Jake Morrison had been planning the proposal for 6 months. He’d bought the ring in January 2024. He’d asked his girlfriend Sarah’s father for permission in March. He’d picked the perfect moment. Taylor Swift’s love story during the era’s tour. It was Sarah’s favorite song, the song they’d danced to on their first date, the song she’d been obsessed with since high school.

Jake Morrison had been planning the proposal for 6 months. He’d bought the ring in January 2024. He’d asked his girlfriend Sarah’s father for permission in March. He’d picked the perfect moment. Taylor Swift’s love story during the era’s tour. It was Sarah’s favorite song, the song they’d danced to on their first date, the song she’d been obsessed with since high school.

Jake got tickets for the July 20th, 2024 show in Philadelphia. The plan. During Love Story, when Taylor sang, he knelt to the ground and pulled out a ring. Jake would actually kneel and pull out a ring. Perfect, right? Except Jake didn’t account for one thing. Taylor Swift has incredible vision and notices everything. Halfway through Love Story.

As Jake was getting down on one knee, Taylor saw him. She stopped singing midverse. “Wait, wait, wait. Are you proposing right now?” she shouted into the microphone. 50,000 people turned to look. Jake froze. Sarah didn’t know what was happening. Taylor started laughing. “Oh my god, you’re proposing during my song about proposals.

Get up here, both of you, right now.” Security brought them on stage. Taylor handed the microphone to Jake. Finish what you started. Jake shaking proposed on stage. Sarah crying said yes. Taylor screamed. She said yes. And 50,000 people lost their minds. Viral 350 million views. Jake Morrison had been dating Sarah Chen for three and a half years when he decided it was time to propose.

They’d met in college, University of Pennsylvania 2019. Jake was studying engineering. Sarah was premed. They’d been paired as lab partners in a chemistry class. And within two weeks, they were dating. Their relationship had been solid from the start. No drama, no breakups, just steady, genuine love. They supported each other through school, through Sarah’s grueling medical school applications, through Jake’s job search after graduation.

By late 2023, Jake knew Sarah was the one. He wanted to marry her. The question was how to propose. Sarah was a massive Swifty, had been since high school. Her dorm room in college had been covered in Taylor Swift posters. She knew every album, every lyric, every deep cut. And her absolute favorite song, the song she’d played on repeat for years, was Love Story.

It’s just perfect. Sarah had told Jake once the whole Romeo and Juliet narrative, but with a happy ending. The imagery, the buildup, and the line. He knelt to the ground and pulled out a ring. I’ve imagined that moment my whole life. Jake had filed that information away. In January 2024, Jake bought an engagement ring, a simple but elegant diamond solitire, exactly what Sarah had once described as her dream ring during a casual conversation about jewelry.