beryllium at, a batch of these fans were coming up to maine — these young kids, man, I’m amazed they moreover knew who I was! — and they commencement giving maine these relationship bracelets,” he explained. “Next point you know, I person relationship bracelets each up and down my arm. We were trading bracelets and everything! Her fanbase embraced me, and I embraced them back.”

Flavor’s affirmative acquisition astatine nan concert, which besides resulted successful chap Swifites sending him gifts astatine Christmastime, led him to spell location and cheque retired Taylor’s afloat discography.

“I’m listening to her music, and I’m like, ‘Yo, this woman is dope!’ She’s penning a batch astir experiences that she goes done successful life, conscionable for illustration a Mary J. Blige,” he continued. “Mary writes astir her experiences that she goes through, past erstwhile she gets retired location connected that shape and she sings those songs, mostly each azygous female successful that assemblage relates to Mary because each of nan women spell done akin things. Same point pinch Taylor — she conscionable penning astir what she goes through.”

Flavor besides attended Taylor’s Eras circuit extremity astatine SoFi Stadium successful Los Angeles successful August 2023, arsenic good arsenic nan premiere of Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour connected October 11, 2023. The musicians past sewage to link at nan 2024 Grammys, wherever he told Taylor what a immense instrumentality he was — but she already knew.

“Having her admit that her fanbase, nan Swifties, gave maine a sanction — King Swiftie — I said, ‘You cognize they telephone maine King Swiftie?’ She said, ‘I know!’” he told nan Los Angeles Times successful February. “Yo, erstwhile I heard her opportunity that, that was immense to me.”