Meeting @taylorswift13 @wonderstruck @taylornation13


I thought I'd write down everything from the weekend where I got to meet Taylor. I know that I'll never ever forget it, but I've written it all down to make sure; I want to be able to look back when I'm 87 and remember the day I got to meet my idol. Also, a lot of people have been asking what it was like so I thought you might like to read about it. Sorry it's really long and I've probably missed out so much. It also sounds grammatically terrible, but oh well :)



Meeting Taylor Swift...


So I found out about this Wonderstruck competition thought twitter, the winner got to meet Taylor Swift! I entered, not thinking I had any chance of winning but trying anyway. The winner had to be voted for so I didn't think I stood any chance of getting many votes as it's not like I'm hugely popular or have millions of online followers like some people do. For the week where entries could be voted for I literally asked people on twitter to vote for me, non stop. I reached the tweet limit at least 4 times a day and I'm pretty sure I fell behind in school because of this, but I didn't care as the chance of meeting Taylor was much more important to me! I didn't really ask many people who actually know me to vote, most of my votes where from people on twitter so thank you so much to everyone who voted!

I got a missed call when I was in biology on Wednesday 3rd October at 1:49pm, I couldn't answer it as I was in class but I got really worried as I didn't know the number. At 2:40pm (after the longest 50 minutes ever) when school finished I got outside and listened to the voice mail that was left, which was from a guy from Elizabeth Arden talking about Taylor Swift and saying he had 'exciting news' for me so I should phone him back. I literally ran home from school, I've never ran so fast in my life, and phoned him back to see what it was about. After he told me that I had won the competition and I was going to be meeting Taylor Swift I put down the phone and started crying, I never thought I'd have the opportunity to meet Taylor and being told I would be in 3 days was amazing. I turned up long live and danced around my room for hours! When my mum got home and I told her, we both just started crying as she knows how much it means to me. :)
Thursday and Friday at school were torture, never have 2 days gone so slowly. I couldn't tweet about it or tell people online until Thursday afternoon, which was hard! I didn't actually believe it was happening either, everything felt like a dream.


On the Friday after school I went on the train to London, we had to take 2 trains and it took over 3 hours. The whole time my mum kept looking at me asking 'are you okay?' probably because I had the creepiest smile on my face the entire time, and probably looked like I was about to pass out. Which I kind of was. We got to London and got to stay in this hotel which was pretty posh (thanks for that Elizabeth Arden!). I didn't sleep on Friday night at all, at 1am I gave up even trying and just got out my iPod. I have to say, listening to WANEGBT at 1am is something you really should try. I just listened to Taylor (Enchanted seemed to be played quite a lot) until 6am when I thought it would be okay to wake up my mum, I could have happily been ready hours before that! Oh, and I got red paint from my 13 on the posh hotels white towels...

We had to meet at Taylor hotel at 9am (her hotel was the nicest I've ever seen) I walked through those doors like OH MY GOSH TAYLOR SWIFT HAS WALKED THROUGH THESE SAME DOORS! We went into this really nice hotel room, in one room was some chairs and stuff and the other was set up into a little interview place. It looked absolutely amazing, there were these two chairs which were so pretty, and a board which had a huge photo of Taylor and the Wonderstruck logo all over it. There were also bottles of Wonderstruck and Wonderstruck Enchanted on a table, it was such a beautiful room! There were MTV cameras there too, I wanted to stay there and never leave. Like Ever.
We met some people from Elizabeth Arden who were really nice, they were talking to me about stuff but I wasn't really listening, except when they were talking about Taylor. I don't think I'd ever been so nervous in my life! They told me that I could ask Taylor my interview question and it would be recorded, if I wanted too, and usually I'd say no way to something like that but the chance of interviewing Taylor Swift outweighed any insecurities. So many people came into that room while we were waiting, stylists, security, publicists, I don't even know who most of them were. Laura Whitmore was also there, she was interviewing Taylor and she was so nice! She was talking about how she'd met Taylor before and how lovely she was, that I wouldn't be disappointed at all. I had literally never been so excited and nervous in my life, I was crying even before Taylor was there! I'm sure you can imagine what it feels like when you know you're about to meet Taylor Swift, pretty amazing. :)

At 10am when Taylor walked into the room, I can't even explain how I felt then. She walked in and I was on the other side of the room, she was like 'Hi, I'm Taylor' to everyone, shaking their hands and stuff. She was so tall, and beautiful, so incredibly pretty and so much more in real life than in photos, not that you'd think it was possible. Taylor honestly looked like a mixture of a supermodel, a princess and a Barbie doll, in the best kind of way. She was wearing the prettiest dress I've ever seen, and this red cardigan which she took off and gave to this guy, I was just thinking she's wearing red... It's red. I was just in complete awe, Taylor Swift had just walked into the room!
She shook my mums hand and then saw me, standing there like OH MY GOSH (I probably looked like a fish of some sort) and about to cry she came up to me and hugged me. I was expecting her to shake my hand too, but she just have me a huge hug; Taylor Swift gives the best hugs, and I'm so happy I can actually say that. That's when I really started to cry, I tried to stop as I didn't want to say I spent the entire time I got to meet my idol crying. Taylor was just so nice and lovely to me, I cant even explain. Everyone who has met before her have said that she was and she obviously comes across that way, and she is really that amazing in real life. She asked me where I was from and how long it took me to get there, I couldn't even speak. She said thank you to me for coming and entering, she said so much and I don't even remember as I was too busy fangirling to think straight! I want to say so much, but I simply couldn't manage it. The way she said 'Mollie' was amazing, Taylor's accent is beautiful! She was like 'I'd love to take a photo and sign something for you!' I asked her to sign my Speak Now guitar book, and she asked how to spell my name and I couldn't even remember. I must have said it right as she spelled it right, I just couldn't believe that Taylor Swift was actually there, asking how to spell my name! It's so pretty, it says 'I ♡ Mollie, love Taylor♡'. Or maybe it says 'To Mollie' with a pretty heart as the 'o', I really couldn't care less as its simply amazing. It got sort of smudged on the book cover, but I don't really care because Taylor smudged it. I can say that not only did Taylor Swift sign my book, but she smudged it too! It just makes it even more special. We then got a photo together, she was sort of crouching down in it, even though she still looks so tall! I look terrible in the photo but I don't care at all, Taylor Swift is stood next to me and I will never be able to get over the fact that it actually happened. I don't even remember what I said to her, I probably wasn't even understandable to her, but I don't care. I told her I loved her so much, and she said 'aww you're so sweet'. I think, or at least hope that she saw how much getting yo meet her meant to me, the line 'we tell stories and you don't know why, I'm coming off a little shy, but I do' was very appropriate. Taylor also said thank you to me quite a lot, and I was just like no thank YOU Taylor Swift, thank you.

She then went through to the interview room, and I just sat down next to my mum like 'wow, I've just met Taylor Swift!'. After a few minutes they called me through, and Taylor was sat there in the chair, and I got to sit in the chair next to her (I sat in the chair next to Taylor Swift :O). I seriously couldn't believe that it was happening, it felt like one of those dreams where you meet Taylor Swift and are just casually sitting with her and talking, well I actually was. She saw my lovelovelove bracelet on my wrist and was like 'aww you're wearing that bracelet from, like forever ago!'. That is something I will never forget, and is now my favourite quote, it was pretty cool for her to say that. I was just shaking so much at this point and I sort of showed her my Speak Now bracelets and she was like aww thank you so much. I'll never forget that.

I then had to ask my question which was 'how does it make you feel when someone by you is wearing Wonderstruck'. I'm not sure that I actually said that, I'm surprised I was able to say anything, but she answered it. If I'm honest I don't really remember what her answer was, I was too busy staring at Taylor. She was literally sat right in front if me, actually talking to me and answering my question. I was just looking at her face, trying not to cry or scream out I LOVE YOU TAYLOR as it was being filmed, and although I wanted to do that very badly it may make them think twice about showing me asking the question. At the end she said something about how she loved I was wearing one of her tour t-shirts and how I get extra points for that! I will remember those few minutes when I was sat and interviewed Taylor Swift forever.

After that I sort of stood in the door way to the room and got to watch while Laura Whitmore interviewed Taylor, it was one amazing interview! She talked about all sorts of things, about Wonderstruck, about Red, about the EMAs, loads of stuff. I can't wait until the interview is shown on MTV or put online and I can say I watched it being recorded! She spoke about Ed Sheeran (I'm not surprised), she was asked about charity work she does and sort of mentioned Ronan, not directly but she talked about childhood cancer. She was asked about the Begin Again music video and was talking about that, and how it probably won't be the next UK single but will be in the US. She said that I Knew You Were Trouble would possibly be next for the UK and that it would be on iTunes 'soon', which it was for the 3rd pre-released single. She also talked about a song called Treacherous (if there is something about a slope in the lyrics you heard it from me first!). Taylor talked about so much in that interview, and I can't wait to actually see it. At one point, I think when they were not filming, Laura asked Taylor if she had a busy day ahead and she was like 'yes, not as busy as yesterday though' and how on Friday she had like an hour break and just slept in it. That made me smile, oh my gosh. And she said how it was fun to record X Factor, she was just so nice. It was very hard not to squeal or shout YES after half the things she said in the interview, but as everyone else was being very quite I didn't want to distract Taylor or ruin the interview and get chucked out. I also wanted to shout out song lyrics of everything she was talking about or when she said something that reminded me of something, but I didn't. I had to hold my breath 99% of the time to stop myself screaming TAYLOR I LOVE YOU.

Taylor was there for about 45 minutes all together, and I was in the same hotel room the whole time, which I still cant really believe. I was told before that I'd get to meet Taylor briefly, so I thought I would get to meet her, maybe get a photo and then go. But it was so much more than that and just so amazing, I don't really understand how I was the only person in the room completely freaking out. When the interview was finished I went back into the other room so I wouldn't be in the way, and Taylor walked past and looked into the room and said 'bye!' and then looked at me and said 'bye, bye!' and I said bye back and then she left. That was the best day of my life.

After that we left, outside there were a load of Swifties waiting outside the hotel, just looking at me like 'has she just been in there?'. Me and my mum went and found a cafe then, and I just couldn't help from crying, the other people there probably thought I was crazy. But I'd just met Taylor Swift, how can you blame me? Taylor means everything to me, in a way only other Swifties can properly understand. Meeting Taylor was something I had dreamed about for year, since Love Story when I first heard and fell in love with her voice.
I sort keep looking back now and think did I waste the opportunity? There was so much I wanted to tell Taylor and thank her for, about how much she means to me and how I will support her to the end. How I was enchanted to meet her. How she is the best thing that's ever been mine. How I had the time of my life fighting dragons with you. But I got to meet Taylor Swift, it doesn't matter how little I said. It was amazingly swiftastic and I'll never ever ever forget it. One day when they point to the pictures, I'll tell them her name. The name of the girl that showed how to be fearless and to speak now, who was there for me when no one else was and who will always be the first person I turn too no matter what happens. The girl who I was enchanted to meet, blushing all the way home on the 6th October 2012. The girl who I love to the moon and back.

So basically that was the best day ever, and I love every single person who voted for me and helped me more than I could ever tell you, thank you to Elizabeth Arden, Wonderstruck, MTV and everyone who made it happen.



Teen awards...

I got tickets to the teen awards before I'd even entered the Wonderstruck competition, and I had been looking forward to that since then (obviously), but when I found out I'd won I sort if forgot about it. After I met Taylor it was nice to think 'oh my gosh, I get to see Taylor Swift live tomorrow!' which I was pretty excited about. On the Sunday of the teen awards we went on the train and met so many Swifties who were all so nice!

When we got there just after 12pm there were loads of people there and me and my friend we just like WOW. You could see down by the doors a huge red carpet with loads of people there and I'm not going to lie, we were very jealous of them. It was just by coincidence that my mum asked this guy where we had to go to get in, and he said that because of something on our tickets we were allowed to go down to the red carpet! I didn't think that would happen, people were planning on getting there really early and I thought that they would be the ones who got to go there, not us.

We missed a lot of people as we got there later than planned because of our train being cancelled, but we got to see One Direction, Little Mix, a load of radio and tv presenters and other celebrity people, and Taylor.
One Direction walked past and everyone went crazy (I've never been so squished in my life), especially my friend who I went with as she loves them. Once they had gone most people sort of went, and I somehow got near the front. And then Taylor came, and she was firstly on the other side talking to all the reporters and stuff, but then she came round and I've never screamed so loud in my life. Like TAYLOR TAYLOR TAYLOR COME HERE TAYLOR I LOVE YOU TAYLOR TAYLOR! Everyone else there were screaming too, and she was getting closer to where I was stood until she was right in from of me and I was like oh my gosh, Taylor Swift's face is just SO close to me. She looked beautiful, and she was wearing cat shoes. I met Taylor Swift while she was wearing cat shoes. I sort of had my camera in the air, taking photos and when she saw me she took the camera from me, I was shaking so badly and she took a photo of us! I still can't believe it, Taylor Swift actually used my camera!
The teen awards were amazing, and Taylor's performance was brilliant, of course.



So basically Saturday the 6th October 2012 when I got to meet and interview Taylor Swift was the best day and most amazing experience of my life, like ever. And Sunday the 7th October when I got to meet Taylor again on the red carpet and see her perform live comes in a very close second.

I wish I could just relive that weekend over and over, and watch it begin again :)



Love Mollie ♡ :)

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