How Taylor Swift ‘Came Through’ for Netflix’s ‘Heartstopper’ Season 2 Finale

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Is Taylor Swift a Heartstopper fan? The Netflix series’ executive producers think so after she allowed them to use her Folklore song “Seven” in the season 2 finale.“I have to say her team was so receptive to it.

I don’t have any proof of this, but I feel like they’re Heartstopper fans,” executive producer Patrick Waters told Elle in an interview published earlier this month. “Whereas with some artists that I won’t name [made it] tough and we couldn’t get them in the show, Taylor Swift really came through for us.”Fans may have noticed earlier in the season that there’s a Folklore poster in Tara’s (Corinna Brown) bedroom, but it wasn’t until the end of season 2’s finale episode that a track from the album played.

After originally just seeking the rights to the poster, the Heartstopper team sent clips and wrote letters to explain to Swift’s team that “Seven” was important for the moment.“Lyrically, it’s not a complete perfect match [with Darcy’s story line], but there’s just something about some of the lyrics that made us associate it with Tara and Darcy,” Walters told Elle.The song plays after the main characters — a.k.a.

the Paris Squad — have left prom in favor of hanging out at Nick’s (Kit Connor) house without the prying eyes of their classmates (who were staring at some of the only openly LGBT kids in school).