In honour of Taylor Swift’s three concerts at Liverpool’s Anfield stadium this summer, the University of Liverpool hosted Tay Day (Liverpool’s Version), an academic conference on Taylor Swift and her music on June 12.
Each presentation explored Swift from a different critical perspective. While it was an academic event, there were fun pop aspects such as friendship bracelets, attendees in sparkles – and even a round of “critical karaoke”.
Critical karaoke originated at the Experience Music Project’s annual Pop Conference in 2004, where “participants were asked to tell their story in the span of time it took to listen to the song they had chosen – with the song playing behind them”.
