Here is my third Saturday Spotlight that I did via e-mail with my kind (online) friend and dedicated Dan + Shay fan, Jordan Olsson from Orlando, Florida. I connected with her on Twitter (now X) when I became a fan of the duo in March, 2014. She would always like, reply to, and retweet my tweets. I still see her posts on Instagram and we chat on that platform occasionally. Since I have not been able to see Dan + Shay in concert as much as she has, Jordan has always reached out to me on social media prior to my concerts to tell me how excited she was for me that I got to see the duo live again. I am very grateful that the duo brought Jordan's kind and sweet spirit into my life 11 years ago! As you will find out in her Saturday Spotlight below, Jordan has been a Dan + Shay fan since their debut single "19 You + Me" hit country radio in October, 2013.
In this third session, I asked Jordan about her favorite Dan + Shay album and individual songs, where she has seen the duo over the years, some of the once-in-a-lifetime experiences she has had with them, and much more! At the end of this session are some of Jordan's favorite meet and greet pictures with the guys over the last 12 years!
Please enjoy reading my third Dan + Shay Fan Spotlight with Jordan!
Stacy (S): When did you become a fan of Dan + Shay and how did you discover them and their music? What were your first thoughts after you heard their music for the first time?
Jordan (J): I became a Dan + Shay fan when "19 You + Me" first hit the radio. My mom was driving me to classes one morning and the song came on. I instantly loved it, but we had an older radio so it didn’t say the song title and artist name like a lot of them do now. So, I tweeted the local station it was playing on and they answered back with the info. I just really enjoyed the vibe and vocals of the song and it instantly hooked me in.
(S): How many times have you seen Dan + Shay live, including concerts when they were openers, at festivals, etc.? What were some of the venues? And if you had to pick one, which concert has been your absolute favorite and why? Tell me some details about that event.
(J): I have seen Dan + Shay 34 times. I’ve seen them at a bunch of Florida venues: Orlando’s House of Blues, Amalie Arena, Universal, Hard Rock Seminole, to name a few, as well as a couple great out of state venues: TD Garden Arena in Boston, PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, Royal Oak Theater in Michigan, and Enmarket Arena in Savannah, Georgia. My favorite show if I had to pick one would probably be the Pittsburgh show. It was my first full concert after COVID and I was so excited to see the boys play again; not to mention it was also a hometown show for Dan and the energy was unreal!
(S): How many times have you met the duo? What is your favorite meet and greet moment(s)? Does anything Dan + Shay said to you that was memorable or special stick out in your mind? If so, tell me about that memory!
(J): I have met the duo 23 times and my fave meet and greet moment was when I gave them handmade Funko Pop's I made of them! But my favorite moment of any meet and greet is when they see me for the first time and get excited and ask how I’m doing.
(S): What is your take on the fact that Dan + Shay still to this day control all of their social media accounts to interact with their fans? What is your favorite memory when they have interacted with you in the past? Describe it and how it made you feel.
(J): I absolutely love that Dan + Shay maintain direct control of their social media! It makes it so much more special when they post and react with fans because you know it’s truly them. Jumping off my favorite meet and greet when they posted the Funko's to social media was really special; however my favorite social media memory was when they followed me! They posted a tweet asking if anyone was listening to Where It All Began and I said “the better question is when aren’t I listening to it?”, then got a follow moments later.
(S): In this moment if you had to pick one of the six albums Dan + Shay have released so far including the Christmas album, which one all the way through is your favorite and why?
(J): Is it too cheesy to say the Christmas one because it’s my favorite holiday and I was begging for this album for over 10 years?! I also adore that they created original Christmas songs too.
(S): In this moment if you had to pick your top three favorite songs from Dan + Shay (radio singles or not), what would they be? Tell me why each one is your favorite.
(J): The first one that comes to mind is "Parking Brake". I really loved it out of the jump of the first album. Then I attended a local radio show that the boys were doing and they asked if anyone had any requests (they were brand new at this point), so I shot my hand up and requested "Parking Brake". Now the next four minutes are such a blur, but one of the two, I think it was Shay, asked if I would sing it with them and I didn’t even hesitate before tossing my phone at my sister and jumping on stage. The second one is "Lately". Dan + Shay were announcing the song titles with a different fan each day and I was selected to announce this song. Once the album came out, I listened to this song first and I really liked it, and it has just kind of stuck since. The third is hard to pick, but I think I would go with "Keeping Score". Aside from the fact that THE Kelly Clarkson is also on the track, I really enjoy the story and a couple of my other Dasher friends did a little pit project in St Augustine. We wrote down “Tonight’s All I'm Living For” on a BUNCH of pieces of paper and then passed them out right before hand and all held them up during the song. It was so special, I cried.
(S): What are the top two things you love most about Dan + Shay and why?
(J): The first thing I love the most about Dan + Shay is how genuine they are. Going back to controlling their own social media and always taking the time to interact with fans, but also in their personal lives. Dan is constantly giving back with Abby to help save animals and Shay is very family based. It’s amazing how grounded they’ve stayed despite the fame they’ve received and makes me really enjoy "My Side of the Fence" a little bit more. The second thing I love the most about Dan + Shay is how serious they take their music. They have been involved directly in writing and for Dan, producing a lot of their music, and I enjoy the personal aspects they incorporate into their music.
(S): Is there anything else you would like to add that I did not mention in the questions above? Please feel free to tell me!
(J): Not anything that I can think of off the top of my head.
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Such great memories!! I love this!! 🥰
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