Taylor Swift fans go into MELTDOWN as Eras Tour movie unexpectedly makes a major cut
Taylor Swift fans were sent into meltdown after one of the star’s most loved songs was unexpectedly cut from the setlist.
The Love Story hitmaker, 33, hit the red carpet for the premiere of her highly anticipated Eras Tour concert film at The Grove in Los Angeles on Wednesday night.
But fans were quick to take to Twitter after realizing one of the star’s hit songs had been cut from the film in a surprise shake-up.
Long Live, which was taken from Taylor’s third album Speak Now, was cut from the set, despite shots of the song being shown in the film’s trailer.
Distraught fans took to Twitter in their droves to express their dismay.
Drama! Taylor Swift fans were sent into meltdown after one of the star’s best-loved songs was unexpectedly cut from the set list (pictured on Wednesday night)
Shocking: Long Live, which was taken from Taylor’s third album Speak Now, was cut from the set despite shots of the song being shown in the film’s trailer
Fan account Taylor Swift Facts shared the news when they announced that ‘@TaylorSwift13 cut “Long Live” from “The Eras Tour Film”.’
One exclaimed: ‘IS THIS REAL WTF’ and another wrote: ‘Please tell me you’re kidding’ with a crying emoji.
Providing evidence that Long Live is featured in the film, another shared the screenshot while writing: ‘HOWWWWW???!??? IT WAS SHOWN IN THE TRAILER’.
‘Please don’t remove any other songs,’ another fan pleaded.
Another said: ‘does she hate us a bit?’ before adding ‘his bouta force us to a goodbye fr’.
Another simple wrote: ‘SHE DID NOT.’
Long Live first joined the Eras Tour setlist in July when Taylor debuted the track as part of the show during her performance in Denver.
The addition came after Taylor re-released her third album Speak Now and penned a heartfelt message to her devoted fans.
Breaking the news: A fan account shared the news with her followers
tragedy: Fans were distraught as they took to Twitter to express their dismay
The multi-Grammy Award winner said it feels nostalgic to revisit the songs she wrote while on the cusp of womanhood and how “proud” she is to share tracks that didn’t make the original album.
‘It’s here. It’s yours, it’s mine, it’s ours. This is an album I wrote alone about the whims, fantasies, heartaches, dramas and tragedies I lived as a young woman between 18 and 20,’ Swift captioned on Instagram.
So fans feel incredibly upset after the song was removed from the set list.
Another asked: ‘why does she hate me’ and another added: ‘it hurts so much’.
One fan seemed to take the news to heart when they tweeted: ‘We lost today.’
The sad news comes after Taylor sensationally announced that the film is now being released one day early due to ‘unprecedented demand’.
Didn’t make the cut: Long Live first joined the Eras Tour setlist in July when Taylor debuted the track as part of the show during her performance in Denver, but was reportedly cut
Although the film was initially slated to debut on Friday, she delighted her fans by revealing that it will now debut in theaters on Thursday.
Wednesday’s premiere was hosted by Taylor at The Grove outdoor mall in Los Angeles, which was closed all day for the high-profile event
As more than 2,200 of her fans descended on The Grove LA mall for the barnstorming event, Taylor fired up her social media to share the latest developments in the film’s box office haul.
“Look what you really made me do,” she wrote, in a sly nod to her 2017 single Look What You Made Me Do.