Inside the Lover Secret Sessions with Madeeha

This week we are joined by our very first guest, Madeeha, to celebrate Lover's anniversary by chatting about her experience at the Lover Secret Sessions. Back in 2019 a few weeks before the official Lover release, Taylor Swift hosted a series of listening parties in which groups of lucky fans got to hear the entire album, listen to her explanations track by track and then briefly meet her. Taylor Nation reached out to Madeeha to attend the London Secret Sessions and now she has graciously allowed us to ask her all about it, from a play-by-play run through of the nerve wracking day to some interesting anecdotes about meeting Taylor and her accidental run-in with Taylor Nation. We also discuss Lover itself and how attending such an event can entirely change your perspectives on an album. A big thank you to Madeeha for sharing her experience with us, make sure to check her out on instagram (@cantsayhellotoyou)

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00:00 Intro
01:10 Madeeha’s introduction and our favourite albums
06:33 How Taylor Nation contacted her
10:01 The sketchiness of it all
16:05 Meeting other fans and the filming of the event
18:28 Her Secret Session experience & Song Breakdown
24:30 Food break and emotions in the room
27:09 Taylor’s explanations and exclusive revelations
33:38 Fans stealing things
37:20 Meeting Taylor Swift
46:30 Meeting Tree and an exclusive look at the journals
48:10 The aftermath and a run-in with Taylor Nation
57:10 How it felt listening to Lover on its release
1:02:08 What’s next and the future of Secret Sessions
1:06:20 Outro

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