{"id":11486,"date":"2024-10-20T15:57:50","date_gmt":"2024-10-20T15:57:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=11486"},"modified":"2024-10-20T15:57:50","modified_gmt":"2024-10-20T15:57:50","slug":"is-it-a-taylor-swift-or-wicked-song-best-friends-quiz-each-other-in-video-with-hilarious-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=11486","title":{"rendered":"Is it a Taylor Swift or \u2018Wicked\u2019 song? Best friends quiz each other in video \u2014 with hilarious results"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"article-hero__bg-container\">\n<header class=\"article-hero__header mh0-print layout-grid-container\" data-activity-map=\"article-hero\">\n<div class=\"article-hero-headline layout-grid-item grid-col-11-xl grid-col-push-1-xl\">\n<div data-testid=\"article-dek\"><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"article-dek\"><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"article-dek\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"styles_articleDek__Icz5H styles_withImage__SSIip\" data-testid=\"article-dek\">\u201cHow well do you know the songs from the musical \u2018Wicked\u2019?\u201d Matt Ketai asks. \u201c\u2018Defying Gravity,\u201d his best friend Tim Janas replies.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-hero__media-holder layout-grid-container\">\n<div class=\"article-hero__media-container layout-grid-item grid-col-11-m grid-col-10-xl grid-col-push-1-xl\">\n<div class=\"article-hero__video\">\n<section class=\"inline-video\" data-testid=\"inline-video\">\n<div class=\"inline-video__background\">\n<div class=\"inline-video__player\">\n<div class=\"styles_gridStackWrapper__2ot47 styles_videoContainer__AkgW6 video-container started\" data-testid=\"gamma-video-player\">\n<div id=\"jwplayer-0\" class=\"jwplayer jw-reset jw-state-playing jw-stretch-uniform jw-flag-aspect-mode jw-skin-gamma jw-breakpoint-6 jw-floating-dismissible jw-flag-ads-freewheel jw-flag-ads jw-flag-play-rejected\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"application\" aria-label=\"Video Player\" aria-describedby=\"jw-jwplayer-0-shortcuts-tooltip-explanation\">\n<div class=\"jw-aspect jw-reset\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"jwplayer-0-jw-wrapper\" class=\"jw-wrapper jw-reset\">\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"info-layer styles_infoLayer__mwsPt\">\n<div class=\"videoPlayer__unmute unmuteTap\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Tap To Unmute\" data-testid=\"video-unmute-button\">\n<p class=\"\">Matt Ketai loves to test his best friend on his pop culture knowledge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;I feel like I&#8217;ve seen the internet,&#8221; Ketai, 35, tells TODAY.com. &#8220;And Tim&#8230; has not seen the internet.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"taboolaReadMoreBelow\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"\">Ketai and Tim Janas, 36, have been best friends since high school after meeting at speech and debate camp \u2014\u00a0&#8220;That&#8217;s a whole other story in and of itself,&#8221; Ketai says \u2014\u00a0and clicking instantly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Flash forward to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 when Ketai, an actor, and Janas, a lawyer, found themselves with time on their hands. So they took their love for comedy and started a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@mattketaiandtimjanas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">joint TikTok account<\/a>, where they identify themselves as &#8220;Matt (GAY) &amp; Tim (STRAIGHT).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Now, they post a &#8220;variety show&#8221;-style collection of videos, including sketches, observations about each other and games, like Ketai&#8217;s pop culture quizzes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">In their most recent video, which was posted Oct. 11 and has racked up more than 130,000 views, Ketai poses a simple question to Janas: &#8220;Is it a Taylor Swift song, or a song from the musical &#8216;Wicked&#8217;?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Ketai starts by asking Janas how well he knows Swift&#8217;s discography.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;Just what you&#8217;ve taught me,&#8221; Janas responds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">And when it comes to his knowledge of the songs from &#8220;Wicked&#8221;?<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;&#8216;Defying Gravity,'&#8221; Janas says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;Great,&#8221; Ketai responds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">From there, Ketai names a series of song titles, which Janas has to try and place under the two possible categories. (Watch\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@mattketaiandtimjanas\/video\/7424693792936185130\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>\u00a0to play along, or scroll down for all the questions and answers.)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" style=\"max-width: 605px; min-width: 325px;\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@mattketaiandtimjanas\/video\/7424693792936185130\" data-video-id=\"7424693792936185130\">\n<section><a title=\"@mattketaiandtimjanas\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@mattketaiandtimjanas?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@mattketaiandtimjanas<\/a> Taylor and or Wicked &#8211; a perfect crosssection <a title=\"taylorswift\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/taylorswift?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#taylorswift<\/a> <a title=\"taylorsversion\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/taylorsversion?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#taylorsversion<\/a> <a title=\"taylornation\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/taylornation?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#taylornation<\/a> <a title=\"wicked\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/wicked?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#wicked<\/a> <a title=\"wickedthemusical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/wickedthemusical?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#wickedthemusical<\/a> <a title=\"\u266c original sound - Matt (GAY) &amp; Tim (STRAIGHT)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-7424693799307283246?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u266c original sound &#8211; Matt (GAY) &amp; Tim (STRAIGHT)<\/a><\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">First up: &#8220;Dancing Through Life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;Taylor Swift,&#8221; Janas says, before Ketai says, &#8220;No, &#8216;Wicked.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Janas answers the same for &#8220;I&#8217;m Not That Girl&#8221; \u2014 also from &#8220;Wicked&#8221; \u2014 before Ketai poses, &#8220;Dorothea.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">With a confused but cautiously knowing look, Janas answers, &#8220;Wicked.&#8221; After all, the musical is a retelling of &#8220;The Wizard of Oz,&#8221; the main character of which is a wide-eyed girl named Dorothy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;No, Taylor Swift,&#8221; Ketai responds, as Janas starts to laugh.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The game continues:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"break-above body-ul body-list-el\">\n<li>&#8220;Thank Goodness&#8221; \u2014\u00a0Janas&#8217; guess: Taylor Swift. Answer: &#8220;Wicked.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Haunted&#8221; \u2014\u00a0Janas&#8217; guess: Taylor Swift. Answer: Taylor Swift.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;How Did It End?&#8221; \u2014\u00a0Janas&#8217; guess: &#8220;Wicked.&#8221; Answer: Taylor Swift.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;For Good&#8221; \u2014\u00a0Janas&#8217; guess: &#8220;Wicked.&#8221; Answer: &#8220;Wicked.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;What Is This Feeling?&#8221; \u2014 Janas&#8217; guess: Taylor Swift. Answer: &#8220;Wicked.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Happiness&#8221; \u2014 Janas&#8217; guess: Taylor Swift. Answer: Taylor Swift.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The Best Day&#8221; \u2014 Janas\u2019 guess: Taylor Swift. Answer: Taylor Swift.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;A Sentimental Man&#8221; \u2014\u00a0Janas\u2019 guess: Taylor Swift. Answer: &#8220;Wicked.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;As Long As You&#8217;re Mine&#8221; \u2014\u00a0Janas&#8217; guess: Taylor Swift. Answer: &#8220;Wicked.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Witch Hunters&#8221; \u2014 Janas&#8217; guess: Taylor Swift. Answer: &#8220;Wicked.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"\">For anyone keeping track, Janas&#8217; score came in 4\/13 correct. But that wasn&#8217;t his most embarrassing pop culture quiz moment, he tells TODAY.com.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;What was more embarrassing was the time that (Ketai) tested me on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@mattketaiandtimjanas\/video\/7321836398506429726\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Taylor Swift or Bath &amp; Body Works candle,<\/a>&#8221; Janas says. &#8220;That was more embarrassing because those were not supposed to be hard.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Ketai and Janas describe themselves as &#8220;yin and yang.&#8221; Ketai grew up in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and was raised in a Japanese-American household. Janas grew up in the country of Georgia, and after moving to the U.S., learned English by watching TV. Where Janas is &#8220;calm, cool and collected,&#8221; Ketai brings a &#8220;frenetic energy,&#8221; they say.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;It&#8217;s like if a porcupine and an elephant were friends, but we never know which one each one (other) is,&#8221; Ketai says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Some of their most viral videos involve sketches about relatable things, like\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@mattketaiandtimjanas\/video\/7330415629100535083\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">filing taxes<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@mattketaiandtimjanas\/video\/7350813199383530794\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">playing\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@mattketaiandtimjanas\/video\/7350813199383530794\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@mattketaiandtimjanas\/video\/7350813199383530794\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Connections.<\/a>&#8221; Others involve asking one friend to re-enact another&#8217;s attributes and behaviors, like Janas describing Ketai during kickball season. (&#8220;During kickball season, following you around on a city street, it&#8217;s what I imagine it&#8217;s like to be the friend of a congressional aide during legislative season in D.C.,&#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@mattketaiandtimjanas\/video\/7423244343697280299\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0Janas says in one video.<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">But what unites all of their TikTok videos is that they represent a portfolio of moments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;I always think about it also as like an archive that I&#8217;ll be able to look back on and just be like, &#8216;That&#8217;s just what my friend and I did for so many years of our life,'&#8221; Janas says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Ketai adds that not everyone finds a &#8220;best friend.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"endmark\">&#8220;I know that this is an archive of time that I have recorded of spending time with my best friend,&#8221; he says. &#8220;And sometimes at night, if I&#8217;m sad or if I&#8217;ve had a long day, I&#8217;ll look at some (videos)&#8230; where it&#8217;s just us talking or doing something. 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