Dazed Magazineさんのインスタグラム写真 - (Dazed MagazineInstagram)「What lengths would you go to for your favourite musician? Hours spent refreshing a web page? Queuing in the rain for a meet-and-greet?⁠ ⁠ If you could see yourself camping for five months outside a venue to get the best seats at their show, then that’s exactly what a group of Taylor Swift fans have been doing in Argentina. But what inspires this fervent, life-disrupting dedication to someone?⁠ ⁠ Amazingly, over half of US adults identify as Swift fans, and demand for her music, merch and tickets is far exceeding supply.⁠ Donovan, who is working on a book about Taylor’s fanbase, believes that Swift inspires this deep devotion due to the vulnerability and relatability of her songwriting.⁠ ⁠ “I interviewed several Swifties who said that her lyrics are as if she read their diaries,” he says. “Part of Swift’s genius is her ability to offer personalistic details about her own life in ways that feel nearly universal”.⁠ ⁠ Dr Gayle Stever, a professor of psychology at Empire State College who has studied fandoms for 35 years, says with devoted fans there are “three most common motivations”: the celebrity’s talent, physical attractiveness or ‘sexiness’, and hero or role model qualities.⁠ ⁠ “Taylor Swift would easily inspire fans on all three motivations,” she says.⁠ ⁠ Read more through the link in our bio 🔗⁠ ⁠ 📷 John Medina via Getty⁠ ✍️ @felicitaaaay」11月10日 22時45分