diff --git a/common b/common
index 6d5df30..b0d75af 160000
--- a/common
+++ b/common
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 6d5df3057e6a0b10ddfe125b39f83f3d92118383
+Subproject commit b0d75af8c4a587c7edf871cfa47a1fdf81e4ecfc
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/saturnclient/impl/cosmetics/CloakFeatureRenderer.java b/src/main/java/org/saturnclient/impl/cosmetics/CloakFeatureRenderer.java
index ec350ad..7463528 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/saturnclient/impl/cosmetics/CloakFeatureRenderer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/saturnclient/impl/cosmetics/CloakFeatureRenderer.java
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 package org.saturnclient.impl.cosmetics;
 
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.WeakHashMap;
 
 import org.joml.Matrix3f;
 import org.joml.Matrix4f;
@@ -11,6 +14,8 @@ import org.saturnclient.client.player.SaturnPlayer;
 import org.saturnclient.common.ref.asset.IdentifierRef;
 import org.saturnclient.config.Config;
 import org.saturnclient.cosmetics.Cloaks;
+import org.saturnclient.emotes.core.Animation;
+import org.saturnclient.emotes.core.Bone;
 import org.saturnclient.emotes.core.bend.LimbBend;
 import org.saturnclient.emotes.core.bend.Vec3;
 import org.saturnclient.emotes.fabric.access.BendablePart;
@@ -387,9 +392,34 @@ public class CloakFeatureRenderer extends FeatureRenderer<PlayerEntityRenderStat
         }
     }
 
+    /** A torso bend past this curves the back more than a flat cloak can follow. */
+    private static final float MAX_CLOAK_BEND = (float) Math.toRadians(10);
+    /** Whether each animation bends the torso past that at any point. */
+    private static final Map<Animation, Boolean> BENDS_TORSO = Collections.synchronizedMap(new WeakHashMap<>());
+
     /**
-     * An emote that bends the torso leans the chest from the hips, so the cloak hangs from where the
-     * top of the back ends up, turned as much as the torso is there.
+     * Whether the player is playing an emote that curves the torso (a twerk, the griddy). The cloak
+     * would cut through the arched back, so it's hidden for the whole emote rather than only while
+     * the back is curved, which would flicker.
+     */
+    private static boolean playingTorsoBend(SaturnPlayer player) {
+        return org.saturnclient.emotes.fabric.Emotes.playing(player.uuid)
+                .map(playing -> BENDS_TORSO.computeIfAbsent(playing.animation(), CloakFeatureRenderer::bendsTorso))
+                .orElse(false);
+    }
+
+    private static boolean bendsTorso(Animation animation) {
+        for (float tick = 0; tick <= animation.length(); tick += 0.5f) {
+            if (animation.sample(tick).get(Bone.BODY).filter(body -> Math.abs(body.bend()) > MAX_CLOAK_BEND).isPresent()) {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * An emote that bends the torso a little leans the chest from the hips, so the cloak hangs from
+     * where the top of the back ends up, turned as much as the torso is there.
      */
     private static void followBend(MatrixStack matrices, ModelPart body) {
         LimbBend bend = ((BendablePart) (Object) body).saturnEmotes$getBend();
@@ -439,7 +469,7 @@ public class CloakFeatureRenderer extends FeatureRenderer<PlayerEntityRenderStat
         //?} else
         //SaturnPlayer player = SaturnPlayer.get(state.name);
 
-        if (player == null) {
+        if (player == null || playingTorsoBend(player)) {
             return;
         }