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"I don't wanna keep secrets just to keep you"

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A month ago I was lucky to attend the Lovers Secret Session at Nashville. Here’s my secret session experience. @taylorswift @taylornation

Receiving my DM

I received my DM on July 24. I swear to God I couldn’t believe my eyes. I was shaking because I’ve never been noticed by Taylor ever. What’s really mysterious is that I received the DM on Tumblr when my biggest account is on Twitter. I admit I clicked on TN’s icon numerous times to make sure the message was coming from the real Taylor Nation. I ran to my niece and told her and she told me that she knew it would happen to me. After like 30 mins when I was calmed I sent them my information and waited.

Waiting time

For the next 2 days my anxiety was off the roof. On July 26 around 6pm I received a call from NY. They thanked me for being such a good fan and invited me to an event on August 4. I couldn’t believe it! Part of me didn’t feel like it was real at all. How could it be that Taylor Swift knew about me and wanted to invite me to her house in Nashville? 

I booked my flight and hotel stay the next day. So it was happening I was going to Nashville and it was a secret. How perfect is it to go to Nashville for the first time to meet Taylor?! After I booked everything the wait started. It was extremely difficult to keep the secret from Meg and Audrey. I remember asking Audrey if she thinks Lover Secret Session won’t happen since the Album release was approaching literally 1 hour before I received my DM from Taylor Nation.

Arriving to Nashville

On August 2nd, I took my flight to Nashville and then checked in to the hotel.  I think I spotted some swifties but I’m really shy so I didn’t approached them. That night I brainstormed what I wanted to tell Taylor. I wanted to tell her how I’ve been a fan since I was in High School and how her music helped me when I needed the most. How she has a song I can relate to for basically every emotion. I wanted her to know how much I appreciate that she makes a real effort to include the fandom in fun activities like figuring out what easter egg means. It drives us crazy but it’s really fun to read different theories. Another thing I did that night was thinking what pose I wanted to take a picture with her. I’m really short( 5’1”) so I googled pictures she has with friends and found a really cute picture where she hugs Hayley Williams from the back and they are celebrating Camila’s birthday. I just thought that pose was super cute. 

The next day I went to the Waffle house to eat breakfast and when I was walking to the Waffle house a swiftie told me that she loved my shirt. I was wearing my Lover crop top. That made me really happy. I went to target to get nailpolish to get my nails ready for the session but couldn’t decide. I guess I was really nervous. I walked back to the hotel and got ready to meet everyone. 

When I arrived I saw some familiar faces. I was instantly relieved because I was afraid I would know anyone there. I saw Gracie, Lea, Cait, Elise, Jacie and so many more cool Swifties. I connected with: Brandon and Lea the most. We all went to a room to wait until it was time to go to Taylor’s house. We waited for a while but it was nice to mingle with everyone. When it was time to go into the bus that’s when it really hit me that I was meeting Taylor! Also the moment when the gates from her house opened is one of those I will never forget! 

Arriving to Taylor’s House

When we arrived to the patio area in the house there was food there. I thought I wouldn’t eat but I did. I had a Lover cookie, a rice krispie made by Taylor!, nuggets, a pizza slice and fruit. We waited for a while before going into the living room. Brendon confirmed the water in the pool was cold. That area is beautiful: She has a sign that says Wine and we all recognized it from that Insta story she posted about Game of thrones.She has really cute picture frames. I remember a really cute one she has with her whole family next to a staircase that leads to one area with a restroom. Before they let us into the living room area I went to the restroom exactly when they started to let in to the living room. I rushed down to go to the living room. The room was beautiful. Taylor has a scrabble framed with really cute messages which I think are for her mom and a Peter Max Artwork hanging.  

Secret Session

When Taylor arrived and said Hey Guys. I couldn’t believe it! Tree and Valheria Rocha were there! Taylor introduced her family and Austin, Scott and Adrea went into the room and welcomed us. After they left the room Taylor said some rules about the Secret Session so we are clear about what we can say and what we can’t share. She made a really cool joke referencing Men in Black cause obviously she doesn’t expect us to act like we weren’t in the secret session. One thing that really touched me was when Taylor told us to keep the lyrics safe. She is very proud of this album and she’s the sweetest person ever. 

The whole album is a masterpiece! I loved the whole album. Some moments that I’ll always treasure during the listening session are the following:

Crying  with Lover like a baby cause the lyrics really hit because they are so pure.

Listening to The Man because it’s such a powerful song and gosh I’m so glad Taylor is talking about Equality!

All of us crying with Soon You’ll get better. I remember Gracie holding my hand. I’m so glad she did.

Taylor encouraging us to make friends there honestly I’m so happy I shared these memories with everyone.

Meeting Taylor

There was a lot of people meeting Taylor that day. We were 113! Taylor was so nice to meet all of us when she was still jet lagged. Around 3:30 A.M. TN called my name. 

As soon as I entered the room Taylor said: Hi Cecilia and I approached her saying omg and we hugged. I love that color on you. We will match for our picture.

Taylor said sorry for making me wait so much. I told her it was ok. I waited so many years to meet her that a few hrs was nothing. She said thank you.

I said thank you for inviting me and let me listen to Lover. I told her I pre ordered the deluxes albums and she said thank you! I told her that I’m probably getting the album from itunes because it’s so good. She said thank you. She told me if I had time to see them and I told her that a lil and that I wanted to sit down. 

Then she asked me if I wanted to take a picture and I said Yes. I told her if we could do like her hugging me from the back. I didn’t like the first picture and asked if we could take another and they we did take another one. :) 

I told her about my trip to japan and that I got her a fridge magnet and she was happy and said: aw you got me a magnet. 

She told me to have a safe trip back. I got my merch and went to bus. 

So that’s it! There’s definitely more to my story but I feel like I kinda blanked out sometimes cause it’s so shocking to meet Taylor and be invited to her house. I don’t know if Taylor will read this but I want her to know that I had the best time. Taylor thank you for inviting me. I’m so grateful because I made friends in your house and I’m so glad we all share all these beautiful memories together. The album is already a success and I can’t wait to attend the tour and listen to the album live! 

Love,

Taylor Swift’s Album Covers as GIFs