SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): In the previous week, movies of males popping the query to their girlfriends through the 2008 music Love Story at the Taylor Swift concert events in Singapore from March 2 to 9 made the rounds on social media.
One particularly stood out: Vietnamese Swifties Minh Anh Le and Uyen To Phuong Nguyen, who proposed to each other through the March 4 gig, the third of the American pop star’s six Eras Tour exhibits at the National Stadium.
In a video that went viral on TikTookay, he was seen kneeling and holding up a hoop in entrance of her throughout a distinct Swift monitor, Champagne Problems (2020). She acquired down on her knees too and whipped out a hoop for him. He then slipped his ring onto her finger.
While the scene appeared spontaneous, the vacationers advised The Straits Times that they had been planning the proposal ever since they discovered in June 2023 that Swift can be performing in Singapore, her solely cease in South-East Asia.
When Mr Le requested Ms Nguyen if she was tremendous with him proposing to her at the concert, the latter determined to do a counter-proposal for the sake of “equality”.
The pair, each 26, have been collectively for eight years. They declined to reveal their occupations.
Many {couples} who get engaged at Swift’s concert events achieve this when she sings Love Story, particularly throughout these lyrics: “He knelt to the ground and pulled out a ring/And said “Marry me, Juliet.”
But Mr Le and Ms Nguyen determined to get engaged throughout Champagne Problems, satirically a music a few lady who turns down her boyfriend’s proposal as a result of she will not be prepared to get married.
He mentioned: “Champagne Problems is about a failed proposal. Knowing that, we wanted to do the unexpected and decided to propose during the song. We will be together for the rest of our days.”
He admitted to having butterflies in his abdomen when it was time to pop the query.
“When the song started, I was mumbling the words I prepared. I was very anxious and a bit overwhelmed. Then I whispered, ‘It’s time, baby’, and the next thing I knew, I was on my knee and she was mine. After the double proposal, I felt like I was the luckiest man on Earth. I felt like I could conquer the world.”
The couple, who stay in Hanoi, arrived in Singapore the day earlier than the concert and flew dwelling the day after the present.
Mr Le mentioned the truth that many other {couples} additionally acquired engaged at Swift’s Eras Tour exhibits in Singapore didn’t make the event any much less particular.
“I believe that just like every other couple who got engaged (during those nights), we fulfilled our fantasy, our goal of having the best proposal. I’d be happy to know there was more than just one proposal at the concert. Who doesn’t want to get proposed to at the most awesome night of their life?”
But not all of the proposals that popped up on social media have been actual.
In a video posted by TikTookay person akifkeith, a couple have been seen dancing excitedly after the person dropped on one knee and held the lady’s fingers. The phrases, “The most chaotic ‘proposal’ during the Eras Tour”, appeared on the clip.
The video was reposted on the Instagram web page of other information supply Wake Up Singapore on March 3. Instagram person akifkeith, believed to be the identical Swift fan behind the TikTookay video, posted a remark stating that it was not “an actual proposal”.
The person wrote: “I decided to do a fake proposal because it is known for one to get on their knees during this song segment. All in the name of harmless fun.” – The Straits Times/ANN
