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Since 1927, TIME has chosen a Person of the Year, the editors’ assessment of the individual who most shaped the headlines over the previous 12 months, for better or for worse._ by [Koh Ewe](https://time.com/author/koh-ewe/) ## Koh Ewe Koh Ewe (Koyu) was a reporter for TIME based in Singapore. Updated: Jan 19, 2026 12:07 PM UTCPublished: Sep 11, 2024 3:40 AM UTC  Taylor Swift, left, and Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris with her running mate Minn. Gov. Tim Walz, right. Taylor Swift, left, and Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris with her running mate Minn. Gov. Tim Walz, right. Gareth Cattermole—TAS24/Getty Images; Kamil Krzaczynski—AFP/Getty Images by [Koh Ewe](https://time.com/author/koh-ewe/) ## Koh Ewe Koh Ewe (Koyu) was a reporter for TIME based in Singapore. Updated: Jan 19, 2026 12:07 PM UTCPublished: Sep 11, 2024 3:40 AM UTC Perhaps the most famous celebrity in the world has finally weighed in on the 2024 U.S. presidential election. Pop superstar Taylor Swift announced her endorsement of [Vice President Kamala Harris](https://time.com/7009317/reintroduction-of-kamala-harris/) moments after the conclusion of a [debate between](https://time.com/7019837/harris-trump-debate-highlights/) the Democratic nominee and her Republican opponent [former President Donald Trump](https://time.com/6972021/donald-trump-2024-election-interview/), putting to bed any uncertainty about Swift’s political leanings after some criticisms had bubbled on social media over her not being more clear sooner. The election is less than 60 days away, and [voting has already begun](https://time.com/7010964/2024-election-calendar-dates/). “Like many of you, I watched the debate tonight,” the [TIME Person of the Year](https://time.com/6342806/person-of-the-year-2023-taylor-swift/) wrote in an [Instagram post](https://www.instagram.com/p/C%5FwtAOKOW1z/?hl=en) on Tuesday night. “I’m voting for \[Harris\] because she fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior to champion them. I think she is a steady-handed, gifted leader and I believe we can accomplish so much more in this country if we are led by calm and not chaos.” Swift’s post, which featured a photo of her with her cat that was taken from her TIME cover photoshoot last year, was signed off with her name, followed by “Childless Cat Lady”—a reference to Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance’s [controversial comments](https://time.com/7003456/jd-vance-childless-cat-ladies-controversy/) about his Democratic opponents and women who choose not to give birth. By contrast, Swift added that she was “heartened and impressed” by Harris’ selection of running mate [Minn. Gov. Tim Walz](https://time.com/7008952/tim-walz-ivf-kamala-harris/) “who has been standing up for LGBTQ+ rights, IVF, and a woman’s right to her own body for decades.” The endorsement came after months of speculation of an impending endorsement from Swift, who previously [endorsed](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/taylor-swift-endorses-joe-biden-president-n1242483) the Biden-Harris ticket in the 2020 election and slammed Trump that same year for [defunding the U.S. Postal Service](https://x.com/taylorswift13/status/1294685437362155522) and [threatening police violence](https://x.com/taylorswift13/status/1266392274549776387?lang=en) amid racial justice protests. In her post, Swift also debunked [posts shared by Trump last month](https://time.com/7012117/swifties-for-trump-taylor-swift-presidential-election-endorsement-ai-factcheck/), including some generated by artificial intelligence, that suggested she supported Trump. “It really conjured up my fears around AI, and the dangers of spreading misinformation,” Swift wrote. “It brought me to the conclusion that I need to be very transparent about my actual plans for this election as a voter. The simplest way to combat misinformation is with the truth.” Trump campaign spokesperson Karoline Leavitt responded to the endorsement of Harris by Swift, a self-made billionaire, by calling it “further evidence that the Democratic Party has unfortunately become the party of the wealthy elite.” Criticism of Swift’s previous silence swelled over the weekend at the U.S. Open, where she was spotted [embracing](https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2024/09/10/taylor-swift-brittany-mahomes-hug-backlash-trump/75160813007/) suspected Trump supporter Brittany Mahomes, the wife of NFL player [Patrick Mahomes](https://time.com/6966732/patrick-mahomes-interview-time100-2024/), a teammate of Swift’s boyfriend Travis Kelce. Brittany Mahomes has come under fire since she reportedly liked—and later unliked—an Instagram post by the former President last month, which [he thanked her for](https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/113080034075111751). Some Swifties took to social media to [express their disappointment](https://deadline.com/2024/09/taylor-swift-fan-backlash-brittany-mahomes-donald-trump-support-1236083211/) with the singer’s ambiguous political stance. “I’ve done my research, and I’ve made my choice,” Swift wrote on Tuesday. “Your research is all yours to do, and the choice is yours to make.” Phoning into [Fox News](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-says-taylor-swift-endorsing-harris-just-question-time) on Wednesday morning, Trump said he’s “not a Taylor Swift fan” and that he “actually” likes Brittany Mahomes “much better.” As for Swift’s Harris endorsement, “it was just a question of time,” Trump said. “She’s a very liberal person. She seems to always endorse a Democrat. And she’ll probably pay a price for it in the marketplace.” ## Transcript She's been this for the light in the world this year. She brought to so many people together like a community to it's not even just hurt. It just made me feel like I wasn't alone and I wasn't crazy for feeling the way that it was feeling we grew up together. We all went through the same things together the stadium and it feels like you're with her one-on-one. Friendship bracelets are a huge part of the areas for these bracelets are so important exchanging special handmade friendship bracelet all goes back to Taylor song. You're on your own kid. So my friends and I got tickets to the arrows toward we had about two hundred bracelets made. We just couldn't stop you really just had a good time doing it. You realize 200 very slick was way too many for us to all bring in trade can actually came up with the idea to put them on at Sea until then. I went to bed. I woke up the next morning and we had over three hundred bracelets on order. It's like five six seven. I'm going to have to make sure you got done with so many we weren't expecting to get much money a couple hundred dollars at the most this morning. I ran the numbers and we're at $19,000 in sales The Heirs to his my Roman Empire, I think about it all the time every day. I hear a song. That's a great price that song. That's a good thing to put on a bracelet this business definitely keep us in touch two of us over Massachusetts the other two live in Connecticut. Now, we have to meet up and trade bracelets drop off talking with every single day. Keep making more songs Taylors. I went to the reputation tour. I was right next to a security guard. So we struck up a conversation and he told me about the gig they have a couple years later. I found some free time. So I picked up that job ultimately to try and work the Taylor Swift concert with working on the floor kind of right along the edge of her stage after night one. I made little pieces of paper that asked the audience if they could take photos of me with Taylor Swift in the background and text it to me. When she came right behind me, there were a ton of fans and I had to look at the fans by saw all of their faces light up when she gets near them and it was just a sight even if I wasn't looking at her on that date. I think the squeal is Mom. They had me Neil up on the stage and I see Taylor Swift coming to a nice Knights worth fixing Young Band to give that hat tube during the song 22. I was already working with Taylor's water up team and they approached me to do the classical order for the video for 22. The connection could she have with her fan in the moment? You are so emotional for me to see it was so beautiful. Baylor's name power so many women with her music and to me and be part of the always. I'm trying to empower women with my Craftsman and be together is so beautiful to me. I always loved you from the moment. I want to propose I wanted to do it at Taylor Swift concert. I just never thought I would you do I water the logistics of that. How long wait at the once-in-a-lifetime set the thing I was like, okay, I've got to figure out how is it going with the ring one? I need to see where exactly in the lyrics I have to kneel down to Nelly. All I could think of is what is the line? I need to go down one. Two to three weeks before the actual date of the score. Yeah. I never told him I would play the song whenever I would go to work and whenever I would come back just to make sure it's okay. This is the part that I have to mail them. You got so many different angles of the proposal and I have some of those saved as like Swifty section 326 never seen so much brightness and glitter up around all at once, but I've never been a part of such a supportive Community like that. I just knew that when I proposed to Nick I needed a letter to be a part of it because she's been such momenta simpactful person predict his whole life and as much as I love her too, it just felt like this is something I don't want Nick to remember forever. I want everything. He loves to be a part of the experience from She's been there on the hardest days of my life and she's been there for the best day of my life. 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