Taylor Swift congratulates graduates: Star has history of sending gifts, giving speeches
Graduation is the transition from one era to the next and while Taylor Swift's in-house marketing account is posting well wishes to graduates, there was a time the singer sent one of her loyal Swifties a bouquet of calla lilies and roses.
"I have the note framed on a shelf next to a photo of me and Taylor," Ashley Silvers tells the Paste BN Network.
In 2017, months before the release of "Reputation," the University of Central Florida student sent pictures and a graduation invite to the songwriter's fan mail address.
"On the day of my graduation party, flowers were delivered to my house and they were the size of my door," Silvers says.
The note included a sketch of the New York City skyline where Silvers was heading for grad school and partly read, "Hi love! I'm so sad that I can't make it to your graduation party. ... I'm so proud of you, your hard work and dedication, your excitement and ambition. I'm very lucky that a girl like you cares about me."
The advertising and public relations graduate will never forget the superstar's generosity.
'Remember this moment'
Although all has been quiet on the Swift front, her in-house marketing team, Taylor Nation, has been celebrating graduates on X.
In the past weeks, the account has sent out pictures of Swifties decorating their caps with lyrics from "Long Live," posing on university steps and saying, "Taylor's speech has been my anchor through the toughest times."
Her team celebrated the three-year anniversary of Swift earning her honorary doctorate at New York University.
"congraTS to the class of 2025 grads," Taylor Nation tweeted intentionally capitalizing the singer's initials. "In the words of Honorary Doctor Swift: 'We are led by our gut instincts, our intuitions, our desires and fears, our scars and our dreams. And you will screw it up sometimes. So will I… We will recover. We will learn from it. We will grow more resilient because of it."
Long live the Eras Tour with our enchanting book
One of Swift's backup singers, Kamilah Marshall, celebrated earning an online degree from the Berklee College of Music in Boston, even while traveling for two years with the Eras Tour.
Silvers says one quote from Swift that has stuck with her since getting her diploma that she hopes all college graduates will reflect on and remember is, "No matter what happens in life, be good to people, being good to people is a wonderful legacy to leave behind."
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