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Updated · The New York Times · Jul 2
Mamdani Office Reveals Mayor's 12 Taylor Swift Favorites After 2021 Playlist Surfaces
Updated
Updated · The New York Times · Jul 2

Mamdani Office Reveals Mayor's 12 Taylor Swift Favorites After 2021 Playlist Surfaces

3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jul 2

Summary

  • A 2021 “Top 100” playlist from Zohran Mamdani included 12 Taylor Swift songs, which his office disclosed after questions about his recent reference to “Only the Young.”
  • Mamdani, 34, cited that 2020 Swift song at a news conference last month when saying he would not attend Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding celebration on Friday at Madison Square Garden.
  • The disclosure adds a personal detail to a mayor who has become a prominent progressive figure and shaken the Democratic Party establishment.

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