Updated May 18th, 2022 at 22:57 IST
'Dr. Taylor Swift': Fans congratulate singer on receiving honorary doctorate in fine arts
Popular singer and songwriter Taylor Swift received her honorary doctorate in fine arts on May 18, 2022, and fans' excitement knew no bounds
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Popular singer and songwriter Taylor Swift received her honorary doctorate in fine arts on May 18, 2022, and fans and followers' excitement knew no bounds. Swifties have been watching the live stream event of her graduation ceremony from New York University and flooding social media with pictures. Netizens have now taken to Twitter to send their best to the 11-time Grammy winner as they congratulate 'Dr Taylor Swift'.
'Dr Taylor Swift' gets an honorary doctorate in fine arts
Taylor Swift took to her Instagram account on May 18 and gave her fans and followers a behind-the-scenes glimpse as she geared up for her graduation ceremony. She was seen in a simple and elegant black dress, which she paired with animal print heels. She also wore a bright red lip shade and donned her graduation cap and gown, which was black and purple. She captioned the post, "Wearing a cap and gown for the very first time - see you soon NYU". The Bad Blood singer also gave the commencement speech
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Fans took over social media with pictures and congratulated the star as they hailed her 'earnest' speech. Some also mentioned they broke into tears and felt like 'proud mothers' watching her graduate. They mentioned they kept taking screenshots of the live event and 'sobbed so hard'. Fans who are still students mentioned that listening to the speech felt like a 'gift', because it 'hit so close to home'.
just cried at Taylor Swift's graduation speech because I am prone to crying at both Taylor Swift being earnest and graduations. #22GraduatesVersion
— Althea Pergakis (@aepergakis) May 18, 2022
watching taylor swift graduate rn like a proud mother
— meg 🫧 (@archaicpeach) May 18, 2022
i took like thirty screenshots and i sobbed so hard 🥹 THANK YOU DOCTOR TAYLOR SWIFT #22GraduatesVersion
— Marco 🧣 (@reputationtv47) May 18, 2022
being a high school graduate and being able to listen to this speech as i’m about to start the adult version of my life rly feels like a gift 💜 i love u @taylorswift13 #22graduatesversion
— nat (@inyourIevis) May 18, 2022
Not me crying because of Taylor Swift's graduation speech!!! 😭😭😭 it hit so close to home. 🥺🥺
— 태태 loml 🥰💜✨ (@lilfunkandsoul7) May 18, 2022
The news took over the internet when it became known that the singer would be honoured by NYU at the graduation ceremony. Several fans offered to buy students' tickets to the graduation ceremony for massive sums of money, according to the Independent. Students were offered up to $500 in exchange for that ticket, so fans could watch Swift give the commencement speech and get her honorary doctorate. The New York Post earlier reported that a student told them, “A girl said she would be my ‘biggest fan’ with a megaphone and cheering me on during the ceremony if I gave her a ticket.” New York University, however, mentioned that students who received two tickets to the event were prohibited from selling their passes to anyone.
Image: Twitter/@thewayilovedtay
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Published May 18th, 2022 at 22:57 IST
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