Taylor Swift slams face first into treadmill

It's a short video but one that would send Taylor Swift's management into meltdown.

After complaining about her cardio workout and finding music to listen to during a jog, the pop star starts rapping along to a Drake song as her treadmill speeds up.

So distracted is she by the music she appears to suddenly forget how to run and slams face-first into the ground as the treadmill rips her feet from underneath her.

In her post of the video on Instagram, Swift claims it is "based on true events".

But worried fans should fear not — the clip, though hilariously shocking and flawlessly edited, is an advertisement for Apple Music.

Nevertheless, there is something schadenfreude about watching the seemingly perfect pop star brought undone by her lack of jogging concentration.