Kikki

For your birthday some of the Swift Chicks decided to share what we learned from you over the years and why we’re so thankful for everything you do and the impact you’ve made on our lives. Thank you, and 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐁𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐝𝐚𝐲 @taylorswift!!

We know is been awhile since you’ve heard from us. Don’t tell us you 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚐𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚎 𝚎𝚡𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚍? We just needed some time to bask in the 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚕𝚘𝚠 of this album. It’s 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚡, 𝚌𝚘𝚘𝚕 and we are toasting to our girl Taylor. Not all of the swift chicks could join in on this project but a few badass ladies filmed their reactions while listening to this album, we’re missing a few songs but we’re hoping 𝚠𝚎 𝚖𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚒𝚝 because 𝚠𝚎 (𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕) 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚙 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎(𝚛).

Click this link to watch the full video, you may even see some teardrops, no guitars though.

https://youtu.be/7Con9dh031o

A group of cool chicks brought together by their love for @taylorswift

Please don’t ever become a stranger

We could never leave you darling, we’ll always stay.

I’ve been a fan of yours from the first moment I heard Tim McGraw on country radio in 2006. From that moment, you had quickly become one of my favourites; my favourite to listen to, my favourite to dance to, to sing to, to cry to and even read (your tour blogs were everything). It wasn’t just your music that caught my attention. Taylor, you didn’t make me feel alone when I would come home from school after getting picked on.

You first came to Perth, Australia during your Speak Now tour and although I was dying to go, my obligations were to attend my cousins wedding; I never really got over the fact I missed the concert and it was then i told myself that I would do everything in my power to not miss another concert of yours again. It was the Red tour that my life changed forever. I attended the concert with my sister (who wasn’t a fan but by the end of the concert she was a swiftie) and during All Too Well, my sister turned to me and promised me that going to your shows was going to be our tradition. But it was when I got extremely sick with two rare heart conditions in 2014, your music had become more of a survival mechanism than just a few life-changing albums. Not knowing what was going to happen to my life was pushing me to the point of giving up and breaking apart every single day but it was because of your music and my family, I got through each day.

The people you expect to fix you when you’re sick are doctors, but when they didn’t have answers how to make me better, I turned to music for emotional support. Each morning I would wake up in my hospital bed, I’d choose an album to listen to for the day; if I was having a good day, I chose something along the lines of Taylor Swift or Speak Now, and if I needed something to get me through a hard day, I would choose Fearless or Red. There was something about listening to your songs that touched me to my core, that gave me strength to get through whatever I was feeling that day. It was hard lying in a hospital bed at 24 years old, watching all your friends have the time of their lives through Instagram and Snapchat but it was okay, because I had your songs singing me to sleep through my headphones every night.

Later that year, on October 27th - my 25th birthday, and yes I was born 1989- an album called 1989 was released. To me, this album was a sign that I was meant to keep fighting just when I was about to give up in my darkest days. The release of 1989 was the best birthday gift anyone could have got me because it was a gift of strength. That year and the following three years, were the worst years of my life; I was in and out of hospital constantly (and when I say constantly, I mean every couple of weeks and I would have to stay in for at least two weeks at a time). You weren’t coming to Perth for your 1989 tour and remembering how I felt not going to the Speak Now tour, I knew I had to book a flight out to the closest city that you were going to play. I was discharged from hospital two days before catching my flight to Melbourne with my sister and was back In hospital two days after I came back, but it was worth every moment. When reputation came out, I was slowly getting better. I was in hospital less and less. As You were rebuilding your reputation, I was rebuilding my health. My sister and I attended the Rep tour in Perth and it was the first concert I could dance through from beginning to end without getting tired. Today, I haven’t been in hospital for a year. I am stable but my life is forever changed with the heart conditions. It’s because of your music, Taylor, that I have come out stronger than ever. So thank you because without your songs, or you, I don’t know where I’d be. - Kikki Suleski

@theswiftchicks #theswiftchicks #Taylorswift @taylorswift

Hey Taylor!

This is ME! with about 50 lovely ladies who have come together because of you! We are all fans of the podcast Ladygang and met through the Ladygang Loves Taylor Swift Facebook group. On Wednesday we created a group chat to fangirl and hang out during the 4.26 announcement. And now I can say all of these ladies are so amazing and I feel like I finally have a group I can share something I love with (my “swiftmates” 💕).

So I saw you wanted to see people’s group chats so here is a video of ours because there was no way I could fit all of this into a photo! We all love you and the new song and can’t WAIT to see what happens next!

Thanks 🥰🌈💕✨🦋🐱👑🌷 @taylorswift @taylornation

Some of the lovely ladies in the chat:

@iwatcheditbeginagain89

@swift-shady

@bubbierocks

@sincerelyswiftie13

@midnightsandbottles

@kiktheswiftchick

@somewhere-neverland

@taylorsallisonswiftie

@emchanted13

@shiningliiikefireworks

@meisenmenger13

@taylurkthis

@mikaylaroseb21

@pastel-princess-swift

@emblumberg