Taylor Swift managed to drive record-breaking numbers to voter registration website Vote.org after urging her 232 million followers on Instagram to take action.
On Tuesday (19 September), hours after the pop star, 32, called on her US fanbase to register to vote in honour of National Voter Registration Day, Vote.org’s communication director, Nick Morrow, announced that “our site was averaging 13,000 users every 30 minutes”.
“Fun fact: after @taylorswift13 posted on Instagram today directing her followers to register to vote on @votedotorg, our site was averaging 13,0000 users every 30 minutes,” Morrow wrote on X/Twitter.
“13! Let’s just say her reputation for being a mastermind is very well-earned.”
Earlier that day, the “Anti-Hero” singer had posted to her Story, asking followers: “Are you registered to vote yet?
There was a video I saw a while back of a look-alike getting swarmed by fans, fans who were bawling about meeting her, it’s just fucking nuts. I saw Harrison Ford once from a distance, and I was like “hey cool, I saw Harrison Ford”, but some people just go apeshit.
I bumped into Mark Ruffalo once. I just did a double-take and kept moving. I don’t understand this stuff.
Bruno intensifies
Celebrity worship is weird. I was at a show once, and as I was walking out this guy basically runs past me. Right afterwards, he turns around and says really urgently “come on xxxxx, let’s go!” (I don’t remember the name). The guy was a very famous celebrity, and I imagine he was GTFO so he didn’t get mobbed.
My reaction was the same as yours: oh cool, I recognize him. But I had no desire to talk to him or get a picture or anything, and I don’t understand why people do.
Musical artists I can understand why people go nuts. Music is such a personal and emotional thing, both for the artist and the listener. I think it taps into something primal.