"Professional Fan". Who is the Romanian managing the largest Instagram account dedicated to the "Swiftie Universe"?
Fans of singer Taylor Swift from around the world spend their nights glued to their phones, tablets and laptops to follow the Eras Tour.
Every time the singer makes a joke, a blunder or has an announcement, they are the first to find out and share the rumor. These are people who love Taylor Swift so much that they follow her life step by step and manage, pro bono, Instagram accounts dedicated to the star.
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For example, on the evening of November 11, Internet users frantically posted videos of the kiss between Swift and her boyfriend, Travis Kelce. The images went viral worldwide in just a few seconds.
Some of the fans request donations through Venmo, others have a subscription-based Patreon channel, but most of them do it for free because of their love for Taylor Swift and her fan community.
Take, for instance, the @taylorerastour account on Instagram. There are 610,000 followers on this page dedicated to the celebrity.
Among the followers are even Swift's backup dancers, all four backup singers and Gayle, one of the opening artists for her concerts.
All these people follow this account managed from Bucharest by 26-year-old Andrei Ciprian, writes USA Today.
"It is an honor for me that they follow me, and most of them interact with me", he said.
"Gayle is the coolest person I've ever met. We interacted during the tour. Wow! I have no words! I love her!", he added.
Ciprian spends between two and three hours a day updating the account and is not paid for it. He does it solely out of admiration for the singer.
"I put a lot of effort into growing the page by interacting with people who post daily and I want to be a professional fan", he said.
This is not the first time Ciprian has managed such a large Instagram page. He was also behind the @reputationstadiumtour page, which gathered half a million followers. Ciprian posted everything related to Taylor Swift's 2018 tour here. The account was eventually closed.
Ironically, Ciprian has never been to one of Swift's concerts. He plans to go to Vienna for the show.
"I want to meet her, and if I did, I would ask her: 'How does it feel to become Artist of the Year?'", he said about Swift.