Was this officer's Taylor Swift lip sync truly spontaneous, as the video's introduction suggests? Can its seated star really said to be dancing, as numerous media outlets have claimed?

"Shake It Off," the Taylor Swift song you use as your wakeup alarm, listen to while you brush your teeth, and then hear twice on the radio during your commute, matches up perfectly with this footage from the 1988 Crystal Light aerobic championship (a real event featuring Alan Thicke that probably took place in your…

Watching the video for Taylor Swift's new single "Shake it Off" for the first time—like seemingly any pop video in 2014—feels kind of like a waiting game: Okay, this is nice and all, but when does the twerking start?