There’s no questioning how much Taylor Swift has influenced generations of fans — from younger Swifties who have grown up on her music to the Millennials who grew up alongside Swift, reading her old diary entries and evolving through all her different eras. Obviously fans had all types of visceral reactions when the Lover artist got engaged to Travis Kelce after two years of dating, but I didn’t predict that it would also put Swiftie boyfriends “on the clock” in their own relationships.
Taylor Swift’s connection to her fans is unique in how she teases upcoming music and other projects, sometimes years in advance. Swifties know every word to all 270+ of her songs. They’ve created their own concert etiquette, complete with friendship bracelet exchanges, so why wouldn’t they want to share this next huge chapter with the artist? One fan, 34-year-old Colleen O’Connor, told The Guardian her first reaction to hearing that the NFL tight end had popped the question was to ask her boyfriend:
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