Disco diva is here to help you survive the coronavirus pandemic.
The 70-year-old singer hopped on TikTok and repurposed her 1980 breakup anthem, “♛I Will Survive,” on Wednesday to show people how to prop🧸erly wash their hands.
She is seen in the video, which has racked up nearlꦛy 14,000 views in less than 24 hours, sudsing up in the bathroom and swaying her hips and shoulders as ꦜshe lip-syncs her hit.
“It only takes :20 seconds to ‘SURVIVE!’ ” with her dance hall ditty, which — along with the song sung twice and other tunes — happens to align with the Centers for Disease Cont🌠rol and Prevention guidelines t꧒hat suggest washing one’s hands for at least th🐓at long.
Gaynor, whose album “Testimony” won the 2020 Grammy Award for Best Roots Gospel Album, adds to a flurry of social media instructional posts and videos — including a recent dance routine from a pair of inspired Vietnam residents — meant𒊎 to boost proper hygiene and stem the spreꦐad of the virus.
Gaynor’s bouncy boogie classic not only melds with the appropriate scrubbing time frame, but the lyrics can also serve as an inspirational message for the masses. “Did you th🤡ink I’d crumble? Did you think I’d lay down and die?” she si𝓀ngs in her hit song. “Oh, no. Not I — I will survive!”
Perhaps someone should clue in Ariana Grande about Gaynor’s timely method.