London V&A recruits four Taylor Swift superfans to advise on new exhibition

nme.com:

Taylor Swift superfans to act as advisors for a new exhibition.The recruitment comes after news broke earlier this year that the museum was looking for fans who could share their knowledge on the fan culture that surrounds the pop icon, as well as the crafts and memorabilia that are popular among her fanbase.It comes as some of Swift’s personal items will be displayed at an upcoming exhibit titled Taylor Swift: Songbook Trail.

The free and temporary exhibition will be made up of 13 separate installations that will map out the pop star’s life and legacy, as well as highlight archival pieces from Swift’s career such as clothing, awards instruments and more.

It’ll run from July 27 until September 8.Organisers were predominantly looking for details on the handmade signs that fans bring to her live shows and the friendship bracelets that attendees often swap with other fans during the gigs.Now, after over 1,000 people applied for the role, it has been revealed that four candidates have been chosen to oversee the exhibition.As per Standard, these include a journalist and unofficial “Taylor Swift historian” named Kelsey Barnes, a literature professor with an “encyclopaedic” knowledge of the singer called Dr Iona Murphy, a long-time fan named India Meade, and a conservation charity worker called Molly Gilroy, who has been blogging about Swift since 2013.They were selected after an extensive interview process with senior curator of theatre and performance at the museum, Kate Bailey.“Being inundated with over a thousand applications from Swifties around the UK was incredibly humbling and a testament to Taylor Swift’s impact on popular culture,” Bailey told the outlet. “The depth of knowledge and passion for her work displayed by.