--- title: Taylor Swift Sent Flowers for a Fan's Graduation Party description: The singer couldn't be there in person, but she did send a bouquet of flowers and a handwritten note, to the delight of her fan. canonical: https://time.com/4779100/taylor-swift-fan-flowers/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-05-15T18:07:18.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-08T09:02:29.965Z og:title: Taylor Swift Sent a Fan This Highly Detail-Oriented Package og:description: She couldn't be there in person, but she did send a handwritten note og:url: https://time.com/4779100/taylor-swift-fan-flowers/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt281b9aac9971f885/6988cd400a4a22c2099ce282/taylor-swift.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4866 og:image:height: 2737 og:image:alt: Taylor Swift F1 USGP Austin, Texas og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Taylor Swift Sent a Fan This Highly Detail-Oriented Package twitter:description: She couldn't be there in person, but she did send a handwritten note twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt281b9aac9971f885/6988cd400a4a22c2099ce282/taylor-swift.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Taylor Swift Sent a Fan This Personal Package Instead of Attending Her Party > Sponsored content. 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It costs a lot to hang with this famous girl squad._  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner May 15, 2017 6:07 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner May 15, 2017 6:07 PM UTC Taylor Swift, global pop star and [music titan](http://time.com/4694697/taylor-swift-new-album-2017/), couldn’t make it to a graduation party she was invited to by one of her many millions of devoted fans. But in the ultimate celebrity-best-friend move, Swift managed to send the recent grad a giant bouquet — and a handwritten note, full of good wishes for her future and adoration for her choice of party theme. “I’m so sad I can’t make it to your graduation party!” Swift wrote. “The [New York theme](http://time.com/3620648/taylor-swift-welcome-to-new-york-defense/), the photo booth, it being on the 13th… that’s my kind of party.” (Swift’s favorite number is, [notoriously, thirteen.](http://time.com/4694697/taylor-swift-new-album-2017/)) “I’m so proud of you, your hard work and dedication, your excitement and ambition. I’m very lucky that a girl like you cares about me.” Swift also included a sketch of New York and Ashley, as a stick figure, on the opposite side of the card — art that Ashley will definitely be treasuring. Ashley is especially lucky since Swift has kept a determinedly low profile in 2017, releasing one song with Zayn for the [_50 Shades Darker_](http://time.com/4648633/taylor-swift-zayn-50-shades-video/) soundtrack and otherwise staying far from the public eye or performances. > [](https://twitter.com/AshSilv13/status/863382169556746240) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4779100/taylor-swift-fan-flowers/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4779100/taylor-swift-fan-flowers/"},"headline":"Taylor Swift Sent a Fan This Personal Package Instead of Attending Her Party","datePublished":"2017-05-15T18:07:18.000Z","dateModified":"2026-10-08T09:02:29.965Z","description":"She couldn't be there in person, but she did send a handwritten note","url":"https://time.com/4779100/taylor-swift-fan-flowers/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","viral","Taylor Swift"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt281b9aac9971f885/6988cd400a4a22c2099ce282/taylor-swift.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt281b9aac9971f885/6988cd400a4a22c2099ce282/taylor-swift.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Taylor Swift F1 USGP Austin, Texas","caption":"Taylor Swift F1 USGP Austin, Texas","creditText":"Rick Kern/LP5—Getty Images for TAS","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4779100/taylor-swift-fan-flowers/","name":"Taylor Swift Sent a Fan This Personal Package Instead of Attending Her Party"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"The Real Cost of Being In Taylor Swift's Squad MONEY","description":"It costs a lot to hang with this famous girl squad.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/G0EKYreZ/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2017-04-27T19:35:33.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/G0EKYreZ.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4779100/taylor-swift-fan-flowers/","duration":"PT1M50S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4779100/taylor-swift-fan-flowers/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```