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Taylor Swift created the Eras Tour in a celebration of her musical journey, which showcases all of her albums, which represents a specific “era” of her career. The tour was originally announced in 2022. The tour features her transition from country to pop, and then to indie-folk.

If I want to talk about memorable experiences, I will always go back to the Eras tour. May 27th, 2023. The process all began back in October when we all gathered around a lunch table, after school eagerly waiting for nearly four hours in line to secure the seats. The rush of quickly picking the seats that were available and the pause of our breath to see if the ticket made it to the cart is another type of adrenaline rush I can’t explain. “SUCCESS!” The screen showed us, confetti falling from the top of the screen. We turned to one another, faces red with pure excitement, got up and hugged each other, squealing as we jumped around in circles.

We arrived at the venue at MetLife Stadium, trying to move through the crowds of people, holding hands in a train formation, as we got to our seats. After everyone was settled in, bathroom breaks and all, the opening acts were Phoebe Bridgers and Gracie Abrams. At that time, I was not an avid listener, in fact, I think I started getting into both Phoebe and Gracie after this concert (crazy). Phoebe played one of her most popular songs, Motion Sickness and Scott Street, which I remember the most vividly because those were the songs I heard to convince myself to listen to more of her music. Gracie Abrams played I Know It Won’t Work as one of her songs, which I recognized as one of her typical mainstream songs (it’s popular for a reason). 

Then the main act, Taylor, obviously came out starting off with her song Miss Americana & the Heartbreak Prince, rising up through the stage. The crowd went wild, it was roaring, I was definitely singing my heart out (sorry for those who heard me). We were given glow up bracelets, which were glowing with every song and every beat. Taylor finished the set for the first era, Lover.

Cruel Summer

The Man

You Need to Calm Down

Lover 

The Archer (I teared up)

Right after this set, we got Fearless with the songs:

Fearless

You Belong With Me

Love Story

What a nostalgic throwback.

Then it was Evermore with:

‘Tis the Damn Season

Willow

Marjorie

Champagne Problems

Tolerate it

My friends and I were either screaming or in tears (my friend got her toe stomped on during Tolerate it). 

Then, the concert went from a complete twist of slow and romantic music to hype upbeat music for her Reputation album. The stage went black and before Taylor came back onto it, a big green snake was projected on the floor of the stage where it slithered eerily. The song that next played was …Ready for it? What a great way to open up the set! The songs played for this era were

Delicate

Don’t Blame Me

Look What You Made Me Do

Fun fact, Reputation was the theme for my outfit!

Taylor then made her way to perform for Speak Now, but we only got one song, so I kind of felt robbed. She could’ve done so much with this part. We got:

Enchanted

That was it.

Red came along, my friends went wild. Two of them dressed in the Red theme. Personally, this one is one of my favorites and one of my first listens to an album of hers. She played:

Red

22

We Are Never Getting Back Together

I Knew You Were Trouble

Nothing New (WITH PHOEBE BRIDGERS!!!!)

All Too Well (10 minute version)

We got Folklore with a change in scenery; the ivy house and her flowy earthy toned dresses.

Seven

The 1

Betty

The last great american dynasty

August (my favorite)

Illicit affairs

My tears ricochet (scratch that, this on might be my number 1)

Cardigan

She made her way to 1989 with:

Style

Blank Space

Shake It Off

Wildest Dreams

Bad Blood

I really loved how she made switches from sadder and slower songs to her upbeat and fun pop songs, it really helped the audience from staying bored– at least for me. 

Finally, I need to discuss the surprise songs because in the car, it was a bit of a funny story. My friends and I were discussing our predictions for the surprise songs. One of my friends said if Taylor played False God during the concert, she would text her crush and tell him she liked him. Keep this in mind.

We got

FALSE GOD

Holy Ground

She ended up texting her crush; now they’re dating (Yay)! Holy Ground is slept on by so many people. I think it needed to get the love that it got that day. I love Taylor's acoustic voice and her acoustic guitar. It really changes the vibe of the song entirely and makes you understand it from a new level of depth.

Right after the surprise songs, Taylor made her way to the final set-list of the night– Midnights. The songs were:

Lavender Haze

Anti-Hero

Midnight Rain

Vigilante Shit

Bejeweled 

* Bejeweled Dance– if you know, you know.

Mastermind 

Karma (WITH ICE SPICE)