From surprise songs to Taylors Version announcements, The Eras Tour is nothing less than magical.
Surprise songs, also known as the acoustic set of the eras tour, are played after The Tortured Poets Department set and before Midnights. Taylor picks two songs specially to perform that are not currently a part of her setlist. Towards the end of her first leg of the tour, Swift began to make mashups of songs. This would result in Swift going back and forth between two songs. The best way to prepare for this is to know a lot of her songs. Swift typically plays more of her songs that are not featured in her setlist. There are only five songs out of Swift’s 257 released songs that she has not played on tour. This includes two from Fearless (Taylors Version) , three from Red (Taylors Version), one from Lover, and one from The Tortured Poets Department.
Taylor is considered to be the queen of surprises, also known as Easter Eggs. Swift often hides these things within music videos, outfits, or even when she speaks in interviews. Currently, Swifties are looking forward to Swift releasing Reputation (Taylors Version). At concerts in the past, fans have heard apparent snake noises which could be a hint towards the upcoming album. Fans are often on the lookout for Swift to come out on stage with a new outfit for her Reputation Era. Fans speculate that when Swift comes out with an all green outfit, the new album will be announced soon. The last album to be re-recorded and released was 1989; the album was re-released in October of 2023.
While the Eras tour has many specialty features not many other concerts have, each show is different and memorable in their own way. At every concert during specific songs, fans have added chants. One of the popular ones include counting “1,2,3, lets go…” during the song Delicate in the Reputation Era. Another one includes the song Bad Blood, Swift partners with rapper/songwriter Kendrick Lamar to produce this song. Swift sings: “Band-Aids don’t fix bullet holes, you say sorry just for show. If you live like that, you live with ghosts.” After the first round of this line, fans chant: “You forgive, you forget, but you never let it (beat) go.” Some songs do not include adding other lyrics, though. In Shake It Off, and You Belong With Me include double and triple claps within the song.