Jenn Tran Reveals How Taylor Swift Helped Her Get Through Tough Year
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00:00Beautiful, beautiful dance.
00:02Stunning, and you both look stunning.
00:06You've been vulnerable before on The Bachelorette,
00:08but it's different being vulnerable dancing
00:10and on Dancing with the Stars. How was it talking
00:12about your relationship with your parents and just
00:14being open like that?
00:16Yeah, it's hard. It's not easy.
00:18You know, I've built up years and years of
00:20just defense mechanisms of not talking
00:22about things, and on The Bachelorette
00:24it was really nice to
00:26sometimes be pushed to open up, right?
00:28And here it's like, I have to push myself
00:30to open up, and because I know that it's healthy
00:32and I know that not only am I doing it
00:34for myself, but I'm doing it for everyone else
00:36who has ever been through anything similar to what
00:38I've been through. You know, I really saw the impact that I made
00:40being on The Bachelorette, talking about the
00:42stuff that I've been through, and how it's
00:44inspired other people, and I just want to continue
00:46to do the same for people, is to inspire
00:48them. I feel like it's just helped you
00:50evolve in this new journey and chapter in your life too,
00:52just being so open and honest about that.
00:54Yeah, absolutely. I always think it's
00:56a healthy thing to be honest with yourself
00:58and to be honest with other people.
01:00That's a gift as well.
01:02You picked a Taylor Swift song and you dedicated it
01:04to Taylor Swift. Why was The Archer the song
01:06that you wanted to dance to? Was it the lyrics
01:08that resonated? Tell me more about that.
01:10Yeah, The Archer is such a beautiful song.
01:12It talks about insecurities, flaws, feeling
01:14unlovable, feeling like people are going to leave you
01:16because you're too little or too much.
01:18So I've spent a lot of my life
01:20comparing myself to other people or wanting to be
01:22somebody else, and I'm at a
01:24point now where I don't think that anymore, but
01:26you know, when I was in those dark, dark moments
01:28it's like, it was
01:30everything in that song encompassed what I
01:32was feeling, and so I wanted to be able to dance
01:34to that, to release that energy and to also let
01:36other people know that they're not alone in feeling that
01:38way when they do, and I want
01:40people to be able to be
01:42inspired to overcome
01:44the hard times.
01:46What Taylor Swift era are you in
01:48your life right now? I'm in my speak now
01:50era, if you can't tell by my
01:52dress,
01:54but it's more of an independent era,
01:56it's like renewal, you know,
01:58and so that's exactly what I'm
02:00in right now. Are you a Swiftie or
02:02is she having to kind of tell you? I've been a Swiftie since last
02:04season. Listen, I'm teaching him a lot of stuff
02:06this season, so. And what era
02:08are you in? Lovers.
02:10Lovers, the album.
02:12Lovers. Lover.
02:14Lover. I'm a lover, not a fighter.
02:16Oh, we love it, we love it. And what's
02:18Taylor... You can't be a fighter if you gotta be a lover.
02:20Keanu Reeves.
02:22And what
02:24Taylor Swift songs have helped you through this
02:26past year? I mean, you went on The Bachelor, The Bachelorette,
02:28Now You're Dancing with the Stars. It's really a new era.
02:30What songs have just been playing on repeat?
02:32I Can Do It With a Broken
02:34Heart has been probably
02:36my theme song of the year,
02:38and I say that proudly because it's such
02:40a powerful song that talks to
02:42how much a woman can do even when they're broken
02:44hearted, even when they're feeling at their worst.
02:46It's like, we still have so much life to live
02:48and we still have so much to be
02:50proud of, and that's really what I've
02:52been channeling. It's like, yeah, you can be a little
02:54bit broken, but look at where I am
02:56right now. It's like, I'm living out my dreams,
02:58which is so incredible, and I'm
03:00so grateful. And last question. It was obviously
03:02really a special week because it's dedication week,
03:04but we also saw Hailey and Derek return to the dance floor.
03:06How was it to hear
03:08their story and watch them dance?
03:10Just so inspiring.
03:12You know, when all this happened, I
03:14literally spoke to Hailey here
03:16the day before it happened.
03:18I was actually texting her the show
03:20that had happened at Intermission.
03:22They're like, oh, we're just at Intermission,
03:24blah, blah, blah, and I was just saying how good
03:26to see them, this and that.
03:28Let's hang. Bang.
03:30That show, it all just fell
03:32apart, and to come
03:34back here and do a beautiful piece
03:36like that and to recover
03:38and truly, like Derek said, it was a miracle.
03:40I just noticed
03:42your bracelets. What do your bracelets say?
03:44I got these
03:46from some friends tonight.
03:48We've got these
03:50and then Love Story, my favorite
03:52song. Have you met Taylor yet?
03:54I have not. Taylor yet.
03:56Hopefully this helps. Hi, Taylor.
03:58Hi, Taylor. Come hang out. Taylor
04:00liked one of my posts.
04:02Oh, okay, so you're in. You've got an in.
04:04Do you have an in? Are you going to call Taylor up after this?
04:06Yeah. Yeah. We'll try to help.
04:08We'll try to help. Maybe if you remember our album name
04:10next time.
04:12Mic drop. Remember who bought you
04:14the Taylor ticket?
04:16He did buy me some Taylor Swift
04:18tickets, which is very, very
04:20nice.
04:22With Alison's connection.
04:24Yes, yes. So I wasn't
04:26able to go to the Aerostore next week
04:28just because now I'm here, I'm dancing
04:30and so I was supposed to go with my
04:32best friends. I'd been waiting a whole year for this
04:34concert, and
04:36I decided that I couldn't go with all this dancing
04:38and I gave my ticket away, and he knew how
04:40sad I was to make that decision. He was like,
04:42you gotta make the decision for yourself, and I made the
04:44adult decision to, you know, throw myself
04:46into this dancing, and he said, you know what,
04:48I'm going to get you some Taylor Swift tickets. So I called up
04:50Alison. I was like, Alison, I need a favor.
04:52It was the nicest thing anyone
04:54has ever done for me.
04:56Really sweet.
04:58Okay, Taylor needs to see this. Taylor needs to
05:00somehow see this.
05:10you