Los Angeles Man Turns His Divorce Day Into a Taylor Swift Celebration with a “We Are Never Getting Back Together” Bash
For most people, the day their divorce is finalized is one they’d rather move past quietly. But for Kevin L., a Los Angeles local and longtime Taylor Swift fan, that day turned into something unexpectedly joyful. When his divorce date fell on the exact same day Taylor Swift’s new album The Life of a Showgirl was released, he decided to turn heartbreak into celebration — by throwing a full-blown Taylor-themed divorce party.
Kevin’s story feels like something out of a Taylor Swift lyric itself. Back in 2022, his wedding happened to take place on the same day Swift released Midnights. So when fate lined things up again — this time, her new album dropping on the day his marriage legally ended — he couldn’t help but see the irony. Instead of mourning, he leaned into it with humor and hope. “It felt poetic,” Kevin told People. “Taylor’s music has always been the soundtrack to my life, so this just felt right.”
He threw a themed party in his home, complete with sparkly décor, karaoke, tacos, margaritas, and the kind of fun energy that made everyone smile. Guests showed up wearing glitter and lyrics-inspired shirts. Kevin wore a white sequined oversized tee with bold red letters reading “WE ARE NEVER GETTING BACK TOGETHER. LIKE EVER.” — a direct nod to Swift’s 2012 anthem of the same name. Balloons around the room were marked with phrases like “#Unfollowed” and “In My Divorced Era.”
Friends described the event as both hilarious and healing. It wasn’t about mocking his marriage, Kevin said, but about reclaiming a day that could’ve felt heavy. “I didn’t want that date to only mean sadness,” he explained. “So I decided to make it about joy, closure, and music — the things that always get me through hard times.”
The night ended with karaoke, where Kevin and his friends sang everything from “Shake It Off” to “All Too Well.” At one point, a friend surprised him with a piñata shaped like a dumpster fire — symbolizing the chaos he’d overcome. “We laughed so hard,” he said. “It was the most fun I’ve had in a long time.”
Photos from the event, which Kevin shared on Instagram, quickly gained traction. Swifties flooded the comments with love and support. Some called the idea “iconic,” while others said they planned to do the same when facing their own breakups. “You turned pain into power,” one follower wrote.
Kevin admits that divorce wasn’t something he ever imagined celebrating. But this wasn’t about denial — it was about transformation. “Grief and joy can exist together,” he said. “I let myself cry the day before, but when Friday came, I chose to celebrate my new chapter.”
It’s a reminder that healing doesn’t have to look traditional. Sometimes it looks like glitter balloons, tacos, and a room full of friends belting out Taylor Swift lyrics at the top of their lungs. For Kevin, it was a way to close one era and begin another — literally his “Divorced Era.”
And as he looked around that night, surrounded by laughter and music, Kevin realized something powerful: heartbreak may have inspired the party, but joy had taken over the playlist.
