Taylor Swift and Paul McCartney Play ‘Shake It Off’ at Epic SNL Afterparty

By William Twiddlesmith February 17, 2015

This just proves stars have much better lives than you. The whole SNL 40th anniversary went down. In addition to record-setting ratings, stars gathered for a decent tribute show and an afterparty that sounds epic. JImmy Fallon recounted the whole thing on The Tonight Show. A 9-minute retelling mind you.

Probably the highlight was Taylor Swift and Paul McCartney jamming on “Shake It Off”. Jimmy Fallon also sang onstage with them. Why? Who knows. Probably because his nice guy shtick doesn’t offend any fragile celebrity egos.

#SNL #afterparty #SNL40 #TaylorSwift #PaulMcCartney #jimmyfallon #plaza http://t.co/D0TA3NtSVg pic.twitter.com/w0Z04HXstY

— Average Socialite (@AvgSocialite) February 16, 2015

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJVA7t8nRb4

Shake it off with Taylor paul and jimmy. #snl40

A post shared by djcassidy (@djcassidy) on Feb 16, 2015 at 1:35am PST

Spontaneous moments like this are what keep me falling back in love with music over and over again. @paulmccartney @jimmyfallon

A post shared by Taylor Swift (@taylorswift) on Feb 16, 2015 at 5:50pm PST

Someone needed to put that mic stand up a little. Swift’s leaning over the mic stand like she’s got a bad case of kyphosis. That’s hunchback for the non-medically inclined out there.

And while they’re at it, why not jam on “I Saw Her Standing There”.

A post shared by Danielle Flora (@danielle.flora) on Feb 15, 2015 at 11:04pm PST

An evening that probably far surpassed your tv-dinner eating Sunday night.

Oh, and Prince also got onstage and showed everyone why he’s king. Or, umm…Prince.

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And Bill Murray standing to the side, nonchalantly playing a tambourine. Just cause…

Bill Murray casually on tambo. #snl40

A post shared by djcassidy (@djcassidy) on Feb 16, 2015 at 1:36am PST

Wasn’t that exciting? Now go back to your dull ass life while the celebrities do blow, have sex with each other and make millions of dollars. Happy Tuesday!