Taylor Swift fans pay $32 for garbage from outside wedding
Fans of Taylor Swift have purchased trash collected from outside her wedding venue in New York for $25 per item. Artist Justin Gignac curated the items, which include cigarette butts and candy wrappers, as a way to commemorate the cultural moment.
Why it matters
It highlights the extreme nature of modern celebrity fandom and the commodification of proximity to high-profile cultural events.
US pop star Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce held a wedding celebration at Madison Square Garden in New York on July 3.
The article reports on a quirky human-interest story without taking a political stance or editorializing the behavior.
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