Karine Jean-Pierre shakes off pre-speech jitters with Taylor Swift and Beyoncé!

The White House press secretary revealed her routine while preparing for a big day. This includes taking a few minutes to look over her notes, eating a mint, making sure her hair and makeup are on point — and even dancing!

Jean-Pierre shared that before her very first White House press briefing, Jen Psaki played the Beyoncé song “Run the World (Girls)” to help pump her up. It’s since become a pre-briefing tradition.

“It’s always a woman. It’s either Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, or Rihanna. I love Missy Elliot, as well,” she said of her current playlist, which also features “Texas Hold ‘Em” and “Energy” by Beyoncé and “Lavender Haze” by Swift. “And then I’ll do a little dance. I love to dance.”

Aside from a killer song list, Jean-Pierre also clarified, “Confidence actually helps me tremendously in delivering at the podium.”

“In this job, I think it’s very, very important to make sure you have that confidence to get it done and move forward,” she added.

However, the 49-year-old wasn’t always brimming with boldness in front of a crowd. “I was an incredibly shy kid who sat in the corner and kept her mouth shut,” she explained. “I had to work on it.”

Jean-Pierre is not only the first Black person to hold the position of White House press secretary, she is also the first openly LGBTQ+ person to helm the role.

“I have to change the perspective of what a White House press secretary looks like,” she continued. “I try to honor the past but also know that every time I step to that podium, I am hopefully changing hearts and minds, and hopefully making something look more normal, and hopefully making progress for the generation that comes after me.”