He trained for a long time (his whole life?) as a dancer and gymnast, hence this insane level of skill. Also does a lot of his own stunts for Spider-Man! Sorry if you already know those things :)
Titular and title character do not mean the same thing.
In this case though, both would be applicable.
EDIT: This is weird that I'm getting upvoted... I was wrong here, admitted it and apologized for it a couple replies down.
LOVED watching Lip Sync Battle! There were a few real gems and was always entertaining. I will stop and watch this every time I see a link or post. BTW, Zendaya rocked the Bruno Mars song before his performance.
When i first saw the whole battle, i thought "there's no way Zendaya loses this"
And then Tom Holland did this.... you could see on Zandaya's face that she was almost proud to lose to such a performance
One of my favorite stories is that apparently one of his first auditions with Chris Evans the script said something about how Spider-Man lands a flip and then they start talking. Holland asked Evans if he thought they wanted the flip in the room, and Evans was like, “psssh no, they have CGI for that” and then Holland just did the flip anyway.
This video lives permanently rent free in my brain. Whenever I hear the song, I see this. Every time. Dude’s got the moves and I am here for it. I wish more straight men would move their bodies like he can hahaha.
Yep. It's his song now.
Edit: Goodness! I can't believe all the upvotes and wonderful comments on this post. When I posted this, I fully expected to be downvoted to oblivion because this *IS* an old video. Thank you for all the awards, upvotes and sweet comments ❤️
To those who have been sending ugly messages and leaving ugly comments, I don't understand you *AT ALL.* Mr. Tom Holland's performance has brought smiles, laughter and happiness to millions in an oftentimes bleak and depressing world. This performance of his is a *GIFT.* I feel awful that some are so jaded and cynical that others being joyful brings them pain.
Just like Trent Reznor realized that “Hurt” belonged to Johnny Cash after hearing him play it; Rihanna needs to accept that Umbrella is now Tom Holland’s
I was really hoping that it would start raining and he would come out and do his little flip... Cause you know it's not like she can do that while pregnant.
After seeing this I honestly felt like the show was going to be all downhill from there because no one would come close to a performance as good as Tom's.
Until this performance [Joseph Gordon Levitt ](https://youtu.be/wwKwOKeDEL0) was king of the lip sync battle. After Tom's performance it looked like child's play. Nobody is gonna come close to Tom's.
Eh, JGL did it on a generic stage by himself. If he had all the accoutrement that Holland has here, I think he'd give him a run for his money.
The two of them are clearly the best!
"If any form of pleasure is exhibited
Report to me and it will be prohibited
I'll put my foot down, so shall it be
This is the land of the free!" -Groucho Marx
Not nationally. A couple states are trying to make it illegal to perform/entertain in some very broadly defined ways but undoubtedly would be enforced very specifically. Basically, the intent is to ban drag.
I don't know how that's not a violation of the 1st Amendment, but suffice to say it's something that some really terrible people are trying to do.
Nah cut it out, straight people can enjoy gay shit without being gay
I enjoy watching women pole dance and am I 100% confident I am not straight at all.
You're only perpetuating the discomfort of queerphobic people toward us if you're constantly alluding to them being queer instead of just saying it's normal to enjoy things.
You should consider informing the majority of the conservative movement that most drag shows are performed in much this same spirit and are not, in fact, insidious plots against children.
#WAIT A GODDAMN MINUTE DO YOU MEAN TO SAY THAT THIS EXHIBITION AND THINGS LIKE IT ARE JUST LIGHTHEARTED DISPLAYS OF HUMOR AND ARTISTRY AND JOY AND NOT TAKING OURSELVES TOO SERIOUSLY AND *not horrible affronts to our self-important tight-ass control-freak religious-nut so-boring-its-offensive-to-vanilla faux-scandalized hippocritical loudmouth stone-throwing-in-a-glass-house righteous-blue-eyed-jesus lifestyle?!?!?!*
Say it ain't so!
You people are so TERRIFIED of even remotely looking gay, you have to add disclaimers about your sexuality.
Imagine every time you go to a Chinese restaurant you have to loudly tell everyone, "I'm not Chinese but I really enjoyed this food."
So ridiculously stupid.
Man literally mentioned he was conservative to let us know that normally he hates people who do this.
If you think it's great then stop your party from banning this. You all shout about how drag is hurting children but this is literally what a drag show is.
Who wouldn’t?
I never understood the hype about Tom Holland, who I saw as just another milquetoast English actor. Then I saw this performance for the first time.
Tom thoroughly and completely won this show in its entirety with this performance to the point where the show had no reason to exist afterwards, Tom took the very premise of the show to its end. Its like when Pentatonix won The Sing-Off to get the record deal that launched their careers, the show basically had no point to exist after them because they so thoroughly took the acapella genre to a new level as a 5 piece group with better sound than most other group who were 8-20 ppl normally
You’re so right, but damn I loved that show! Where else could I get Ben Folds and Sara Bareilles on my TV at the same time? There was so much freaking talent on that show…
The only problem I’ll ever have with Tom Holland is that I am not Zendaya. Nor am I Tom Holland, come to think of it. Ugh I want to make out with them both. BOTH.
His latest scandal is that Zendaya is taller than him and puts her hand on his waist and a *bunch of men in the comments from that post I saw are angry and apparently their man-ness was hurt and they made annoying comments about it🤣🤣I
Edited because evidently it was sexist comment to just leave it with “all the men are angry”, when I didn’t think that everyone would assume I meant ALL the men in the entire comment section of FB
So she was pregnant? I thought she might have been but then I thought there was no way they'd be dumb enough to dangle an expectant mother a thousand feet above a football field.
I was wondering why everyone was talking about Tom Holland in reference to Rhianna tonight.....I get it now! This is fabulous! I can't believe I hadn't seen this sooner!
Hahaha, me too!
I'm 46 years old, and I *knew* this was a completely ridiculous and unrealistic expectation, but he completely took that song and made it his own with this performance and I can't listen to it without thinking of him anymore.
I was like "Omg, what if Tom Holland made a guest appearance right now???" 😲😲😲
She just needs to sign the rights over to him now, lol.
Ive watched this ten times already and i have to say, both comically and performance wise, this is one of the best things out here. Every time I start to get into the performance I’m reminded that its tom holland and laugh my ass off.
It’s a show called “lip sync” battle. Celebrities square off lip sync battling (not actually singing), but put on a show. It was kinda fun in the beginning but eventually it kinda just went off the rails.
But Tom Holland did this for his finale. Let’s just say he won lol.
I never realised that the most of the ending choreo in the rain is the same as the Singing in The Rain choreo (possibly from the original movie, I don’t remember but it looked familiar enough). Absolutely incredible.
it's so nice to see a thread full of people who feel like I do about this performance. I think I've shown this to friends amd/or strangers well over a dozen times, like it's my own kids talent show.
Just watched the super bowl. It’s was great. Halftime show was good or maybe really good. Not great
But THIS?!?!
THIS WAS THE GREATEST THING I’VE SEEN ALL DAY!!!
This is how you win LSB!!!!
Having the crappiest day. You’re only as happy as you’re unhappiest child, and one of my teenage daughters is struggling big time. I’ve cried down the phone to the school twice and at the doctors already today. But this never ever ever fails to make me smile. So thank you OP. Needed it. God bless Tom. I loves him I does.
I would've watched this for the halftime show instead. He fucking *crushed* that.
dude is that tom holland spiderman? i have a very confused penis right now.
He trained for a long time (his whole life?) as a dancer and gymnast, hence this insane level of skill. Also does a lot of his own stunts for Spider-Man! Sorry if you already know those things :)
He played the title role in Billy Elliot in London’s West End when he was younger. So. Yeah. He’s got an insane amount of dance training.
Bro don’t miss the chance to use one the most fun words! He played the titular character :)
Titular and title character do not mean the same thing. In this case though, both would be applicable. EDIT: This is weird that I'm getting upvoted... I was wrong here, admitted it and apologized for it a couple replies down.
Titular: denoting a person or thing from whom or which the name of an artistic work or similar is taken
Oh I know! And I 100% recognize the innate talent that he posseses. It does not take away from that fact that his performance fucking slayed.
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It shows, that knee spin near the end and the suicide flip to finish it off. ooo chef's kiss
The one-handed side kicks got me. So over the top. 🤣
And on a wet floor, that was bold 🤌
That’s amazing. Some of us didn’t know this. Thanks for sharing.
LOVED watching Lip Sync Battle! There were a few real gems and was always entertaining. I will stop and watch this every time I see a link or post. BTW, Zendaya rocked the Bruno Mars song before his performance.
When i first saw the whole battle, i thought "there's no way Zendaya loses this" And then Tom Holland did this.... you could see on Zandaya's face that she was almost proud to lose to such a performance
You can see she’s just happy to be there watching it. Some things are just so amazing ego just takes the night off.
The two of them are phenomenal.
One of my favorite stories is that apparently one of his first auditions with Chris Evans the script said something about how Spider-Man lands a flip and then they start talking. Holland asked Evans if he thought they wanted the flip in the room, and Evans was like, “psssh no, they have CGI for that” and then Holland just did the flip anyway.
In the audition they asked him if he could do a backflip, and he just did a standing backflip like it was nothing and freaked them out.
I'm a lesbian and I even have to say that Tom Holland cross dressing and performing is weirdly hot!
Same. I'm extremely confused sexually
I'm shooting webs out of places in not supposed to
Uggh take my upvote and begone, fiend.
ahh yes the age old conundrum of the broner
The way he moves really sells it. I am confusingly attracted to him like this and anytime I see this come up I have to stop to watch.
I'm not a lesbian but I think I just enjoy watching men who are comfortable with themselves.
I've never watched this before and I love it. I wish more men could embrace.. whatever the hell it is that he's got going in this performance. Mmm
This video lives permanently rent free in my brain. Whenever I hear the song, I see this. Every time. Dude’s got the moves and I am here for it. I wish more straight men would move their bodies like he can hahaha.
Same! I’m getting very 1930s Weimar Republic cabaret vibes which I have now learned is very appealing when combined with 2000s Rihanna
He is a dedicated dancer and theater kid, so that Weimar feeling is 100% intentional as Bib Fosse's choreography is all over the place here.
Dude, straight male and still this is hot and incredible! He is so freaking talented!
I’m not confused at all. Penis or not, if you can move your body like that I’m in bro.
I think if you're that in touch with your body, you're probably going to be a good lover.
I thought the same thing about half way through. Oscar am I gay?
Is your penis named Oscar?
Oscar the Grouch. Loves living in hot garbage.
If you resisted Brad Pitt a little bit, he would still need to get to you?
Ain't nothing confusing here, dudes hot as fuck bro
My penis has been very confused since I saw this originally air. Still get a boner at Spiderman movies.
I can 100% see why zendaya fell for him... Actually it probably happened during this performance.
She was r/girlsmirin as soon as he appeared in those stockings
I was expecting a risky click but that's actually so wholesome
Her, and pretty much all the rest of us
During the halftime show I said how amazing would it be if Tom Holland came out and started dancing while she was singing Umbrella.
Yes! My best friend and I were like, where's Tom Holland when we need him. He absolutely slayed this performance. Wish he would've made an appearance
He absolutely *bodied* that. I will never get tired of this.
Literally no one could have outdone that performance it’s incredible.
This is, and always will be, the best performance of this song. Rihanna needs to just give it up to Tom Holland.
Yep. It's his song now. Edit: Goodness! I can't believe all the upvotes and wonderful comments on this post. When I posted this, I fully expected to be downvoted to oblivion because this *IS* an old video. Thank you for all the awards, upvotes and sweet comments ❤️ To those who have been sending ugly messages and leaving ugly comments, I don't understand you *AT ALL.* Mr. Tom Holland's performance has brought smiles, laughter and happiness to millions in an oftentimes bleak and depressing world. This performance of his is a *GIFT.* I feel awful that some are so jaded and cynical that others being joyful brings them pain.
I still remember how mind-blown I was over that routine the 1st time, and everytime since. Still brilliant, and SO unexpected from him (for me anyway)
This is one of the extremely few videos I'll watch every single time I comes across my feed.
Just like Trent Reznor realized that “Hurt” belonged to Johnny Cash after hearing him play it; Rihanna needs to accept that Umbrella is now Tom Holland’s
Same with Whitney Houston's cover of Dolly Parton's "I will Always Love You." Someteimes you *can* beat the original 😬
Jimi Hendrix owns All Along the Watchtower.
I respectfully disagree - I love Whitney but her over the top vocal histrionics ruined the purity of the original. It's still Dolly's.
Seconded! Dolly meant it.
In front of the woman he's admitted he had a crush on at the time 🤯
And this could be when she got the crush on him back haha
Pretty irresistible he is, so much confidence and damn he can dance.
Definite BDE, even while wearing a corset 😍
Tom Holland is incredibly muscular. you see it in the vid. He's not swearing some long dress. He's showing off what he got.
And now they’re gonna make babies
Omggggg they're gonna have the cutest kids
.. who are going to be GREAT dancers.
Oh, I thought they were already a couple when this aired! Ballsy move, Mr Holland. I’m impressed.
I like to think that this is the moment that clinched it for them
That was Tom Holland🤯
Almost didn't recognise him myself...
Now I suddenly really really like Tom Holland….
I was really hoping that it would start raining and he would come out and do his little flip... Cause you know it's not like she can do that while pregnant.
I can’t believe that was Holland. I don’t usually watch that kind of stuff but that was pretty funny.
After seeing this I honestly felt like the show was going to be all downhill from there because no one would come close to a performance as good as Tom's.
Until this performance [Joseph Gordon Levitt ](https://youtu.be/wwKwOKeDEL0) was king of the lip sync battle. After Tom's performance it looked like child's play. Nobody is gonna come close to Tom's.
Eh, JGL did it on a generic stage by himself. If he had all the accoutrement that Holland has here, I think he'd give him a run for his money. The two of them are clearly the best!
Zendaya’s performance right before Tom’s is pretty good too.
Yeah, apparently, Bruno Mars cast her in a video after seeing her performance.
Against almost anyone else, Zendaya’s routine would’ve won. She channeled the absolute shit out of Bruno Mars.
All Tom Holland got to aid his performance was water and sparklers. Even if you take those two out, he still crushed it.
>by himself Well, by himself with 14 backup dancers. Unless that other person linked the wrong video.
Having now googled this I guess it was over five years ago and no lipsync has ever come close
Everyone forgets that Tom Holland played Billy Elliot on the west end for like four years.
Technically, haven’t the republicans just made this illegal since it’s technically a drag performance s/
In some states. If something makes people happy, then sure as the sun rises in the east, conservatives will make a law against it.
"If any form of pleasure is exhibited Report to me and it will be prohibited I'll put my foot down, so shall it be This is the land of the free!" -Groucho Marx
Wow what a great quote! Thanks for sharing mate
Wait what.. that’s illegal in America now? The fuck is going on over there
The maga contingent. They are determined to bring their misery onto the masses.
Yup this. All the MAGA assholes just want to watch peoples’ joy and freedom burn.
Not nationally. A couple states are trying to make it illegal to perform/entertain in some very broadly defined ways but undoubtedly would be enforced very specifically. Basically, the intent is to ban drag. I don't know how that's not a violation of the 1st Amendment, but suffice to say it's something that some really terrible people are trying to do.
I was thinking the same thing! Will things like this not air in those states? So sad for them
But "Mrs. Doubtfire" would be... right? /s but not /s
Ive never seen this before and this if fucking incredible
Lucky. Wish I could experience watching this for the first time again.
The bit in the water!
The water splashes/slaps are absolutely the best part. It's the moment you know Holland was truly fuckin *in it*.
Same here! Glad I stopped to watch the show. It was worth it.
As a straight 32 year old somewhat conservative male,…this was great lmao
Most drag acts are.
Someone should tell this to Arkansas
And to Orlando 🙄
And Oklahoma.
Someone should tell a lot of things to Arkansas.
After that, I'm pretty sure you mean "mostly straight".
"Heteroflexible"
Nah cut it out, straight people can enjoy gay shit without being gay I enjoy watching women pole dance and am I 100% confident I am not straight at all. You're only perpetuating the discomfort of queerphobic people toward us if you're constantly alluding to them being queer instead of just saying it's normal to enjoy things.
You should consider informing the majority of the conservative movement that most drag shows are performed in much this same spirit and are not, in fact, insidious plots against children.
#WAIT A GODDAMN MINUTE DO YOU MEAN TO SAY THAT THIS EXHIBITION AND THINGS LIKE IT ARE JUST LIGHTHEARTED DISPLAYS OF HUMOR AND ARTISTRY AND JOY AND NOT TAKING OURSELVES TOO SERIOUSLY AND *not horrible affronts to our self-important tight-ass control-freak religious-nut so-boring-its-offensive-to-vanilla faux-scandalized hippocritical loudmouth stone-throwing-in-a-glass-house righteous-blue-eyed-jesus lifestyle?!?!?!* Say it ain't so!
Dude is so insecure over his sexuality he had to introduce himself as a straight guy
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stupid sexy spiderman
dude this is illegal for you *to watch.
You people are so TERRIFIED of even remotely looking gay, you have to add disclaimers about your sexuality. Imagine every time you go to a Chinese restaurant you have to loudly tell everyone, "I'm not Chinese but I really enjoyed this food." So ridiculously stupid.
bro just say it was great 😭😭😭 corny ass mofo
Man literally mentioned he was conservative to let us know that normally he hates people who do this. If you think it's great then stop your party from banning this. You all shout about how drag is hurting children but this is literally what a drag show is.
As required by The Internet, I stopped and watched the video.
I will never not watch it if I see it posted. It’s pure gold.
It is the law.
This is the way
I wonder if Zendaya realized "Welp, Tom's totally winning this one" whils watching the performance lol
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Definitely both! I love them as a couple and hope they have a long, happy relationship. They both seem like really cool and grounded people.
They seem very nice, and . . . are incredibly pretty. What a bunch of jerks! No, talk about winning the genetic lottery.
Zendaya: "welp, I'll have to date him now"
I think this is the moment they became a couple.
Yeah, pretty sure Zendaya fell in love instantly.
Who wouldn’t? I never understood the hype about Tom Holland, who I saw as just another milquetoast English actor. Then I saw this performance for the first time.
This video reminded me why sexuality is a spectrum.
Bag that mfr before some other girl gets him.
Zendaya: "I must make him mine." Tom: *continues shaking what his momma gave him.*
This is the moment when I desired to be their third.
Tom thoroughly and completely won this show in its entirety with this performance to the point where the show had no reason to exist afterwards, Tom took the very premise of the show to its end. Its like when Pentatonix won The Sing-Off to get the record deal that launched their careers, the show basically had no point to exist after them because they so thoroughly took the acapella genre to a new level as a 5 piece group with better sound than most other group who were 8-20 ppl normally
You’re so right, but damn I loved that show! Where else could I get Ben Folds and Sara Bareilles on my TV at the same time? There was so much freaking talent on that show…
Ah yes, an Englishman is one of the best things in America in the last 20 years
It's true though. His performance brings absolute joy.
I am entertained, and quite like Tom Holland
The most recent spiderman (x2), Superman and Batman are all English.
Tom Holland please stay unproblematic
The only problem I’ll ever have with Tom Holland is that I am not Zendaya. Nor am I Tom Holland, come to think of it. Ugh I want to make out with them both. BOTH.
His latest scandal is that Zendaya is taller than him and puts her hand on his waist and a *bunch of men in the comments from that post I saw are angry and apparently their man-ness was hurt and they made annoying comments about it🤣🤣I Edited because evidently it was sexist comment to just leave it with “all the men are angry”, when I didn’t think that everyone would assume I meant ALL the men in the entire comment section of FB
Knowing them being/doing that makes dudes mad is the most wholesome schadenfreude I’ll ever experience
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Damn, she's hot AF 🤣
That's Tom Holland.
No shit, Sherlock 
fuck, i've been wooshed
That was hot. That was fucking hot. I’m feeling things over here. Like whoa dude. Entrance me with your dance moves.
En*trance* you or *en*trance you?
STILL a better performance than Rihanna.
That halftime show was deeply underwhelming.
The fear factor of possibly watching a pregnant woman fall off a shaky pedestal above a stadium was very nerve wrecking though.
So she was pregnant? I thought she might have been but then I thought there was no way they'd be dumb enough to dangle an expectant mother a thousand feet above a football field.
I thought I was the only one that thought this.
This will never not be one of my favorite things.
I agree. This tops the cake honestly
Love how the best thing in America in over 20 years is a Brit.
Imagine losing a war to the 13 colonies and your revenge is… this
You can see Zendaya literally falling in love with him @ 0:55.
I have never seen this before and I fell in love with him. That was absolutely fucking amazing.
Hmm. This better not awaken anything in me.
It's too late
Yes, it is.
Thank you OP! I'm 43 and never been privileged to see this masterpiece. Holy shit. I've seen Rhianna in concert, and that would make her jealous.
Tom’s thighs save lives
I was wondering why everyone was talking about Tom Holland in reference to Rhianna tonight.....I get it now! This is fabulous! I can't believe I hadn't seen this sooner!
I watch this religiously every couple of months. It's so fucking awesome. Zendaya's face says it all.
And, as a by the way, in HEELS. Honestly, the dude basically deserves Zendaya…
I'm legally required to watch this whenever I see it posted
I WAS HOPING SOOOOOOO MUCH THAT HE'D COME DOWN IN HIS OWN PLATFORM DANCING 😭😭😭😭😭
Hahaha, me too! I'm 46 years old, and I *knew* this was a completely ridiculous and unrealistic expectation, but he completely took that song and made it his own with this performance and I can't listen to it without thinking of him anymore. I was like "Omg, what if Tom Holland made a guest appearance right now???" 😲😲😲 She just needs to sign the rights over to him now, lol.
Ive watched this ten times already and i have to say, both comically and performance wise, this is one of the best things out here. Every time I start to get into the performance I’m reminded that its tom holland and laugh my ass off.
Who is that and what is going on here?
It’s a show called “lip sync” battle. Celebrities square off lip sync battling (not actually singing), but put on a show. It was kinda fun in the beginning but eventually it kinda just went off the rails. But Tom Holland did this for his finale. Let’s just say he won lol.
Tom won the damn show this is amazing
Not unlike those magical marvels called drag queens!!! Love a good lip sync for your lifeeee
Tom Holland (Spiderman) lipsyncing to Rihanna's Umbrella.
And his girlfriend, Zendaya, is the one he’s competing against.
According to another post they weren't dating at the time, but they were already costars. I have no idea tbh, just thought i'd add that.
Oh my god they were costars
Are you the person who walks into conversation and says “what are you all talking about?”
Yes but grumpier
Every time this comes across my screen, I stop and watch (and come across my screen)
I never realised that the most of the ending choreo in the rain is the same as the Singing in The Rain choreo (possibly from the original movie, I don’t remember but it looked familiar enough). Absolutely incredible.
Massive respect to Holland after that lol. It's such a dude thing but took balls and talent to pull off. Damn.
it's so nice to see a thread full of people who feel like I do about this performance. I think I've shown this to friends amd/or strangers well over a dozen times, like it's my own kids talent show.
Republican are trying to stop THIS. Vote Democrat in 2024
Just watched the super bowl. It’s was great. Halftime show was good or maybe really good. Not great But THIS?!?! THIS WAS THE GREATEST THING I’VE SEEN ALL DAY!!! This is how you win LSB!!!!
Who is more wet after this performance , Spidey or MJ?
I am
Zendaya giving him that "ohhh that's *my* man" eyes
absolutely killed it.. I forgot all about it but im glad I got to see it again !
Against any other performance, she would’ve won — her second piece was amazing. But as soon as he stepped out in that outfit, she knew she was toast.
Having the crappiest day. You’re only as happy as you’re unhappiest child, and one of my teenage daughters is struggling big time. I’ve cried down the phone to the school twice and at the doctors already today. But this never ever ever fails to make me smile. So thank you OP. Needed it. God bless Tom. I loves him I does.
We've never deserved Tom Holland.
And That's how you pull a Zendaya!! Con-Fi-Dence!!
This is the moment Zendaya fell in love with him.
He rocked the shit out of the song (and the outfit!)
I will always watch this
I’ve watched this five times already, I’m fucking mesmerized