Taylor Swift Cops to Cyber-Stalking Fans for Months

Singer explains how she handpicks her loyal Swifties for her private album listening parties

By Alyssa Toomey Oct 13, 2014 7:14 PMTags

Dying to attend one of Taylor Swift's secret sessions? Then prepare to be cyber-stalked by the singer. 

The 24-year-old hitmaker has been making headlines as she continues to host private listening parties at her home for her loyal fans, during which she previews her upcoming album 1989 in anticipation of the record's release (did we mention she also bakes cookies, lets fans pose for pics with her many Grammy awards and allows her guests to cuddle with cat Olivia Benson?). 

Unsurprisingly, the secret sessions have been a dream come true for the singer's loyal Swifties, and during a recent appearance on the Graham Norton Show, the 24-year-old hitmaker was asked how she handpicks her fans for the once in a lifetime meet and greet. 

Her response? Well, it was kind of creepy (although we do know Ms. Swift is the queen of Tumblr). 

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"Well, basically, I got this idea before I finished the album and I wanted to call it the 1989 secret sessions," she explained. "Because I knew before I finished the album that I was most proud of this album more than anything I had done before and so I wanted to give chance to hear it before it came out.

"I'd never done this before, but I wanted it to be all fans who had never met me before and had been like ‘I've been to seven shows, I've never met you. I camped out on the street, I waited outside, I never saw you'—I wanted it to be these people who have been so dedicated but I've never got to thank them in person," she continued before sharing how she discovered her devoted fans. 

"I found them on the Internet," the "I Knew You Were Trouble" singer confessed. "I would go online and look at their Instagrams pages or their Tumblr or their Twitter or whatever and just kinda watch them for months and months." 

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"Just sort of cyberstalk them," she added, noting, "And then I invited them over and they came." 

Norton then read a few reviews from fans who were lucky enough to attend one of Swift's secret sessions, and the singer was wildly amused when the Irish presenter noted that Taylor's admirers are particularly fond of the phrase "I'm dead."

"I love them so much because they always talk about dying" she exclaimed.

After Swift then bursts into an uncontrollable fit of giggles, the "Shake It Off" singer borrows the expression from her loyal Swifties, "Oh my god, those were so funny I think I'm going to die. I'm just gonna die right here. Just dead."