Taylor Swift becomes emotional over her Aussie fans’ sweet gesture while she performs song about her late grandmother Majorie
An Australian Swiftie has captured the moment Taylor Swift got emotional during one of her Eras Tour concerts in Sydney.
In a video shared on Facebook, Swift, 33, is seen breaking down in tears on stage as she paid tribute to her late grandmother Marjorie Finlay by performing her hit ballad Marjorie at Accor Stadium.
During the performance, hundreds of fans turned on their cell phone flashlights to pay tribute to the late Marjorie Finlay.
The megastar seemed genuinely moved by her fans’ sweet tribute, shaking her head and sighing in surprise.
“Taylor was still in awe that everyone had to turn on the lights during Marjorie,” the fan captioned the heartwarming video.
Taylor Swift, 33, (pictured) got emotional over her Australian fans’ sweet gesture as she sang a song about her late grandmother Majorie Finlay during one of her Eras Tour concerts in Sydney
Fans were first introduced to the heartfelt tune in December 2020 when Swift unexpectedly released her album Evermore.
Swift explained at the time that Marjorie was written with her grandmother in mind, noting that she “still visits me occasionally… if only in my dreams.”
The sentimental lyrics relay timeless advice from Finlay, who died in 2003, as Swift recorded the line: “Never be so nice that you forget to be smart / And never be so smart that you forget to be nice.”
During the performance, hundreds of fans turned on their cell phone flashlights to pay tribute to Marjorie
Fans were first introduced to the heartfelt tune in December 2020 when Swift unexpectedly released her album Evermore. (Image: Swift as a child posing with Finlay)
Swift also described Finlay’s career as an opera singer with the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra.
Perhaps the most moving element of the recording is the sound of Finlay’s vocals supporting Taylor in the background.
Finlay died when Swift was 13 years old, a year before she signed her first recording contract.
More than 600,000 people attended the Australian leg of her Eras Tour.
A record 96,000 fans attended each of her three shows in Melbourne and a further 83,000 Swifties at each of her four shows in Sydney.
Swift also injected a whopping $145 into the NSW economy as thousands of local and interstate fans flocked to the city for the must-see event of the year