Taylor Swifthelped give one of her biggest fans the engagement party of a lifetime when she made a surprise appearance to serenade his fiancé with an acoustic version of “King of My Heart.”
Alexander Goldschmidt, 30, has been a Swift superfan for years. So when hepopped the questionto boyfriend Ross Girard, he knew an appearance from the singer, 29, would be the perfect way to begin the rest of their lives together.
“I decided to propose to Ross listening to this song in my car,” Goldschmidt wrote on Instagram Saturday. “I can’t thank Taylor enough for wanting to help make this day so special #RossAndAlexForever.”
Goldschmidt shared a video toInstagramof his and Girard’s engagement party at the Sycamore Tavern in Los Angeles.
“There is one secret that I didn’t trust any of you with. And there was a person who’s not here who sort of played a part in all this, and so I would like to welcome, and if you would give a warm welcome to, my friend Taylor,” Goldschmidt said as Swift walked in, shocking everyone.
The singer explained that Goldschmidt emailed her and told her that her track “King of My Heart,” off her hit albumReputation, was “really special” to him and his fiancé.
Goldschmidt shared an additional picture with Swift from before the performance, which he captioned, “The calm before the surprise,” and a photo with Girard and Swift captioned, “She came, she sang, I’m dead.”
He summed up his feelings onTwitter, writing that he has “never felt so overwhelmed with love and exhaustion in my life.”
“Thank you for all the messages. I can’t possibly respond to them all, but know that your love and support means the world to me,” he wrote. “And holy s—t,Taylor Swiftis an angel who gives the best gifts.”
Goldschmidt has been a huge fan of the “…Ready for It?” singer for many years, and has selfies with the star that stretch back toat least 2014.
That same year, heappearedin the music video for her single “Shake It Off.”
“Two weeks after (takingTaylor Swiftand Ed Sheeran) selfies,Taylor Swiftflew me out to LA to be in the ‘Shake It Off’ video,” he wrote on Instagram in August 2014. “It’s the biggest secret I’ve ever had to keep.”
The two kept up a social media friendship in the subsequent months, with Swiftfollowing Goldschmidt on Twitterin November 2014 andgiving him a shoutouton Tumblr in October 2014 after a fan asked about developments in her vocabulary,specifically her usage of “yas” and “thexy.”
“Um you should check out alexandergold cause he’s mostly to blame,” Swift wrote. “For all of this.”
Swift even tweeted love advice to him in July 2015.
“Go read Gaga’s tweet that she sent me a few months ago. It’s good love luck,” Swift wrote to him. “Because it’s not a tweet. It’s a magical spell.”
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Goldschmidt shared the tweet toInstagramand wrote, “I have been given my instructions. I leave my love life inLady Gaga’s magical hands. My Prince Charming will come.”
“Introduced my boyfriend to my queen,” he wrote.
As for his devotion to the singer, Goldschmidt summed it up onTwitterin May 2018: “She’s an incredible artist. She’s an incredible performer. She’s an incredible human being. I love you, @taylorswift13. Thank you for always being so incredibly kind. Thank you for making sure I never gave up on love. Thank you for the best hugs.”
The Grammy winner is currently filming an adaptation ofCatsalongside stars including Rebel Wilson, Idris Elba and Judi Dench.
“She’s incredible. She’s such a lovely girl and I personally think her cat is the sexiest out of all cats,” Wilson recently gushed toEntertainment Tonight.
source: people.com