Electric Garden was packed on a recent Friday night. The Chicago bar was cast in a red Valentine glow and balloons dangled from the ceiling. The chatter from the crowd made it hard to hear the music — but if you listened closely, you’d only hear one artist playing: Taylor Swift.

This whole month, event planning company Bucket Listers and Electric Garden are playing host to a Taylor Swift-themed “heartbreak” bar. Swift has penned countless breakup anthems — from “Bad Blood” to “Better Than Revenge.” She captures heartbreak like no one else — which makes her the perfect choice for an anti-Valentine’s Day event.

Visitors can pose for photos with Taylor cardboard cut-outs and sit down with on-site tarot card readers. The menu boasts Swift-inspired cocktails such as the “Style,” a rosé punch with “Watermelon Sugar” — a little dig at ex-boyfriend Harry Styles.

On opening night Swifties filled the pop-up bar. One patron had only ever missed one Taylor Swift concert. When asked about favorite albums, fan Katy Sloka pulled up a detailed note on her phone.

“I listened to every single album and then ranked them all and ranked each song,” Sloka laughed.

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For the record, her favorite album is Swift’s Speak Now.

Electric Garden owner Chris Johnston is also a Taylor Swift fan. “Shake It Off’ is a bit of an anthem for him when he plays baseball tournaments in Arizona.

“And if we lose a game, it’s just a thing where I just start turning ‘Shake it Off’ on for the entire team. Just shake it off a little bit guys,” Johnston said.

The pop-up is heartbreak themed — so there were a wide variety of opinions on Valentine’s Day itself. Some loved it — like a couple who were celebrating their 11-year dating anniversary. Others, not so much.

“I hate Valentine’s Day. It’s such an overrated holiday,” said patron Brittany Panza.

But Katy Sloka — the fan who ranked every album and every song — was actually on a first date.

“We met on Hinge. One of my prompts was I geek out on Taylor Swift and she slid up and was like, ‘Oh my gosh I love Taylor,’ ” she said.

Despite the heartbreak theme, Sloka and her date Stef Luthin thought the pop-up would be a perfect first date spot — given their shared love of all things Taylor.

“Usually Valentine’s Day, it’s a bit of a bummer, but I was like this year, little hopeful,” Luthin said.

I’m not currently in a relationship, so I wasn’t particularly excited for Valentine’s Day this year. But after a night of breakup anthems, hopeful first dates and the joy of die-hard fans, I’ll admit — I felt a little hopeful about the day too.

If you go: Bad Blood: A Taylor Inspired Heartbreak Bar will be open until Feb. 26 at Electric Garden, located at 324 S. Racine Ave.

Indira Khera is a Metro Reporter with WBEZ. Follow her @KheraIndi.