It’s probably fair to say that Taylor Swift’s fan base skews more female than male, but not many guys would turn down a chance to hang out at her place. And that’s exactly the choice BroBible writer Brandon Cohen made when his just-for-s–ts-and-giggles contest entry turned out to be a winning ticket for Swift’s New York City house party.
Cohen (who isn’t the dude in the above photo from the same event) saw a tweet from Swift “calling all NYC fans” to enter for a chance to attend a Yahoo livestream:
In order to enter, Cohen had to explain why he deserved the honor:
“I said something along the lines of, ‘Even though I’m a 28-year-old dude, I love Taylor and don’t care who knows it!’ But the thing is, I do care who knows it, so it was a LIE. HAHA!”
A few days later, Cohen was shocked to receive a call from a TaylorSwift.com representative, alerting him that he’d been selected, presumably from among thousands of genuine entries:
“‘[A]ren’t you excited?’
“‘Yes! So excited!’ I responded, trying my best to imitate how a normal person who was excited would sound.”
The rep warned Cohen not to share the details with ANYONE (“The problem there,” Cohen writes, “was that I couldn’t think of a single one of my friends who would give a s–t”). He showed up to the studio at 1 p.m., and quickly realized that he had very little in common with the other winners, all of whom were diehard fans:
“[T]he dude next to me talk[ed] about how he wants to tell her how her music helped him when he came out of the closet. How the hell am I supposed to top that? When everyone then turned to me, I said, ‘I’m probably just gonna ask if she enjoys making out, and if she does, would she like to do it with me.’”
Over the next four hours, the winners passed the time by dancing to Swift’s music. At 5 p.m. she came onstage to premiere her new song “Shake It Off,” and everybody danced more:
“I, once again, self-consciously two-stepped in place and tried to look like I wasn’t as big of an out-of-place creep as I actually was.”
The livestream wrapped up, and Cohen assumed the night was over — until a bus took him to Swift’s penthouse apartment for a surprise pizza feast. He got to talk with Swift and found her “surprisingly funny and self-deprecating. I was super impressed.”
(“I took a piss in her bathroom,” Cohen recounts even more poetically in his article.”)
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So, haters gonna hate — but they can be converted. Cohen loves Swift’s new song, and he’s even begging her to DM him on Twitter for another hangout. Will it happen? Hey, we’re glad he enjoyed the pizza party, but we’re guessing they’re never, ever getting back together.
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