The Cult of Taylor Swift 

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Swifties are the kind of people you'd find feasting on a deer carcass in the middle of the road at night

can’t believe meat was found with 14 self inflicted gunshots to the chest after this, you can’t say he wasn’t brave

I remember posting once "is taylor swift still singing about breaking up with teenage boys even though shes in her 40s" and i dont think ive ever seen so many death threats before

Ok but imagine for a second. If Taylor, during a concert with like 10,000 people, pointed at one individual and said “Kill that person”. What would the swifties actually ACTUALLY do?

My girlfriend (30's) is a swifty. She convinced me to go to the concert in chicago. The swifties smelt my fear, tied me up, and made me drink the blood of all of Taylors exes. I am a devout swifty now.

I dated a Swiftie once. I never imagined someone could be so basic and boring while also being batshit insane. Taylor Swift fandom is now a red flag in my book

Let's be real here , I bet even Taylor can't stand her own fans

I’m not kidding. I was watching Saw X in cinema and when the movie was quiet all we could hear was people screaming out the songs in the Taylor movie as it is being played in the cinema room next to us.

I once got called basic by a taylor swift fan, that was the most hypocritical thing that ever happened to me

I've never understood this fascination we have for certain individuals. This is legit how cults are made.

imagine getting death threats from a bunch of 13 year old girls. i couldnt even stop laughing. i would probably die from laughing so hard

My sister is constantly trying to play TS when we’re together. I almost k*lled myself at her bachelorette party when she was playing her favorite songs from each album chronologically, telling us about how Taylor’s albums always mirrored her life as they came out. Absolutely insufferable.

Taylor Swift is probably a social experiment on how to build a world wide cult with pop music

I went and saw Killers of the Flower Moon, a movie with scenes of whispered dialogue that have no music accompanying them. The theater had placed the Eras movie next to ours in their specialty screening room and the bass of Ready For It? literally vibrated our room and the crowd of Swifties drowned out half the dialogue of our movie

After seeing the pagan circles and racist comments, I'm pretty sure Taylor Swift is secretly a black metal artist. Everyone uninitiated just hears basic pop music, but a true Swiftie hears growling and distorted tremelo picking.

Here’s a few competing theories I have (and most of these apply to a lot of celebrities). 1. Taylor Swift is too out of touch to realize the extent to which her fanbase is insane. This one has legitimacy in that she gives off the vibe of someone who doesn’t even know she has a Twitter account. 2. Taylor Swift knows her fanbase is insane, purposely stays away from the internet to distance herself from it, but won’t condemn it because she knows it’s why she’s Uber wealthy. 3. Taylor Swift knows her fanbase is insane, doesn’t like it, but her team has convinced her to let it go on due to it being the way she is Uber wealthy (and therefore gives them job security). 4. Taylor Swift knows her fans are insane and thinks it’s justified and that she’s entitled to it. At the end of the day it doesn’t actually matter which one is true or if none of them are, because the end result is the same.

I’m a movie theatre manager. This tour has brought in some of the most insane, brain dead and socially dense people ever. An experience that sticks out to me is a lady was asking for a Taylor Tub, but she just wanted the popcorn. I thought I understood and said “sorry, unfortunately we can only sell it as a cup and tub combo” (pretty stupid rule, I know) and this woman’s earth shattered. She yelled at me that she JUST wanted the popcorn. Me still confused because I explained in 3 different ways it was a cup/tub combo only. I asked if she was wanting a popcorn bag instead. Nope. I was the dumbest person in the world to her. She then walks over to where we are displaying the cup and tub, points at the cup and yells at me “I WANT THAT SMALL TUB” like ma’am…. I understand a 44oz drink is pretty big but she would not believe me that it was a drink cup. Called me a b#tch and walked away. I still have no idea what she wanted 🥲

My greatest flex was picking up a girl for a 2nd date from her place and we decided to play some music. She’s asked what I thought of Taylor Swift and I said “not the biggest fan to be honest.” She rolled her eyes and said “of course another guy who’s to insecure about liking a female artists.” I made a joking comment back hoping she was joking but I realized she was actually serious. So I smiled and put on little simz and she asked who is that, and I told her and said how much I appreciated her music. She was like “oh, okay.” But that clearly I’m guilty look on her face. I then fake looked at my phone and said I had a family emergency and turned around to drop her off at her house. I wasn’t dating someone like that.

One of the most concerning thing about swifties, is how some will put more time, money, and effort caring about her relationships rather than their own

my cousin is a major swiftie (fml) and shits on me for my music taste. she made me and my fam listen to a ten minute taylor song and when we started playing our heavy metal songs i said ‘sorry if our music is too diverse for you’ since she wouldn’t stop complaining

I went on a date last night (with an adult woman) who was a total swifty and we went and saw the swift movie. It was a lot and I think you're right about the cult stuff. I was a pretty cool show TBH but the amount of people in the audience who were mimicking all the hand emotes exactly and sang along word for word to the entire 3 hour movie was insane to me. Either they've seen this movie every day since it came out or they've been rehearsing at home for dozens of hours.

the woman on the train seeing just the sea of white women waiting for the train going "oh HELL NO" was so real

All I've learned from this fanbase is that they're obsessed with someone they've never met to the point that they'll not only ruin their own lives but they actively try to ruin the lives of anyone that disagrees with them. Easily the most unhinged people I've ever seen.

My sister in law is a Swiftoid. I literally had to block her number, her husband’s number, and all her social media profiles because she will randomly try to start fights and drama. I’m unsure if swiftism is a mental illness or a symptom of another underlying disorder…

I got in an argument with a swiftie and said u know she doesn’t know who u are right? The response “actually Taylor is known for remembering peoples usernames and faces from profiles so she knows her fans. “ these people are a delusional group of

I feel like Swifties are the perfect thing for you to do an animation on, with their cult like obsession combined with how cartoony they are just asks for it to be exaggerated even further

If y’all want to really trigger them talk about how her dad paid for her first album and how she’s never written a song by herself.

About 90% of Swifties are single women that calls everyone misogynistic even though they cant say that in front of a mirror.

A few months ago, we had a customer who did not pay his internet bill, my coworker shut off his internet and he called in immediately throwing a fit cause he was checking out buying Taylor swift tickets. By the time his internet was turned on, the show sold out. He was so pissed. Nobody had sympathy for him because it was like 1500 for a ticket and his delinquent bill was 95 bucks.😅

The 11 year old girl I babysit is a Swiftie and I had to endure 6 hours of nonstop talk the last time I watched her. I’m a hardcore rock and metal fan that plays bass the farthest thing from that genre. Her mom remarked that she was very appreciative of me because not many people are able to listen that long or try to be engaged. She’s a good kid but it’s definitely the adults that are the terrifying ones.

Swifties can be terrible, but Justin Bieber super fans were batsh!t insane. I remember around 2010 when people found out Justin smoked weed and this one picture went viral where this fan was so angry she carved his name into her forearm, it was gut wrenching. Never in my life have I seen something so insane from a fan.

The funniest thing I ever read about Taylor Swift was about her dating a Kennedy and being told explicitly that she wasn't invited to an upcoming wedding. She went anyway after, IIRC, the bride herself told her not to come. So a bunch of Kennedys had to tell her to GTFO. That's how arrogant she is. If she wants to come to your party, she'll be there, even if you don't want her there.

My friend recently broke off his 5-year relationship with his ex because she wasted thousands of money just to buy Swift merch, albums, vinyls, and other stuff. She even bought tickets to the Singapore concert using money that she borrowed from dozens of people just to see Taylor Swift because she doesn't have a concert in the Philippines. She even stole money from his credit card just to impulsively buy the recent 1989 album.

I had a co-worker who was one of those cult-minded Swifties. I remember when I merely mentioned that I didn't care for Taylor Swift. And she would never let me hear the end of it after that. Day after day we worked together she would make at least one joke about how I dont like her overrated Goddess. And it showed me just how deep a little indifference can get under a person's skin. Even when I had bought tickets to Sick New World this year, she was bragging that she spend more on seeing one artist, meanwhile I got to see at least 10. I swear to God, some of these fans are just brainwashed.

My cousin is a diehard swiftie and forced me to listen to the new album with her. God save me, please.

My cousin is a swiftie and I have to listen to her talk about how much of a “musical goddess” she is whenever I see her. She also saw the Taylor swift movie three days in a row and would not go anywhere without her Taylor swift popcorn bucket for three weeks

The Swifties’ meltdown over a WWE wrestler making an in-character remark about Taylor Swift was hilarious to witness

"Where's the camaraderie here?" There's more camaraderie between the commuters going "Oh God no" upon seeing the Swifties than the Swifties themselves.

I dated a Swiftie, which I found really fun, but thankfully he never made it a major thing. He just loved the songs and we’d play them in the car or listen to new releases when they’d drop. ❤ He’s no longer with us, but some of those are my favorite memories of him.

Taylor Swift fans can't take a joke.

It seems like being a taylor swift fan is just an excuse to behave like a mentally ill ex girlfriend wherever you go

I worked security in a theater for the Taylor Swift concert movie. It was chaos. It was so bad that the management said we're not going to worry about the hellscape in the theaters, just try to make sure no one is sneaking in.

I find it hard to believe that any artist who charges more than $100 for a ticket actually gives a fuck about their fans

"Nothings whiter than light!" Taylor Swift crowds:

My ex was like the biggest swiftie and she cheated on me, and her stans make it feel like a cult, they would kill someone over a concert ticket. The glazing is crazy

I was watching the exorcist and the swifties were next door and during the entire movie we could here them scream so badly I thought it was from the movie, a good moment was when my movie was at a pivotal point and it was quiet we could hear “and I’m feein 22”. I guess that was funny, but we were refunded our tickets because it ruined our movie. The theater now scheduals other movies around the swift movie.

I work in in a fast food place, an my Swiftie Story is when one of my coworkers spent our entire 6 hour shift trying to buy tickets online. She didn't get them, but it's a whole other level of infuriating when one of your coworkers does absolutely nothing to hel0 during a busy night shift because she wants tickets to the artist she already listens to 24/7. There was only 3 people working that night, but it felt like 2.

Taylor Swift is the pop music equivalent of Disney. Adult Swifties are the same as Disney Adults. Comparable cringe.

the midsommar metaphor was so accurate not only cult-wise but also blonde-wise.

How to be a white woman 1. be born as one 2. have a Starbucks/Panera diet 3. be a Taylor Swift fan 4. own the latest iPhone 5. vote Democrat or "blue no matter who" 6. always talk with the tone as if you are unsure or asking a question.

Taylor Swift fans are like Kamikaze pilots ready to kill themselves in the name of average pop music

Taylor Swift is the definition of overrated.

you're being REALLY nice by saying that a lot of these crazy fans are teenage girls while most of the cringe swifties are in their late 30s and mid-late 40s

I personally think it's odd that Taylor has never addressed this (to my knowledge at least). Unless the main motive is money in which she's just using this part of her fanbase and they haven't realized they're pawns in a corporate game. If I were her this behavior would creep me out and I'd be begging them to get the fuck away from me. Obsession is weird and creepy. They don't realize they'll never be her, meet her or be anything more than a financial supporter. Sounds to me like they're deluded and need a reality check.

I met someone who was this obsessesed over her and other artists. She was fun to be around, but mainly because I had never befriended someone like her before, so it was entertaining. Needless to say, the red flags I had ignored came back to haunt me. Never again.

Man, "Where's the camaraderie here?" Is pretty spot on. I'm used to seeing super fans of anything being like, at least a bit nicer to other people in their group maybe cracking some jokes they know the other fans would get. I swear all the swifties I've ever seen think they're the only ones on the planet they treat each other like scum sometimes.

I commented on a tiktok about Taylor saying, "I've only listened to 2 of her songs." The backlash I got was comically insane! Dozens of people chewing me out and throwing insults. Never had to say I didn't like her, just that I only heard 2 songs. It was then I KNEW this is a cult.

I still can get over the fact that there’s a huge part of her fan base convinced that she’s gay while she’s actively out here saying stuff like “I’m not gay.” And they’re reading it like what does it mean?!?!

Imagine paying that much for a concert ticket just to hear a cult of women screaming lyrics instead of Taylor swift. I’d be pissed lmao.

I bet your scrolling tryna find some swifty comment

When i was in high school back in 2014/2015, i had a few Swifties as classmates. They worshipped her like she was the second coming of Christ and yet, somehow they weren't as insane as these people.

Never in my life have I felt so proud of being completely apathetic about Taylor Swift and everything to do with her.

Hunter… you’re a genius. I love your art / artwork and you conceptual animations. Keep being AWESOME.

Remember a few years ago when the CIA randomly said they were thinking about making Taylor Swift an asset and then all of the sudden she had her own cult following? Pepperidge Farm remembers.

Swifties are absolutely terrifying. Few things on this planet intimidate me as much as a mega pop star’s rabid fanbase.

I think the issue with Swifties is, ultimately, they aren't even LISTENING to Swift's songs. Because you listen to her songs, the lyrics of them, you're in shock of just how toxic all of it is. She has songs about dating perfect men, but missing screaming at her ex (The Way I Loved You), she has songs about being so unstable with the men she's dating they have to where protection when they try to reconcile with her while she's manipulating them (Stay Stay Stay), she has songs about convincing men to break up with women who she considers bad for them so she can be with them (You Belong With Me), she has songs about breaking up couples literally on the day of their wedding (Speak Now). And these songs are her HITS. I could go on and on and on. She doesn't write love songs, she writes songs about manipulative and toxic behavior, and Swifties are too busy going "SHES JUST LIKE MEEEEEE" without thinking that if a dude was talking about this he'd be repulsive.

Went to see the Eras Tour in the theaters opening night, I went because friends went and I was asked to go along. People went to the front and danced while I was in the very back row of seats enjoying the reclining feature on my chair. Fell asleep in the first 30 minutes of the show and woke up at the end. 10/10 nap, would nap again.

I live near Gillette Stadium, and during the Taylor Swift concert, it was the most traffic I’ve ever seen, and I have been living here for ten years.

You are so brave for saying where you live then coming this hard for the swifties...they will find you and you will be greatly missed

CAN YOU PLEASE MAKE AN ANIMATED VIDEO WITH TAYLOR SWIFT AND HER FANBASE INCORPORATING MIDSOMMAR VIBES!!! Edit: Thank you for all the likes guys!

"Six foot deer woman" is the only way im referring to her now

I honestly think one of the reasons why Taylor Swift is so popular is because she is the best the record industry can do at the moment. If she would've been making the music she is now back in the 80's or 90's...she would've been a one hit wonder at best. But, because modern pop is so bland...she's considered a musical "god" by some.

There was a Taylor Swift concert in Denver a few months back. My hotel was literally filled with Taylor Swift fans, some of whom brought professional hair stylists with them. I joked to a coworker that it was as if the pope was coming to town.

I'm currently at a wedding and was bored out of my mind.Thank you, Papa for this upload.

Always awesome to hear someone from KC!

All these stories of swifties definitely put them on the red flag list. Well deserved

Mr. Meat your editor deserves a raise, shit is hysterical

I wouldn’t be surprised if the Beyhive and Swifties start sacrificing their children to their idols at this point.

i don't think my autistic ass could survive seeing this movie in theaters without headphones. even if i was a swiftie, the screeching is just too much.

love seeing the craziness

Throwback to that one time when "swifties" all over the world went bat-shit crazy because one of her albums that came out in 2019 was surpassed by tool's Fear Inoculum at #1 best selling albums around the same time and they had no clue who they are

You had me at the halo edit

I tried watching Godzilla minus one with my dad. Thank god for the subtitles because all we could her were a bunch of screeching swifties in the room next door

This is literal gold! oh my God, another beautiful production.

Taylor Swift could literally go to one female soccer game and increase the viewership ten fold

The only women to ever call me slurs are swifties

your soundbites and editing are amazing. after talking about KC cutting to gordan ramsay "that is fkin disgusting" had me goin for while. funny stuff

10:18 reminded me of the Cat in the Hat when he cuts his tail off and the screen cuts to a cat saying “Hang in there!”😂

The moment I speak ill of Taylor Swift people act as if I have just slaughtered their hopes and dreams. Ive had friends ignore me for a week when I said "Its not that deep"

I'll admit, I cry sometimes as a full grown adult too. Have I EVER cried over concert tickets? Never. This is genuinely disturbing behavior

The reaction to the ticket prize is pretty much the way my dad reacts to anything expensive. The grasping at the chest, the gasping, spot on.

The train footage would've made a terrifying animation.

I always have had a hard time understanding how people can obsess over celebrities/musicians.. it's so bizarre, especially they don't know them and never met them lol.. The coolest and most interesting people I've ever had the pleasure of knowing and meeting were regular people who had lots of wisdom and had so many interesting stories.. Also people who obsess over this type of stuff definitely helps me know who to stay away from..

My ex couple years ago was a swiftie and we had a really bad argument one day towards the end of our relationship, Well trying to talk and rebuild our relationship afterwards, Taylor ironically made a new album the same day and she was obsessed about this song in it (don't remember the name of the song) that she shoved it in my face saying that she's singing about us in the song, when the song was just hypocritical about the situation we were in. I left after that cause it was stupid and now seeing all these fans made me realized I think I dodged a bullet😂

That was the best intro to a video I’ve seen in a while! 🤣

I know a couple girls in LA who were given free tickets to the Taylor Swift movie on the demand that they sing in their seats in the theater. They (and a few other girls) got the tickets through a mutual friend who is one of Taylor's backup dancers. They were given tickets to several showings. It was a publicity stunt. Taylor and her dancers couldn't lead the charge themselves because if anybody noticed, it would be very embarrassing, so they just gave out tickets like candy to people that they could count on singing loudly at the showings. A lot of marketing is built on the backs of hired hands posing as "audience members." Just like clubs and magic shows.

my brother was dating a girl who was a huge Taylor Swift fan, and he told me about this date and how he had a good time with the girl but it was at a idk what to even call it a gathering of people who were dressed as Taylor swift singing and dancing to Taylor swift songs and just pretending to be her... it was at some bar. he was showing me pictures it was 20+ girls on stage all dressed up as Taylor Swift like it was a beauty pageant or something it was crazy .... I couldn't believe that it was only adult doing this not kids. so I told him dude bail that chick is crazy and she's in a cult lol lets just say later i hit him with the i told ya so lol

There are plenty of celebrities actively farming up parasocials. Thats one of the reasons swift has been so successful, her PR and business teams have really leaned into the strategy.

I’m shocked Papa Meat is still alive after this. I once said Swift’s music was “bland and that’s what makes it so widely palatable; it’s the grilled chicken of music” and was nearly buried alive lol