The Swifties

By: Jackson Burke: Staff Writer

Taylor Swift has recently became arguably the most famous person on the planet. In this new light that hse is in she has many fans, swifties, and many people that dislike her. Whether you like her or not you must agree that her fans are extremely loyal. From making simple friendship bracelets to pass around at her concerts or even making her new boyfriend, Travis Kelce, a whole new level of famous. 

Her first way of reconnecting with the media was when she talked about how she thinks making friendship bracelets is a way of sharing an experience. Her Swifties took this idea and ran with it. Now at all of her performances, there are thousands of bracelets that her fans will pass around to other to signify their shared experience. Many ages of people get involved with this tradition from five year old little girls to twenty-five year old ladies. This is in fact how Taylor and Travis Kelce met. 

Travis Kelce, a professional football player for the Kansas City Chiefs, decided that he would make a bracelet for Swift. Kelce took a shot and wanted to meet the woman that runs the world so he gave her a simple bracelet. After this the two began to create a relationship that has brought the Swifties to follow Taylor and eventually made Travis Kelce one of the most known professional sports player in the United States. All the Swifties supported Kelce through buying his jersey and supporting the Chiefs just to show their loyalty to Taylor Swift. 

Taylor Swift now has one of the biggest followings in the world and it is all due to her music. The music that brought many ages of young women together to create a community constructed by one woman and her producer.