Taylor Swift Thanks Alan Jackson for Being an ‘Example’ to Her at a Young Age in Sweet Video

Her message played at the country icon's final concert.

Taylor Swift at the 55th Annual Songwriters Hall of Fame Induction and Awards Gala held at the Marriott Marquis Hotel on June 11, 2026, in New York.

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Taylor Swift gave Alan Jackson his flowers on the country icon’s final concert on Saturday (June 27), dropping in via video message to thank him for his influence on her life and career.

Playing over big screens at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, the clip showed the pop star saying that her favorite song of Jackson’s is “Drive,” because “in that song you really paint such a picture.”