Fan breaks Guinness World Record for most Taylor Swift songs ID’d by their lyrics in one minute

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Guinness World Record for the most Taylor Swift songs identified from their lyrics in one minute.Bilal Ilyas Jhandir of Pakistan, a self-proclaimed “die-hard fan” of the pop star, named 34 of her songs, which broke the record previously held of 27.“I have been listening to Taylor Swift since my childhood,” Jhandir, 20, told Guinness World Records.“I have listened to each and every song of hers.

I can identify almost any song of hers from the lyrics.”Bilal had to identify each of Swift’s songs — which were taken from the list of her top 50 best-selling tunes — from its beginning lyrics, read aloud by a man without any music in the background.

Although he already knew all of the words to her songs, the determined Swiftie spent 13 weeks preparing for the test, with “extensive listening sessions,” which resulted in him even reciting them in his sleep.He told the outlet it was the “best way on Earth” to show his “extraordinary love” for the songstress.

Jhandir gushed over Swift, who herself earned a Guinness World Record in December after it was announced her Eras Tour became the highest-grossing music tour ever.“The thing I like the most about her is her way of writing out-of-this-world songs that always hit the bottom of my heart,” he told the outlet.“The authenticity in her songwriting, the emotional depth in her lyrics, and her ability to connect with listeners on a personal level are all the things that I admire most about Taylor Swift.”Before he set the Swift record, by beating out the previous record holder, British radio host Dan Simpson, who set it in 2019, Jhandir already had broken three other world records, according to his LinkedIn page.He set his first back in 2021 for the most animals identified from animal.