Cruz has said that this is the perfect backdrop for the subtext of his song and that his inspiration came from " wanting to do things on a bike " since his previous videos included cars and boats . " So you 're gon na see me spin the tyres on this , which is pretty cool ! " One of the vehicles brought for the video shoot was a " massive truck " which was used to film big screen project '' Universal Soldier '' . Speaking of the shoot he said " I 've never done a video that has this many props in it . We 've got the most amazing , wrecked cars . " A Minecraft-themed parody of " Dynamite " , titled " TNT " , was created by YouTubers CaptainSparklez and TryHardNinja and was uploaded on February 26 , 2011 . Taio performed " Dynamite " for the first time on '' Live with Regis & Kelly '' on 9 June 2010 . Later , he also performed on '' Jimmy Kimmel Live ! '' , '' T4 on the Beach '' , '' America 's Got Talent '' , GMTV , '' Dancing with the Stars '' , and on 31 December 2010 , he performed the song on '' Dick Clark 's New Year 's Rockin ' Eve '' with Ryan Seacrest . On 12 August 2012 , Cruz performed " Dynamite " at the 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony . He also performed it at grand launching of NET . TV in 2013
2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony
2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony
Dynamite (Taio Cruz song)