Taylor Swift is everywhere — on stage, climbing the charts, and packing stadiums with thousands of screaming fans. Where she wasn’t? Benson Boone’s playlist — until he landed an opening spot on the Eras Tour.
While chatting with Rolling Stone in an interview published Tuesday, March 11, the 22-year-old pop star admitted he wasn’t exactly a Swiftie before opening for Swift, 35, at London’s Wembley Stadium in June 2024.
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“I didn’t even know much about her,” Boone revealed. “Her team reached out, and I literally, like, sh** my pants. I could not believe it. It was insane, so I started listening to more of her music. I didn’t want to go to that show and not know anything.”
But it didn’t take long for the “Beautiful Things” singer to become a fan.
“She is an unbelievable performer and has an unbelievable world built around her that is unmatched,” Boone gushed. “There’s a lot of people who don’t like Taylor Swift. Everybody is entitled to their own opinion, but if you have something against her and you don’t know her, I don’t think that is fair.”
That, however, didn’t sit well with Swifties.
“There’s really not a lot of people who don’t like her…why even say that?! Weirdo,” one person wrote on X (formerly Twitter).
“Boy must live under a rock,” another pointed out.
“You didn’t know about her, but sh** your pants once her team reached out??” someone else questioned.
“LMFAO and just like that his career is over,” another person joked.
Not everyone felt that way, though.
“Y’all are taking this out of context 
he means he wasn’t familiar with her music, stop trying to start things and overread it,” one user defended.
“You can be aware of a mega artist like Taylor Swift without being familiar with her music. Sounds like he was open-minded, saw what a huge opportunity it was, ended up learning something from it, and was thankful for the experience. Kudos,” another wrote.
“All the Swifties who are taking offense—literally touch some grass. Y’all wanna be offended at nothing,” someone else added.
“The fact that he didn’t know MUCH about her doesn’t mean he didn’t know of her, guys,” another user explained.
Regardless of where fans stood, the experience left a lasting impression on Boone. “It really changed my perspective on so many things that I want to carry into my own career,” the “In The Stars” hitmaker said. “Just the way I treat people and my crew, watching the way that she treats people.”
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