At the same time as a brand new season of The Bachelor is underway on the 2025 TV schedule, followers are nonetheless recovering from the sudden breakup of Matt James and Rachael Kirkconnell — one of many franchise’s longest-standing {couples}. Kirkconnell revealed what’s been getting her via the previous three weeks, and it appears like she’s received a superb Taylor Swift playlist to assist her mourn the tip of her four-year relationship.
Within the levels of breakup grief (as written by Taylor Swift), it’s important to get via “loml” and “The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived” earlier than you’ll be able to attain the extent of “I Forgot That You Existed,” and the 2024 double breakup album TTPD appears to be precisely the period Rachael Kirkconnell is in proper now, as she instructed Cosmopolitan what’s been serving to her post-breakup:
Clearly, The Tortured Poets Division [laughs]. Yeah, something Taylor proper now’s nice. I’ve been actually loving Doechii. I haven’t been listening to podcasts, however somebody I’ve actually been obsessing over recently—and I believe it’s simply because her film [One of Them Days] simply got here out—is Keke Palmer. Something that she does or says, I’m sat. She takes my temper from ‘I’m not feeling it’ to ‘I can conquer the world.’
Three wonderful decisions, for those who ask me. After receiving assist from the ladies of Bachelor Nation, Rachael Kirkconnell is soaking within the vitality of some robust feminine celebrities, in addition to indulging within the heartbreaking lyrics of The Tortured Poets Division.
The winner of The Bachelor Season 25 doesn’t take into account herself a real Swiftie who stays up-to-date on all of Taylor Swift’s upcoming initiatives, however she does acknowledge that the singer has been a relentless presence in her life when heartbreak rolls round. Rachael Kirkconnell mentioned:
I imply, yeah. I’m 28, and I used to be 10, I believe, when her very first album got here out. However I’m not on the market searching for Easter eggs, although I respect that. I simply love the music. And as a girl, you simply must respect her. I’ve been there for each album and he or she received me via breakups once I was 12, 16, 24, and now 28. It’s important to be a fan when she’s there for you thru all of that.
I’m undecided how The Bachelor franchise has related itself with Taylor Swift to the diploma that it has, however Rachael Kirkconnell is much from the primary of the truth present’s contestants to summon the facility of The Tortured Poet Division’s chairman. Simply take a look at the Bachelor Nation’s historical past with the Eras Tour artist:
It appears like Rachael Kirkconnell is in good firm in the case of her Taylor Swift fandom. The most important musician on the present season of The Bachelor, nevertheless, is Grant Ellis himself.
Tune in to see if extra musical alternatives await on new episodes every Monday at 8 p.m. ET on ABC and streaming the following day with a Hulu subscription. (You may also see the spoiler for a way Grant Ellis’ season ends and sustain with all of The Bachelor Season 29 eliminations.)