Taylor Swift gives a royal shout-out to self-proclaimed ‘King Swiftie’ Flavor Flav during her concert in Germany

Taylor Swift gave longtime fan Flavor Flav a warm shout-out during her rainy concert in Hamburg, Germany on Tuesday.

The Down Bad hitmaker, 34, noticed the hip-hop legend, 65, in one of the VIP boxes at the end of her show, as she was saying goodbye to the crowd. 

In a clip shared by the Public Enemy rapper on his Twitter, the singer can be seen pointing in his direction and mouthing, ‘FLAVOR FLAV!’ 

The Flavor of Love star — who’s in Europe for the upcoming 2024 Paris Olympics — shared the video writing, ‘It’s the guy from Public Enemy, also known as KING SWIFTIE, Coming straight to Germany to see me,!!! Shout out back to @taylorswift13 @taylornation13 and her team and family for having me,!!!’

In another clip shared by the musician, he was seen at the show proudly holding a ‘King Swiftie’ banner.

Taylor Swift, 34, gave Flavor Flav, 65, a warm shout-out during her rainy concert in Hamburg, Germany on Tuesday, in a video shared on his Twitter 

The singer can be seen pointing in his direction and mouthing, 'FLAVOR FLAV!' The musician also shared another clip proudly holding a 'King Swiftie' banner

The singer can be seen pointing in his direction and mouthing, ‘FLAVOR FLAV!’ The musician also shared another clip proudly holding a ‘King Swiftie’ banner

‘Ya boy appreciates the love and everything every Swiftie as ever given or sent me,’ he wrote in the caption.

He also shared a clip of himself inside of a spacious limousine on his way to the show. 

‘I am in Hamburg, on my way to see my girl Taylor Swift, who got the gift. On my way baby!’ he said in the video.

The rapper rocked a white and blue t-shirt with a matching hat and white rim sunglasses.

He also sported his signature bedazzled clock chain with, featuring a USA logo.

Taylor has another show in Hamburg on Wednesday, the 24th. She will then move on to Munich, with concerts at the Olympiastadion on July 27th and 28th. 

In February, the musician discussed meeting with Taylor at the 2024 Grammy Awards ceremony.

While the Fight The Power star has showed his support for the pop superstar over the years by attending a number of her events, he was able to ‘get some Taylor time’ at the Grammys, and shared what they talked about.

‘The discussion [at the Grammys] was about me congratulating her on all her success. And me being a big fan of hers, a big supporter of hers. Having her acknowledge that her fan base “Swifties” gave me a name, “King Swiftie,”‘ Flav told People.

He also shared a clip of himself inside of a spacious limousine on his way to the show. 'I am in Hamburg, on my way to see my girl Taylor Swift, who got the gift. On my way baby!' he said

He also shared a clip of himself inside of a spacious limousine on his way to the show. ‘I am in Hamburg, on my way to see my girl Taylor Swift, who got the gift. On my way baby!’ he said 

The Flavor of Love star wrote in the caption, 'Shout out back to @taylorswift13 @taylornation13 and her team and family for having me!!!'

The Flavor of Love star wrote in the caption, ‘Shout out back to @taylorswift13 @taylornation13 and her team and family for having me!!!’

'Ya boy appreciates the love and everything every Swiftie as ever given or sent me,' he wrote on the second clip

‘Ya boy appreciates the love and everything every Swiftie as ever given or sent me,’ he wrote on the second clip

Taylor has another show in Hamburg on Wednesday, the 24th. She will then move on to Munich, with concerts at the Olympiastadion on July 27th and 28th; seen at her Tuesday show

Taylor has another show in Hamburg on Wednesday, the 24th. She will then move on to Munich, with concerts at the Olympiastadion on July 27th and 28th; seen at her Tuesday show

‘I said, “You know they call me King Switfie?” She said, “I know!” Yo, when I heard her say that, that was huge for me.’

The Roosevelt, New York native first met Swift at the 2023 iHeartRadio Music last March, and then he made a point of attending multiple shows on her Eras Tour last year.

He first attended her show in Detroit in early June and then went to her concert at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles in August.

Flav (born William Jonathan Drayton Jr.) even went to the movie premiere in Los Angeles back in October.

During an interview with HOT 97’s Ebro in the Morning, Flavor Flav made his first declaration about being a ‘King Swiftie.’

‘Yes, I am a Swiftie,’ Flav said. ‘Not only that, but I got a new name now: ‘King Swiftie.”‘

The Harder Than You Think MC has even gone as far as to reveal that his favorite song of the Lover singer’s is Bad Blood.

‘I mean, that’s [about] everybody’s relationships, or everybody’s families, or everybody’s friendships, it’s like, you know, ‘I used to be good friends, now you did something to me, now we got bad blood, look what you’ve done!’ ” he explained.

In February the musician discussed meeting with Taylor at the 2024 Grammy Awards ceremony

In February the musician discussed meeting with Taylor at the 2024 Grammy Awards ceremony

'The discussion [at the Grammys] was about me congratulating her on all her success. And me being a big fan of hers, a big supporter of hers. Having her acknowledge that her fan base "Swifties" gave me a name, "King Swiftie,"' Flav told People

‘The discussion [at the Grammys] was about me congratulating her on all her success. And me being a big fan of hers, a big supporter of hers. Having her acknowledge that her fan base “Swifties” gave me a name, “King Swiftie,”‘ Flav told People

He first met Swift at the 2023 iHeartRadio Music last March (pictured), and then made a point of attending multiple shows on her Eras Tour last year

He first met Swift at the 2023 iHeartRadio Music last March (pictured), and then made a point of attending multiple shows on her Eras Tour last year

Flav shared how he had ‘always been a big fan of her music’ following his initial meeting with the Shake It Off singer-songwriter.

The legendary rapper has even been seen out at special events wearing official Taylor merchandise.

When he attended the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in November he rocked a 1989 (Taylor’s Version)-themed cardigan.

During a conversation with a journalist with People, Flav confessed Swift’s ability to connect with her storytelling is just one of the reasons for his fandom.

He went on share how ‘every lyric that she spits out relates to life.’



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