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If Taylor Swift had a twin, April Gloria would be her.

The New Jersey native who started cosplaying in May 2013, took on another sort of role when shortly after family, friends and strangers alike couldn't help but notice how much she resembled the pop-star. As one pop culture writer put it — April looks more like Taylor than Taylor does.

Since taken on her forced fame, she's been featured in the pages of Elle, Teen Vogue, People, Maxim, and on sites such as Buzzfeed, The Daily Mail and many more.

When she's not creating content for her 200,000 fans on Facebook, or 90,000 followers on Instagram — April makes her home with her husband in Kansas, where she spends her days working at a factory.

So what must it be like to be a lookalike to a big time celebrity? Is she constantly being mistaken for Taylor? What do her family and friends think?

We asked her all of this. Listen to this episode to find out.

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Of Mercer Co-founders Dorie Golkin Smith and Emelyn Northway met the first week of Wharton Business School at a welcome event … wearing the exact same black dress. Laughing over the initial awkwardness, they immediately bonded over their shared appreciation for their one, go-to confidence-inducing professional outfit. Having worked in consulting and finance for years, they knew there had to be a better way to get dressed for work 5 (or 6 or 7) days a week. The solution was simple: create a dedicated work-wear brand with a bold modern aesthetic to take women where they need to go.

It seemed easy enough, but the endeavor was ambitious and something was missing…a creative, a designer, someone with fashion industry experience… Enter Aja Singer: Parsons grad and tailored clothing specialist. And with that Of Mercer was born.

Though the label started as an e-commerce business model, the pair would go on to open their flagship store in New York City's Flatiron district located at 42 East 21st Street.

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Quincy Davis was born and raised in the beach town of Montauk, Long Island, Davis first got on a surfboard because she was bored. Her brother and two best friends were always surfing so eventually she tired of tanning, grabbed a board and that was it. Quincy, who has been with the Volcom Surf Team since 2007, splits her time between Montauk in the summer and Rincon, Puerto Rico in the winter and travels the world competing at amateur events in hopes of one day being on the Women’s World Tour.

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Tom Patterson, founder and CEO of Tommy John, a premium men's underwear company committed to addressing the real problems men have with their undergarments. Each product contains proprietary fabrics, innovative fit and functionality that eliminates unnecessary adjustments, discomfort, untucking and bunching. Tommy John launched in 2008 with the world's first patented undershirt with a stay-tucked guarantee, and has since expanded into underwear, socks, casual wear and performance gear. Tommy John products can be found at Nordstrom, Dillard's, Bloomingdale's, over 100 premium men's stores, and online at TommyJohn.com.

For 22 years, Keith Howland has been the lead guitarist for the ledgendary pop-rock band, Chicago

In 1995, Chicago was looking for a new lead guitarist following the departure of Dawayne Bailey. Howland was a long-time fan of the band and of their co-founding guitarist, Terry Kath. Howland appeared uninvited at the auditions, and attained a chance meeting with the band's bassist, Jason Scheff. He performed a last-minute audition, and was offered the job on the same day.

The legendary rock and roll band with horns, Chicago, came in at #9, the highest charting American band in Billboard Magazine's recent Hot 200 All-Time Top Artists. And Chicago is the first American rock band to chart Top 40 albums in six consecutive decades.

Chicago was inducted into the 2016 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Chicago's first album, Chicago Transit Authority, was inducted into the GRAMMY Hall Of Fame in 2014, and the band performed on the Grammy stage for the first time that year.

The band’s new documentary film, Now More Than Ever: The History Of Chicago, premiered at the Sedona International Film Festival in February, 2016, and won the Film Festival’s Best of Fest Audience Choice Award.

Chicago and Earth, Wind & Fire will once again embark on their North American co-headlining this fall.

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Kyla Reid was born in Soltau, Germany, and being of Caribbean and American descent, Kyla was raised in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire.

The success of 'One Dance' was sampled from a track titled, ‘Do You Mind’ and was later remixed by ‘Crazy Cousinz’ and released on independent labels in February, 2009, rapidly, becoming the most played/respected UK Funky track to date; and hitting the radio and club scene nationwide - with full force.

The track reached top spots of No.1 on ‘MTV Base’ and No.4 on the ‘MTV Dance’ Chart, capturing the hearts of music lovers nationwide.

With the same fantastic backing as ‘Do You Mind’, this track began to kick up a storm in both the commercial and underground worlds alike.

More recently Kyla has now re-entered the charts with a world smash but courtesy of OVO Sounds frontman Drake. Drake ft Kyla & Wizkid “one Dance” has quickly become a club/chart hit taking the number 1 spot in 33 countries, whilst holding the place in the UK for a month.

Currently the track is number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 3 on the AT Top 40 chart.

This is not only the beginning of a new chapter for Kyla but the start of a magical journey.