{"id":416285,"date":"2026-02-09T14:33:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T14:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/416285\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T14:33:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T14:33:14","slug":"elmo-beefing-with-taylor-swift-over-opalite-music-video-baffles-x-twitter-users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/416285\/","title":{"rendered":"Elmo \u2018beefing\u2019 with Taylor Swift over \u2018Opalite\u2019 music video baffles X\/Twitter users"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pop icon Taylor Swift\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/indy100.com\/topic\/the-life-of-a-showgirl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Life of a Showgirl<\/a> era continued on Friday (6 February), when she released the music video for album single &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/indy100.com\/topic\/opalite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Opalite<\/a>&#8216; on Apple Music and Spotify (it\u2019ll land on YouTube on Sunday).<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the video featuring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/music\/news\/taylor-swift-opalite-music-video-graham-norton-b2915819.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">a Graham Norton Show-based easter egg<\/a> involving the likes of Lewis Capaldi, Cillian Murphy and Domhnall Gleeson, it also included <a href=\"http:\/\/indy100.com\/topic\/taylor-swift\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Swift<\/a> having a close friendship with a rock, which hasn\u2019t left beloved <a href=\"http:\/\/indy100.com\/topic\/sesame-street\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sesame Street<\/a> character <a href=\"http:\/\/indy100.com\/topic\/elmo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Elmo<\/a> all that pleased.<\/p>\n<p>Taking to social media following the video\u2019s release, Elmo wrote: \u201cMs. Taylor Swift\u2026 you have got to be kidding Elmo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And for those not familiar with some key Elmo lore, the tweet saw them brand the situation \u201cvagueposting\u201d:<\/p>\n<p>One Swiftie asked: \u201cWhat did she do?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And another fan account warning the children\u2019s character to \u201cbe careful\u201d:<\/p>\n<p>The necessary context is that Elmo has long had a grudge against a pet rock called Rocco, belonging to fellow Sesame Street character Zoe:<\/p>\n<p>One user wondered when Elmo and Rocco would form a friendship like Swift\u2019s:<\/p>\n<p>Another sided with the puppet and said Rocco featuring \u201cbefore Elmo just feels wrong\u201d:<\/p>\n<p>But one commenter pointed out that with the video ending with Swift ditching the rock to form a new friendship with Gleeson\u2019s character, \u201cthe whole video is a rocco diss track\u201d:<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not the first time that Elmo has caused a social media stir, what with him <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indy100.com\/viral\/elmo-question-trending-meme-trauma#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">receiving a barrage of responses<\/a> when he asked how everyone on the internet was doing in 2024, and his X\/Twitter account being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indy100.com\/celebrities\/elmo-hacked-donald-trump-epstein-files#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">taken over by hackers<\/a> in July last year.<\/p>\n<p>Why not read\u2026?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/newsletters?itm_channel=native&amp;itm_campaign=footer&amp;itm_audience=prospecting&amp;itm_content=newsletters\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up<\/a> to our free Indy100 weekly newsletter<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indy100.com\/news\/indy100-news-updates-whatsapp-channel\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">How to join<\/a> the indy100&#8217;s free WhatsApp channel<\/p>\n<p>Have your say in our news democracy. 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