
Swifties would love to take a picture of famous American singer Taylor Swift whenever the chance arises.
When they saw her among the crowd in the National Football League game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Pittsburgh Steelers in Pennsylvania, United States on Christmas Day, social media was abuzzed with posts about seeing the “Shake It Off” singer.
Netizens described her as sitting in a private box wearing a white cardigan and her signature red lip, US Magazine reports. They were wrong though as it was not Swift herself but her lookalike named Olivia.
Nevertheless, Olivia relished the short-lived fame as videos of her went viral on social media. After the game, Olivia posted a video on her TikTok page thanking those who mistook her for the superstar.
“I’m sorry to the people that thought I was Taylor Swift, but yeah, everyone was like, ‘Is that Taylor Swift in the white sweater?’ It was me,” Olivia added, according to US Magazine.
While Olivia resembles Swift, representations of Mandarin pop singer Jay Chou from Taiwan are quite different.
Chinese scientist, Tongren University professor, and Chou fan Mi Xiaoqi named 16 of his discoveries after the Mandopop artist’s songs.
Mi’s scientific paper — published in the academic journal Zoological Research: Diversity and Conservation in December — was posted by other Chou fans on Chinese social media and is going viral as it mentioned 16 new species of spiders he discovered in Yunnan, China bearing the Chinese translation of the titles of Chou’s hit songs.
Among them are Cyclosa xingqing sp. nov. (“Starry Mood spider”), Cyclosa longquan sp. nov. (“Dragon Fist spider”), Pengaraneus qingtian sp. nov. (“Rainbow spider”), Cyclosa jielun sp. nov. (“Excuse spider”) and Cyclosa mimian sp. nov. (“Secret Code spider”).
“Xing Qing” or “Starry Mood” is a hit love song from 45-year-old Chou’s debut album “Jay” released in 2000, yahoo!news reports.
Chou’s 2002 love song “Secret Code” featured on his acclaimed album “The Eight Dimensions,” according to yahoo!news.
The names of the other new species of arachnids bearing the title of Chou’s songs are Guizygiella huahai sp. nov., Neoscona piaoyi sp. nov., Neoscona wuding sp. nov., Poltys waipo sp. nov., Songaraneus jiekou sp. nov., Songaraneus tuihou sp. nov., Tangaraneus geqian sp. nov., Wangaraneus yequ sp. nov., Yinaraneus anhao sp. nov., Yinaraneus caihong sp. nov. and Zhuaraneus daoxiang sp. nov.
“Naming spiders after Jay Chou’s songs brings scientific research closer to the public. I hope more people will pay attention to scientific research and support ecological protection,” Mi told Xinhua.