Taylor Swift fans are rallying around an American Idol reject who appeared in two of the superstar’s music videos.
Presley Cash auditioned for the long-running competition series this season, though the reality show never aired her performance—just a brief clip of her giving the judges her skeleton gloves.
The singer took to TikTok after the episode aired earlier this week with a few photographs of her standing in front of the judges, set to Swift’s “Mean,” which was the first music video Cash, 27, starred in. She later returned, alongside Joey King, to star in the video for “I Can See You.”
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“American Idol told me I can’t sing…” Cash wrote over the first photo before it switched to a close-up of her wrist clad in a gold Tortured Poets Department bracelet and a beaded “Mean” friendship bracelet. “But Taylor gave me this Tortured Poets Department Bracelet And after my little trip to Nashville… I am more tortured and poetic than EVER‼️”
“Lionel, Luke and especially Carrie I hope you enjoy the Skeleton gloves!!!!!! 🙃🙃🙃,” she added in the caption.
@hellomynameispresleycash Lionel, Luke and especially Carrie I hope you enjoy the Skeleton gloves!!!!!! 🙃🙃🙃 #fyp #fyppage #fypage #foryoupage #AmericanIdol #carrieunderwood #lukebryan #lionelrichie #presleycash #mean #nashville #skeletongloves #taylorswift #meantaylorsversion #icsy #icanseeyoutaylorsversion #thetorturedpoetsdepartment #ttpd #spooky #spookyaesthetic #Halloween #halloweenforever #spookyszn #taylorsversion #getawaydriver #mentalhealthmatters #mentalhealth #lavameguitar #girlswithguitars #midwestprincess #chappellroan #showmestate #swifties #swiftietok #swiftietiktok #erastour #speaknowtv #speaknowtaylorsversion #meanmusicvideo #chippycheddargirl #karmaisacat
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Swifties were more than supportive in her comment section, with one paraphrasing lyrics from “Mean” to remind her, “mind you the biggest pop star in the world was told ‘you can’t sing’.”
“Think about all the amazing people they passed on…take that and use it as fuel. You’ve got this!” someone else encouraged, while another called out names like Bebe Rexha, Maren Morris, Colbie Caillat, and Kane Brown, among others, as former rejects of the famed competition.
“if i was in two taylor swift music videos i wouldn’t gaf who tells me what anymore,” someone else pointed out.
“none of them can say they have been on the eras tour stage so there’s that!” another cheered her on, pointing to the concert where she, King, and Taylor Lautner all made a surprise appearance on stage.
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