I’ve been a swiftie since Red era and I haven’t really thought about this until now… I’m a big fan of several bands and artists who I even listen more than TS, but none of them produce the same amount of passion or love I feel for her. And it is not like a love in the romantic sense, it is something weird I cannot explain.
Like I normally don’t support the ideas of looking up to celebrities or artists because I think there’s just so much behind the scenes we don’t know, and in the end they’re also humans. But this logic just melts away in my mind for Taylor Swift. I’ve binged her entire concerts and sang along from my room, teared up just watching her in live streams, and also I’ve felt proud for her when she gets an award or when she is recognized in some way. Also it is just so cute when she’s just literally being herself, and I just cannot explain the warmth I feel I’m my heart when that happens.
I like literally feel myself like the most serious, skeptic, dead inside person within my social group, yet my passion and love for TS overcomes all that.
Now with the Eras Tour I think there’s been a lot of coverage of the fandom and how some of us behave to some (sometimes not very nice) extremes just to maybe see her, and it made me think that is not just me who feels this love for someone who doesn’t even know I exist.
My theory is that the feelings she portrays on her music have resonated with a lot of us to a personal level, to the point we feel identified with her. Myself I cannot put a finger in the exact set of songs that made me feel this, but it’s the best explanation I can give myself.
Anyone else?
Wow, we do really think alike lol. It is funny though because on a personal level I don’t feel that identified with Taylor or her experiences (I’m like 9 years younger and I’m a guy), yet I can connect with her emotions through her music. I do feel the same about her jets and all the capitalism thing. Also I find it creepy how people gets crazy obsessed over her relationships and personal life, but as you say… When an album plays or when I see her in a video or something, I simply can’t resist my swiftie side.
I think that’s healthy to have fun and be a Swiftie but also be aware of the downsides of celebrity worship.
My SO and I were in New York and by coincidence my family member lives a couple blocks away from Taylor’s apartment in tribeca. So I walked us by her apartment and my SO laughs and eyerolls and says I’m obsessed. And I laugh too but for me the line is if I start standing and waiting for Taylor, like if I’m in those groups waiting to see her for 2 seconds walking out of her apartment I’ve gone too far. It’s not even like she’s stopping for autographs or anything, literally just steps into a car