A security guard who went viral for singing along at a Taylor Swift concert says he only took the job to see her perform

• Davis Perrigo, a security guard at a Taylor Swift concert, went viral by singing along to her songs.
• On Thursday, Perrigo told News Channel 5 Nashville that he took the job just to see Swift perform.

Davis Perrigo, a resident of Nashville, proved that he is the ultimate Swiftie when the security guard went viral for singing along to Taylor Swift's "I Knew You Were Trouble" during the star's Eras Tour.

In fact, Perrigo told News Channel 5 Nashville on Thursday that he took the job just to watch Swift perform.

Perrigo works as a full-time accountant, News Channel 5 Nashville reported. When the Swiftie couldn't get tickets to see the artist live, he got creative and took a job as a security guard at the Nissan Stadium in Nashville instead.

TikTok user Ryan Bailey posted the video of Perrigo on May 8, and it has garnered 6 million views as of Saturday.

"I showed someone at work, like, 'Hey, this video got 10,000 views,' and then by that night, it was over one million. I was like, 'OMG, this is out of control,'" Perrigo said.

Multiple fans in the audience captured Perrigo's passionate singing, with some even asking for the Nashville resident's hand in marriage. However, Perrigo told News Channel 5 Nashville that he is happily married.

"My wife jokes that I sing Taylor Swift songs with such passion for someone who's never been broken up with," Perrigo joked to the outlet.

In November 2022, Ticketmaster had to cancel the general sale for Swift's Eras Tour due to "extraordinarily high demands." The competitive ticket lottery for the Eras Tour inspired a congressional hearing in January, where lawmakers argued that Ticketmaster was too dominant in the ticketing industry, CNN reported.

"I actually got reprimanded by Taylor's security, saying that I was going too hard and that I needed to take it down a notch," Perrigo told the news outlet. Despite the feedback from Swift's team, Eras Tour audience members loved the energy Perrigo brought to the shows.

"It really was a blessing that I didn't get tickets," Perrigo told the outlet.