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 tour 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.
“Oh my God, she was so nice,” she gushed. “I talked to her for 10 minutes, and I told her the story about how I saw her at the chili cookoff.”
The tour is run through a partnership with GetYourGuide , an online travel experience marketplace, and On Location Tours . Their search for the tour guide role, which is a paid position, generated so much buzz it made it difficult to choose a winner.
“The excitement it generated among Swifties on social media was beyond our wildest dreams. When we launched the job search, hundreds of fans were tagging their friends to apply, and the overwhelming response made the decision incredibly tough,” said On Location Tours’ sales and marketing manager, Erin Miller.
“We knew that involving the ultimate Swiftie in the creation of this tour was the right move to deliver an authentic and personal experience,” added Madison Pietrowski, director of brand US at GetYourGuide, which also created a Swift tour in London.
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