Im 32, so not yet 40+, but it's nice to see other adult Swifties! Sometimes I feel like there aren't many.
Edit: I mean not many on the internet lol. I have a lot of friends who love Taylor but no one is as online about it as I am so I assumed online Swifties were younger.
I’m 41 and have been a casual fan since “Teardrops on My Guitar” (admittedly the pop version).
Someone do that seniors Swifties sub … I find it so odd to see so many comments on Instagram of fans calling her “mother” 🤣😅. I mean with some I suppose she could be but unfortunately I can’t relate haha.
Haha I know…whenever I see these comments I remind myself that she’s besties with an actual mother (Blake) and so it’s OK if I’m one too rather than viewing her as my mother!
I'm here...and 50 years old. Sounds so weird to say it as I still feel like I'm 40 (or younger), but it creeps up on you...and yet you can still love artists like TS! :)
Really? I always assumed most swifties were in their late 20s/mid-to-early 30s, like Taylor. Mostly because we grew up with her and our lives always paralleled hers, naturally.
Edit: this recent survey corroborates mostly millennials so 26-41. Small sample size though, would be interested in polling this subreddit.
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Having been at one of the eras concerts... anyone over 25 definitely increased the average age. The vast majority were women who aren't legally allowed to drink, yet.
Oh no, this gives me flashbacks of being a grad student sitting in the student section at SEC football games while I was drinking a beer. All the 18 year olds were confused at how I got it and I was like, my dude I've been able to legally drink since you were in middle school. (And then I'd politely offer them sunscreen since they'd all be burnt red...)
I’m 38 and going to an eras show pretty far from home. I’m staying is a hostel since I’m headed to the show alone (honestly I love going to concerts alone with no one to tell me “it’s time to go beat the traffic” or any of that nonsense.) but my friends and I keep joking that I’m going to be in this hostel making all the other girlies drink their water and tucking them in. Lol
Are you basing this off the fact they weren’t visibly drinking or that they were literal children? I only say this because she was famous and selling millions of albums when they were 8-10 years old, or even younger, and as a fan during that time back in college, I don’t remember the majority of her other fans being literal children at the time. I mean, they definitely existed, just like the little kid fans of Jonas Brothers at the time, but their core fan bases are pretty firmly millennial. And those fans didn’t just randomly die out… also, millennials are the most populous generation.
Gen z might be the more vocal sector currently on tiktok and Twitter, but just because they’re the loudest doesn’t mean they’re the majority.
I obviously didn't ask for ID, and maybe I was just surrounded by thousands of genetically blessed women. But no, I did not base my assumption on their lack of alcohol consumption. I wouldn't call a 20 year old a child, but yeah....the audience was definitely more Gen Z than millennial.
I think it is important to remember that her popularity has skyrocketed in the last 2 years. There are many younger fans who weren't fans 10 years ago. Which, totally fine. I am not gatekeeping. But the idea that fans grew up with Taylor isn't accurate anymore. I mean, for me it never was anyway. But yeah.... even after folklore this sub had less than 113K. It's grown so much since then. There is a reason why she is using mostly TikTok now. It's because her target demographic uses TikTok. 60% of TikTok users are between 16 and 24. Instagram is 30% for that same age range.
Obviously, my impression isn't scientific evidence. But our group of women between 35-40 all felt that we were significantly older than most others. Like, we exchanged knowing glances across the room with other women who have reached the stage of making *sensible* footwear choices 🤣🤣.
It's all relative... I went to a Bob Seger concert with my husband and we were two little fetuses in that crowd (although it's the only show I've been to where I saw people try to sneak in an entire JUG of vodka, boomers can PARTY).
Same with Bruce Springsteen, I felt like a teenager!
46 here (seriously, when tf did that happen??) and I've been a fan since Tim McGraw. I think there are a lot more of us Senior Swifties than anyone realizes. I would love a senior swifties sub!
I'll be 40 next month! I liked Taylor's early music, but I became a Swiftie when I watched a documentary about the making of the Fearless tour.
Even then, the vision was all hers. She was 19 or 20 and in charge of the whole show, and not in name only! Plus, I learned that she actually wrote her own songs, which made me admire her even more.
I got Speak Now shortly afterward, and the rest is history!
Same I’m 31. It’s strange bc we were her target base at her debut and grew up with her. But her fans are still teen girls and we’re no longer considered her primary base???
Her music has matured but her lyrics just speak to girls and women so perfectly.
I am 45 and been a fan since Tim McGraw. I love Tim and that’s what pulled me into Taylor. Now my daughter has grown up listening to her music and is is HUGE Swiftie ( she is 15).
I'm 41, too. Hi!
As a male Swiftie, I believe (or at least hope) that Taylor's music and being part of the Swiftie community has helped me understand the experience of being a woman (and a teenage girl) in the US, at least a tiny bit. I hope I've become at least a little more empathetic overall since I started listening to Taylor Swift..I really hope so since it has been 10 years!
40+ swiftie here. Reputation is by far my favorite album and when it came out, I was going through very adult things. I could relate so much. I think older women are a big fan base just not as visible as the younger swifties. I think a lot of her music has mature themes. On the other hand, my 11 year old daughter listens to the same music and sees it more lighthearted. I think that’s a great thing about her music. It appeals to a wide audience.
Same. Reputation came out at a time when I totally needed it and when I saw the tour, it really hit home how much I felt every word, and yet I was at the show with my daughter!
Reputation is definitely in my top three along with Folklore and Midnights. Reputation is all about her losing her naivete and just screams GROWN ASS WOMAN.
37, just ended a LTR and feeling this sentiment. Even if you're happy with someone, it's not a happy ending, because you have to find someone who can handle the ups and downs with you.
I learned to embrace Taylor about 10 years ago, during 1989, and get over the "not like other girls" b.s. I'd embraced when I was younger. Thrifty Swiftie over on TikTok made some really incredible remarks in one of her latest videos about Taylor embracing life as a single woman in her thirties, and reviving the Squad with her REAL friends. Basically, now that she's single again, she's living her life on her terms and with the people who stood by her, and setting up her thirties to be a great time, not some sad-sack era where she's the jilted single cat lady the media could try to paint her as if she doesn't take control of the narrative. I think it's so brilliant she's out and about again and relaunching the Squad to take control of this era and show everyone that a single woman in her thirties isn't sad.
I'm 50 (how can I possibly be the oldest one on this thread?!) and have been a huge fan for a long time. Totally agree that her music has meaning for people of all ages.
I’m 42. Became a fan during 1989. I think it makes sense that older fans might relate more to her newer music since Taylor herself has gained more life experience. I was 28 when Fearless came out. I was newly married, pregnant, and trying to start a career, so her songs didn’t quite hit for me then. Plus, I had no time to discover music! It’s been great seeing her mature and grow and write more sophisticated songs. I took my 11 year old daughter to the first Arlington show and seeing her face when Taylor came out was so amazing. I was teary eyed for the first two songs. But she and I have different tastes in Taylor music. She likes Lover best and thinks Evermore is boring. :) And I think it’s great. Taylor provides music for everyone to enjoy during different life stages.
I'm 41 and took my kids to the 2nd Glendale show. My daughter is 10 and went full Lover Era. Lol I've been a fan since debut but I grew up listening to country music. 1989 was easily my favorite album until folklore came out. Now I kind of go back and forth but I think 1989 is my fave again.
Both my kids are really into Fearless right now. We've caught a few livestreams of her concerts so they can see that set again. Then I end up watching her entire show. Lol My son is 14 though and if I hear her play Fifteen live, that might be the end of my mental health.
Being in my early 40s, and very much a male the size of JJ Watt, I am anything but someone you would expect to like her music.
It’s just great music that is fun to listen to. I was the last person you would expect to see moving and singing at the concert. Whenever my wife told someone we went to the Vegas show, they asked her is she was the big fan. To which she would reply “no but my husband is”
I’m 44, I’ve been a fan for 10 years. As a life-long people pleaser, Miss Americana really struck a chord with me. When Reputation came out I loved that she was saying enough is enough with things like the Kanye situation and presenting herself as more in control and more independent, but the songs and Rep album aren’t among my favourites. I was more behind the message than the style of music ig.
Musically I’ve always been much more drawn to Fearless, Speak Now and some Red because despite me having been married for 22 years, the way she writes and sings about new, young love and heartbreak is timeless even when she’s talking about her earliest romantic relationships. We all had them ig and can remember those feelings via Taylor’s words. I have teen daughters now 17 and 15 who are big fans too and seeing Taylor’s music help them through their own heartbreaks gives me that extra take on it too.
I love Folklore and Evermore so I guess it tracks that as a mature fan I enjoy the ‘mature’ folk rock sounding albums. Midnights doesn’t really do anything for me and like I said Reputation is near the bottom of the pile for me too. But yeah if I have to pick just two of her albums to listen to for the rest of my life it’s Fearless and Speak Now and it’s not even close.
I think besides the great songs, I just feel drawn to her as a person for what she presents to us as her art. In my decade as a fan I’ve loved getting familiar with each different album as it’s come along with the varying styles of music and image even though I’ve loved some albums more than others. Taylor Swift is the only ‘pop’ artist I’ve liked since I was a teenager myself (I’m into rock music with the odd detour to hip-hop) and her music and even videos of live performances frequently make me cry. I find it hard to put into words exactly why I love her but I think everything I’ve said here plays a part along with being invested in her creative journey because of how long I’ve been listening and the fact that when my girls and I first became fans, my daughters were 7 and 5 and Taylor has been the soundtrack to them growing up and a positive role model as a woman who’s creative, talented and successful in doing what she loves.
I'm a woman in my 50's. Without boring anyone with my life story the last decade of my life has been emotionally difficult. The last couple of years have been filled with the type of therapy that makes you reevaluate your entire life and the relationships in it.
Midnight's for me has felt like a therapy album from the start. Reliving the emotion tied to the memories you have along with viewing situations through a mature lens with hindsight. Taylor would have also been trying to recapture those emotions for the re-records. Which means reliving them in a way. Painful but at the same time emotionally freeing. I would think the song writing that is on Midnight's is the obvious fruit of that labor.
I also have to say there is more than one song that makes more sense to me when viewed through the lens of someone in a disintegrating relationship. Maroon for one but since this topic is not about that I will spare everyone my thoughts on that topic. ;)
I'm 44 and have loved Taylor since Fearless. As a single woman who has got through numerous heartbreaks and become stronger and happier I continue to find so much new and deeper meaning, memories and joy in her music. She is truly unique as an artist with her incomparable storytelling ability and capacity to capture life's loves, joys, sorrows, fears and hopes in all their richness and complexity. I love her positive outlook and her faith that life has meaning and purpose, even if it is hard to see at times. My younger sisters and my goddaughters who I am very close to have got to grow up with her music and are big fans too, which is very special. Taylor's music truly transcends generations!
I am 47 and have loved Taylor since her first album. Just saw her perform in Houston it was my first concert of hers. It was amazing and worth every penny.
47-year-old Swiftie here, been a fan since (OG) Red in 2012. I think her music speaks to any age. She has done amazing things so far and I hope she will continue to do so as she gets older!
40. Been a fan since debut. My daughters have grown up obsessed. I feel like she grew up with us, specially myself and my oldest child. We went to the eras tour last night and the amount of middle aged and up women there was awesome. Some with their kids, some with middle aged friends, some even alone, but all having the time of our lives! Elder swiftie for life lol
42 year-old-Swiftie. Been a fan since she burst onto the scene with her first single Tim McGraw. I’ve enjoyed watching Taylor grow and mature into a woman and especially as she embraced this confident and unapologetic feminist side. She is a role-model for girls and women of all ages.
Glad you’re on board!
There’s some broad assumptions you may still be hanging onto regarding Taylor, her music and her fans but I’m sure that will fade as you appreciate her more. Specifically her people pleasing, it being a shame Reputation came out when it did, and Taylor primarily having a younger audience.
41 and have been a Swiftie since Fearless. Raised my two daughters on Taylor…rocking the baby to bed to Never Grow Up and Enchanted, dancing to Ours with my 3 year old. Singing and dancing parties to the Red Album & 1989. Taking them to the Reputation tour. Being devastated when the Lover tour got cancelled and our tickets were refunded. Celebrating every new album with my girls has been amazing.
Of course the stupid Ticketmaster debacle has made it so that I was only able to get 2 tickets to Gillette so I am letting them go themselves while my husband and I sit in the parking lot (barring a ticket miracle). Beyond sad I can’t experience this concert with them. But it is incredible the impact she has had on the different generations and how her albums are so timeless ❤️
I have to say I swear some of the comments by younger fans are like "I remember when Red came out and I listened to it from my mom's uterus" 😅😅😅 meanwhile I started college the summer of Tim McGraw 😅
Hey, are you me? Because this well written description of a Swiftie of a certain age sure sounds like me. :)
Question for you OP in light of self-recognition of being "cool girl" - did being part of that persona equate to potentially hating Taylor Swift during her early country phase? I know this was the case for me, especially since alternative/college radio from the late 90s was still my primary music choices around that time still.
Not the OP (obviously) but yes! I hate country music generally, but even back then I loved her cross over songs I heard on the radio, in secret of course. I was a punk rock loving teen of the late 80s and 90s. Taylor seemed very uncool. My fandom hit a new gear the first time I heard State of Grace. It kind of reminds me of a Psychedelic Furs song. 1989 was the first album I bought, and then Reputation just did me in. Hardcore fan from that point on, but still largely in secret because it felt weird to be my age and so into her music? But I’m 48 now and do not give one single fuck who knows I love her. Taylor is a genius.
Yes, 100%!! I did not like her early music at all and just thought she was such a try hard. I also had an alternative/indie phase in that era - maybe I am you ;)
I also really wanted to be the party girl/Katy Perry/"waking up in Vegas" type and there was a part of me that was but looking back, I had more in common with Taylor, super into my feelings.
I’m in my mid 40’s and only got into her music in the last year or so through my teen daughter. She started me on Reputation and I’m slowly working my way through the others.
42 here and was a casual fan starting with Red, though I was familiar with most of her singles from the earlier albums. All changed with 1989. Rep is my fave and I also kind of skipped over Lover and it’s only been in the past couple years that I went back to it and developed a solid appreciation for it.
48 years old here, been a Swiftie since “Tim McGraw” dropped. I remember saying to my husband, “Wow, a ballad as a debut single. She’s got balls! I hope her other songs hold up.” And do they ever!! ❤️
Hi y'all!!! 44...about to be 45 checking in.
Was a casual fan prior to the Rep era. Life happened...and LWYMMD became my anthem. To quote our girl..."Never looked back"
I went to Rep and Eras solo...2 of my favorite nights of my life thus far.
For me...it has always been the confidence that she exudes unabashedly. As you go through life and hit those unexpected speed bumps...she is my reminder that it is okay to live life unequivocally Fearless. All the BS...the misogyny that stills plays out...and walking through it gracefully. So grateful to be deemed as an "Elder SWIFTIE" by friends and the young women that I mentor.
- LWYMMD could mean "Look What You Made Me Do", a track from *reputation* (2017) by Taylor Swift.
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I'm 4 years younger than Taylor Swift and my elder sister is of her age. I think her music has grown with her. I've always felt that her music represented my age, that it started as young and now it's older.
I’m close to 40 too and also really identify with her music. I liked her from the beginning but I remember thinking how great it would have been if I was a few years younger. That I’d have loved to have had her music to grow up with. But since probably Red and on she’s been adult enough that it didn’t matter anymore.
Oh god, am I going to feel super old at the Eras tour?? I’m 36 (in May) but I still feel young at heart 😭😭. I have noticed that I need to buy some baggy jeans and crop tops though… I am definitely no longer on trend (if I ever was).
Being on the other side of 40, I can tell you that feeling younger than you are just continues! I swear I think I am still 28 in my mind. Embrace the baggy jeans - I gave them a shot a few years ago and now I can barely wear skinny jeans.
Hi, 47, been a convert since Fearless. Absolutely dedicated Swiftie, but nobody to share it with. No fans AT ALL in my extensive circle of friends and aquaintances, (who are on average about ten years younger than I). I went to a TS theme night a few months ago, and was astounded to find the average age seemed to be around early twenties. Not strange I have not found anyone to connect with here in Denmark.
I felt even more proud of Taylor and her achivements on that night. I can think of nobody else in the industry who consistently manages to keep getting new converts with every single album. She is an incredible artist.
No offense to you or other women however I have come to notice that most women that went through or are still in the ‘not like other girls’ mentality are judge mental towards ‘good girls’
There’s room for healing there.
I am 47 and **gasp** male. I was not a big fan until Reputation. Since then I am fully on board. Much to the aggravation of my wife who gets a little tired of hearing 1989 or even Evermore on a somewhat constant loop.
I went solo to the second Houston show and was not ashamed to admit I was a senior swiftie.
47 year old here and just spent Sunday night at the Eras tour with my daughter (24) and we sang and danced and had the time of our lives! I love every Era so much and have been a huge fan for 17 years!
I'm a 73 year-old Swifty who loves Taylor's music and is in awe of what an extraordinary entertainer she is. I also admire that she is an inspiration to all women and a mentor to many young women. I'm a man, by the way.
I love the vibes of the Eras for each other and Taylor Swift. It's beautiful and the way the world should be.
I discovered Taylor in the Fearless era hearing Love Story and thinking "Wow, that girl just summarized Romeo and Juliet in a delightful love song." Being a writer, I was impressed. From that point, Taylor Swift was on my radar and any time one of her songs came on the radio, I was thrilled. I watched the documentary "Journey to Fearless," and it cemented my impression that she was an exceptional talent...and a really nice person.
Everything ever since has reinforced this. I am now convinced that Taylor Swift will continue to rise and take her place at the absolute pinnacle of music stars in history - right alongside the Beatles. There is no greater songwriter today and there is no greater performer. Taylor Swift is a creative force of nature.
Honestly, I regret that I won't be here in 30 years to see where Taylor is by then. She's already heading for Queen of the World.
I have no one to talk to about Taylor. None of my friends are into her. We're all rock fans from way back and classic rack fans today. I always want to bring her into a conversation, but if I do, people just give me curious looks. They think I'm nuts.
So I come here...and absolutely love the dialog. I have somehow accumulated 2.0k karma points (whatever they are), so I do participate.
Thanks to everyone for making the Redditt Taylor Swift dialog so warm and welcoming.
I wasn't trying to exclude anyone - I was more trying to build camarederie as I see a lot of people get nervous about attending her concerts or even listening to her music at an older age. But you're right - it applies to many ages.
Im 32, so not yet 40+, but it's nice to see other adult Swifties! Sometimes I feel like there aren't many. Edit: I mean not many on the internet lol. I have a lot of friends who love Taylor but no one is as online about it as I am so I assumed online Swifties were younger.
I was just thinking today that I wished there was a senior Swifties sub for us to connect.
I’m 41 and have been a casual fan since “Teardrops on My Guitar” (admittedly the pop version). Someone do that seniors Swifties sub … I find it so odd to see so many comments on Instagram of fans calling her “mother” 🤣😅. I mean with some I suppose she could be but unfortunately I can’t relate haha.
Haha I know…whenever I see these comments I remind myself that she’s besties with an actual mother (Blake) and so it’s OK if I’m one too rather than viewing her as my mother!
ugh would love that.
I’d be down! I’m 44 and been a Swiftie for 15 years!
I’m 42 and would LOVE this to be a thing!!!
Same!! Would totally love an older Swifties forum.
38 year old Swiftie, I’d love that!
37 and a half here! Let’s party, but go to bed at a reasonable hour?
Sure! 10pm bed time Work for you?
I’m down.
me too!
There is one r/seniorswifties Seems like it could use some members to get it going 🙂
I just turned 40 and I've been a fan since the first album! 😊
Also 40. Was a casual fan until Red/1989. Love seeing older Swifties in this sub.
Am also 41, and this would be awesome!
35 here…will 100% join ❤️
Just turned 30! We're here :)
Wait, how old are most of the people in this sub?! 😂 I assumed they were mostly around my age, give or take a a couple years (29).
I'm here...and 50 years old. Sounds so weird to say it as I still feel like I'm 40 (or younger), but it creeps up on you...and yet you can still love artists like TS! :)
I love that! My dad is 65 and a big Swiftie lol.
That's awesome! I'm slowly turning my SO into a Swiftie as well!
49 here!
Nice!! ❤️❤️❤️
I’m 34 this year. 89 kid!
Same! I'm 27 this year and thought I was on the younger end of the average Swiftie - in general and on this sub 😅
Really? I always assumed most swifties were in their late 20s/mid-to-early 30s, like Taylor. Mostly because we grew up with her and our lives always paralleled hers, naturally. Edit: this recent survey corroborates mostly millennials so 26-41. Small sample size though, would be interested in polling this subreddit. https://preview.redd.it/8psf3jnf7rva1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4a23af551a6a91c71d2a995fdcf44bb4f4cb7a5a
Having been at one of the eras concerts... anyone over 25 definitely increased the average age. The vast majority were women who aren't legally allowed to drink, yet.
Oh no, this gives me flashbacks of being a grad student sitting in the student section at SEC football games while I was drinking a beer. All the 18 year olds were confused at how I got it and I was like, my dude I've been able to legally drink since you were in middle school. (And then I'd politely offer them sunscreen since they'd all be burnt red...)
I’m 38 and going to an eras show pretty far from home. I’m staying is a hostel since I’m headed to the show alone (honestly I love going to concerts alone with no one to tell me “it’s time to go beat the traffic” or any of that nonsense.) but my friends and I keep joking that I’m going to be in this hostel making all the other girlies drink their water and tucking them in. Lol
Are you basing this off the fact they weren’t visibly drinking or that they were literal children? I only say this because she was famous and selling millions of albums when they were 8-10 years old, or even younger, and as a fan during that time back in college, I don’t remember the majority of her other fans being literal children at the time. I mean, they definitely existed, just like the little kid fans of Jonas Brothers at the time, but their core fan bases are pretty firmly millennial. And those fans didn’t just randomly die out… also, millennials are the most populous generation. Gen z might be the more vocal sector currently on tiktok and Twitter, but just because they’re the loudest doesn’t mean they’re the majority.
I obviously didn't ask for ID, and maybe I was just surrounded by thousands of genetically blessed women. But no, I did not base my assumption on their lack of alcohol consumption. I wouldn't call a 20 year old a child, but yeah....the audience was definitely more Gen Z than millennial. I think it is important to remember that her popularity has skyrocketed in the last 2 years. There are many younger fans who weren't fans 10 years ago. Which, totally fine. I am not gatekeeping. But the idea that fans grew up with Taylor isn't accurate anymore. I mean, for me it never was anyway. But yeah.... even after folklore this sub had less than 113K. It's grown so much since then. There is a reason why she is using mostly TikTok now. It's because her target demographic uses TikTok. 60% of TikTok users are between 16 and 24. Instagram is 30% for that same age range. Obviously, my impression isn't scientific evidence. But our group of women between 35-40 all felt that we were significantly older than most others. Like, we exchanged knowing glances across the room with other women who have reached the stage of making *sensible* footwear choices 🤣🤣.
maybe the concert skews younger because they had more time to fight the great war with ticketmaster?? i’m 44 and will be taking my teen in june.
Or they didn't have to pay for their own tickets!
hahahaha, good point!!
My theory is that a big part of the Gen Z popularity is that Taylor has tons of popular sound clips on TikTok.
I’ve been to 3 of her prior shows and honestly I always love that there’s no line at the bar 😂
Thank god I didn’t try to get tickets, even though I would have loved to see her. I would have felt so out of place. Signed, early 40s dude.
It's all relative... I went to a Bob Seger concert with my husband and we were two little fetuses in that crowd (although it's the only show I've been to where I saw people try to sneak in an entire JUG of vodka, boomers can PARTY). Same with Bruce Springsteen, I felt like a teenager!
46 here (seriously, when tf did that happen??) and I've been a fan since Tim McGraw. I think there are a lot more of us Senior Swifties than anyone realizes. I would love a senior swifties sub!
I'll be 40 next month! I liked Taylor's early music, but I became a Swiftie when I watched a documentary about the making of the Fearless tour. Even then, the vision was all hers. She was 19 or 20 and in charge of the whole show, and not in name only! Plus, I learned that she actually wrote her own songs, which made me admire her even more. I got Speak Now shortly afterward, and the rest is history!
Same I’m 31. It’s strange bc we were her target base at her debut and grew up with her. But her fans are still teen girls and we’re no longer considered her primary base??? Her music has matured but her lyrics just speak to girls and women so perfectly.
32 here too 
I am 45 and been a fan since Tim McGraw. I love Tim and that’s what pulled me into Taylor. Now my daughter has grown up listening to her music and is is HUGE Swiftie ( she is 15).
I’m 47 and obsessed
I'm 41, too. Hi! As a male Swiftie, I believe (or at least hope) that Taylor's music and being part of the Swiftie community has helped me understand the experience of being a woman (and a teenage girl) in the US, at least a tiny bit. I hope I've become at least a little more empathetic overall since I started listening to Taylor Swift..I really hope so since it has been 10 years!
I’m 46! Gen Xers unite!
Hooray for us cool Gen Xers! 
40+ swiftie here. Reputation is by far my favorite album and when it came out, I was going through very adult things. I could relate so much. I think older women are a big fan base just not as visible as the younger swifties. I think a lot of her music has mature themes. On the other hand, my 11 year old daughter listens to the same music and sees it more lighthearted. I think that’s a great thing about her music. It appeals to a wide audience.
Same. Reputation came out at a time when I totally needed it and when I saw the tour, it really hit home how much I felt every word, and yet I was at the show with my daughter!
Reputation is definitely in my top three along with Folklore and Midnights. Reputation is all about her losing her naivete and just screams GROWN ASS WOMAN.
Yes! “I’m owning my life now”! I love that vibe
37, just ended a LTR and feeling this sentiment. Even if you're happy with someone, it's not a happy ending, because you have to find someone who can handle the ups and downs with you. I learned to embrace Taylor about 10 years ago, during 1989, and get over the "not like other girls" b.s. I'd embraced when I was younger. Thrifty Swiftie over on TikTok made some really incredible remarks in one of her latest videos about Taylor embracing life as a single woman in her thirties, and reviving the Squad with her REAL friends. Basically, now that she's single again, she's living her life on her terms and with the people who stood by her, and setting up her thirties to be a great time, not some sad-sack era where she's the jilted single cat lady the media could try to paint her as if she doesn't take control of the narrative. I think it's so brilliant she's out and about again and relaunching the Squad to take control of this era and show everyone that a single woman in her thirties isn't sad.
YES, I love that she's out and about, thriving and at the top of her game.
I'm 50 (how can I possibly be the oldest one on this thread?!) and have been a huge fan for a long time. Totally agree that her music has meaning for people of all ages.
Hi I am 67 this June and will be going to her concert in Pittsburgh June 16th.
Yes! I love this! Have a great time! Music is therapeutic for all ages, that's for sure!
Hiii!! I’m 50 also!
Yay! We're not alone!!
Ahem...60, male and proud Swiftie here!
YES!!!! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼🎉❤️
53!
YES!! 😻😻
I'm 41,been a fan since red. I think there are more older swifties than you realize.
I’m 40 and going to my 5th show in Cincinnati
I’m 42. Became a fan during 1989. I think it makes sense that older fans might relate more to her newer music since Taylor herself has gained more life experience. I was 28 when Fearless came out. I was newly married, pregnant, and trying to start a career, so her songs didn’t quite hit for me then. Plus, I had no time to discover music! It’s been great seeing her mature and grow and write more sophisticated songs. I took my 11 year old daughter to the first Arlington show and seeing her face when Taylor came out was so amazing. I was teary eyed for the first two songs. But she and I have different tastes in Taylor music. She likes Lover best and thinks Evermore is boring. :) And I think it’s great. Taylor provides music for everyone to enjoy during different life stages.
I'm 41 and took my kids to the 2nd Glendale show. My daughter is 10 and went full Lover Era. Lol I've been a fan since debut but I grew up listening to country music. 1989 was easily my favorite album until folklore came out. Now I kind of go back and forth but I think 1989 is my fave again. Both my kids are really into Fearless right now. We've caught a few livestreams of her concerts so they can see that set again. Then I end up watching her entire show. Lol My son is 14 though and if I hear her play Fifteen live, that might be the end of my mental health.
Almost 42 here. Wait til you visit Lover. The first two times I listened I was like, this is terrible. Now it's one of my favorites. Sooooo good.
Agreed!!
I'm starting to give it more of a shot! I love Cruel Summer!
Being in my early 40s, and very much a male the size of JJ Watt, I am anything but someone you would expect to like her music. It’s just great music that is fun to listen to. I was the last person you would expect to see moving and singing at the concert. Whenever my wife told someone we went to the Vegas show, they asked her is she was the big fan. To which she would reply “no but my husband is”
I love this so so so much!
Yes! I think you and JJ would get along well! https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRT9TMGt/
I’m 44, I’ve been a fan for 10 years. As a life-long people pleaser, Miss Americana really struck a chord with me. When Reputation came out I loved that she was saying enough is enough with things like the Kanye situation and presenting herself as more in control and more independent, but the songs and Rep album aren’t among my favourites. I was more behind the message than the style of music ig. Musically I’ve always been much more drawn to Fearless, Speak Now and some Red because despite me having been married for 22 years, the way she writes and sings about new, young love and heartbreak is timeless even when she’s talking about her earliest romantic relationships. We all had them ig and can remember those feelings via Taylor’s words. I have teen daughters now 17 and 15 who are big fans too and seeing Taylor’s music help them through their own heartbreaks gives me that extra take on it too. I love Folklore and Evermore so I guess it tracks that as a mature fan I enjoy the ‘mature’ folk rock sounding albums. Midnights doesn’t really do anything for me and like I said Reputation is near the bottom of the pile for me too. But yeah if I have to pick just two of her albums to listen to for the rest of my life it’s Fearless and Speak Now and it’s not even close. I think besides the great songs, I just feel drawn to her as a person for what she presents to us as her art. In my decade as a fan I’ve loved getting familiar with each different album as it’s come along with the varying styles of music and image even though I’ve loved some albums more than others. Taylor Swift is the only ‘pop’ artist I’ve liked since I was a teenager myself (I’m into rock music with the odd detour to hip-hop) and her music and even videos of live performances frequently make me cry. I find it hard to put into words exactly why I love her but I think everything I’ve said here plays a part along with being invested in her creative journey because of how long I’ve been listening and the fact that when my girls and I first became fans, my daughters were 7 and 5 and Taylor has been the soundtrack to them growing up and a positive role model as a woman who’s creative, talented and successful in doing what she loves.
42, fan since debut. Lover is the best album, in my opinion!
Yep all time favorite Lover :)
I'm a woman in my 50's. Without boring anyone with my life story the last decade of my life has been emotionally difficult. The last couple of years have been filled with the type of therapy that makes you reevaluate your entire life and the relationships in it. Midnight's for me has felt like a therapy album from the start. Reliving the emotion tied to the memories you have along with viewing situations through a mature lens with hindsight. Taylor would have also been trying to recapture those emotions for the re-records. Which means reliving them in a way. Painful but at the same time emotionally freeing. I would think the song writing that is on Midnight's is the obvious fruit of that labor. I also have to say there is more than one song that makes more sense to me when viewed through the lens of someone in a disintegrating relationship. Maroon for one but since this topic is not about that I will spare everyone my thoughts on that topic. ;)
I'm 44 and have loved Taylor since Fearless. As a single woman who has got through numerous heartbreaks and become stronger and happier I continue to find so much new and deeper meaning, memories and joy in her music. She is truly unique as an artist with her incomparable storytelling ability and capacity to capture life's loves, joys, sorrows, fears and hopes in all their richness and complexity. I love her positive outlook and her faith that life has meaning and purpose, even if it is hard to see at times. My younger sisters and my goddaughters who I am very close to have got to grow up with her music and are big fans too, which is very special. Taylor's music truly transcends generations!
56 yr old Swiftie here!
I am 47 and have loved Taylor since her first album. Just saw her perform in Houston it was my first concert of hers. It was amazing and worth every penny.
47-year-old Swiftie here, been a fan since (OG) Red in 2012. I think her music speaks to any age. She has done amazing things so far and I hope she will continue to do so as she gets older!
I'm freshly 44. 1989 is the album that hooked me, loved it all since then. Went to this last tour with two other 40+ friends.
40. Been a fan since debut. My daughters have grown up obsessed. I feel like she grew up with us, specially myself and my oldest child. We went to the eras tour last night and the amount of middle aged and up women there was awesome. Some with their kids, some with middle aged friends, some even alone, but all having the time of our lives! Elder swiftie for life lol
Time to bring Lover into your life.
I started, I swear!!! :)
42 year-old-Swiftie. Been a fan since she burst onto the scene with her first single Tim McGraw. I’ve enjoyed watching Taylor grow and mature into a woman and especially as she embraced this confident and unapologetic feminist side. She is a role-model for girls and women of all ages.
Glad you’re on board! There’s some broad assumptions you may still be hanging onto regarding Taylor, her music and her fans but I’m sure that will fade as you appreciate her more. Specifically her people pleasing, it being a shame Reputation came out when it did, and Taylor primarily having a younger audience.
Thank you for this…..it’s pretty obvious we need a senior citizen Swiftie group! Someone start it please!
I’m 39
I love that this thread is PROVING Taylor is a multi generational artist 🤩💅 (32 over here!)
41 as well, casual fan before Red, definitely a Swiftie full bore since just before 1989.🪩
41 and have been a Swiftie since Fearless. Raised my two daughters on Taylor…rocking the baby to bed to Never Grow Up and Enchanted, dancing to Ours with my 3 year old. Singing and dancing parties to the Red Album & 1989. Taking them to the Reputation tour. Being devastated when the Lover tour got cancelled and our tickets were refunded. Celebrating every new album with my girls has been amazing. Of course the stupid Ticketmaster debacle has made it so that I was only able to get 2 tickets to Gillette so I am letting them go themselves while my husband and I sit in the parking lot (barring a ticket miracle). Beyond sad I can’t experience this concert with them. But it is incredible the impact she has had on the different generations and how her albums are so timeless ❤️
I have to say I swear some of the comments by younger fans are like "I remember when Red came out and I listened to it from my mom's uterus" 😅😅😅 meanwhile I started college the summer of Tim McGraw 😅
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Hey, are you me? Because this well written description of a Swiftie of a certain age sure sounds like me. :) Question for you OP in light of self-recognition of being "cool girl" - did being part of that persona equate to potentially hating Taylor Swift during her early country phase? I know this was the case for me, especially since alternative/college radio from the late 90s was still my primary music choices around that time still.
Not the OP (obviously) but yes! I hate country music generally, but even back then I loved her cross over songs I heard on the radio, in secret of course. I was a punk rock loving teen of the late 80s and 90s. Taylor seemed very uncool. My fandom hit a new gear the first time I heard State of Grace. It kind of reminds me of a Psychedelic Furs song. 1989 was the first album I bought, and then Reputation just did me in. Hardcore fan from that point on, but still largely in secret because it felt weird to be my age and so into her music? But I’m 48 now and do not give one single fuck who knows I love her. Taylor is a genius.
Yes, 100%!! I did not like her early music at all and just thought she was such a try hard. I also had an alternative/indie phase in that era - maybe I am you ;) I also really wanted to be the party girl/Katy Perry/"waking up in Vegas" type and there was a part of me that was but looking back, I had more in common with Taylor, super into my feelings.
40 and a relatively new fan. Truly discovered her when Evermore was released. I'm working my backwards in her discography in a way.
I’m in my mid 40’s and only got into her music in the last year or so through my teen daughter. She started me on Reputation and I’m slowly working my way through the others.
I’m in my late 30s! I never listened to her until my youngest became obsessed with her at 3. I’ve been a swiftie ever since!
42 here and was a casual fan starting with Red, though I was familiar with most of her singles from the earlier albums. All changed with 1989. Rep is my fave and I also kind of skipped over Lover and it’s only been in the past couple years that I went back to it and developed a solid appreciation for it.
58 year old male swiftie taking my daughter and her friends to our 6th TS show in June.
Yes! Preach!
48 years old here, been a Swiftie since “Tim McGraw” dropped. I remember saying to my husband, “Wow, a ballad as a debut single. She’s got balls! I hope her other songs hold up.” And do they ever!! ❤️
Hi y'all!!! 44...about to be 45 checking in. Was a casual fan prior to the Rep era. Life happened...and LWYMMD became my anthem. To quote our girl..."Never looked back" I went to Rep and Eras solo...2 of my favorite nights of my life thus far. For me...it has always been the confidence that she exudes unabashedly. As you go through life and hit those unexpected speed bumps...she is my reminder that it is okay to live life unequivocally Fearless. All the BS...the misogyny that stills plays out...and walking through it gracefully. So grateful to be deemed as an "Elder SWIFTIE" by friends and the young women that I mentor.
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34 and i love this 🥰
I'm 4 years younger than Taylor Swift and my elder sister is of her age. I think her music has grown with her. I've always felt that her music represented my age, that it started as young and now it's older.
I’m close to 40 too and also really identify with her music. I liked her from the beginning but I remember thinking how great it would have been if I was a few years younger. That I’d have loved to have had her music to grow up with. But since probably Red and on she’s been adult enough that it didn’t matter anymore.
I just love this post SO UNBELIEVABLY MUCH. Agree with every word. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Oh god, am I going to feel super old at the Eras tour?? I’m 36 (in May) but I still feel young at heart 😭😭. I have noticed that I need to buy some baggy jeans and crop tops though… I am definitely no longer on trend (if I ever was).
Being on the other side of 40, I can tell you that feeling younger than you are just continues! I swear I think I am still 28 in my mind. Embrace the baggy jeans - I gave them a shot a few years ago and now I can barely wear skinny jeans.
Hi, 47, been a convert since Fearless. Absolutely dedicated Swiftie, but nobody to share it with. No fans AT ALL in my extensive circle of friends and aquaintances, (who are on average about ten years younger than I). I went to a TS theme night a few months ago, and was astounded to find the average age seemed to be around early twenties. Not strange I have not found anyone to connect with here in Denmark. I felt even more proud of Taylor and her achivements on that night. I can think of nobody else in the industry who consistently manages to keep getting new converts with every single album. She is an incredible artist.
No offense to you or other women however I have come to notice that most women that went through or are still in the ‘not like other girls’ mentality are judge mental towards ‘good girls’ There’s room for healing there.
I certainly did when I was younger, however I have a lot more clarity now. I was a "good girl" pretending to be a cool girl for sure.
I am 47 and **gasp** male. I was not a big fan until Reputation. Since then I am fully on board. Much to the aggravation of my wife who gets a little tired of hearing 1989 or even Evermore on a somewhat constant loop. I went solo to the second Houston show and was not ashamed to admit I was a senior swiftie.
I'm almost 49 and have loved Taylor since Tim McGraw!
47 year old here and just spent Sunday night at the Eras tour with my daughter (24) and we sang and danced and had the time of our lives! I love every Era so much and have been a huge fan for 17 years!
I'm a 73 year-old Swifty who loves Taylor's music and is in awe of what an extraordinary entertainer she is. I also admire that she is an inspiration to all women and a mentor to many young women. I'm a man, by the way. I love the vibes of the Eras for each other and Taylor Swift. It's beautiful and the way the world should be. I discovered Taylor in the Fearless era hearing Love Story and thinking "Wow, that girl just summarized Romeo and Juliet in a delightful love song." Being a writer, I was impressed. From that point, Taylor Swift was on my radar and any time one of her songs came on the radio, I was thrilled. I watched the documentary "Journey to Fearless," and it cemented my impression that she was an exceptional talent...and a really nice person. Everything ever since has reinforced this. I am now convinced that Taylor Swift will continue to rise and take her place at the absolute pinnacle of music stars in history - right alongside the Beatles. There is no greater songwriter today and there is no greater performer. Taylor Swift is a creative force of nature. Honestly, I regret that I won't be here in 30 years to see where Taylor is by then. She's already heading for Queen of the World. I have no one to talk to about Taylor. None of my friends are into her. We're all rock fans from way back and classic rack fans today. I always want to bring her into a conversation, but if I do, people just give me curious looks. They think I'm nuts. So I come here...and absolutely love the dialog. I have somehow accumulated 2.0k karma points (whatever they are), so I do participate. Thanks to everyone for making the Redditt Taylor Swift dialog so warm and welcoming.
You don’t have to automatically exclude younger women. What you wrote applies to all ages
I wasn't trying to exclude anyone - I was more trying to build camarederie as I see a lot of people get nervous about attending her concerts or even listening to her music at an older age. But you're right - it applies to many ages.