{"id":27029,"date":"2022-05-18T14:23:38","date_gmt":"2022-05-18T21:23:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=27029"},"modified":"2023-01-18T04:39:23","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T12:39:23","slug":"watch-the-emotional-moment-when-taylor-swift-became-a-doctor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/watch-the-emotional-moment-when-taylor-swift-became-a-doctor\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch the emotional moment when Taylor Swift became a doctor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This Wednesday, May 18th, a graduation took place where <strong>Taylor Swift<\/strong> received an <strong>Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts<\/strong> degree from <strong>New York University<\/strong>. If you&#8217;re wondering if she actually took the doctoral coursework, she didn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p> The artist is a Doctor for all her work and contribution to culture.<\/p>\n<p>The ceremony took place in New York in the gown usually worn by graduates.<\/p>\n<p> On the occasion, Taylor delivered a long and motivating <strong>speech<\/strong>. Read the highlights below:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TSwiftLAMedia\/status\/1526960069480370178\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udcf8 | Taylor Swift at the NYU graduation ceremony <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NYU2022?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#NYU2022<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/22GraduatesVersion?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#22GraduatesVersion<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3KOKkAD1mE\">pic.twitter.com\/3KOKkAD1mE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; . (@TSwiftLAMedia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TSwiftLAMedia\/status\/1526960069480370178?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 18, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote><p>&#8220;<em><strong>The last time I was in a stadium of this size, I was dancing in high heels and wearing a sparkly leotard. This outfit is much more comfortable<\/strong><\/em>&#8220;, she joked.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p>After thanking her <strong>family<\/strong> and honoring the people responsible for raising and teaching every young person into <strong>adulthood<\/strong>, the singer thanks the university for shaping her into a <strong>career<\/strong> as a physician.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote><p>&#8220;<strong><em>I would like to thank<\/em> NYU for technically making me, at least on paper, a doctor. Not the kind of doctor you&#8217;d want to have around in case of an emergency, unless your specific emergency was that you desperately needed to hear a song with a catchy chorus<\/strong>&#8220;.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p>Then she recalls her <strong>student<\/strong> life, which wasn&#8217;t exactly run-of-the-mill. Despite having entered university earlier this was her dream from a very young age.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Phil_Lewis_\/status\/1526970020190121984\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Taylor Swift delivers the commencement speech at New York University\u2019s graduation<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m 90% sure the main reason I\u2019m here is because I have a song called \u201822\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aSF3DyMlEV\">https:\/\/t.co\/aSF3DyMlEV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Phil_Lewis_\/status\/1526970020190121984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 18, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote><p>&#8220;<em><strong>When I was a kid, I always thought I would go to college, imagining the posters I would hang on my freshman dorm wall. I even set the ending of my music video for my song &#8216;Love Story&#8217; in my fantasy college&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/em>&#8220;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p>She then talked about her <strong>music<\/strong> career, about how we all have a <strong>songwriter<\/strong> in us comparing everyday life situations and concludes in the best way:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote><p>&#8220;<em><strong>We go by our instincts, our intuition, our desires and fears, our scars and our dreams. And you&#8217;re going to mess up sometimes.<\/p>\n<p>C<br \/>\n<br \/> So will I. And when I do, you&#8217;ll probably read about it on the Internet<\/strong><\/em>&#8220;.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Wednesday, May 18th, a graduation took place where Taylor Swift received an Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts degree from New York University. 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