“Swifties” took a deep dive into Taylor Swift’s life and music at an event in Kent on Friday as they explored the singer’s impact on feminism.
The University of Kent’s Canterbury campus hosted the first academic conference on the singer to be held in Europe – and fans were buzzing at the prospects of spending a day discussing their favourite subject.
Elspeth Kennedy, who was a conference assistant at the event, said: “It’s a really nostalgic feeling when I listen to her.”
“I remember being sat in front of my dad’s laptop on YouTube, with Love Story open, learning the whole song, listening to it 20 times a day – and now I’m watching my sister buying [Swift’s] vinyls. It’s a full circle moment.”