SAANICH, B.C. –
Whenever Sophia Vaillant would go on family road trips as a kid, she’d inevitably play songs by the same singer.
“The whole car starts jamming out to Taylor Swift,” Sophia smiles, while watching a video of her family singing along in the car to “Shake It Off.”
When she started university, Sophia decorated her dorm with more than half a dozen posters of just one pop star.
“I joke that Taylor watches over me when I’m studying,” Sophia smiles, pointing to a life-size poster of the star hung over her desk.
Sophia also regularly writes a ‘Taylor Swift Lyric of the Week’ on a white board in the hallway for all her roommates to relish.
“I fell in love with, not only her music,” Sophia explains. “But also her community and with the fandom as a whole.”
So you can imagine how Sophia felt when Taylor Swift finally announced her …