Class of 2023 senior Madeleine Kelly is a self-proclaimed “Taylor Swift expert.” Outside of loving Taylor Swift, Kelly is extremely involved at DGS as president of Key Club, an officer for DECA and a member of Changemakers and the Drama club. After DGS, Kelly is planning to attend Saint Louis University and major in marketing.

Q: Rank Taylor Swift’s albums.
A: Oh, let me pull up my notes app–mine is controversial. So, number one is a tie between “Speak Now” and “1989,” because I can’t choose. Number 2 has kind of changed, it’s “evermore”/”folklore,” I can’t separate them. Three is “Midnights,” four is “Red,” five is “Reputation,” six is “Fearless,” seven is “Lover,” eight is her debut album, “Taylor Swift.”

Q: When did you start liking Taylor Swift?
A: Literally, I cannot remember a time before I didn’t like Taylor Swift. That sounds so weird but I honestly cannot remember a time before there was Taylor Swift in my life.

Q: If you had to choose, what is your favorite Taylor Swift song?
A: I would say “Clean” by Taylor Swift from her “1989” album. It’s a great song, and it got me through a lot of stuff. It’s also a really good pop song and I love it.

Q: What is your favorite thing about Taylor Swift?
A: I would say her storytelling. The way that she is able to create a story within a song, and just keep her listeners hooked on the lyrics is admirable about her. And just like her originality within songwriting; there’s not alot of artists that individually write their songs by themself or that are known purely for their songwriting, and she’s good at that.

Q: Do you actually think that Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn broke up?
A: I do. Why else would Matty Healy [The lead singer of band The 1975] fly 19 hours to see her at her Eras tour if they weren’t dating? And also the fact that she changed [one of her songs on tour] “Invisible String” which is a song about Joe Alwyn from her “Folklore” album to “The One” which is kind of a breakup song from “Folklore.”