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Taylor Swift Can't Guess Her Own Song During Face-Off With Jimmy Fallon - Watch!

Taylor Swift cannot calm down after her music fail on The Tonight Show!

The “ME!” crooner and host Jimmy Fallon played the “Name That Song” game when she stopped by on Thursday (October 3).

The challenge consists of The Roots playing chords from a song as the players guess the tune.

Taylor guessed songs by Britney Spears, Sixpence None The Richer, and TLC, but she didn’t get her own “Shake It Off!”

“That’s my favorite thing that ever happened on the whole show ever!” Jimmy said, while Taylor joked, “That was really upsetting.”

She also dished on Lover and her upcoming tour.

Watch the videos now!

Also during her appearance: Watch Taylor ‘s post-surgery video, in which she cries over a banana, and watch as she teases the two songs she’ll perform on SNL.


Name That Song Challenge with Taylor Swift

FYI: Taylor Swift is wearing Each Other with Christian Louboutin shoes.

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Shawn Mendes Sings 'Treat You Better' Using Classroom Instruments on 'Tonight Show' - Watch!

We can’t wait to see Shawn Mendes perform this!

The 20-year-old “Stitches” superstar performed his 2016 smash hit single “Treat You Better” using classroom instruments with The Roots and Jimmy Fallon during The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Monday (October 8).

PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Shawn Mendes

The “Classroom Instruments” segment has been performed by many acts with Jimmy and The Roots in past years, including Adele, Ed Sheeran and Camila Cabello.

Ahead of Shawn‘s fun performance, E! debuted an exclusive preview. Watch it below! More Here! »

Ed Sheeran Recreates 'Shape of You' Using Classroom Instruments (Video)

Ed Sheeran recreated his song “Shape of You” using only classroom instruments and it’s pretty amazing!

The 26-year-old singer joined Jimmy Fallon and The Roots on the late night show on Monday (February 27) for the epic performance.

PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Ed Sheeran

While Ed sang and picked up a banana-shaped shaker, Jimmy multi-tasked while singing backup vocals, playing a drum and using another shaker!

Ed isn’t the first performer to use classroom instruments to recreate his song! One Direction also took part in the segment a while back!

Check out Ed‘s entire performance below…

One Direction & Ariana Grande Are Fallon's 'Champions'! (Video)

One Direction and Ariana Grande are just two of the celebs featured in The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon‘s amazing “We Are The Champions” A Capella video from the Super Bowl episode!

To kick off the show, Jimmy showed off a fun video he and The Roots made with celebs, in which they sang “We Are the Champions” a capella.

Other music stars featured in the clip are Carrie Underwood, Sam Smith, Blake Shelton, Usher, Meghan Trainor, and Christina Aguilera.

Ariana is also singing on the episode so check back for that!


Jimmy Fallon & Music Superstars Sing ‘We Are The Champions’ A Cappella