Cats | Taylor Swift Sings “Macavity” and Gives the Jellicles Catnip

Taylor Swift crashes the Jellicle Ball as Bombalurina to sing "Macavity" in Tom Hooper's 2019 adaptation of Cats, the musical by Andrew Lloyd Weber. As she drugs the Jellicles with catnip, only Macavity (Idris Elba) is left in the running to become Old Deuteronomy's (Judi Dench) Jellicle choice.
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Oscar®-winning director Tom Hooper reimagines Andrew Lloyd Webber's record-shattering musical. Starring James Corden, Judi Dench, Jason Derulo, Idris Elba, Jennifer Hudson, Ian McKellen, Taylor Swift, Rebel Wilson and introducing Royal Ballet principal Francesca Hayward. With a world-class cast of dancers showcasing styles from classical ballet to contemporary, hip-hop to jazz, street dance to tap, this film reimagines the stage musical for a new generation. You will believe in the fun and magic of Cats.
© 2019 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.
Cast: James Corden, Judi Dench, Jason Derulo, Idris Elba, Jennifer Hudson, Ian McKellen, Taylor Swift, Rebel Wilson, Francesca Hayward
Produced By: Debra Hayward, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Tom Hooper
Directed by: Tom Hooper

[@ilyesmaames9795]

Someone said this is what people in bird box saw before they die and i cannot stop thinking about it

[@heniweni655]

HAHAHA

[@graceroy5582]

AHAHAHAHAHAHH 💀💀💀💀

[@Gigipretty64]

🤣🤯🤣

[@cunkjunk]

true

[@michelantoun3399]

Lol

[@thinmints4life]

This is what I imagine theatre kids sleep paralysis demons look like

[@stephenburton8445]

They do and it's horrible.

[@hunterwilder9665]

In addition to Macavity not looking anything like how the lyrics describe him, by not giving him any spots or stripes and making his fur color the same as Idris Elba’s skin color, they’ve made it look like Idris Elba is naked, which is really creepy

[@oranplan1630]

most of the other clothes-less cats dont look naked but somehow they made him seem it

[@carsfan1995]

Idris Elba is a beautiful man… but I’m not into naked men

[@marmis6632]

A ken doll version of naked

[@anneliseturpin4060]

Taylor swift said, “ I loved working on this weird a movie and have no regrets”

[@lavender_wcue122]

Ummm it makes me feel weird? Also, I'm getting a bit suspicious about how it was filmed

[@thedelta4258]

Macavity is a duet sung by Bambalurina and Demeter, the entire song is supposed to be between those two, since Demeter actually had a history with Macavity

[@Mercurio2435]

The solo performance doesn't fit the song at all.

[@jbvader721]

Tomathy Hooper never got that memo.

[@Fallonmoon]

song: "macavity's a ginger cat..." movie: he be brown now"

[@nicholaswarren9309]

I think that they made Macavity have dark fur because the actor who plays him is black.

[@phoenixkh93]

this is the second time Idris Elba has replaced an originally ginger haired character in a film remake

[@lc9245]

@@nicholaswarren9309 Why would cat's fur colour had anything to do with human racial feature. The director just don't give a crap it seems.

[@Mary_Nguyen385]

@@nicholaswarren9309 it shouldn’t matter what there race is. Idk why they did I but Ik it’s not because of that reason

[@BeruBeruIce]

@@Mary_Nguyen385 I mean. Mcavity original makeup has black parts. They could work with that. Since Mcavity seems like a Demonic Cat

[@zelamorre1126]

I love the fact that Universal didn't bother fixing the subtitles for this video, so it just says "My Cavities a mystery cat." Nothing could be more fitting for this movie.

[@jbvader721]

They somehow managed to make Idris Elba unattractive. That should be considered a crime against humanity.

[@geewiz8253]

Oh Lordy Lord I didn’t even realize he was in this 🤦🏼‍♀️

[@jbvader721]

@@geewiz8253 You kind of wish you didn't.

[@Shadowkey392]

Well Macavity isn’t supposed to be attractive.

[@claudiooliveira7856]

Wth? He never was attractive

[@JoeRussellProductions]

HAHAH!

[@b2nka]

I feel so sorry for all the actors and dancers in the movie. They play well, sing good, and dance (and move) perfectly (videos from rehearsals are especially interesting). But strange decisions of producers completely erased all this :(

[@OssamabinKenny]

What decision is that if I may ask?

[@TasMan14PL]

@@OssamabinKenny Long story short, Tom Hooper is a hack who got lucky with Les Miserables. He tried to make a MUSICAL about SINGING CATS more "grounded". He missed the point of CATS and tried to insert some plot while the musical is more about a spectacle than story. Instead of making singers and orchestra go together, he insisted on singers being "the lead", and orchestra just follow their made up rhythm. As the result, singing and music isn't 100% synchronised. Tom also had the great idea of not using CGI suits to not hinder actors, which spiked up the amount of work for Special Effects. Also, what's the point of paying up celebrities, if they're not recognisable in the movie? Let's make character models with human faces and furry (mostly naked) bodies. If you want more detailed answer I recommend you checking out video essays made by Sidenote and Ellis

[@BlueButterfly1134]

İf only the costumes were realistic then it would at least be a watchable movie.

[@lizisverycool8711]

What if the mice had baby faces

[@Mary_Nguyen385]

The mongo jerry and rumple teaser song is literally in 3 4ths when it is supposed to be in 4 4ths.. and also the gumbie cat song is supposed to be slow when it talks about what happens when it’s sleeping and fast when it talks about what’s happening when the gumbie cat when it is awake. But sadly they let the actor have to much freedom so the person who played the gumbie cat did it wrong 😩😩😩 watch the Broadway 🎭 version if you want it to be better because TRUT ME IT IS!

[@FrequentUser99]

Thank you for releasing the only part of the movie I wanted to see

[@ekobudiyanto1197]

Well I dont even know what the movie looks like can u tell me plz the name of the movie?

[@ChloeIHill]

@@ekobudiyanto1197 cats...

[@TuanAnhNguyen-dk9qb]

Eko Budiyanto swwwwwwqawqqqqqq

[@illicitaffairkid]

😂😂

[@newglappy2389]

May I introduce you to a friend I like to call... Skimbleshanks

[@westrim]

Everyone: 2020 is terrible! Universal: Remember, 2019 wasn't exactly top notch either.

[@frankiegrandegivesmenightm7432]

LMFAOOO U DID NOT-

[@yorktown99]

Together with "Rise of Skywalker", this was a taste of 2020 to come.

[@jbvader721]

​@@yorktown99 And those two trashfires came out on the same weekend.

[@kiwi6421]

​@@jbvader721Didn't Frozen 2 come out at that time too?

[@jbvader721]

@@kiwi6421 Indeed it did. And Terminator Dark Fate. The finale of Game of Thrones. Wow. 2019 was just a year for crappy finales.

[@mercedesroberts4680]

you gotta hand it to taylor, she didnt do half bad with the first half of the song considering its meant to be a duet.

[@atunrandom7765]

No, you're not tripping. That's actually the title.

[@jssolan5207]

I think this would be better as a cartoony cgi film.

[@breadong]

IKR, if they wanted live version then they should have added more CGI and fur, cartoon fits well if the movie is directed for kids

[@jssolan5207]

I mean like Tom and Jerry type of cartoon. That style blends realism and surreal

[@lauraconnor9014]

Or just have the actors wear like cat ears

[@marallenrondez2606]

Fun fact: Amblimation, former subsidiary of Amblin Entertainment for animated films, actually pitched an idea for Cats as an animated musical. It was unfortunately scrapped due to its 3 films not selling as intended. They filed bankruptcy by 1997 and all of the animation staff proceeded to join Dreamworks

[@joyflameball]

They should have done the same thing they did with the Sonic movie - up the cartooniness and edge away from the realisticness without making it look too cartoony.

[@thedarkknight9634]

*Now watch a Cat fight between Likes and Dislikes*

[@byronkingsley7187]

*claps once with a straight face*

[@annsh.6487]

Mr Mistofelees is just so hilarious to me in this. I'm not a huge nerd about cats, but dear god, it's like he becomes such a simp under catnip

[@TheHealerIzAwesome]

That made me so uncomfortable! It was just so weird how borderline sexual he gets on catnip

[@zebrafish7267]

"He's broken every human law." ...So I guess this mean's he's committed tax fraud?

[@mrblank-zh1xy]

He's also a drug trafficker

[@sigmascrub]

and lead a cow while drunk in the UK

[@TheHealerIzAwesome]

He released Coronavirus.

[@the_cheese_herald1015]

He sold a metal coffin ittaly

[@TheHealerIzAwesome]

He brought a lion to the theatre in Baltimore.

[@williamcatterall790]

Bruh how do they know if it’s macavity if he’s never at the crime scene 💀

[@untitledjunk03]

*”No. Just... no.”* - Ian Malcom, 1997.

[@leandropereirabs]

JURASSIC PARK

[@matthd1139]

That’s the funniest thing I’ve ever heard. The movie was actually good. I think most people didn’t give it a chance. Very tragic.

[@krust4821]

@@matthd1139 your taste in movies is honestly awful then, how can anyone think this was even remotely good, even the original playwright came out and said it was bad

[@abdimot]

@@krust4821 Let me just introduce you to opinions.

[@MR-07X06]

@@abdimot opinions don't matter when it comes to this movie it is just horrible

[@kassandraconk1763]

Well, Macavity is clearly a ginger cat

[@keeks437]

cops

[@PrincessSixThirteen]

And very tall and thin

[@nohopeorhoes]

The performance and execution was really good WHILE ONLY HEARING THE AUDIO.

[@Whole_Note]

What part of ginger cat did they not understand?

[@missawndr3395]

I hate it but also her scene had the most energy

[@FightingIncorrectStereotypes]

Ahem SKIMBLESHANKS!!

[@zellelietta1553]

Nope

[@frankiegrandegivesmenightm7432]

@@zellelietta1553 she popped off and i forgot this had bad creepy cgi for a sec

[@jmie5]

Uh, no. Her forced-drug, fake-accent, lame crooning scene had hardly any energy. Skimbleshanks had ALL the energy and was actually on-beat. Go watch Skimbleshanks the Railway Cat.

[@frankiegrandegivesmenightm7432]

@@jmie5 wtf is a skimbleshanks

[@EntertainmentFan11]

No offense to all Swifties, but she was wasting her time in this movie.

[@dylanlexianoaurian8908]

what do u mean by that

[@syafiqjabar]

She gets to become a cat. It's basically her dream.

[@EntertainmentFan11]

@@dylanlexianoaurian8908 A big star like T-Swift in a terrible movie adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Cats"? Better off in a more worthy film adaptation of it, if you ask me.

[@audrab27]

She's horrible I'll say it

[@donyanadi3546]

Audra Baldwin you are horrible for disrespecting our artist of the decade. How would she have known that they can’t make a good cgi lol

[@mellinatre1149]

well I didn't disliked it like I was prepared to...also the song is really really good, loved the sassiness

[@1029blue]

Yeah, it's just hip to hate the movie. I thought it wasn't that bad, and I don't even like musicals.

[@mariposa9734]

@@1029blue Its not terrible if you haven’t seen the original musical, but most have, and the OG musical is much better than this.

[@thecinematicmind]

What a incredible trainwreck.

[@thequeenofnightmares1147]

This is why aliens don't come and visit Earth

[@ashton5126]

I just wanna know how high the writers were

Finally a good video to play on a loop for my cats.

[@jgreg3596]

Hehehehe.... wha.... wha... what am I watching? I mean I’ve heard many things about this movie, but is another experience to even watch just an actual scene uncut.

[@Broadwaygirl918]

4:10 - 4:20 the way he makes his appearance in his own musical number is so darn awesome

[@OrochiShiki]

Not gonna lie I wasn't expecting that.

[@laurencamila9024]

he shows up naked quite literally riding a cat's head but sure go ahead

[@Oddf0x]

I had to read the title 4 times ro make sure I wasn't going insane wtffff

[@s.g.7572]

Interestingly, I think this is the song most let down by its visuals, because its mixing and pacing is actually pretty spot on. Songs like Bustopher Jones or Jennyanydots were never going to work because the people making the songs were just not the right people, but here, it speeds up and slows down when it's meant to, the correct emphasis is placed, Macavity comes in at the right time and tbh the decision to make Bombalurina a full-on henchwoman is a pretty solid one. But my _god_ it is just impossible to take seriously when you look at how awful everyone looks!

[@franziskasanders3943]

I don't know... Nothing against TS but this version (if we let out the visual debate) is worse than the 1998 version. The song has much more power and is without Macavity (in the musical he is more a legend to the cats). But it's only my opinion so nothing against you.

[@pauleckert4321]

If 2020 was a movie this would be it.

[@paolochang4142]

I came here just because i'm a swiftie I'm actually glad i did'nt have to watch the rest of the movie,and i'm not joking when i say that seeing my favourite singer ever in a "furry" mode, gives me mixed feelings XD Anyway,thank you Taylor for existing,now i'll go back to your "normal" masterpieces

[@chasehedges6775]

CATS 2019: THE NEW NUTCRACKER IN 3D. EDIT: Francesca Hayward did a good job and gave a good performance. Everyone else was terrible.

[@ThePrinceofHisOwnKingdom]

@Klaudia James Corden. Him and Rebel.

[@howai4204]

Yo don’t do skimble dirty like thattttt

[@graaaaaaaaaaaaaaace]

This song isn't the same without Demeter :(.

[@woodwindsrock]

Tayler Swift was like "If Rebel Wilson interrupts my number I will commit murder" and that's why Wilson gets kidnapped.

[@txb256busuu8]

i jusy want to say Taylor swift acted fantastic

[@sirkewbic5583]

A chance you guys post that 10 minutes long dancing scene with the Jellicle Cats at the Jellicle Ball?

[@channingbloom7125]

For all up and coming filmmakers out there, if there’s anything that you can take from this “movie” it’s that you can have quite literally ALL of the tools to succeed and you can still make a bad movie. Or in worst case scenario, something like this.

[@melissarobertson1190]

As a person who loves cats (the animal) this movie is just horrifying

[@The_Demolition_Icon]

"Macavity is a ginger cat. He's very tall and thin." Just for once, people who make movies pay attention to your source material. I mean, she said it in the song , and they still couldn't get it right.

[@TheDreamsMaster08]

o h my god the grey cat at 4:00 is meant to be Griddlebone. What did they do to her. I was upset enough with what happened to Growltiger, and now this

[@keeks437]

I totally agree!!! enraged

[@keeks437]

ur so right bestie

[@okdude8053]

3:45 you can see the edge of the green suit on her hands

[@Fenris30]

They were wearing green screen suits they were in Mocap suits so they could be layered in fur. It was basically like Rotoscoped Animation except with CGI instead of a drawing.

[@donpedronni6625]

This thing is awsome

[@kevinh1750]

Hey, we didn’t want this

[@raptortodd]

I dont think even furries wanted this..

[@yanamico1435]

Shut up

[@liliththerat8124]

I wanted this I think the cats are quite cute.

[@cooler575]

i dont get it how someone can watch this.

[@bishlord9064]

I thought we were over this movie don't bring it up

[@AClockworkKitten]

Why did you remind us of this?

[@KoyukiMinakato]

"my cavities"

[@SK-sv4ec]

Say all you way about the movie but Memory , beautiful ghosts and mecavity are beautiful songs

[@darthilli]

Sorry no, all Ruined by crap musical direction, macavity is a duet! Jennifer Hudson is over rated!

[@entirelybonkers8832]

This scene is like a horror movie it’s honestly so scary lmao

[@lilianarene836]

hm im not sure the creators of this movie understand what the word ginger means but go off i guess

[@Gmoviesmoothie]

This must be what having a bad drug trip feels like

[@xlokoh8219]

Wait, this is real?

[@kunsmaster]

y’all imagine if she does this at the eras tour as a SUPRISE song OR EVEN WORSE, repuation Taylor’s Version 💚💛💜♥️💙🖤💓🤍🤎💙

[@omgsquad8537]

That’s five minutes and 30 seconds of my life I will never get back -=-

[@rebeccadennen7063]

Taylor Swift is originally from the town that’s next to my town where I live ,our hometown jelicle

[@jordanpodoll1526]

You know you fucked up when you somehow make Idris "Sexiest Man Alive" Elba unappealing.

[@jbvader721]

Tom Hooper should be punished for crimes against humanity for that.

[@TurbhoeHDRemix]

I legitimately enjoyed this

[@dylanmcartoonell1536]

The lyrics describe him as a “ginger cat” but they didn’t make Idris Elba that color. Boy I really hope somebody got fired for that blunder.

[@Phobie_2008]

I kinda feel bad for the actors & actresses in this movie, they tried their very best, but the CGI fucked them over, if they didn’t look like monsters, I think this would’ve been a lot better.

[@ell3nnm]

My favourite song in cats yes it's like u read my mind thank u for this

[@arandompersonintheplanet2285]

I'm still wondering why this wasn't a duet like in the theatre version WHERE'S DEMETER

[@jmie5]

"Gives" them catnip? It's flat-out drugging and kidnapping, lmao.

[@joveo12]

They made the cats go high

[@laurencamila9024]

At least it's on time. At this point it's bare minimum but that's all we get

[@jaronbryant4410]

We wanna be in a movie called Tenaha Tigers Go to Football Season

[@misse2802]

Is that cat is wearing freaking high heels??

[@damiangame10x]

Hola, mi nombre es damian, pues estoy seguro y busque en Internet cuando sale la vida secreta de tus mascotas 3 y va a salir en el 2022 1 de junio o el 31 de agosto, espero que lo saquén, pues espero ver y quiero con todo mi corazón, que salga el beso de max y gidget, y una pareja de snowball y dacy, pues espero que lo saquén y tengo confianza en que va a salir o que lo adelanten para el 2021

[@etherealethan]

Emma Watson's cat makeup in Harry Potter was a whole lot better than this movie cgi effects. They should make their human faces more cat-like. Above all, Taylor was brilliant.

[@raptortodd]

Well now I'll have nightmares

[@blackoutnow]

So, Black Panther is in Cats?

[@FCHenchy]

So yall will put the name of the lead into the name of the video for the number that I can't understand without closed captions (whisper singing was not balanced right in post). BUT, for the best segment of the movie, the lead can't even make it into the video description.

[@FCHenchy]

That's when the CC is even available. Based off the mistakes it makes, I have to guess they used some auto program instead of copy-pasting the lyrics that Universal must have saved somewhere.

[@captaintophat9691]

the closed captioning is hysterical

[@diaryofyasmina15]

Мы поём эту песню на днях заняли главный приз 🙂

[@beetlebug3584]

the only good part of this whole movie is miss taylor 💅🏼

[@letstalkabout778]

Why is Taylor Swift in this?! I just don't think this fits her. Then again this movie was bat shit weird and bad

[@karla7186]

@noided she is the artist of the decade so try again 💀

[@yanamico1435]

no ur Bad shit

[@yanamico1435]

no ur Bad shit

[@roydadula8132]

KZbin notifies me and brought me here.

[@brandondavis6722]

Ok here is my theory about macavity: Macavity is a magic cat and wants to go to the heavyside layer so he can be reborn. And the reason he wants it so bad is because cats have nine lives. And Macavity is on his last life (assuming he has died eight times but has been brought back with his powers). Macavity will stop at nothing to get what he wants. And the reason his powers started fading during the end of the movie is because Macavity has run out of time. Macavity will probably starve, dehydrate, and eventually he will die. Even if he tried jumping he would die. Because I’ve never seen a cat that can jump from that high. But if Macavity does survive. I could see him still trying to get to the heavyside layer. While also trying to regain his powers.

[@keeks437]

hey thats my theory about macavity you their ! Ok here is my theory about macavity: Macavity is a magic cat and wants to go to the heavyside layer so he can be reborn. And the reason he wants it so bad is because cats have nine lives. And Macavity is on his last life (assuming he has died eight times but has been brought back with his powers). Macavity will stop at nothing to get what he wants. And the reason his powers started fading during the end of the movie is because Macavity has run out of time. Macavity will probably starve, dehydrate, and eventually he will die. Even if he tried jumping he would die. Because I’ve never seen a cat that can jump from that high. But if Macavity does survive. I could see him still trying to get to the heavyside layer. While also trying to regain his powers.

[@brg9327]

Hahaha this comment section is gonna be fun. Ah fuck it. I actually enjoyed this song. There i said it.

[@electrathejelliclekitten8063]

Aww. I feel like im the only person who loves this movie...i feel lonely.

[@jssolan5207]

Everything but the live action is amazing, but I would like this movie to be a cgi film, then, you would LOVE it.

[@davendavid]

I love this movie too. I think that the movie is amazing

[@electrathejelliclekitten8063]

@@davendavid Yeah! This is what brought me into The fandom.

[@bxs361]

No, I love it too! It's hella weird and the cgi is objectively terrible, but the musical was already weird and campy as hell, so it just adds to the entertainment value. Plus, the music is is genuinely awesome.

[@emmanslis9527]

Im here

[@jackrodakthemovieguy1726]

how does this have more likes than dislikes?

[@donyanadi3546]

Jack Rodak the movie guy duh because it’s Taylor Swift

[@damiangame10x]

Hello, my name is Damian, well I am sure and I look on the Internet when the secret life of your pets 3 comes out and it will come out in 2022 June 1 or August 31, I hope you get it out, because I hope to see and I want with all my heart, that the kiss of max and gidget comes out, and a couple of snowball and dacy, because I hope they take it out and I have confidence that it will come out or that they advance it for 2021

[@fairyland_studios]

Im trying to search this on yt-

[@milhouse14]

Sans the horrible visual effects, it is not a bad movie

[@johnlopez611]

FANTASTIC SOUND AND VOICE !!!!!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@mirrorball_]

surprisingly, this was the only part of the movie that i enjoyed and jennifer hudson's parts

[@josephwilliams6602]

The only good thing about this movie is the songs not the full on musical numbers but the soundtrack just only without the scenes. But as someone who loves movies I have seen the entire movie yes it not good but I would not use the word awful because it was attempted and we all should respect everyone who work on this I know I know it is bad to many of you I can understand. Remember this movie is not for everyone and I definitely noticed by the end of the film I’m not revisiting this movie for a long time.

[@darylleblanc8865]

Oh my God oh my God if you guys like Taylor Swift she played in this movie

[@RizkymArifin]

Olivia & Merderith Left the chat

[@michelantoun3399]

This is the demon in my nightmares

[@reubenalfredsaggar4504]

My dentist: MA CAVITY

[@Broadwaygirl918]

😂

[@Awesomechairman]

It feels like I did lots of drugs and and I overdosed and this is hell

[@mathewhayes6840]

Holy crap watching a minute of that made my eyes bleed

[@grahamross6397]

Idris? They'd better pay you LOADS for that.

[@ShadowoftheShades]

Well...I'm now officially not interested in seeing this movie. I don't know if it's because I loved the '98 stage film so much or what...but yeah...this might be the first movie musical that I may try to avoid. If it hits Netflix or Hulu, I might check it out. But I'm not going out of my way to put money towards this. 🤢

[@beril9169]

this is weird af AND IM A SWIFTIE

[@ThatWrestlingHound]

Honestly... it was better then Rise Of Skywalker.

[@Dingo-wk5ed]

Nah this was worse. TROS was just more annoying

[@jbvader721]

Both are horrible. Two of the worst movies of 2019. And I still can't get over the fact that those two trashfires came out on the same freaking weekend.

[@slashine1071]

You're allowed to have an opinion, though i think rise of skywalker is bettet since it doesn't make you want to throw up while watching it.

[@jbvader721]

@@slashine1071 Maybe. But, TROS is responsible for giving me arthritis in my middle fingers from flipping off the screen too many times.

[@girlscarf]

jeez this is my first time seeing a clip of the film.. taylor sings well but this is soooo weird