By Anna Mefford
Taylor Swift is arguably the most famous person of our time.
“I can wholeheartedly say I am Swiftie,” junior Francie Lovin said. Francie is one of millions (billions?) that consider themselves one of the Swifties.
And the Eras tour, which has been going on for the past six months, has somehow earned her even more fame and publicity.
“The concert was life-changing,” sophomore Mason Bosworth said.
Add to that her new boyfriend Travis Kelce, who plays for the Kansas City Chiefs, and her new movie, The Eras Tour.
While Taylor has dated plenty of men in her time and has written tragic break-up songs about them, no boyfriend she’s had has generated this much conversation.
Travis Kelce and his brother, Eagles’ center Philadephia Jason Kelce, were an iconic duo even before Taylor started showing up at games. They have a podcast called New Heights where they talk about playing against each other in the Superbowl, their family, and most importantly Taylor Swift.
The very public relationship started when Travis mentioned how he went to her concert and wanted to give Taylor his number.
The media went crazy.
Two weeks later Taylor was seen in a box watching Travis play. “I have never seen a stadium so packed,” sophomore Will Byrn said after watching the game.
Swifties go where Taylor goes.
After the game Travis swept her off in the “getaway car,” he stated on New Heights.
Travis is the most beloved boyfriend yet, and in my opinion, he is the one. As all Swifties know, Travis is her 13th boyfriend and her favorite number is 13. That is no coincidence. Every Swiftie is watching Travis. “Chiefs fans have tripled since this relationship,” sophomore Trey Quackenbush said.
Swifties are taking over, some arguing that Taylor put Travis on the map (or grid?).
There’s a new TikTok trend is going on right now where girls ask a brother or boyfriend, or just a guy if they knew who Travis was before Taylor. This typically results in the guy yelling about how Travis is the best tight end and is more famous than Taylor.
Clearly, these guys don’t know their stuff.
Yesterday a TikTok popped up on my FYP (aka. For You Page), where a male Swiftie was explaining how an NFL team can’t fill up a stadium for one game, while Taylor Swift filled every single seat of these stadiums for 3 nights in a row.
“Clearly our priorities are straight,” the man said.
She’s also filling up seats in movie theaters with the release of The Eras Tour concert film. The nearly three-hour film is a compilation of three L.A. concerts at the SoFi stadium.
While Kate already had seen the concert in person she had to see it again in theaters. “It did not disappoint,” senior Kate Pope said.
All the Swifties showed up in costumes, glitter, hats, and more–they did not come to play. People were singing and dancing. “It was not your average movie,” sophomore Julia Batchelor said. Videos circulated of filmgoers dancing in a circle and holding hands, leading some non-Swifties to label the behavior as “cult-like.”
What are you gonna do? Swifties gotta pass out bracelets and dance.
The movie gave all the people who could not get tickets to still get to experience of this phenomenal concert.
Travis Kelce could not make it to the premier of the movie, however, it was said that he sent Taylor over $2,000 worth of flowers to make up for it. Just another example of why the Swifties love him so much.
This past Wednesday Taylor released 1989 Taylor’s Version which Abby Odegard said is “her best album yet.”
Some students are even marking the seasons by the music they’re listening to. Scarlett Rouland, Siena Raponi, and Hollis Fann all agreed that this fall they’re listening to the Red album. “Red is for Fall, Folklore is for Winter, Speak Now if for Spring, and Lover is for summer,” Scarlett Rouland said.
Who needs the weather app when you’ve got Taylor to tell you what season it is?
