Taylor Swift superfan chosen to lead $36 tour of singer’s favorite NYC spots: ‘That’s my woman’

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apartment on Cornelia Street and the Lower East Side cocktail bar Banzarbar, where she celebrated her birthday in December.The two-hour jaunt will be led by Brooklyn Swiftie Arielle Calderon, who won a hotly-contested competition to be named the Ultimate Swiftie Tour Guide that drew hundreds of applicants.

Calderon, 35, recalled the first time she saw Swift, 34, perform — in 2008, before she was a household name — at a chili cookoff in a park in Calderon’s native Florida. “She was very young as was I.

At the time, Taylor was a country artist. And she was onstage and she said something to the effect of, ‘If you ever piss me off, I’ll write a song about you,’ and I was like, ‘That’s my woman,'” said Calderon, a content creator who now lives in Dumbo.The tours begins in August and will have around 13 stops, organizers said, noting that the Tribeca apartment of the stalker-plagued superstar will not be among them.Stops will include Electric Lady Studios, where Swift recorded the song “The Black Dog” on her newest album “The Tortured Poets Department“; Housing Works Bookstore in SoHo, where she filmed a scene for “All Too Well: The Short Film“; and the High Line, which she mentions in her song “Cardigan” off her “Folklore” album.

The tour guide job search first involved submitting videos via social media, followed by a formal application and interview.Calderon was prepared.