Simone Biles floor routine music, explained: How Taylor Swift's 'Ready for it' inspired USA gymnast in 2024 Olympics

Sarah Effress

Simone Biles floor routine music, explained: How Taylor Swift's 'Ready for it' inspired USA gymnast in 2024 Olympics image

Simone Biles has impressed the gymnastics world with her incredible comeback from the 2021 Tokyo Games, where she withdrew in the middle of the team competition. This year, she has arrived back on the Olympic stage with a vengeance, as well as some pretty catchy floor routine music. 

The all-around gold medal favorite's floor exercise begins with an instrumental version of the start of "...Ready For It?," a song from Taylor Swift's "reputation" album. The music switches just before her second pass, but the thunderous bass of Swift's song is immediately recognizable. 

Whether using the song was simply an artistic choice or one in reference to being "ready for it" for these Olympics, when she's flying on the floor with Swift in the background, Biles is nearly unstoppable. 

Here's everything you need to know about her iconic routine and the reactions that have come along with its performance. 

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Simone Biles floor routine

Biles has competed the floor routine with "...Ready For It?" in the events leading up to the Paris Olympics. She also competed in it at the 2024 Core Hydration Classic in May, as well as at the U.S. Olympic Trials in late June. 

During qualification on Sunday, Biles scored a 14.600 on the floor exercise with the same routine. It was by far the highest score on the apparatus all day, and it helped her qualify in first place for the all-around final and push Team USA through to the team final on top. 

Her floor routine includes two skills named after her: the Biles and the Biles II. The Biles is a double layout with a half-turn, and the Biles II is a triple-double, two flips, and three twists.

MORE: Why Jordan Chiles won't compete in all-around final despite fourth-place score

What did Taylor Swift say about Simone Biles' floor music?

Swift responded to a video of Biles' floor routine from the U.S. Olympic Trials on June 29. She commented, "Watched this so many times and still unready. She's ready for it tho."

Biles responded to the comment in an exclusive interview with "TODAY's" Hoda Kotb, saying "I do love her. She is so sweet." 

MORE: Day-by-day TV coverage to watch Team USA at 2024 Paris Games

USA Olympic gymnastics schedule

Here's a full look at the gymnastics schedule at the Paris Olympics:

DateEventTime (ET)Channel
July 27Men's Qualification (3 sessions)5 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.NBC, E!, Peacock, Fubo
July 28Women's Qualification (5 sessions)3:30 a.m. - 4:50 p.m.NBC, E!, Peacock, Fubo
July 29Men's Team Final11:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.NBC, Peacock, Fubo
July 30Women's Team Final12:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.NBC, Peacock, Fubo
July 31Men's All-Around Final11:30 a.m. - 2:15 p.m.NBC, Peacock, Fubo
Aug. 1Women's All-Around Final12:15 p.m. - 2:25 p.m.NBC, Peacock, Fubo
Aug. 2Women's Trampoline Qualification & Final6 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.Peacock
 Men's Trampoline Qualification & FinalNoon - 2:30 p.m.Peacock
Aug. 3Event Finals (Women's Vault & Men's Floor, Pommel Horse)9:15 a.m. - NoonNBC, E!, Peacock, Fubo
Aug. 4Event Finals (Women's Bars & Men's Rings, Vault)9 a.m. - 11:25 p.m.NBC, Peacock, Fubo
Aug. 5Event Finals (Women's Beam, Floor & Men's Parallel Bars, High Bar)5:45 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.NBC, E!, Peacock, Fubo
Aug. 8Rhythmic Individual Qualification4 a.m - NoonE!, Peacock, Fubo
Aug. 9Rhythmic Group Qualification4 a.m. - 6:30 a.m.E!, Peacock, Fubo
 Rhythmic All-Around Final8:30 a.m. - 11 a.m.NBC, Peacock, Fubo
Aug. 10Rhythmic Group Final8 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.CNBC, Peacock, Fubo

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Sarah Effress is an editorial intern for The Sporting News. She is a recent graduate of Northwestern University, and loves to talk soccer and women's college sports.