What Would Happen If You Just Call Taylor Up

About

What Would Happen If You Just Called Taylor Up is a catchphrase from a TikTok trend where people parody how they think their parents sound when they speak about talking to famous or important people in a casual manner. The line was originally delivered by Kris Jenner to Kim Kardashian in the 12th season of the reality show Keeping Up With The Kardashians in reference to the controversies surrounding Taylor Swift and Kanye West's 2016 track "Famous."

Origin

On July 17th, 2016, episode 11 of season 12 of the reality show Keeping Up With The Kardashians aired on E!, and featured a conversation between Kris Jenner and Kim Kardashian where they discussed the ongoing conflict between Kanye West and Taylor Swift. In the episode, Kris Jenner is seen urging Kim to call Taylor and mediate the conflict between Ye and Swift. "What would happen if you just called Taylor up and ask what happened, how did this go so South?" Kris said. “This is what I don’t understand. Because I really do like her and I like her team, and I like her mom. I don’t understand what made her flip so quickly.”

The scene can be accessed via upload to TikTok^[1] by user @onlvngel on August 6th, 2021. The post has gathered nearly 1 million views and over 70,000 likes in a year (seen below).

On March 28th, 2022, TikToker^[2] @nat_doll posted a video using the audio from the aforementioned video, alongside a text overlay that read, "POV: Your parents trying to get you to reach out to that one friend they hyperfixate on but you were never that close with." The post gathered over 300,000 views and 80,000 likes in nearly six months (seen below, left) April 10th, TikToker^[3] @firastopher posted a video using the audio from the aforementioned clip, with a text overlay that read, "My parents telling me to walk into random offices and just 'hand them my résumé'." The post gathered over 1 million plays and 170,000 likes in nearly six months (seen below, right).

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The trend soon went viral, with several other TikTokers using the sound to talk about their parent's bizarre ideas about who they should communicate with.

On April 12th, 2022, TikToker^[4] @hhhailey.bbbailey posted a video using the audio and a text overlay that read, "My grandma in 2017 telling me I just needed to go to Harry Styles' concert and tell him my real feelings and that would make him fall in love with me." The post gathered over 400,000 plays and 130,000 likes in nearly six months (seen below, left). Also on April 12th, TikToker^[5] @littlejillytiktokgirl posted a video using the audio and a text overlay that read, "My mom telling me to just email the CEO of a company and ask for a job." The post gathered over 500,000 plays and 60,000 likes in nearly six months (seen below, right).

On April 13th, 2022, TikToker^[6] @maggotzzz posted a video using the audio and a text overlay about meeting Noah Schnapp at a concert. The post gathered over 2.4 million plays and 500,000 likes in nearly six months (seen below, left). On April 14th, TikToker^[7] @poopsock109 posted a video using the audio and a text overlay that read, "My mom telling me to just dm Gigi Hadid to ask if I can borrow her 2018 Met Gala dress for prom." The post gathered over 2.7 million plays and 600,000 likes in nearly six months (seen below, right).

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