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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Entertainment
Andrew Lawrence in Atlanta

‘I’m swaggin’, I’m surfin’: the staying power of the sports anthem loved by Obama, Beyoncé and Taylor Swift

It was no day at the beach when the Kansas City Chiefs played host to Miami Dolphins last month, the temperature at Arrowhead Stadium plunging to a frostbite-inducing -4F (-15.5C). The only thaw came late in the playoff game when the Fast Life Yungstaz (FLY) track Swag Surfin’ filled Arrowhead.

The rap song, a jock jam du jour that is likely to receive plenty of airplay on Super Bowl Sunday, starts off slow and brassy – but once the beat dropped, a rave kicked off that had the 71,492 in attendance swaying and lunging in unison. “I’m swaggin’, I’m surfin’,” goes the sports jingle, “I’m clean like dish detergent.”

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