Indian ‘Swifties’ on why they love Taylor Swift, her music and aura

Updated On: 21 April, 2024 08:20 AM IST | Mumbai | Nascimento Pinto

As Taylor Swift embarks on the South American leg of The Eras Tour, and Mumbai hosts a Tribute Night for her this weekend, mid-day.com spoke to Gen-Z and Millennial Swifties who adore the American singer-songwriter, whose fandom has on a whole new level this year

As Taylor Swift embarks on the South American leg of The Eras Tour, fans who are not able to attend the concerts are watching the film screening. Photo Courtesy: Ira Malik/Alifiya Joel/Arunima Joshua

Ira Malik is 16 years old. The New Delhi-based teenager wasn’t even born when Taylor Swift released her first eponymous album in 2006 but the Gen-Z relates to the singer just like a Millennial. She has already booked tickets for The Eras Tour in Liverpool on June 14, 2024. Malik says she has been a Taylor Swift fan for as long as she can remember. She reveals, “If I had to pick a particular era or album, it was when she released ‘Speak Now’. It has been 13 years since the American singer-songwriter released the album. As the world is experiencing ‘The Eras Tour’ this year, which Swift embarked on in March 2023, her life and persona have become a global phenomenon fuelled by her fans.” Today, Malik not only owns vinyls of most of her albums but has a lot of merchandise related to the singer.

Incidentally, Taylor Swift started as a singer at the same age as Malik. Two years later, she released Taylor Swift (2006) and Fearless (2008), which not only produced hits like ‘Tim McGraw’ and ‘Teardrops On My Guitar’ but also ‘Love Story’ and ‘You Belong With Me’ respectively. Ever since then, she has garnered many fans, who fondly call themselves ‘Swifties’. Malik along with other Indians is very much a part of this fandom that only seems to be getting bigger by the day. Interestingly, when Malik heard ‘Speak Now’, she was already gravitating toward the singer. “I had been a fan because of songs like ‘Love Story’ and ‘You Belong With Me’ but I remember listening to ‘Enchanted’ when it was released on my old iPad for the first time and falling in love with it which led me to listen to her entire discography at that point.”

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