Hip-hip-hooray! Hip-hip-hooray! I know I’m a day late, but I swear I planned this; I didn’t want to take the spotlight from our girl, Dr. Tay, so I’m only posting this today instead of her actual birthday, which was yesterday. I’m so excited about this particular birthday because it’s the first Taylor will be celebrating officially with yours truly in her fandom.
As some of you already know, my Taylor Swift obsession is a bit of a long story. Like all true idols, Taylor was omnipresent in my childhood and I’ve never known a world without her Gorgeous presence in it. But, I never had a Thug Life until about January of this year. Of course, I am a much better person because of this development, but my sleep has sadly died along with my sanity—they’d definitely say that “We Were Happy” before, but were we really? Also, my social life is currently non-existent, so It’s Nice To Have A Friend in Taylor, but no one else.
Anyways, until the beginning of 2022, I had never been a sell-my-soul fan, but I had been a local American girl who listened to her popular songs and knew of her. That all changed at some point this year. I wish I had an Everything Has Changed moment, but I like to think of it as more of a Dancing With Our Hands Tied kinda thang—I was destined to become a Swiftie eventually. Look What You Made Me Do, Taylor, now You Belong With Me forever.
Now, being a Swiftie is a good enough term for most people, but for ME!, as someone who knows how versatile Dr. Swift is All Too Well, I feel the need to identify myself further. I love Taylor’s songwriting, musicality, storytelling, and general Mastermind-ish shenanigans. I absolutely love how she owns this world, and I am so grateful to be living in a world with all of the art activism and beauty she brings into it. Don’t Blame Me for all my references and voodoo stuff; I’m just a Swiftie.
Let’s take a moment of silence to thank Taylor, as well as Andrea Swift, God bless her, for coming into the world on December 13th, 1989, and creating something that is hard to put into words for me. I hope she has The Best Day with her loved ones, and I can’t wait to see what comes this year! #SpeakNowTVpls