Dozens of Taylor Swift fans were given the opportunity to hear her sixth album ‘Reputation’ last night (October 13), four weeks ahead of its official release on November 10.
According to fans who attended the secret listening party in London, the singer “picked all 100 of us herself” after “stalking” them on Twitter for the past year. “She has lurked me without me knowing,” wrote one fan.
Reacting to the music itself, reports were vague. One Twitter user said: “No album comes close to this one. It really tells a story,” adding that there was one particularly emotional song during which “literally everyone was sobbing.”
Fans report receiving chicken nuggets, and ‘Reputation’-customised cookies and M&Ms throughout the evening. They also write that Swift was “the happiest she has ever been” and “the most happy I have seen her”.
See more reactions below:
I JUST MET @taylorswift13! ? SHE HUGGED ME, SHE THANKED ME, SHE TOLD ME SHE LOVED ME ? AND THE ALBUM IS ? #ReputationSecretSessions #London pic.twitter.com/M9pcrIrmyk
— ?? Aurelie ▪ ? ? ?? (@IamAurelieL) October 13, 2017
Taylor said she hand picked all 100 of us herself, made a screenshot and sent it to taylornation ? #ReputationSecretSessions
— A ? (@TrueSwiftie) October 13, 2017
TAYLOR HAS BEEN STALKING ME ON TWITTER FOR A YEAR! SHE KNEW I WENT TO NASHVILLE FOR 1989! I CANT COPE WITH LIFE #reputationsecretsessions pic.twitter.com/dqoMu2Cxxt
— Lyndsay – Lover Fest France/Germany (@Up_In_Lights13) October 13, 2017
TAYLOR FUCKING HAND PICKED ME, SHE HAS LURKED ME WITHOUT ME KNOWING @taylorswift13 ??
— Elisabeth ?? (@SwiftedBethy13) October 13, 2017
No album comes close to this one. It really tells a story. #reputationsecretsessions
— romano?| lover fest belgium (@TIMELESummer) October 13, 2017
There's this song that made everyone sobbing. LITERALLY EVERYONE WAS SOBBING
— romano?| lover fest belgium (@TIMELESummer) October 13, 2017
I ATE REPUTATION COOKIES AND CUSTOMISED REPUTATION M&MS AND CHICKEN TENDERS AND THEN I REALISED SHE HAD THE SAME VINEGAR AS ME AND I DIED
— abbie (@auntbeckyisbae) October 13, 2017
And she had REPUTATION M&Ms and REPUTATION COOKIES, she's so extra. #reputationsecretsessions
— romano?| lover fest belgium (@TIMELESummer) October 14, 2017
If all this attention gets me anything, I just want it to be for you guys to know, Taylor is the happiest she has ever been.
— Alex – Lover Fest Berlin, Oslo & Nimes (@AlexWJ93) October 13, 2017
I JUST MET TAYLOR SWIFT AND SPENT THE EVENING WITH HER. AND SHE IS THE MOST HAPPY I HAVE SEEN HER. WHAT IS LIFE? #reputationsecretsessions
— Lyndsay – Lover Fest France/Germany (@Up_In_Lights13) October 13, 2017
Swift performed a similar secret listening party prior to the release of her 2014 album ‘1989’, inviting a select group of fans to her L.A. mansion.
Ahead of the release of ‘Reputation’ Swift has so far released two singles: ‘Look What You Made Me Do’, which became her first ever Number One in the UK, and ‘…Ready For It’, which also entered the top 10.