Why Taylor Swift Will NEVER Do Secret Sessions Again
Added 2025-09-11 11:00:12 +0000 UTCUPDATE: there was an editing mishap that I can’t fix because I’m in Stockholm for this weekend & taking some time off. The YouTube upload will be delayed while it gets fixed, but that version won’t have the weird audio problem here. Sorry guys, please bear with!
Taylor Swift once invited fans into her actual homes to hear her albums before release — cookies baked by Taylor, Polaroids with her cats, holding her GRAMMYs. Secret Sessions were peak Swiftie lore. But after the chaos of Lover — leaks, drama, clogged toilets, and unhinged fan behavior — the sessions disappeared for good.
In this episode, we revisit the rise and fall of Secret Sessions, from Tumblr-era stalking to the insanity of the Lover house party, and explain why The Life of a Showgirl will never get them. Taylor’s fame, paranoia, and the scale of her stardom in 2025 make Secret Sessions literally impossible.
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Holy crap when you put the picture up of Jess with Sofia & Taylor doing the sorority squat I was speechless...bc I went to college with Sofia! This world is so small, it never ceases to amaze me. PS Taylor totally knew how to do a sorority squat–although I'm not surprised she didn't know the term–bc I'm tall too & have been doing a version of it since I was 12 or 13
Beth
2025-09-17 21:55:31 +0000 UTCI’ve always wondered if it was true that she talked about harry in one of those sessions and how he listened to the album before it came out 😭
vvc
2025-09-13 23:04:51 +0000 UTCAs you guys were relaying everything that happened I realized the 1989 surprise concert is a bit like Taylor surprising fans at the Eras Tour movie premiere
Brianna Tullius
2025-09-13 06:47:56 +0000 UTClove you guys <3
sandrine
2025-09-13 02:20:45 +0000 UTCSwiftmas?! 🤣 is there a Swiftologist’s guide to Swift-acronyms? Those who have met the Queen 🫅🏼👋🏼 in session’re THE LUCKY ONES 🌟🤤 2020s not safe anymore to invite people in 🏡; Fanbase is too wide to run an intimate, yet one-size-fit-all session— ERAS surprise songs helped craft a custom experience. Plus, the cats 🐱🐾 , PapaSwift, MamaSwift 10 yrs older now, can’t be expected to run around interacting with fans 🥳
Terry B
2025-09-12 23:16:09 +0000 UTCPLEASE do an episode on swiftmas! I was never jealous of the secret sessions, but I delusionaly wanted to get a gift from her despite being very offline lol
Elle Kaye
2025-09-12 22:14:17 +0000 UTCI remember first hearing about rep secret sessions and it sounded insane to me instantly. Fans at her HOME??? Crazy.
Hanna
2025-09-12 21:14:28 +0000 UTCI loved hearing the accounts from Tumblr era Swifties lol an ep with guests from that time would be really fun at some point!
Rachel
2025-09-12 20:42:25 +0000 UTCOmg what is the story behind the 1989 secret sessions that was ghosted?
Rex
2025-09-12 19:36:10 +0000 UTCYou guys sounded great to me. Loved the episode!! I can’t believe she was so open and vulnerable back then.
sarah mcallister
2025-09-12 18:59:54 +0000 UTCBegging and pleading for a swiftmas episode this holiday season!!
Alicia Limon
2025-09-12 15:34:23 +0000 UTCWho is manthapaige?
Lucy
2025-09-12 11:38:33 +0000 UTCWeren’t people stealing soap or candles at the Lover sessions as well? I remember rumours about that going around at the time. So rude if true!
Lucy
2025-09-12 11:37:13 +0000 UTCWait I didn’t even know she did ss for Lover
Angelo David
2025-09-12 05:36:05 +0000 UTCI can hear in your voices what a magical experience it was in the early days! So sweet how much effort she went to make the secret sessions so special ✨ For everyone’s safety and sanity it’s for the best it’s over now 🥲
Bonnie
2025-09-12 02:44:14 +0000 UTCI remember seeing glimpses of the 1989 secret sessions online during that time. Those lover secret sessions tea…. Wooooww 😳😳👀👀👀
Hannah
2025-09-11 23:47:30 +0000 UTCI heard that too
Tiff
2025-09-11 23:38:17 +0000 UTCTay North Korea!! 🫶🏻 I never wanna leave! (I have Stockholm syndrome )
ducky
2025-09-11 23:35:16 +0000 UTCPlease, make a video about those christmas presents, I’m sooo curious 👀
Ula Baśka
2025-09-11 23:26:10 +0000 UTCIs it just me or are both of your voices pitched up in this video???
Charlie
2025-09-11 20:32:44 +0000 UTCI almost choked at “We can play the song and I don’t have to meet you how ‘bout that?” 😭
Ashley
2025-09-11 19:49:21 +0000 UTCI live in Rhode Island - there WAS no chick fil a in Rhode Island until a few years ago when one opened in Warwick! I bet Taylor was like "oh I'll treat them with something everyone loves but you cant get here!" which is sooo sweet of her or maybe she just loves chick fil a idk
noah b
2025-09-11 19:46:45 +0000 UTCfelt like gatsby searching for the green light in her tumblr era
hayleywilliamsmademegay
2025-09-11 19:26:27 +0000 UTCI would have been SO GAGGED if I had been invited to a secret session, but I’m grateful I wasn’t on Tumblr during that time because I probably would have been so annoying lol. Also, the leaking of information and stealing after having been invited into her home?? Gremlins!
Ashley
2025-09-11 19:20:26 +0000 UTCBetween this and my prostate getting sucked out of my ass by a robot ? I would also be a careless man to my careful daughter
noah b
2025-09-11 18:37:50 +0000 UTCAt the Rep LA session I asked Ashley Avignone where the bathroom was, unaware of who she was. Assumed she was just another crazed swiftie. Then later saw her sipping on a fat glass of wine and realized OH she is not one of us 😭
Kenan
2025-09-11 17:30:50 +0000 UTCClogging Taylor Swift’s toilet is crazzzyyyyy 😆
Miss_Lippy
2025-09-11 17:12:47 +0000 UTCThe Tumblr era sounds so iconic, I’m both gutted I missed it but also a little relieved as I don’t trust myself in terms of how unhinged and embarrassing I would have become trying to get Taylor’s attention crassly 🙈
Rebecca Black
2025-09-11 16:47:44 +0000 UTCincredible fun fact: the office i work in on Varick Street in Soho is where Taylor did the last 1989 Secret Session with the live performance. We have private rooftop access so I’ve stood right where she performed :,)
James M
2025-09-11 16:24:57 +0000 UTCWhen Taylor was on, so were we. 🟢
Tony
2025-09-11 16:23:28 +0000 UTCIn 2016 I was delivering for Postmates in Nashville and apparently accidentally turned into her parents’ driveway. A short security officer came over and started questioning me on what I was doing because she lived there lmao
caroline
2025-09-11 15:46:48 +0000 UTCmy villain origin story is being DM’d on twitter and ghosted before the 1989 nyc secret sessions then waking up and seeing miss manthapaige went
Victoria weisheit
2025-09-11 14:45:53 +0000 UTCi got into a huge fight with my dad bc he wouldn’t drive me from ny to nashville for the 13 hour meet and greet and then made my whole family watch the livestream at dinner lmao
Victoria weisheit
2025-09-11 14:34:31 +0000 UTCLmao I genuinely didnt notice the speed, I only noticed their voices sounded a little higher pitched but then just assumed I was crazy 😅 im glad I checked the comments lol
Kelsie Smith
2025-09-11 14:26:41 +0000 UTCHe refreshed her website which announced it before she did and posted screenshotsb
Zachary Hourihane
2025-09-11 13:39:11 +0000 UTC0.75 is too slow lol and 1.0 too fast 😆
Savvy
2025-09-11 13:34:36 +0000 UTCI’m confused how did that person leak the 1989 album title? I remember Taylor announced it in the live stream did he leak it before the live stream? I don’t remember that
S
2025-09-11 13:28:20 +0000 UTCWe been needing this
Leslie
2025-09-11 13:01:06 +0000 UTCYes I remember this too
Bree
2025-09-11 12:54:00 +0000 UTC“Clogged toilets” took me out
S
2025-09-11 12:40:46 +0000 UTCeveryone’s talking abt how fast you were talking but i finally felt you guys were talking fast enough. #adhd 😭😭😭
zach
2025-09-11 12:37:18 +0000 UTCAs the last people you met in Nashville I thank you for your service!! You two were delightful and I had no idea that was your longest meet and greet.
Dana Hinton
2025-09-11 12:35:41 +0000 UTCI would have loved to go to a secret session during rep.
lisam
2025-09-11 12:17:03 +0000 UTCSame lol
Mallory Moran
2025-09-11 12:16:47 +0000 UTCIs it just me or does the audio sound pitched like a little higher than normal? 😂😭 love y’all 🫶🏼
Mallory Moran
2025-09-11 12:10:55 +0000 UTCI thought Red had a secret session? Isn’t there video of her sitting on her couch in a room with fans and revealing the album cover? Not sure what that was…off to google
Dana Hinton
2025-09-11 12:02:02 +0000 UTCLmaoooo nobody talking to Scott and then flocking to Andrea really backs up his demented email hahahahah
Niamh
2025-09-11 12:00:30 +0000 UTCI’m still surprised secret sessions ever SAW the lover era. With all the drama at the reputation ones!
Lewis
2025-09-11 11:52:21 +0000 UTCi had to put the video on 0.75x speed lol
Zana
2025-09-11 11:46:44 +0000 UTCThe girl deserves a wedding invitation!
Dana Hinton
2025-09-11 11:41:11 +0000 UTCMadeline, imma just say that you deserved a chance to go to a secret session!!! 💔 Justice for Madeline!!!!!
Lara Visser
2025-09-11 11:33:05 +0000 UTCit literally sounds like you guys are talking .1 percent faster for some reason and chipmunks
Kaitlyn MacGilvray
2025-09-11 11:30:30 +0000 UTCI can’t lie if I was invited I would steal something too 🤷♀️
noah b
2025-09-11 11:28:19 +0000 UTCMove over, my show is on!
Andrea Peterlechner
2025-09-11 11:17:32 +0000 UTCNo it’s definitely chipmunk voices for me too 💀
deboot 🫶
2025-09-11 11:14:07 +0000 UTCis it my laptop or the voices are a bit high pitched?
tae’s celine shirt
2025-09-11 11:11:15 +0000 UTCYAS RIGHT IN TIME FOR MY TREADMILL RUN THANK YOU SO MUCH
Kate!!!
2025-09-11 11:03:04 +0000 UTC
