Taylor Swift fan behind “embarrassing” viral ‘Exile’ sobbing reaction video speaks out

During the performance Madison Blackband, an Australian fan of Swift, shared a video to TikTok, showing her dramatically bursting into tears as the singer performed a rendition of ‘Exile’ – taken from her 2020 album ‘Folklore’

My reaction to Taylor singing ‘Exile’ (also known as the song that saved my life),” read the text over the footage.

Now, after accumulating over 1.1million views in less than a week, Blackband has spoken out about the response to the clip.

“I went on [X] and the first thing that popped up was this video. And I was like ‘Oh, it’s happened’,” she said during an interview with Rolling Stone, recalling how the clip was instantly reposted across other social media platforms. “I posted it intending it for like 200 people, not millions.”